Coppell out!

[PEARCEY]

I would certainly not want Coppell out. If we go down we are back to the division we were in when he became manager so he deserves another chance next season regardless of this seasons outcome.
However I agree with Royal Lady in that I think he will resign if we go down.

[Big Ern]

Can I just say to you, oxf*rd off you clueless prick!!

Typical modern day football fan with half a brain cell

Thank you for your input. I can call you a c*nt as well and not even bother to put forward a decent argument. Shall we take it in turns?

yes but when someone calls you a prick it holds more weight than most other throw away comments and it is constructive becouse you indeed sir are a prick.

Your both pcunts.

Now can yo stop arguing. Ta very much.

[Smoking Kills Dancing Doe]

Ive said all along the chairman is to blame - and im sticking there¬ is Coppell going to come out and openly say the chairman wont give me the money I need? That would be wholly damaging to the chairmans huge ego - so no , Coppell tows the partyline and this is where it has got him - I expect Coppell to throw towel in at end of season due to lack of financial support.

I dont understand why nearly every manager has a transfer budget, but when Coppell wants to buy he has to go with begging bowl to Chairman and feed him grapes!

We need a new chairman not a new manager - and a new board wouldnt be a bad thing either, get rid of Waldorf, Stadler and Co who are on it at the mo - after all we are now a comedy show

That is exactly my way of thinking. Coppell still values his job and has done for the last two seasons, to openly state that Madejski won't give him the money he needs would be suicide for him. I hope he tells it as it is when he leaves though.

Why would Coppell take the bullet for JM? He's back to back LMA manager of the year, he doesn't need to take the flak for JM, he doesn't need to toe any line, he can say what he wants and always does. He would never in a million years make himself look bad to protect JM and truthfully we all know he wouldn't.

JM's an idiot for his comments about stadium expansion, it's the worse thing he could have said right now and sends a terrible, terrible message but Coppell the guy who chose to sign Fae and Marek as replacements for Sidwell, burried his head in the sand about the right wing position and has done the same about the defence and strikers.

[IMAMATEOFJOVSKY]

Royalee - if Coppell had funds he would have used them - you explain how our latest books show we only made £6m profit - we didnt have funds at all - but i'd live to know where all the money is going

Lets make sure when we talk about funds that we are stating significant numbers and not loose change - if you are stating the latter, then I agree , we had funds

[Big Ern]

Why would Coppell take the bullet for JM?

He's protecting his job, plus I doubt it would do his future employment opportunities with other clubs any good if he was known as someone who would not tow the line when needed.

[Royal Lady]

And that is the crux of the matter. Perhaps JM should have openly stated how much money Coppell had to spend. As we have no idea, he might only have had £5million, hence a couple of £2.5 million purchases....

[Smoking Kills Dancing Doe]

Why would Coppell take the bullet for JM?

He's protecting his job, plus I doubt it would do his future employment opportunities with other clubs any good if he was known as someone who would not tow the line when needed.

Better than looking like a idiot the doesn't know what he's doing.

He doesn't need to protect his job, he's got loads of money, would get a massive pay out if he was sacked and would walk into another job. The Chairman wouldn't have the bollox to sack Coppell if it was the Chairman's fault anyway.

[IMAMATEOFJOVSKY]

Well said Dr - think all your points are valid- just wish people would stop being so defensive about the chairman - other clubs criticise theirs - why the hell cant we criticise ours!

[Royalee]

Why the hell would Madejski come out and say how much there is to spend? That would be suicide! Clubs would know your budgets and use it to their benefit from a negotitation point of view.

[Smoking Kills Dancing Doe]

Royalee - if Coppell had funds he would have used them - you explain how our latest books show we only made £6m profit - we didnt have funds at all - but i'd live to know where all the money is going

Lets make sure when we talk about funds that we are stating significant numbers and not loose change - if you are stating the latter, then I agree , we had funds

Coppell's said he wouldn't use them for fear of upsetting the current squad. The current squad that is 3rd bottom and doesn't look like winning a game.

[Big Ern]

Royalee - if Coppell had funds he would have used them - you explain how our latest books show we only made £6m profit - we didnt have funds at all - but i'd live to know where all the money is going

Lets make sure when we talk about funds that we are stating significant numbers and not loose change - if you are stating the latter, then I agree , we had funds

What a lot of people are not aware is there is a Reading FC Ltd & Reading FC PLC. One has made an operating profit every years since the stadium opened, the other has not, expect for one year.

Which one do you think Mr Mad is happy to disclose the figures for in order for us to keep buying season tickets and replica kits to help feel we are helping the club as well as justifying the lack of spending?

[Royalee]

Royalee - if Coppell had funds he would have used them - you explain how our latest books show we only made £6m profit - we didnt have funds at all - but i'd live to know where all the money is going

Lets make sure when we talk about funds that we are stating significant numbers and not loose change - if you are stating the latter, then I agree , we had funds

Total revamp of the training ground, building of the media suite, expansion of the hotel? (Loose change according to you probably)

You utter retard.

[RoyalBlue]

Ive said all along the chairman is to blame - and im sticking there¬ is Coppell going to come out and openly say the chairman wont give me the money I need? That would be wholly damaging to the chairmans huge ego - so no , Coppell tows the partyline and this is where it has got him - I expect Coppell to throw towel in at end of season due to lack of financial support.

I dont understand why nearly every manager has a transfer budget, but when Coppell wants to buy he has to go with begging bowl to Chairman and feed him grapes!

We need a new chairman not a new manager - and a new board wouldnt be a bad thing either, get rid of Waldorf, Stadler and Co who are on it at the mo - after all we are now a comedy show

The next time the Mad Man comes out on the pitch before the game flapping his arms like a demented penguin, I'm going to let him have a gesture back!

For all the good he's doing he might as well join Delia with a 'let's be 'avin yer!'

[Royal Lady]

You're the manager of a Prem team, your Chairman gives it the billy big bollox and tells the world you have money to spend on players if you want. The amount available is £5million. Do you give interviews and say "he might say there's money, but there's not much of it" or do you just do the best you can within the constraints put upon you? I'd say Coppell would go for the latter personally.

[Royal Lady]

Royalee - if Coppell had funds he would have used them - you explain how our latest books show we only made £6m profit - we didnt have funds at all - but i'd live to know where all the money is going

Lets make sure when we talk about funds that we are stating significant numbers and not loose change - if you are stating the latter, then I agree , we had funds

Total revamp of the training ground, building of the media suite, expansion of the hotel? (Loose change according to you probably)

You utter retard.

Is the hotel part of Reading Football Club FC? I actually suggested to Schards that I thought that was where the tv money from last year had gone!

[Royalee]

Of course it is, the football club own the Madejski complex and the training ground!

[Dr Hfuhruhurr]

would get a massive pay out if he was sacked

He wouldnt

and would walk into another job.

Maybe. But I wouldnt bet on it being anything other than a championship club, a premiership club with relegation potential or a 'minor' international side.

[Smoking Kills Dancing Doe]

You're the manager of a Prem team, your Chairman gives it the billy big bollox and tells the world you have money to spend on players if you want. The amount available is £5million. Do you give interviews and say "he might say there's money, but there's not much of it" or do you just do the best you can within the constraints put upon you? I'd say Coppell would go for the latter personally.

No but you wouldn't say I had plenty to spend and chose not for fear of upsetting the current squad. That makes you look like an idiot.

[Royalee]

Do you have Coppell's payslip available to you?

He would have walked into jobs at the start of the season before he became exposed as the <MODERATED> bottle job he really is.

[Smoking Kills Dancing Doe]

would get a massive pay out if he was sacked

He wouldnt

and would walk into another job.

Maybe. But I wouldnt bet on it being anything other than a championship club, a premiership club with relegation potential or a 'minor' international side.

Any Premiership or Championship manager for that matter would walk away with plenty of money and Coppell would not have signed on for 2 years if that was the case.