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Club Confirm Jose Gomes Departure

09 October 2019
By Hob Nob Anyone?

After it was widely reported throughout yesterday, Reading Football Club have officially released a statement to confirm the departure of manager Jose Gomes. The brief statement confirms that the club took the decision to sack Gomes after a return of just two wins from the opening 11 games of the new Championship season. There is no news just yet on who the club intend to bring in to replace Gomes, although former Wales, Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, Fulham, Queens Park Rangers, Stoke City and Southampton manager Mark Hughes remains favourite:

Reading Football Club can announce that Jose Gomes has left his position as first team manager.

Gomes joined the club at the end of December 2018 and successfully steered the club away from the threat of relegation.

However, following just two wins in the first 11 league games in 2019-20, owner Mr Yongge Dai has made the difficult decision to part company with Gomes and make a change at first team level.

We would like to sincerely thank Jose for his hard work during his tenure as manager at Reading Football Club and we wish him the very best of luck in his future career.

The club will make no additional comment at this time but will provide further updates as soon as possible.

 

Discussion On This Story:

 WoodleyRoyal

» 05 Oct 2019 17:08

Fans getting restless, should he go now? International break coming up....

 Sutekh

» 05 Oct 2019 17:22

It’s that the style of play just is not suitable for the English second division. Trying to play like Liverpool when the players don’t seem fit enough and there just isn't the pace in the squad is plainly ridiculous.

Tough start yes, but constant defeats against workmanlike (Charlton, Blackburn) and poor (Hull, Middlesbrough) sides as well as anyone half decent isn’t really acceptable. The home form is unforgivable and rampant Preston are next up.

The only question is whether the club can afford the removal of JG and his two sidekicks and then the hiring of his replacement.

Personally think he’ll be given until the November international break unless there are some very alarming scorelines (eg. Preston running riot in 2 weeks could be the final straw).

 Hound

» 05 Oct 2019 17:28

It’s not working. Seen nothing to suggest it is going to work

Give a new man time to turn the season round

 genome

» 05 Oct 2019 17:29

Where's the "shake it all about" option?

 tidus_mi2

» 05 Oct 2019 17:32

I'm in the Out camp now, I like what he did last season and the positivity he brought to the fans but that is well and truly eroding away and I don't think he's going to find the way of playing to get us climbing up the league, I would sack him and get Hughton in if he wants the job, a proven, successfully Championship manager.

 Zip

» 05 Oct 2019 17:33

In but as I mentioned after Fulham he has to scrap the current style of play and start again and go back to basics, If this lot cant play a pressing game because they aren’t fit enough they can oxf*rd off.

 Hound

» 05 Oct 2019 17:37



Would he, or even can he?

I don’t even particularly care if we press if we decide to have a solid formation instead and play deeper. We do neither

 sandman

» 05 Oct 2019 17:38

With regret I've changed my opinion to out.

 Notts Royal

» 05 Oct 2019 17:40

What I want to see is a manager who can work with the players he inherits (Coppell, Pardew & Brian did this). Is that too much to ask nowadays?!

 Zip

» 05 Oct 2019 17:44

I do wonder what on earth is going on in training. On Tuesday night I commented to my lad that I could not believe we had Swift marking Mitrovic from a corner. WTF is all that about?

 Gunny Fishcake

» 05 Oct 2019 17:44

The lovely man, wonderful persona bollocks has well gone , results speak for themselves . We are in total freefall and probably should get rid of him but I doub't if Jesus Christ could turn this shambles around.

If think we need to go down to rebuild and start all over again as the championship is proving far too tough for this bunch of prima donnas

 Oilroyal

» 05 Oct 2019 18:04

Managerial surgery urgently needed. 1pt from a possible 18. Football is a simple game, why do we make it so technical and complicated?

He needs to go

 PistolPete

» 05 Oct 2019 18:08

I'm absolutely certain Gomes will be a good manager, but he needs to accept that the 3 men at at the back are making one big error per match too many.

I was Rodgers in, Adkins in, Stam in and I'm Gomes in.

FTR, I was McDermot out, Clarke out, and Clement out.

 Snowflake Royal

» 05 Oct 2019 18:09

I stick by the this isn't good enough and you have five games conversation after Fulham.

Game 1 down. Break to rethink and adopt a different strategy.

Start off with a couple of defeats and it's good night. A draw or two in the next three and he might see out the remaining 4. A win and he could get up to another 9. But I just don't see any hope in him lasting long.

Sacking isn't quite there yet though.

 CavershamRoyal

» 05 Oct 2019 18:12

Nice guy and wish him well for the future, but it's not working here. I'm not sure who the answer is - but I just can't see Gomes turning it around.

 NewCorkSeth

» 05 Oct 2019 18:15

No ian Royal option? No vote then.

 Royal_jimmy

» 05 Oct 2019 18:18

The thing is we have a fully fit squad, we know these are very fine players who are significantly better than league one quality.

Gomes has shown no sign he can turn things around.

Thanks for last season Jose but your times up.

Hughton in!

 Ascotexgunner

» 05 Oct 2019 18:25

Fulham game turned me 180.....10 men or not......he has made too many mistakes and quite frankly looks a little bit lost and out of his depth judging by his interview. I don't think he can cut it at this level in English football. Sad, he is a likable guy.
Houghton for me.....its time we had someone who isn't new to English football and management and instead have someone with a proven track record in this country. Ainsworth as second choice.

 AthleticoSpizz

» 05 Oct 2019 18:26

gets my vote every time.

We are all hurting right now, but wasn’t this what we expected and posted about at the start of the season? It still is a club rebuild, and the season isn’t quite over yet....yet another manager aint going to be the magic panacea.

Still better football than what we have endured in previous seasons....fine margins an’ all that...results will come

Some of the players need to mtfu and earn their corn in front of goal. Today was a strong starting line-up that should've beaten any team in this league...... the end result was painfully poor but then again 0-1 away at Brizzul? many other teams would’ve taken that.


More time (and less goal shy strikers) needed

 SCIAG

» 05 Oct 2019 18:29

I think sacking the manager is both ineffective and not the sort of club I want us to be.

If we can get someone with a proven track record like Hughton or Hughes then that's one thing. But I suspect we'd just get another journeyman off the merry-go-round and be in the same position in 12 months. Stam was our chance to break the cycle but look what happened there.

Let's give someone a chance for once. Imagine if we'd sacked Coppell after that dreadful run in his second season?

 Snowflake Royal

» 05 Oct 2019 18:29

If Hughton is actually interested ditch Gomes now.

But I fear he can and will do better.

 SCIAG

» 05 Oct 2019 18:32


Agree. Same for Allegri.

 Hound

» 05 Oct 2019 18:33



That’s true of most clubs though. Doubt anyone wants to keep sacking managers - and personally was Stam in until it became untenable and likewise never called for Clarke, McD or Clement to go of the recent managers

With Gomes I just don’t think he’s the man. Terrible ppg now and I can’t see him turning it around. Nothing in his history suggests he will stay and evolve the club for the better

Obvs agree no point unless we’ve a proper experienced and solid manager lined up

 AthleticoSpizz

» 05 Oct 2019 18:34

this, let’s give Gomes that chance.

 royalp-we

» 05 Oct 2019 18:51

Freefall. He isn’t turning this round. He’ll be gone after we get spanked by QPR on Sky.

 BR0B0T

» 05 Oct 2019 18:53



OI!!!!!

Mods, please merge

 Denver Royal

» 05 Oct 2019 18:54


Actually, I don't think our experiences with Gomes should necessarily preclude us getting another foreign manager. (Providing he was the right manager, of course).
Last 3 title winning managers in Champ:
Benitez
Nuno
Farke
Now, obv there were reasons why each of them won, but they didn't really have a huge wealth of experience in the Champ.

 Snowflake Royal

» 05 Oct 2019 18:54

I'm not one for sacking managers quickly, but you can't just stick for the sake of sticking.

There has to be a sign that the manager knows what they're doing.

Gomes record before coming here speaks for itself. He has good players, but has not structured his signings well and his tactics and team selection is proving poor.

The manager has to be part of the solution to get time. I think Gomes is part of the problem.

And regardless of what we want, poor results will mean he goes regardless of whether he looks like he might be capable of building something. We simply aren't a patient club anymore. Thanks to Stam.

 AthleticoSpizz

» 05 Oct 2019 18:56

...and that’s the problem right there.

 Eaststandman

» 05 Oct 2019 18:56

Gomes was a surprise appointment and he surprised everybody on the back of a less than spectacular personal history and track record, fair play!
Results and a lack of a worthwhile plan a, b or c indicate that he should not be surprised to receive his P45
CH would be a good, experienced alternative, he talks the talk, walks the walk and deserves the sort of loyalty and backing lesser lights have enjoyed!
Thanks, but Gomes out, sorry!


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