BR Leaves Club

[Rawlie19]

The interview that shook the world.

[FiNeRaIn]

PAHAHA at that picture.

[happyhornet]

Hello Royals.

From all at Watford FC, can I offer you the warmest and most kind hearted Merry Christmas? In a week of abject misery for our club you've raised all our spirits yet again. We shall walk around for weeks with huge smiles on our faces, administration or no administration, and it's all thanks to you. Let's party in May in Watford town centre, all invited.

Love,

HappyHornet

I like Watford away so I might drop in for that one.

To be honest I think you lot were a bit harsh on him for walking out on you for his 'dream' job, but all that aside... What did you make of Rodgers (truthfully) when he was your manager? Or have we made a mistake in sacking him so early? I mean obviously you must have rated him to an extent to get so annoyed about him upping sticks and ditching you?

You should have know what we thought of his abilities by the way most of us reacted when he walked. If he was awful we wouldn't have cared, but he wasn't awful, he was actually quite good. I'm very surprised he failed with you guys and also surprised he was sacked before a very busy Christmas period.

[Blue_Elm]

Hello Royals.

From all at Watford FC, can I offer you the warmest and most kind hearted Merry Christmas? In a week of abject misery for our club you've raised all our spirits yet again. We shall walk around for weeks with huge smiles on our faces, administration or no administration, and it's all thanks to you. Let's party in May in Watford town centre, all invited.

Love,

HappyHornet

I like Watford away so I might drop in for that one.

To be honest I think you lot were a bit harsh on him for walking out on you for his 'dream' job, but all that aside... What did you make of Rodgers (truthfully) when he was your manager? Or have we made a mistake in sacking him so early? I mean obviously you must have rated him to an extent to get so annoyed about him upping sticks and ditching you?

You should have know what we thought of his abilities by the way most of us reacted when he walked. If he was awful we wouldn't have cared, but he wasn't awful, he was actually quite good. I'm very surprised he failed with you guys and also surprised he was sacked before a very busy Christmas period.

He did well with Aidy Boothroyd's team... he didnt build it.

[1871 Royal]

Hmmm, traveling all day yesterday so I haven't had my 2 penneth worth yet. Think if they were going to do it, now was the right time but I would still have given him a bit longer. They have to have someone lined up now they have got rid of him, it would be ridiculous if they just let him go without someone waiting to take-over, especially mid season.

[Hoop Blah]

I can't be arsed to read the rest of the thread, but I have to say I'm a little surprised and disappointed that the Club has taken to sacking Rodgers.

RFC under Madejski have been pretty loyal and patient and I always quite liked that because it wasn't just a case of throwing managers out after a bad run. Both Pardew and Coppell had some tough times and Madejski stuck by them. Rodgers tough time has obviously been a bit longer but it's been in totally different circumstances and so I'm just left a bit miffed by it really.

In terms of the timing, I think it's highly strange considering Rodgers was showing signs of improvement and the performances on the pitch have been better of late than they were over the back end of last season and start of this. We still had a way to go but I thought we were heading in the right direction.

I never really warmed to Rodgers as a bloke though, and my biggest concern when he took over was his links to Mourinho's Chelsea and they just typified all that I dislike about modern TV orientated football. Rodger's interviews and PR spin never sat well with me from the moment he joined, and the Smith saga just did him and us no favours whatsoever. His latest tiff with Dellor probably didn't put him in great shape with the powers that be at Reading who do like to run a tidy, quiet, and sensible ship when it comes to interaction with the media.

I've said before that the only time I think it would've been right to sack Rodgers before the end of the season would be if he lost the dressing room. I guess the same should be said of losing the respect and favour of the heirarchy of the club. I just have a hunch that this wasn't a decision made on the basis of what was happening on the pitch over the last 5 or 6 weeks, it was more to do with the personalities and fit of Rodgers within the club (obviously the lack of points meant he was then under scrutiny though) and the whole shift in policy at the club (which I agree had to happen after the last 2 years). As Jimmy Hill always used to say, the most important relationship at any football club is between the manager and his Chairman...I wonder if that was broken.

All in all a bit of a shame. After Coppell I wanted a bright young manager willing to get the team playing decent attacking football and introducing the youngsters. Because of that I forgave Rodgers some of his mistakes (ones that other more experienced managers make/made all the time by the way) and wanted him to succeed.

I hope that the next guy is given the opportunity and time to make a real go of it.

[Stranded]

I can't be arsed to read the rest of the thread, but I have to say I'm a little surprised and disappointed that the Club has taken to sacking Rodgers.

RFC under Madejski have been pretty loyal and patient and I always quite liked that because it wasn't just a case of throwing managers out after a bad run. Both Pardew and Coppell had some tough times and Madejski stuck by them. Rodgers tough time has obviously been a bit longer but it's been in totally different circumstances and so I'm just left a bit miffed by it really.

In terms of the timing, I think it's highly strange considering Rodgers was showing signs of improvement and the performances on the pitch have been better of late than they were over the back end of last season and start of this. We still had a way to go but I thought we were heading in the right direction.

I never really warmed to Rodgers as a bloke though, and my biggest concern when he took over was his links to Mourinho's Chelsea and they just typified all that I dislike about modern TV orientated football. Rodger's interviews and PR spin never sat well with me from the moment he joined, and the Smith saga just did him and us no favours whatsoever. His latest tiff with Dellor probably didn't put him in great shape with the powers that be at Reading who do like to run a tidy, quiet, and sensible ship when it comes to interaction with the media.

I've said before that the only time I think it would've been right to sack Rodgers before the end of the season would be if he lost the dressing room. I guess the same should be said of losing the respect and favour of the heirarchy of the club. I just have a hunch that this wasn't a decision made on the basis of what was happening on the pitch over the last 5 or 6 weeks, it was more to do with the personalities and fit of Rodgers within the club (obviously the lack of points meant he was then under scrutiny though) and the whole shift in policy at the club (which I agree had to happen after the last 2 years). As Jimmy Hill always used to say, the most important relationship at any football club is between the manager and his Chairman...I wonder if that was broken.

All in all a bit of a shame. After Coppell I wanted a bright young manager willing to get the team playing decent attacking football and introducing the youngsters. Because of that I forgave Rodgers some of his mistakes (ones that other more experienced managers make/made all the time by the way) and wanted him to succeed.

I hope that the next guy is given the opportunity and time to make a real go of it.

To be fair whilst the results have picked up of late some of those have been fortunate (ie Blackpool really should have got a draw) - we've also had a run of games against teams around at us at the bottom and whould hope to pick up points - we're now going in to a run with the following games:

Bristol City (a)
Swansea (h)
Plymouth (a)
Newcastle (h)
Forest (a)
Sheff Utd (a)

where you currently can't see many points being picked up add the fact that we only picked one point from the last two home games going in to that I can understand the reticence to let him take the team in to that run of games.

[Mr Angry]

I can't be arsed to read the rest of the thread

That's fine, I can't be arsed to read the rest of your post after the bit that says your disappointed that Rodgers has left.
IMHO saying something like that immediately disqualifies your opinion.

I thought that this was a discussion board?

If you can't handle people having different opinions to you, then pi$$ off you little oik, and create your own site.

Frankly, miserable twats like you have made reading this forum a major struggle, and I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOO pleased for you that BR has gone; it allows sad little sh1ts like you to delude yourself into thinking you have some level of insight and knowledge, when all you are, in fact, is a keyboard warrior who never goes to games.


And incidentally, THAT immediately disqualifies YOUR opinion.

Haven't you got some homework to do before bedtime??

[weybridgewanderer]

In terms of the timing, I think it's highly strange considering Rodgers was showing signs of improvement and the performances on the pitch have been better of late than they were over the back end of last season and start of this. We still had a way to go but I thought we were heading in the right direction.

August points average 1 per game
September points average 1 per game
Season average 1 point per game

Where exactly is this improvement many talk of?

I've said before that the only time I think it would've been right to sack Rodgers before the end of the season would be if he lost the dressing room.

maybe he has?

[FiNeRaIn]

I thought that this was a discussion board?

If you can't handle people having different opinions to you, then pi$$ off you little oik, and create your own site.

Frankly, miserable twats like you have made reading this forum a major struggle, and I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOO pleased for you that BR has gone; it allows sad little sh1ts like you to delude yourself into thinking you have some level of insight and knowledge, when all you are, in fact, is a keyboard warrior who never goes to games.


And incidentally, THAT immediately disqualifies YOUR opinion.

Haven't you got some homework to do before bedtime??

ALOL! You've completely lost your cool there. In fact, you accuse him of needing to go to school when you are the one throwing playground insults around, how ironic.

" Haven't you got some homework to do before bedtime??"

Its 2.00 in the afternoon. I'm cringing at that.

[Mr Angry]

I thought that this was a discussion board?

If you can't handle people having different opinions to you, then pi$$ off you little oik, and create your own site.

Frankly, miserable twats like you have made reading this forum a major struggle, and I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOO pleased for you that BR has gone; it allows sad little sh1ts like you to delude yourself into thinking you have some level of insight and knowledge, when all you are, in fact, is a keyboard warrior who never goes to games.


And incidentally, THAT immediately disqualifies YOUR opinion.

Haven't you got some homework to do before bedtime??

ALOL! You've completely lost your cool there. In fact, you accuse him of needing to go to school when you are the one throwing playground insults around, how ironic.

" Haven't you got some homework to do before bedtime??"

Its 2.00 in the afternoon. I'm cringing at that.

Oooh - that hurts.

[facaldaqui]

There were occasional signs of improvement, but they were inconsistent and sporadic. For example, I thought the first game of the season, against Forest, was one of our most promising performances. But Rodgers did not build on such performances: for example, you'd think he'd have kept with Davies. So you could pick games here and there throughout the season--Cardiff, Leicester, Scunthorpe--which we could have won; but for progress to have been involved, we should have started winning more of those. However, the pattern remained the same, and with harder fixtures coming up. People who thought Rodgers was slowly getting it right saw more going on than I did.

[ROKERITE]

I thought that this was a discussion board?

If you can't handle people having different opinions to you, then pi$$ off you little oik, and create your own site.

Frankly, miserable twats like you have made reading this forum a major struggle, and I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOO pleased for you that BR has gone; it allows sad little sh1ts like you to delude yourself into thinking you have some level of insight and knowledge, when all you are, in fact, is a keyboard warrior who never goes to games.


And incidentally, THAT immediately disqualifies YOUR opinion.

Haven't you got some homework to do before bedtime??

ALOL! You've completely lost your cool there. In fact, you accuse him of needing to go to school when you are the one throwing playground insults around, how ironic.

" Haven't you got some homework to do before bedtime??"

Its 2.00 in the afternoon. I'm cringing at that.

I have to say I find Mr Angry's rant perfectly justified. Ideal may well be beyond the age of majority, but he posts like a silly little schoolboy. Believing Rodgers was not, and would never have become, a decent manager, is/was a perfectly valid view. It is how that view is put across that Mr Angry, I and I'd presume many others find objectionable. My opinion, and that of many, was and remains that Rodgers simply wasn't given enough time to show whether he'd have been good or not.

[facaldaqui]

True. But the longer Madejski waited for Rodgers to come good, the greater the risk factor. You have to take a decision sooner or later: the later you leave it, the harder the job for next manager. In the circumstances, Madejski's timing is reasonable.

[Thaumagurist*]

Its 2.00 in the afternoon. I'm cringing at that.

It's not 2pm in Norway though.

[Hoop Blah]

I can't be arsed to read the rest of the thread

That's fine, I can't be arsed to read the rest of your post after the bit that says your disappointed that Rodgers has left.
IMHO saying something like that immediately disqualifies your opinion.

Yeah well done, 20 odd pages to trawl through whilst I'm working...not gunna happen!

As for the progress, I can see it with my eyes even if the points return hasn't increased with it. There is no doubt in my mind we were making progress though because we came away from the last few games thinking we probably should've won.

As for Blackpool deserving a draw, that was only following a onslaught at the end of the game after we should again have been clear and comfortable.

[Hoop Blah]

It's funny how the likes of Royalblue, Royalee, Rokerite and the rest of the "pro-Rodgers-legion", are now behaving like children and going totally bananas over the fact that Rodgers has been sacked. I don't see how they can criticize others for the way others post, when they are themselves totally out of touch with reality while living in the past and still being infatuated with Brendan Rodgers.
Get over your man-crush! The man is history. Time to move on.

It's kind of relevant to the discussion though isn't it?

I still see plenty of talk on here about Pardew let alone the amount of stuff about Coppell from posters I don't need to mention!

[Stranded]

I can't be arsed to read the rest of the thread

That's fine, I can't be arsed to read the rest of your post after the bit that says your disappointed that Rodgers has left.
IMHO saying something like that immediately disqualifies your opinion.

Yeah well done, 20 odd pages to trawl through whilst I'm working...not gunna happen!

As for the progress, I can see it with my eyes even if the points return hasn't increased with it. There is no doubt in my mind we were making progress though because we came away from the last few games thinking we probably should've won.

As for Blackpool deserving a draw, that was only following a onslaught at the end of the game after we should again have been clear and comfortable.

And if Burgess shot had bounced in rather than out? It was a fine margin home win which we appear to have been incapable of taking advantage of - that got the monkey off our back, we then spent the next two games tempting it back with a bunch of bananas.

[weybridgewanderer]

As for the progress, I can see it with my eyes even if the points return hasn't increased with it.

Just like Cardiff and Peterborough way back in September?

[Royalee]

It's funny how the likes of Royalblue, Royalee, Rokerite and the rest of the "pro-Rodgers-legion", are now behaving like children and going totally bananas over the fact that Rodgers has been sacked. I don't see how they can criticize others for the way others post, when they are themselves totally out of touch with reality while living in the past and still being infatuated with Brendan Rodgers.
Get over your man-crush! The man is history. Time to move on.

You've been behaving like a kid for months you prick. Half of me wishes you get exactly what you want - you deserve relegation.