Jaap Stam Championship manager of the month for September

[mumbo-jumbo]

He's surely in with a very good shout for this. Do we think this would boost him or distract him if it happens? In the past such accolades have seemed to be a bit of a jinx for us regarding form.

[royalp-we]

Ask me next Monday, and I'll let you know.

[tidus_mi2]

He'll have a shout sure, Norwich have won every game this month but arguably against weaker opposition.

[CountryRoyal]

Manager of the month curse?

No thank you.

[maffff]

Manager of the month curse?

No thank you.

As if a curse would dare to try to touch Jaap.

[Silver Fox]

Given that there's no such thing as curses if Jaap wins it it probably means we've won at Brentford so I'll take it

[Franchise FC]

Given that there's no such thing as curses if Jaap wins it it probably means we've won at Brentford so I'll take it

And quite possibly means that Norwich have lost this week as well

[Zammo]

Peter Begrie and Charlie Nicholas on the voting panel.

[Sutekh]

Sky pundits know absolutely dick all about Reading - or the Championship or any club outside the 4/5 biggest in the PL come to that. As with any pundit they're paid loads to spout bland generalisations.

If any pundit was worth their salt they'd take a bit of time to research the teams involved in the games they're hired to pontificate on.

But of course the game starts and ends with ManC, ManU, Chelsea, Liverpool, Spurs and Arsenal (plus West Ham for some obscure reason) and stuff everything else. All a bit like the USA and the rest of the world if you're American.

[Saaaaaaaammmmmm]

When it comes to Manager Of The Month Awards, we actually have a pretty good record...

No club in the history of the Championship have won it more times than Reading and if Jaap gets the award it will be our 8th, ahead of Cardiff in 2nd and Burnley/Middlesborough in equal 3rd

Brian McDermott won it 4 times, putting him 6th in the all-time list, whilst Steve Coppell's 3 puts him in 9th

I can't be bothered to do the research required, but I imagine if there was a list of 'Most MotMs Won With A Single Club' - Brian and Steve would be pretty high up. McDermott (1) and Coppell (2) also have 3 Premier League MotMs between them, which puts us 17th on the all-time list

[Saaaaaaaammmmmm]

I also had a look at Championship Player Of The Month and we are MILES ahead of any other team with 10 winners, nobody else has more than 6

They are:
Steve Sidwell (September 2004)
Ibrahima Sonko (October 2005)
Dave Kitson (December 2005)
Kevin Doyle (September 2008)
Stephen Hunt (December 2008)
Gylfi Sigurdsson (March 2010)
Ian Harte (March 2011)
Alex Pearce (December 2011)
Adam Federici (February 2012)
Adam Le Fondre (January 2014)

On an unrelated note, Garath McCleary is the only player in our current squad with a PotM award, having won March 2012 whilst at Forest

[Ian Royal]

Now that's good statting.

How long have the MotM awards been going?

[Saaaaaaaammmmmm]

The award in its current form has been going since the Division One/Championship rebrand in 04/05, so that's where we're counting from it appears, however Alan Pardew won the Nationwide Manager of the Month 3 times in one year during a devastating spell from January 2002 to 2003 whilst at Reading

Feel free to post your favourite pre-2004 monthly award memories

[Ascotexgunner]

Kiss of death

[CountryRoyal]

When it comes to Manager Of The Month Awards, we actually have a pretty good record...

No club in the history of the Championship have won it more times than Reading and if Jaap gets the award it will be our 8th, ahead of Cardiff in 2nd and Burnley/Middlesborough in equal 3rd

Brian McDermott won it 4 times, putting him 6th in the all-time list, whilst Steve Coppell's 3 puts him in 9th

I can't be bothered to do the research required, but I imagine if there was a list of 'Most MotMs Won With A Single Club' - Brian and Steve would be pretty high up. McDermott (1) and Coppell (2) also have 3 Premier League MotMs between them, which puts us 17th on the all-time list

Good info + your second post.

I think it's fairly indicative that we're actually a pretty successful championship club.

Since its inception we've won the thing twice and have an average finishing position of 7th. Not bad when considering it includes a 17th and 19th place finish as well.

[Royal Ginger]

I also had a look at Championship Player Of The Month and we are MILES ahead of any other team with 10 winners, nobody else has more than 6

They are:
Steve Sidwell (September 2004)
Ibrahima Sonko (October 2005)
Dave Kitson (December 2005)
Kevin Doyle (September 2008)
Stephen Hunt (December 2008)
Gylfi Sigurdsson (March 2010)
Ian Harte (March 2011)
Alex Pearce (December 2011)
Adam Federici (February 2012)
Adam Le Fondre (January 2014)

On an unrelated note, Garath McCleary is the only player in our current squad with a PotM award, having won March 2012 whilst at Forest

Decent team that. Screaming out for a right back though.

[John Smith]

Sky pundits know absolutely dick all about Reading - or the Championship or any club outside the 4/5 biggest in the PL come to that. As with any pundit they're paid loads to spout bland generalisations.

If any pundit was worth their salt they'd take a bit of time to research the teams involved in the games they're hired to pontificate on.

But of course the game starts and ends with ManC, ManU, Chelsea, Liverpool, Spurs and Arsenal (plus West Ham for some obscure reason) and stuff everything else. All a bit like the USA and the rest of the world if you're American.

To be fair if you actually read the full quotes they're not being too scathing, they're just making the suggestion based on the lack of management experience from Stam and relatively unknown signings (prior to Blackett and Moore). Guessing pretty much.

You're right about the 'big' clubs though. We simply have to beat Arsenal then the season can end as far as I'm concerned.

[Gunny Fishcake]

No thank you, let's keep our heads down

[Jagermesiter1871]

And remember when people wanted Pearson as manager

[taipairoyal]

Yeh why not, didnt Clarkson get it for September 2015? 3rd in the league this same time last season, then ??????????.