Post by QPR Report on Apr 21, 2009 0:27:44 GMT
Obviously it's been the pet project of some ITK...
From Huw Turberville The Telegraph
Reading need home help while Luigi De Canio linked with QPR return
What has gone wrong at Reading?
I thought they would clinch one of the Championship's two automatic promotion slots. They were really on a roll going into Christmas.
Their home form has put paid to that, however, and they still have work to do to clinch a play-off place.
Three points ahead of seventh-placed Swansea City, and with a game in hand, they should be OK, but they must try to build some momentum in their away games at Derby County and Norwich City, and do something about their woeful home form against Birmingham City on May 3.
They have not won at the Madejski in seven league games, and after the 0-0 draw at home to struggling Barnsley, manager Steve Coppell (pictured) said: "It's massively disappointing once again. It's the strangest run of results at home I have known at any club I've been at."
Some fans are calling for him to go if Reading fail to bounce straight back into the Premier League, with popular fanzine The Whiff perhaps capturing the mood with the headline on the cover of their latest issue: 'The End of an Era?'
We have had a few ends of [some very short] eras at Queen's Park Rangers this season.
I have no desire to become embroiled in the circumstances behind Paulo Sousa's exit from Loftus Road.
But it goes without saying 26 games is no real time to make an impact as manager.
Luigi De Canio did not stay at the club much longer, and I thought he was great.
But wait for it, there have been reports that De Canio could come back next season to work in tandem with Gareth Ainsworth.
Whoever ends up in the hotseat - Luiz Felipe Scolari, Roy Keane or Uncle Tom Cobley - a plea to chairman Flavio Briatore, 'please give him time!'
I was not surprised to see promotion expert Crystal Palace manager Neil Warnock's name linked with Ipswich Town. The Suffolk side talk an ambitious game under owner Marcus Evans, and fans will expect much better in 2009-10 than this season's mid-table mediocrity.
Warnock has denied the story, saying: "It is news to me - I have no idea where it has come from." But Palace need an injection of vigor next season, preferably with owner Simon Jordan clarifying his plans - is he staying or going?
While technically it's too early to praise Brendan Rodgers for keeping Watford up - they still need a point at Coventry City or at home to Derby - I'm going to anyway. It was not looking good for the Hornets when he took charge, but they have a more settled appearance on and off the pitch now, and fans should have a relatively content summer.
It's very difficult to find anything positive to say about Charlton Athletic after their relegation to League One was confirmed.
Heavily in debt, they have little room for manoeuvre, and it seems Phil Parkinson has a fair chance of being giving the opportunity to take them back up.
One thing the fans appear to agree upon is that they used too many players during the last two campaigns, particularly in defence. Less chopping and changing would be a good start for whoever is in charge at The Valley next season.
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blogs.telegraph.co.uk/huw_turbervill/blog/2009/04/21/reading_need_home_help_while_luigi_de_canio_linked_with_qpr_return9
From Huw Turberville The Telegraph
Reading need home help while Luigi De Canio linked with QPR return
What has gone wrong at Reading?
I thought they would clinch one of the Championship's two automatic promotion slots. They were really on a roll going into Christmas.
Their home form has put paid to that, however, and they still have work to do to clinch a play-off place.
Three points ahead of seventh-placed Swansea City, and with a game in hand, they should be OK, but they must try to build some momentum in their away games at Derby County and Norwich City, and do something about their woeful home form against Birmingham City on May 3.
They have not won at the Madejski in seven league games, and after the 0-0 draw at home to struggling Barnsley, manager Steve Coppell (pictured) said: "It's massively disappointing once again. It's the strangest run of results at home I have known at any club I've been at."
Some fans are calling for him to go if Reading fail to bounce straight back into the Premier League, with popular fanzine The Whiff perhaps capturing the mood with the headline on the cover of their latest issue: 'The End of an Era?'
We have had a few ends of [some very short] eras at Queen's Park Rangers this season.
I have no desire to become embroiled in the circumstances behind Paulo Sousa's exit from Loftus Road.
But it goes without saying 26 games is no real time to make an impact as manager.
Luigi De Canio did not stay at the club much longer, and I thought he was great.
But wait for it, there have been reports that De Canio could come back next season to work in tandem with Gareth Ainsworth.
Whoever ends up in the hotseat - Luiz Felipe Scolari, Roy Keane or Uncle Tom Cobley - a plea to chairman Flavio Briatore, 'please give him time!'
I was not surprised to see promotion expert Crystal Palace manager Neil Warnock's name linked with Ipswich Town. The Suffolk side talk an ambitious game under owner Marcus Evans, and fans will expect much better in 2009-10 than this season's mid-table mediocrity.
Warnock has denied the story, saying: "It is news to me - I have no idea where it has come from." But Palace need an injection of vigor next season, preferably with owner Simon Jordan clarifying his plans - is he staying or going?
While technically it's too early to praise Brendan Rodgers for keeping Watford up - they still need a point at Coventry City or at home to Derby - I'm going to anyway. It was not looking good for the Hornets when he took charge, but they have a more settled appearance on and off the pitch now, and fans should have a relatively content summer.
It's very difficult to find anything positive to say about Charlton Athletic after their relegation to League One was confirmed.
Heavily in debt, they have little room for manoeuvre, and it seems Phil Parkinson has a fair chance of being giving the opportunity to take them back up.
One thing the fans appear to agree upon is that they used too many players during the last two campaigns, particularly in defence. Less chopping and changing would be a good start for whoever is in charge at The Valley next season.
0 (0 Ratings).
blogs.telegraph.co.uk/huw_turbervill/blog/2009/04/21/reading_need_home_help_while_luigi_de_canio_linked_with_qpr_return9