Steve Coppell has done a great job with Reading

[Bootle Buck]

Despite the fact he played for the Mancs, I have a lot of time for Steve Coppell. He's such a low key-manager who seems to be able to get the best out of his players. Despite the fact that they ran away with the Championship, I don't think many thought they would have done anywhere near what they have in their first season in the Premiership. He is about as level-headed and sensible a manager as I have seen.

He also seems to have kept the media from over-hyping him to as he is so dead pan and modest.

[Paul B]

..but more importantly, he's a Scouser! Hooraaaahhhhhhhhh!!!

[Stevie H]

he's just about the most likeable and respectable manager in the league i think. top man.

[Cobs]

Reading have scored more goals than us so far this season

 

 

[Hassony]

doesn't he have one of the most boring voices ever

[Murphman]

he's just about the most likeable and respectable manager in the league i think. top man.

 

 

He's a manc. You weren't at Wembley in '77. F*ck off.

[Bootle Buck]

He's a manc. You weren't at Wembley in '77. F*ck off.

 

Yes but Ray Kennedy was a Gooner in 1971. You can't help who comes in and buys you or gives you a chance.

[Stevie H]

He's a manc. You weren't at Wembley in '77. F*ck off.

he's a scouser you berkshire playground-watcher.

 

besides, you're a tory and i've had a pint with you. f*ck off.

[Buzz]

Seems a nice bloke and has done well, but someone should buy him some Blistex (formerly known as Blisteze) or Zovirax for that bottom lip. Looks bloody painfull.

[Behind Enemy Lines]

manager of the season for me - but not likely to be given it

[Cunny]

From football365.com

 

Quote Of The Day

"I suspect United will be sh*tting themselves" - Steve Coppell looks forward to Reading's game at Old Trafford

[Bootle Buck]

doesn't he have one of the most boring voices ever

 

He graduated from the "Glenn Roeder School of Charisma and Excitement"

[Falconhoof]

doesn't he have one of the most boring voices ever

[stressederic]

He graduated from the "Glenn Roeder School of Charisma and Excitement"

 

Glenn Roeder is dull as hell.

 

Steve Coppell just seems incredibly uncomfortable in public.

[Murphman]

he's a scouser you berkshire playground-watcher.

 

besides, you're a tory and i've had a pint with you. f*ck off.

 

 

I know he's a scouser, unlike you you feckin cockney wool. Steve Cowbell, I can see him now on that sunny day at wembley in that short sleeved manc shirt the c*nt, your trouble is you don't know how to bear a grudge.

[kop205]

..but more importantly, he's a Scouser! Hooraaaahhhhhhhhh!!!

 

Thought he was from Birkenhead?

 

Defo started at Cammel Lairds...

 

EDIT

 

But born in Norris Green apparently. Is it Peter Davenport who was from Birkenhead?

Edited February 15, 2007 by kop205

[Falconhoof]

Is it Peter Davenport who was from Birkenhead?

Yes, and Jason McAteer ?

[Stevie H]

Yes, and Jason McAteer ?

planet zog.

[kop205]

Yes, and Jason McAteer ?

 

Yeah, both. Davie Thompson too, I think!

 

It was Davenport I was thinking of though, knew there was some ex-Manc from there. He used to guest for a school staff team from Birkenhead that I played against a few times a couple of years back.

Edited February 15, 2007 by kop205

[Guest ben.jones716]

went to school with my dad in childwall

[Ostrich Man]

I know he's a scouser, unlike you you feckin cockney wool. Steve Cowbell, I can see him now on that sunny day at wembley in that short sleeved manc shirt the c*nt, your trouble is you don't know how to bear a grudge.

so why do you want utd to win the league rather than chelsea (if liverpool dont)

[Leo No.8]

So who said Reading would stay up this season then? I said they'd be top half but drop into mid-table towards the end of the season due to a lack of depth in the squad.

 

I was right on them doing well to start - problem is not only do they not look like dropping anywhere, they actually look like they're going to get a place in Europe the way things are going, and even their most optimistic fan wouldn't have predicted that...

[Gilps]

I said they'd stay up, but would finish in the bottom half - maybe only a couple of places above the relegation places. This was based on the small squad and the fact you just didn't know how a group of players who'd never played at this level were going to step up. They've exceeded all expectations on that front.

[Murphman]

so why do you want utd to win the league rather than chelsea (if liverpool dont)

 

 

Continually repeating a lie in the hope somebody will eventually believe you is the sign of a desperate man OM. Just to let you know, not only do I want Chelsea to win the league, when they do you'd best change your moby number as the one you currently use will be in the public domain approximately 30 seconds after the whistle goes.

[Leo No.8]

I said they'd stay up, but would finish in the bottom half - maybe only a couple of places above the relegation places. This was based on the small squad and the fact you just didn't know how a group of players who'd never played at this level were going to step up. They've exceeded all expectations on that front.

 

They certainly have. I based my prediction on the fact that Coppell brought up a solid unit with some genuinely good footballers who had got used to winning practically every week, and didn't change too much. You can't underestimate the power of a group of players who know each others games and are full of confidence.

 

I think too many clubs come up feeling they lack quality and bring in a load of journeymen and mercenaries with top flight experience; then they don't gel, the players aren't up for it and they go down. Coppell kept faith in the players he had and rightly so, they have spirit as well as quality. West Ham are a good example of the opposite at the moment, they've got enough good players but they've got no heart and adding the likes of Neill isn't going to change that.

 

The same attitude has worked for Warnock at Sheffield United, keeping faith with the players who got him up; I think I'll be getting it wrong on them - at the start of the season I thought they'd go down with Charlton and Watford (who never had enough quality to stay up really, and losing their star striker really ruined any chance they had before they got very far).