Rumour - Steve Coppell

[JC]

Portsmouth News & Daily Mail report Steve Coppell considering managers job at Portsmouth

[LoyalRoyalFan]

Is Coppell taking over from McDermott?

[JC]

Is Coppell taking over from McDermott?

You've lost me there

[Barry the bird boggler]

Hasn't SC previously said he's had enough of football though and has no plans to return with anyone?

Also, isn't he now a life president of STAR or something so he could feel a bit awkward leading another club against Reading

[DOYLERSAROYALER]

Hasn't SC previously said he's had enough of football though and has no plans to return with anyone?

Also, isn't he now a life president of STAR or something so he could feel a bit awkward leading another club against Reading

We have Coppell back and they can have BM ....oh and to steal the deal, we'll chuck in our captain as well

[Focher]

anyone who wants Coppell back are out of their tiny minds.

[DOYLERSAROYALER]

anyone who wants Coppell back are out of their tiny minds.

and the reason for that is......?

[Friday's Legacy]

Portsmouth News & Daily Mail report Steve Coppell considering managers job at Portsmouth

i don't understand what this has got to do with reading football club.

anyone who wants Coppell back are out of their tiny minds.

what absolute kack. the best manager in our history who built the best team in our history and in the football league's history on a tightly controlled budget and you wouldn't have him back? you are hard to please.

[LoyalRoyalFan]

Is Coppell taking over from McDermott?

You've lost me there

Maybe we need a change.

[Ian Royal]

Portsmouth News & Daily Mail report Steve Coppell considering managers job at Portsmouth

i don't understand what this has got to do with reading football club.

anyone who wants Coppell back are out of their tiny minds.

what absolute kack. the best manager in our history who built the best team in our history and in the football league's history on a tightly controlled budget and you wouldn't have him back? you are hard to please.

He's lost the drive and has retired from management. I'd say that's a pretty good reason not to want him back.

Maurice Evans was a good manager for us, not sure I'd want him back now though.

[Royal Lady]

Bit difficult when you're dead you cretin.

I'd have Coppell back like a shot. One of the nicest men in football.

[Ian Royal]

Bit difficult when you're dead you cretin.

I'd have Coppell back like a shot. One of the nicest men in football.

I'm not dead. Maurice is, which was kind of the point. Hadn't really thought it needed spelling out.

I'd have Coppell back, but only if he refound his desire and got back into management elsewhere first. Otherwise he's just going to be a huge disappointment.

[Royal Monk]

Coppell is a bigger hero that the madman ...... fact

[Jackson Corner]

He went back to Palace 3 times. I just don't see why he would want to go to a club with a crap stadium average gates of 13,000 and sinking, no training ground corpate facilaties boxes plus fans that are so fickle unless you win your first five games your out the door.

[Royal Lady]

Bit difficult when you're dead you cretin.

I'd have Coppell back like a shot. One of the nicest men in football.

I'm not dead. Maurice is, which was kind of the point. Hadn't really thought it needed spelling out.

I'd have Coppell back, but only if he refound his desire and got back into management elsewhere first. Otherwise he's just going to be a huge disappointment.

Stupid comment for you to make in all honesty. I'd have had Maurice back a few years ago too - both him and Coppell were of a similar mould - found gems that we managed to sell on for a big profit - after they performed well for us and were decent blokes who everyone looked up to and respected.

[DOYLERSAROYALER]

Bit difficult when you're dead you cretin.

I'd have Coppell back like a shot. One of the nicest men in football.

I'm not dead. Maurice is, which was kind of the point. Hadn't really thought it needed spelling out.

I'd have Coppell back, but only if he refound his desire and got back into management elsewhere first. Otherwise he's just going to be a huge disappointment.

IR ...do you know Coppell personally then ? ...how do you KNOW he's lost his desire ?...what happened at Bristol City was nothing to do with him losing his desire....without going into too much depth, he was told he'd have carte blanche control over all player affairs AND THAT INCLUDED transfers ...the rest is history, but you cannot say someone has lost their desire without having the facts to support it ...unless,as i said,you know him personally ?

[Svlad Cjelli]

IR ...do you know Coppell personally then ? ...how do you KNOW he's lost his desire ?...what happened at Bristol City was nothing to do with him losing his desire....without going into too much depth, he was told he'd have carte blanche control over all player affairs AND THAT INCLUDED transfers ...the rest is history, but you cannot say someone has lost their desire without having the facts to support it ...unless,as i said,you know him personally ?

How do you know all of the above is true?

[melonhead]

probably knows family members well

[Alan Partridge]

I don't like the thought of a manager returning unless you felt there was 'unfinished business' somewhere. Coppell has nothing to prove here, nothing to gain. It would almost certainly be worse if he was to come back and whats the point of tainting a legacy.

When you listen to Coppell you get honesty, he hates a lot of what football has become (so do I) and a season genuinely tires and wears him down. He still loves the game, the match, working with players and it's that drug that pulls him back and why if he is talking to Pompey is down to that. I really think he found a perfect fit at Reading, put his life and soul into it and to put that much commitment in again somewhere else is a big task. He said as much himself that ideally after a season he'd take a 5-6month gap, before starting again but there isn't an off season. He then has to deal with players, pre season etc like all managers so you never get a real break. That along with the press was what really grinded him down and wore him out.

WOuld love to see him back in the game, football wins if people like Coppell are back involved as he's everything a manager should be.

[DOYLERSAROYALER]

IR ...do you know Coppell personally then ? ...how do you KNOW he's lost his desire ?...what happened at Bristol City was nothing to do with him losing his desire....without going into too much depth, he was told he'd have carte blanche control over all player affairs AND THAT INCLUDED transfers ...the rest is history, but you cannot say someone has lost their desire without having the facts to support it ...unless,as i said,you know him personally ?

How do you know all of the above is true?

...because I do