I have friends that are Reading fans, and after looking at their results and perfomances, and what they have to say it's fair to say that at the current rate, Brendan Rodgers might not be around for long. And if so, their first port of call will probably be PP.
So my point is:
Do you you think this could happen and if so would you mind?
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Had Richardson not had to go off I'm sure Parky would have introduced Shelvey.
As regards the original question I'm sure Reading would come in for him and he would probably go. He appears to be regarded with a lot of respect and affection by Reading fans. I would mind because I'm not convinced we would be able to afford anyone better in our present state.
I know they still love Parky down at the Madjeski but they're not stupid, either , and so they're not going to appoint on the basis of sentiment. There are surely plenty of candidates ahead of PP, including Gareth Southgate...
they would pay us compo then and we would use that to buy out Adkins, if we had any sense at all.
well, it certainly isn't all it's cracked up to be. Reading have lost Doyle, Kitson, Bikey, Hunt etc and all for big money that seems to have been used to plug a hole left by a couple of years in the PL. It really is becoming a poisoned chalice.
Exactly, if you don't get back up in that first season then you are really in big trouble, if Newcastle fall over this season - and there is still a hell of a long way to go - they will be in League One within a couple of years.
PP has been doing a good job this season. Clubs are very quick to forget previous failings - look at Southampton and Pardew.
Norwich appointed club legend Gunn as manager. I wouldn't be surprised if Reading came after Parky.
I like Parky and given the vacuum he had to operate in the summer and the lack of wholehearted support he has here (whether justified or not is irrelevant), I wouldn't be surprised if he chose to return to what he may well consider his spiritual home.
On the other hand, after a tough start taking over the reins at a chaotic club in freefall suffering with splits in the dressing room, he has turned it round and is doing sterling work here and - despite rather limited means - he has engineered a small but good squad of players with the right attitude. Would he really wish to abandon that? I doubt it, I suspect he'd like to be here for the long haul.
Perhaps Parkinson's worst case scenario, would be to turn down the chance to rescue Reading - where he is a bit of a hero - but then sacked by us following a takeover and the imposition of a new manager.
If Reading were to come calling perhaps the deciding factor would be the level of confidence he had in any backing he may, or may not, receive from the board.
Personally I would rather try and gain promotion with a club who are in a strong position to do so than to go over what he had to endure last season.
After seeing the Reading V Burnley playoff game I knew they would struggle this season.
Not sure Parky's CCC record with us and hull will have the Royals - or anyone else in that league - kicking our door down, quite yet, anyway.
Curbs to CAFC
It is all starting to come togethor
I'd imagine that he - personally - might like a contract that gives him stablility beyond 8 months' time and working a bit closer to home. As I said I don't think they would want him, at the moment, but you have to think of his personal circumstances and the relative budgets of the two clubs if he did get the choice.
The reason he won't be going is because Reading won't be inviting him - for the reasons cited above by others ...
ahh i remember the days when doing a charlton was to get promoted and cement your place in the prem.
If it was offered, yes, I thought he would take it. Then I changed my mind when somebody said he was married to the chairman's daughter! Would you want to work for your father-in-law? In the end, though, I didn't think he was offered it, was he? Also Kinsella was a playing legend at Charlton before he joined the management team, so doesn't have an exclusive attachment at Colchester and has ties at Charlton that may be mnearly as strong.
Parky was at Reading as a player for about a dozen seasons, as was Rufus for us. Parky's Reading career (1992-2003) also covered exactly the same period as Rufus (1993-2004) and both ended their career at the clubs at which they had become 'legends'. Hence the parallel, which I thought was a closer one than Kins, for the reasons stated.