Reading sack McDermott

BRIAN McDERMOTT BRIAN McDERMOTT

Brian McDermott has left his post as manager of Reading, the club have confirmed in a statement.

The Royals have lost four successive Barclays Premier League games and sit 19th in the table, with only goals scored keeping them off the bottom. McDermott, 51, took over as caretaker manager at the Madejski Stadium in 2009 before being named full-time boss the following year.

He guided Reading back to the top flight last season for only the second time in their history but has been relieved of his duties as the club look to turn around their form in time to secure Premier League survival.

McDermott has been part of the backroom staff at the Berkshire club since 2000, fulfilling a number of roles before taking the manager's position full-time in January 2010. Reading issued a statement confirming McDermott's departure with Russian owner Anton Zingarevich believing having a new man in charge was essential.

"Reading Football Club has announced today the departure of manager Brian McDermott," the statement read. "Owner Anton Zingarevich wishes to place on record his thanks to Brian who had achieved great success with the club since taking over as manager in December 2009.

"Brian gained promotion to the Barclays Premier League last year for only the second time in the club's history thanks to a remarkable run at the end of last season. However, in our current situation, owner Anton Zingarevich felt that a change was necessary."

Reading had been on a run of one defeat in seven games at the turn of the year but a spell of poor form has cost McDermott his job. The club have said they are actively searching for a replacement as soon as possible, with their next two games coming at Manchester United and Arsenal.

"The search for a successor will start immediately and it is hoped that a new manager will be in place as soon as possible to lead the fight against potential relegation," the statement concluded.

The Royals had been battling in and around the bottom three for the majority of the season but, unlike the likes of bottom side QPR who were able to invest heavily in the January transfer window, McDermott was limited in what he could spend.

He secured the signing of Daniel Carrico from Sporting Lisbon, although the Portuguese defender has only featured once for the Berkshire club. Stephen Kelly came in from Fulham whilst the other two signings, Hope Akpan and Nick Blackman, both joining from npower League One sides.

Comments(19)

MGRA says...
6:13pm Mon 11 Mar 13

I am getting a bad feeling about this, QPR - manager Sacked, SAINTS - manager sacked , READING - manager sacked ,,,,,,I hope the script does not unfold as I fear....

Southampton boy says...
6:17pm Mon 11 Mar 13

QPR have won two on the run so could make it out, now Reading have moved for new manager NA would be a good one for them but my fear is that we are playing well but not getting the points only 9 games to go we need to win 3 or 4 of these if we are to stay u??

MGRA says...
6:32pm Mon 11 Mar 13

Southampton boy wrote:
QPR have won two on the run so could make it out, now Reading have moved for new manager NA would be a good one for them but my fear is that we are playing well but not getting the points only 9 games to go we need to win 3 or 4 of these if we are to stay u??
Nigel will not go anywhere until his lawyers have sued the pants off Saints for his severance payoff....

The Inbetweener says...
6:32pm Mon 11 Mar 13

Feel sorry for McDermott, thought they would have stuck by him. John Madejski probably would have, but the Russians want a return on their investment and need to be in the Premiership to achieve this.
Like NA he could only work with the players he as available and the squad like SAINTS is lacking Premiership quality players. Maybe NA has already been approached which might explain the need for his contract with Saints to be sorted out.
How ironic would it be for NA to be appointed Reading manager ahead of our game against them in a couple of weeks - don't really want to be battling against Reading to avoid the drop with NA in charge as he has something to prove to NC.

mickey01 says...
6:37pm Mon 11 Mar 13

it just goes to show the impatience of foreign owners god knows how many managers wigan would have gone through if they were owned by a football loving owner and not just a money loving one

memush says...
7:16pm Mon 11 Mar 13

making jobs for Nigel

SouthamptonLegend says...
7:27pm Mon 11 Mar 13

MGRA wrote:
Southampton boy wrote:
QPR have won two on the run so could make it out, now Reading have moved for new manager NA would be a good one for them but my fear is that we are playing well but not getting the points only 9 games to go we need to win 3 or 4 of these if we are to stay u??
Nigel will not go anywhere until his lawyers have sued the pants off Saints for his severance payoff....
Spurs manager AVB wasn't paid off and was still on the books. He wanted to get back into football as soon as possible and didn't care about the money, shame Nigel doesn't feel the same. I'm pretty sure Adkins got a couple of big bonuses when we were promoted so I don't think he's been hard done by, do you? I aint sayin she a gold digger but

OSPREYSAINT says...
7:40pm Mon 11 Mar 13

MGRA wrote:
Southampton boy wrote:
QPR have won two on the run so could make it out, now Reading have moved for new manager NA would be a good one for them but my fear is that we are playing well but not getting the points only 9 games to go we need to win 3 or 4 of these if we are to stay u??
Nigel will not go anywhere until his lawyers have sued the pants off Saints for his severance payoff....
That is a bit of a double edged sword, it could do us a favour and their is no guarantee that Nigel would win these days, time will tell, but you are once again posting it as if it is a fact, when you are only guessing like the rest of us.

MGRA says...
8:10pm Mon 11 Mar 13

OSPREYSAINT wrote:
MGRA wrote:
Southampton boy wrote:
QPR have won two on the run so could make it out, now Reading have moved for new manager NA would be a good one for them but my fear is that we are playing well but not getting the points only 9 games to go we need to win 3 or 4 of these if we are to stay u??
Nigel will not go anywhere until his lawyers have sued the pants off Saints for his severance payoff....
That is a bit of a double edged sword, it could do us a favour and their is no guarantee that Nigel would win these days, time will tell, but you are once again posting it as if it is a fact, when you are only guessing like the rest of us.
wake up Osprey... Saints can not hide who is paying and when Nigel is being paid. His association also has public accounts....He won't work again until his case is settled....rightly so.... good luck to him.

OSPREYSAINT says...
8:41pm Mon 11 Mar 13

MGRA wrote:
OSPREYSAINT wrote:
MGRA wrote:
Southampton boy wrote:
QPR have won two on the run so could make it out, now Reading have moved for new manager NA would be a good one for them but my fear is that we are playing well but not getting the points only 9 games to go we need to win 3 or 4 of these if we are to stay u??
Nigel will not go anywhere until his lawyers have sued the pants off Saints for his severance payoff....
That is a bit of a double edged sword, it could do us a favour and their is no guarantee that Nigel would win these days, time will tell, but you are once again posting it as if it is a fact, when you are only guessing like the rest of us.
wake up Osprey... Saints can not hide who is paying and when Nigel is being paid. His association also has public accounts....He won't work again until his case is settled....rightly so.... good luck to him.
Wasn't disputing that as such, as I said it could work in our favour.

Skating on thin ice says...
9:05pm Mon 11 Mar 13

Oooh dear!

http://www.dailystar
.co.uk/football/view
/301853/Nigel-Adkins
-to-sue-Southampton/


http://hereisthecity
.com/2013/03/11/read
ing-should-bring-in-
nigel-adkins-who-can
-send-southampton-do
/

MiltonRoad says...
9:14pm Mon 11 Mar 13

memush wrote:
making jobs for Nigel
What, so he should resign should he? Sacked after two straight promotions. Replaced before even being told. Airbrushed from existence by the control freak Cortese. And now we expect him to say thanks and resign like a 'good fellow'. Cortese is even cleverer than he realises - he seems to have brainwashed everyone into thinking he can do no wrong!

OSPREYSAINT says...
9:20pm Mon 11 Mar 13

Skating on thin ice wrote:
Oooh dear!

http://www.dailystar

.co.uk/football/view

/301853/Nigel-Adkins

-to-sue-Southampton/



http://hereisthecity

.com/2013/03/11/read

ing-should-bring-in-

nigel-adkins-who-can

-send-southampton-do

/
I don't why this concerns you, it is not new news, and the Reading deal is a non starter at the moment, so trot along, it feels like minus ten out there in this wind.

OSPREYSAINT says...
9:30pm Mon 11 Mar 13

Phil Dowd to Referee the Scouse game.

St Retford says...
10:00pm Mon 11 Mar 13

MGRA wrote:
Southampton boy wrote:
QPR have won two on the run so could make it out, now Reading have moved for new manager NA would be a good one for them but my fear is that we are playing well but not getting the points only 9 games to go we need to win 3 or 4 of these if we are to stay u??
Nigel will not go anywhere until his lawyers have sued the pants off Saints for his severance payoff....
That is utter ****. He's really not as angry as you like to make out.

business-guru says...
10:22pm Mon 11 Mar 13

St Retford wrote:
MGRA wrote:
Southampton boy wrote:
QPR have won two on the run so could make it out, now Reading have moved for new manager NA would be a good one for them but my fear is that we are playing well but not getting the points only 9 games to go we need to win 3 or 4 of these if we are to stay u??
Nigel will not go anywhere until his lawyers have sued the pants off Saints for his severance payoff....
That is utter ****. He's really not as angry as you like to make out.
Um not sure anger had anything to do with it, Nigel is calmly using his PMA lawyers to make SFC pay him a settlement for breach of contract. He is not stupid enough to take a job before that one would assume ! In case anyone has not noticed, Nigel had a contract and he was not the one who broke it.

saintkenny says...
12:28am Tue 12 Mar 13

business-guru wrote:
St Retford wrote:
MGRA wrote:
Southampton boy wrote:
QPR have won two on the run so could make it out, now Reading have moved for new manager NA would be a good one for them but my fear is that we are playing well but not getting the points only 9 games to go we need to win 3 or 4 of these if we are to stay u??
Nigel will not go anywhere until his lawyers have sued the pants off Saints for his severance payoff....
That is utter ****. He's really not as angry as you like to make out.
Um not sure anger had anything to do with it, Nigel is calmly using his PMA lawyers to make SFC pay him a settlement for breach of contract. He is not stupid enough to take a job before that one would assume ! In case anyone has not noticed, Nigel had a contract and he was not the one who broke it.
how many times have i said the football league have told nigel he cant take a job while he is being paid .the dispute is how much is he entitled to .it will just go to a tribunial .thats why nigel is getting advice from lma .the media pushed up a story like they always do .the question now is have reading left it top late to sack the manager .did we make the right decision .we still have got a point a game .after 10 games we had 4 points 20 we had 18 points so we picked up 14 points in that 10 game spell which as been vital with the game sat up to 30 so far 10 points .you have to feel pull off a win and were almost there .and liverpool wont come to stop us play like harry set out .its a game we can win if we defend well .im confident wiil stay up .now we keep adam back fit for the final games with 5 at home

SaintJD says...
11:39am Tue 12 Mar 13

It's interesting to see who will stay up - Wigan and Villa have stood by their men, the others haven't, but the fact is that the teams that go down will probably include some loyal, some not so loyal. So there is no wrong or right answer.

Reading sacking is harsh and pretty pointless because their major problem is a poor squad, but you never know.

Di Canio could work wonders or could just go in and upset everyone and create a circus, it's hard to know.

Not liking the fact that we'll be the first home game for their new boss though.

Sunderland and Norwich should not be left out of the relegation mix by the way, or even West Ham, although I do expect it is a five-way battle in all honesty.

QPR situation is interesting but don't forget that for the past few games they've been able to slip under the radar a bit - now teams should be taking them more seriously it may get tougher for them in the run in.

Thornhill Saint says...
7:35pm Wed 13 Mar 13

business-guru wrote:
St Retford wrote:
MGRA wrote:
Southampton boy wrote:
QPR have won two on the run so could make it out, now Reading have moved for new manager NA would be a good one for them but my fear is that we are playing well but not getting the points only 9 games to go we need to win 3 or 4 of these if we are to stay u??
Nigel will not go anywhere until his lawyers have sued the pants off Saints for his severance payoff....
That is utter ****. He's really not as angry as you like to make out.
Um not sure anger had anything to do with it, Nigel is calmly using his PMA lawyers to make SFC pay him a settlement for breach of contract. He is not stupid enough to take a job before that one would assume ! In case anyone has not noticed, Nigel had a contract and he was not the one who broke it.
Have you seen the contract. How do you know SFC are in breach?

Surely it would be bigger news if this were so.

click2find

About cookies

We want you to enjoy your visit to our website. That's why we use cookies to enhance your experience. By staying on our website you agree to our use of cookies. Find out more about the cookies we use.

I agree