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Brendan Rodgers leaves Watford after 192 days to join Reading

12:28pm Thursday 4th June 2009 in


Brendan Rodgers has left Watford after just 192 days to become Reading manager despite apparently claiming he was “100 per cent committed” to the Hornets just last week.

Rodgers took his first managerial position with the Hornets on November 24 but after steering them to 13th place, he has taken over at his adopted home town club.

Watford could eventually receive almost £1 million for Rodgers and the Watford Observer understands that assistant manager Dean Austin, football consultant Frank Lampard Snr and football physiologist Karl Halabi will also move to the Madejski Stadium in the near future.

The Hornets will receive an initial fee of more than £500,000 and then almost £1 million should Reading gain promotion to the Premier League.

Watford chairman Jimmy Russo said: “Following speculation over the Reading vacancy I had spoken to Brendan only last week and he had assured me that he was 100 per cent committed to Watford FC and our plan for the future.

“Once Brendan had confirmed his desire to discuss the opportunity and Reading had met a contractual compensation figure, we were powerless to prevent him doing so.

“I then spent up until Monday evening negotiating with Reading a vastly improved compensation package in excess of £500,000 with additional payments totalling in the region of £1m, based on Reading’s future success.

“We also had a frank and open conversation with the manager on Monday afternoon to further understand his position. It was at this stage he strongly reinforced his desire to talk to Reading.”

Rodgers has been favourite to take over at the Madejski Stadium since Steve Coppell’s resignation three weeks ago.

The 36 year old distanced himself from the rumours initially but the lure of Reading was always going to be an attractive proposition to the Northern Irishman.

He has lived in the town since he joined the club as a player at 16 and after his career ended prematurely four years later, he went on to become the Royals’ Academy director before moving to Chelsea in 2004.

Rodgers continued to have a good relationship with chairman John Madejski following his departure and is friends with director of football Nick Hammond, who was in charge of finding Coppell’s replacement.

Watford’s first team coach Malky Mackay, goalkeeping coach Alec Chamberlain and the rest of the coaching staff are expected to remain at Watford for the time being.

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watfordbird says...
12:31pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Well it was so obvious he was going, wonder how many people will try and get refunds on their season tickets.

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goatswilly says...
12:41pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Oh well, we move on.

Just goes to prove Rodgers is an untrustworthy sack of 5shit.

He will be off when Jose comes back to England anyway.

Dennis Wise anyone????

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jackwfc says...
12:48pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Love Watford and the fans my ar*e! Lied to all of the fans and made us all look like mugs. Hopefully he will be out of a job by Xmas with his reputation in tatters.

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llloydwithathirdl says...
12:48pm Thu 4 Jun 09

An unproven liar.

We move on.


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Watford_Writer says...
12:52pm Thu 4 Jun 09

As I said, you know, I'm 100% committed to Watford, you know, new season, new targets, new players.

I'm offended when people question my integrity about the Reading job, you know. It upsets me. I'm loyal, 100% committed, as I said.

I speak to Elton regularly, as I said. We see a way forward, loved his chopper. Got my photo taken with Mourinho the other week, you know. That's Jose Morinho - ex-manager of Chelsea. I used to work there.

I'm learning my trade, only been in the job 192 days so I've no intention of leaving Watford in the lurch and...oh f*ck it, I'm off.

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JB11 says...
12:53pm Thu 4 Jun 09

gutted, extreamly dissapointed, angry in fact - would not be suprised to see us favorites for relegation with the bookies now

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WMH says...
12:55pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Obviously Brendan didn't read up on McGhee, Ince, Parkinson and all the other 'next best things' who moved on quickly 'cos they were such big things.

I am probably just bitter to see him walk out to such a bunch of plastic cheating muppets as Reading but I really hope he falls flat on his a*** - if he was going to leave anyhow couldn't he have summoned the basic common deceny to be honest about it and save us all the bs about his loyalty and integrity.........? Clearly not which tells us what we need to know about the man.

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Heimishe_Hornet says...
12:57pm Thu 4 Jun 09

We must move on. Unfortunately BR was clearly misled by the previous board and the Reading job came up.....

The current board will have seen this coming the past 2 weeks so hopefully will announce a smooth transition to Malky, sprinkle some GT involvement and perhaps take a Reading midfielder in p/x for BR.

Alternatively, if they think laterally could offer Paul Scholes (or a London club equivalent) a player-manager role.

Per ardua ad astra

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JamesA says...
12:59pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Now we've seen his true colours it's pretty eveident he's not the man for us anyway.

So, moving on, who's next. Personally if I see Dennis Wise or Tony Adams arrive my season ticket is going back. It's time GT had some influence in the decision...

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llloydwithathirdl says...
1:01pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Who had even heard of Rodgers this time last year?

We took a massive risk appointing him, and he's thrown that right back in our face.

If he's that kind of a man, he was never the right man for Watford anyway.

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herts hornet says...
1:01pm Thu 4 Jun 09

pray he falls flat on his TWO FACES
and pray first game of season is WFC VS Reading and new look dressing rooms and dugouts are ready so he walks past the lower rous to the dugouts ,man of integrity and honesty good riddance

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Johnjones1959 says...
1:06pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Three words, F'in judas scum

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llloydwithathirdl says...
1:06pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Can we please, please, please have Steve Coppell?

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Tynedale Hornet says...
1:16pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Lets try and get someone involved who is the definition of loyalty...NIGEL GIBBS.

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garyporter1 says...
1:19pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Seems like he's getting too big for his boots very very quickly. Probably hanging about with the 'special one' too much! Watford was a great club for him to develop himself. If things go wrong quickly at Reading he will soon find himself back coaching reserve team football.

At least the money received can help pay 'The Duke'! Lets hope the board don't use their Chelsea connections to appoint Ray Wilkins or Avram Grant as the new gaffer!

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Johnjones1959 says...
1:21pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Rodgers would make a good MP, they also lack any form of moral fibre, honesty, decency and commitment, what goes around comes around Buck, so beware !!!

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rochdale away says...
1:28pm Thu 4 Jun 09

can we stop with the 'he saved us' rubbish. as I said earlier, we stayed up because of the utter dross beneath us.........was I the only one sweating when we were losing at coventry, because at that moment we were 110 mins from poss going down and given the rubbish we'd been playing it felt a distinct possibility to me. IMO we played our best overall/effective football at the end of Malkys reign. I could never get viallis face out of my mind when BR was talking football. Good riddance to the scum bag with 1 last question.........if he's going to his so called home town club...since when has reading been in Ireland????

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There was only one Scully says...
1:38pm Thu 4 Jun 09

192.com, now that rings a bell!
We want to find a new manager. Names and suggestions required.
Name: Malky, assistant GT.

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SuperNova says...
1:42pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Aidy - all is forgiven.

At least you gave your all to every level of the club.


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There was only one Scully says...
1:45pm Thu 4 Jun 09

That was cheeky, you must have inside knowledge 2!!

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JB11 says...
1:48pm Thu 4 Jun 09

i wouldn't have a problem with aidy comming back, i think mr Russo might though

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Berks Horn says...
1:48pm Thu 4 Jun 09

I wouldn't go that far Supernova!

OK, so unfortunately we've had a couple of self-serving tonks as our last two managers. Reading and TV are welcome to them. Let's appoint someone decent, who has the club at its heart and quickly.

I hope Graham Taylor figures and I would also like to see Malky given more of a chance, but having thought about it a bit more I'd quite like to see Tommy Smith as player manager, maybe with Gibbsy as coach when Reading sack him.

Imagine TS, GT and NG on the management team. Happy days!

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Grigg says...
1:50pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Shame, thought we might do well under him next season. Can't bring myself to wish him well. I know it is a business, but pledging your loyalty one minute and vanishing the next leaves a nasty taste in the mouth.

Not sure Gibbs has the experience. Jackett seems a better bet, but seems to remember being a bit bored by the continuous draws under him 96-97 (we had Phillips up front and Miller in goal, should've been unstoppable). How about Hessenthaler? I know it is non-league, but doing a great job at Dover. Perhaps we should give the job to MM and use the Rodgers compensation money to keep TS.

As usual with Watford I have no idea what division we'll end up in at the end of next season. A brilliant new manager and promotion? The departure of Rodgers destabilising the club so we get relegated? A safe pair of hands keeping us mid-table? You never know what you're going to get with the Horns. Why would nayone want a refund on their season ticket?

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rogeruk says...
1:52pm Thu 4 Jun 09

I am sick to my stomach with Rodgers a crass lying Irishman. What goes around comes around! The Watford players must be demoralised and hating Rodgers for his lying and treachery to them! I really feel for the players.
Secondly I do not buy into the Russo’s “We couldn’t do anything” Bull oh yeah! Peterborough could do something though heah?
If this started almost a week ago where was the transparency from the Russo’s? Seriously believe they have returned to recoup their money; firstly with the manager then sell our four best players then there off. Their credibility with me is zero which seems par for the course at Watford fc!
Watford fans get ready to be a yo yo club between the Division Four and the Conference! At least we have the derby with Luton to look forward too!

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reality-bites says...
1:52pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Dennis wise? - no Way!

Paul jewell
curbishley
coppell
pardew

All good managers, that are not greedy - can we have one of them?

Rogers, you did well, but you speak with forked tongue! Still, what goes round comes round....

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herts hornet says...
1:56pm Thu 4 Jun 09

would like Graham to take over obviously but failing that would go for Sean o driscoll at Doncaster ,great job at Bournmouth as well and i believe was in contention before we appointed Judas ,his team play great football and knows a player as built a decent team with no money something our next manager will have to do it seems !

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enlightened one says...
2:07pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Odious wretch,I hope you fail miserably.

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pstannard4 says...
2:09pm Thu 4 Jun 09

llloydwithathirdl wrote:
Can we please, please, please have Steve Coppell?
I don't even think that we could pay his wages.

RODGERS JUDAS

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eltonsarmy says...
2:24pm Thu 4 Jun 09

What a two faced piece of sh**. get those dug outs built in the lower rous so we can give him a warm welcome with his yes man austin beside him.

we now need to move forward with 500k in the bank and make sure we get a good proven manager at this level, I love Malky but in the 192 days since he did not get the job the 1st time round nothing has changed to give it to him now, we need a new face with no connections from the last 24 months.

I do not blame the board here they are fuming and rogers had it in his contract to be able to walk if a certain figure was met, it was met with add on's so the board have done a good job on the money front, keep the postive vibe going and get behind the new man.

GT is helping with interviews so trust them.

Rogers you will fall on your sword and I cant wait!

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Tudor247 says...
2:31pm Thu 4 Jun 09

So 100% equals 0% when £'s are waved around. Trust there is a good compensation clause in BR's contact so Reading pays loads.

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a1derek says...
2:32pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Malky is 4/1 favourite on Sky Bet.

Tony Coton at 12/1?

To be honest I don't really rate anyone on the SkyBet list!

And how they can have Darren Ferguson at 16/1 is beyond me. If Reading can't afford him, we certainly can't!

I hope GT is involved in the hiring, I would trust him to ensure a good appointment.

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HOOF says...
2:32pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Rodgers is gone.Good riddance just don't you dare try & come back to steal Tommy Smith or any other of our decent players.As for the future-Paul Jewell,seems to get the best out of Ellington,so could be a decent replacement.Aidy Boothroyd,started to get the team playing a bit of football before Gimpson stepped in.I personally would welcome him back(he is our 2nd most succesful manager of all time).Andy Hessenthaler,despite leaving us for more money(greedy little s**t)is still a legend at the club.And finally...Tommy Mooney,struggled to get a game in Spain last year must surely be close to hanging up the ole boots and all that sun is no good for the fella.

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Hexham Hornet says...
2:38pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Well I hope BR does not expect his players to keep to their contracts and that they leave him in the lurch. I don't blame our board, and you can't blame Reading, but if he gets a better offer in the next 10 months will he be off again? I hope he fails simply because if he acts in this dishonest way he does not deserve to succeed. At the same time I would like to thank him for getting us out of a big hole, but he certainly does not leave with my blessing.

GT will be a good influence in finding the right man for the job - there are a number out there who will be interested - and you never know he may get involved more than he currently is if the new manager does not bring a KB or FL snr with him. He would work well with Coppell, and would SC demand a huge wage or would he ask for a big bonus if he achieves promotion? He nearly managed us before, can we persuade him to do it this time?

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Janewfc says...
2:46pm Thu 4 Jun 09

What worries me is what players he may have spotted when on his jolly which will go to Reading rather than us.

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mikeg100 says...
2:52pm Thu 4 Jun 09

So Brendon Rogers has gone......what a s***, particularly as he last week said that he was 100% behind Watford FC.
But wait a mo lets step bacl and look at the whole situation.
How many of us, in a smilar situation, would not have done the same. A job with a better salary and better prospects and your employers prepared to invest more money in your job than your current employer. Particularly if the job being offered is one that you have always wanted.
In any case Brendon did keep us out of the relegation nightmare.
There is however the disappointment that the backroom staff have gone as well and almost certainly some of Watford's best players will also follow as will probably the superb Jack Cork.
It is better he has gone now than a couple of weeks in to the new season.We also shouldn't lose sight of the fact that the current Board of Directors did not in any case appoint Rogers.
So where now? The Directors have made it clear that they are reviewing the whole structure of WFC from top to bottom so in the short term perhaps an experienced mature manager to take over the reigns...........ste
p forward one Mr Graham Taylor....with perhaps a young manager with knowledge of the 'Watford way'to assist him and take over in the long term.......... step forward one Kenny Jackett.
Would Taylor give it another go.....I think he would love the challenge.

I still think your a s... Brendon.

What would we like to see at Christmas? How about Watford 10 points clear at the top of the table and Reading in a relegation battle with Rogers sacked for poor results!....but then football is always about 'the dream'.

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Achilles_of_Herts says...
2:55pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Rogers is a c**t! End of!

I think Gibbsy would be a poor choice for manager. Ideally I would like Darren Ferguson or Roberto Di Matteo but I highly doubt we can afford either of them. Paul Ince wouldn't be a bad shout as he isn't getting a Premiership job anytime soon.

I know Wise is not popular but he has worked on a shoe string in all of his managerial jobs and has done well for every club he has managed. I just want to see someone who will bring success to the club. You can never accuse Wise of lacking passion.

No to Gibbs, Hessenthaler & Jackett (who has just signed a new contract at Milwall -not that loyalty means anything in the world of foobtall).

Who do people want as manager?

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goatswilly says...
3:01pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Achilles_of_Herts wrote:
Rogers is a c**t! End of! I think Gibbsy would be a poor choice for manager. Ideally I would like Darren Ferguson or Roberto Di Matteo but I highly doubt we can afford either of them. Paul Ince wouldn't be a bad shout as he isn't getting a Premiership job anytime soon. I know Wise is not popular but he has worked on a shoe string in all of his managerial jobs and has done well for every club he has managed. I just want to see someone who will bring success to the club. You can never accuse Wise of lacking passion. No to Gibbs, Hessenthaler & Jackett (who has just signed a new contract at Milwall -not that loyalty means anything in the world of foobtall). Who do people want as manager?
Big fat Ron Atkinson

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garibaldi90 says...
3:07pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Just to add how gutted I am by developments.As soon as Coppell left Reading,I thought Rogers would go there,especially since the compensation would help our club finances.I was then taken in by his assurances of loyalty to an unfinished job.This belief also arose because I felt he has everything to lose at Reading where he is no doubt expected to acheive immediate promotion.
I was also gutted that Ashley fell on his sword AFTER Boothroyd.Perhaps we would have kept Aidy if they had left!
I also think Aidy laid the foundation for what Rogers has acheived,so would not be too negative about him returning now the Board are more honest and football orientated but I cant see him wanting to come back after the treatment he received.

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garyporter1 says...
3:09pm Thu 4 Jun 09

I wouldn't mind Mark Robins, Di Matteo or Paul Ince. As long as it's someone new and nobody associated with the last 2 regimes.

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jackwfc says...
3:13pm Thu 4 Jun 09

I personally would like to see Alan Curbishley given the job. However a lot will depend on whether we could afford his wages. He is a man with the right level of experience and a history of success. Also a man with loyalty and integrity which is something that the club needs right now!

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sceptic says...
3:18pm Thu 4 Jun 09

John Ward with Graham Taylor in Bertie Mee role would be OK.
As for the manager deserting,what would have been the point in keeping somebody who didnt want to be at Watford? That would be worse than letting him go.Get oss the Russos' backs,none of this is their fault!

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khvb says...
3:23pm Thu 4 Jun 09

What a mess, although this won't be a surprise as BR has clearly been tapped up for this role for weeks so the board should have been undertaking succession planning for this event. For this reason, I don't think they will take the easy option of Malky or bringing back Nigel Gibbs. At least with GT on the board, I expect a sensible approach to this problem. It can't be a coincidence that Jackett got a new contract yesterday, so that suggests to me that planning is already underway but quite who it will be I haven't got a clue!

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The Rover says...
3:46pm Thu 4 Jun 09

We should be greatful for what BR has done for Watford. Without a doubt he saved us from relegation and the club have recieved over £500k in compensation for a manager they only employed for 192 days! In any profession if you are offered a job with siginifantly higher salary, nearer to home with greater prospects you would jump at the opportunity. Watford always have been and always will be a selling club, and have done the right thing given their financial predicament. All we can do now is look forward to the new manager being named.

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brianwfc says...
3:50pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Dont Panic GT will be there to advise. I am sure this will turn out for the best with someone coming in who actually WANTS to be a part of our club...!!

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duckfan10 says...
3:51pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Very dissapointing. He seemed to stake so much on loyalty and ethics and then goes and does this.
I was a bug supporter of BR but now... wish him well but lost all respect.

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llloydwithathirdl says...
3:54pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Has any other manager ever been "poached" after winning just 13 games of football in their life?

Reading may live to regret this one.

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Achilles_of_Herts says...
3:57pm Thu 4 Jun 09

I don't think Alan Curbishley can accept any jobs at the moment as he is still in a legal battle over compensation owed by West Ham - however, I don't know how true that is!

I hope we get an ambitious manager who already has some experience of the football league.

No first timers or sentimental (previous players) appointments.

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Feff says...
4:04pm Thu 4 Jun 09

I don't blame BR for going. He was about to lose Smith, McAnuff, Rasiak, Priskin and O' Toole. He will be earning more money himself. He will have more money to spend on new players. Only a complete hypocrite would say he's made the wrong move. Also, please stop bringing up names from the past. Mooney, Blisset (what a great job he did at Chesham - not!),Ward,Gibbs, Jackett (who has just signed a new contract at Millwall anyway),Hessenthaler
, even the wretched Boothroyd. Let's find someone new as we did with Rodgers. Ince and Di Matteo are good ideas but we probably can't match their earnings. MM was such a bad coach under AB, though I don't know if he was to blame or AB but I say "no" to him too. Coppell - great but surely not affordable. Fergusson - forget it! Wise and Tony Adams -no, no, and no again! Jewell, Curbishley, Pardew? Perhaps but I have my doubts, again, as to whether WFC can afford them. Somewhere at Arsenal, Spurs, even West Ham and Fulham there has to be another Rodgers. All the Board has to do is find him. Now to contradict myself about old-timers -how about Pat Rice? He certainly got on well with GT.

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Achilles_of_Herts says...
4:08pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Surely if Pat Rice hadn't wanted a go at management he would have done it ages ago!

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WMH says...
4:20pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Feff wrote:
I don't blame BR for going. He was about to lose Smith, McAnuff, Rasiak, Priskin and O' Toole. He will be earning more money himself. He will have more money to spend on new players. Only a complete hypocrite would say he's made the wrong move. Also, please stop bringing up names from the past. Mooney, Blisset (what a great job he did at Chesham - not!),Ward,Gibbs, Jackett (who has just signed a new contract at Millwall anyway),Hessenthaler , even the wretched Boothroyd. Let's find someone new as we did with Rodgers. Ince and Di Matteo are good ideas but we probably can't match their earnings. MM was such a bad coach under AB, though I don't know if he was to blame or AB but I say "no" to him too. Coppell - great but surely not affordable. Fergusson - forget it! Wise and Tony Adams -no, no, and no again! Jewell, Curbishley, Pardew? Perhaps but I have my doubts, again, as to whether WFC can afford them. Somewhere at Arsenal, Spurs, even West Ham and Fulham there has to be another Rodgers. All the Board has to do is find him. Now to contradict myself about old-timers -how about Pat Rice? He certainly got on well with GT.
Well if being a complete hypocrite means being p***ed off when a person says one thing and does another than I guess that's me in. I guess I would call is 'common decency' rather than hypocrisy though.

I say again, go if you want to, fair enough but don't come the big one about loyalty and integrity and than do the opposite. I am afraid I do blame BR for that and always will..........

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JB11 says...
4:21pm Thu 4 Jun 09

i don't wish BR well, i hope he effs up royally!!

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GrahamTaylor says...
4:54pm Thu 4 Jun 09

I understand all the frustration and anger on here but you really are pointing the finger at the wrong person. Rodgers went cos we need the compensation and was lied to about our club the same way we have all been lied to over the last three years, no other reason. He would have stayed had he been asked to do so I don’t believe he did mislead us. I think if you read what he said again it said something like…. “At this moment I am thinking about Watford…” i.e he spoke in present tense. Well things change and that was before he was told what players would have to go over the summer and who he wouldn’t be allowed to buy. Watch as Smith, McAnuff, Demerit and other all leave over the summer. He is ambitious and is not going to put his career on hold for three years whilst we sort our life out. We are in debt and need cash the blame lies with Homer Simpson and co, no one else. Still at least the cash will keep the bank manager happy and we wont have to start next season on -10 points! I am grateful he didn’t quit after 2 games and he at least took us to a very reasonable league position.

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enlightened one says...
5:16pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Reply to BRs statement on WFC.com

Dear Brendan am I supposed to believe a word of this ? You lying 2 faced ar$ehole of a man.

If Hoofers ever came back I really would be looking for that lampost.Time to move onward and upward.

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mikeg100 says...
5:33pm Thu 4 Jun 09

I wrote my comment before Roger's statement on the Watford website. I was trying to be fair to the man, but the statement is not far short of a two fingered jesture. It would have been better not to gave bothered Brendon. Not sure you are gonna be very welcome back at Vicarage road!

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eltonsjohn says...
6:11pm Thu 4 Jun 09

i met this girl once at the new penny one friday night. she was average looking, but had this something about her. she was new to watford, none of my mates knew her, that just added to the mystery.

anyway - to cut a long story short, went back to hers & to be honest it was the best one-night-stand i ever had! i thought all my dreams had come true. we had a couple more dates, even started making plans for a holiday together.

ok- i got some stick from my mates, but i was in my own little world. happy as a pig in you-know-what.

but one night when i called her, her mum said she was ill & couldn't come to the phone. same thing a couple of days later. yes the alarm bells were ringing, but i refused to believe she had finished with me. amazingly, she bumped into one of my mates, & said she was still with me, & we were still going on holiday together!

my mind was in turmoil, but i still could not get in touch with her, til one day when i phoned up, her mum admitted that she had gone back to her old boyfriend.

yes i was upset, but i dusted myself down, met other much better girls, & generally had a great/better time.

funny, i remebered that story today, because you know what, i think BR has displayed everything that girl did.

a total & utter lying girly wimp, who true honest people will soon get over. if he'd spoken the truth at first, we would have understood.
no guts, no class.

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4boys says...
7:33pm Thu 4 Jun 09

I hear that Rogers and Simpson are both going to stand at the next election, apparently the perks are good, all you have to be is a good liar

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colni zip says...
8:12pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Who cares!

Rodgers - c u next tuesday.

Good riddance from your boring self purity anyway you lying piece of ****.

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Mick Jones says...
9:33pm Thu 4 Jun 09

Just picture the scene last game of the season at Reading and he begins his lap of honour and walks towards the home end to enjoy the adulation...but its **** empty because they all leave early to miss the traffic...if you ask me those three fingered inbreds deserve to be managed by a short fat potato picking paddy..my security word is hair-soil say it quick arseole

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kennychiwa says...
8:28am Fri 5 Jun 09

Wow - I can't believe the venom towards a man who was lied to by the people who employed him, did the job that we wanted him to do and got us to try a new style. Why are we now relegation certainties?? And as for Aidy coming back - did anyone actually WATCH the dross that we played throughout the last 18 months of his tenure?! Please God no...we were a one trick outfit who got found out and had NOTHING else to give until BR came in. Good luck spud - next time though leave out all of the false promises

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Mo Tulon says...
4:09pm Fri 5 Jun 09

Bring in wisey and or tony adams. They would be great for this magnificent club.
League 2 for you, which will match your decrepit ground.
Administration for you next though.

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Mick Jones says...
7:40pm Fri 5 Jun 09

See the expert on league two, how to get out of it backwards and quickly and who knows a thing about administration is back. **** off Mo Tulon you scum ****

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DevonOrn says...
7:50am Sun 7 Jun 09

Paul Tisdale, currently boss of Exeter City. Two promotions back2back. good young manager to be guided by the great man GT.

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Andrew1963 says...
11:23am Sun 7 Jun 09

DevonOrn - that is a good call, but aren't Exeter run by Steve Perryman. Can not see him painting a positive picture o Watford. However i wonder if the Wycombe manager would be in the frame? John Ward of course has great ties to Graham Taylor. The Southend manager may be worth interviewing too!

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