Coppell Wins LMA Manager of the Year 2007

Well done to Steve and to Sir Alex who wins the Barclays manager of the year Also, to our favourite son Roy Keane who has successfully guided Sunderland to the Premiership and won manager of the year for his respective division. What a legend.

Really glad to see Coppell get his just awards.

What a fantastic job. Such an intelligent and level-headed guy. He could turn out to be one of the Premiership greats - potentially the next Man United Manager? I hope not, because he'd be pretty darn good.

Hopefully he keeps the Reading ship steady next season and firmly docks her in the Premiership for a long stay.

That is a dam good shout.Whenever ive chatted with mates about the next man u boss,no one has mentioned him.But ex-player and all that.wonder what the odds are?has to be worth risking a couple of quid.

On Betfair u can back it at 50's and lay at 85's.

On another not Ranieri is the favourite for the Man City job at 2.88s... very short odds. I haven't heard anything aboutt his.

Excellent odds,cheers marco.im off to log in.

Ranieri @ladbrokes,today was evens.......25/1 3 days ago!!

Congratulations Stevie, fully deserved award.... Here is to the best manager in the history of Reading F.C. I am however slightly concerned that Coppell may be taking a little too many of the plaudits... I don't see the players getting enough praise.

I'd say Alan Pardew had a good shout at being Reading's best ever manager. Coppell is only expanding on what Pardew had already built. Without Pardew we wouldn't be where we are.

I was having this discussion just the other day actually. Both have been fantastic influences at the club and yes i agree without Pardew we would not be where we are but i just feel that Pardew could not have taken us any further than he already had - One of the reasons that he left. It took a manager like Coppell to come in sign one or two players and in however way he helped - Romp to the Championship title. I think Coppell shades it over Pardew for the way he has successfully steered us to a fantastic season in the Premiership. Not letting himself be influenced by th media, sticking to his guns with regards to playing a weakened team in the Cups. I also think that Steve has so far been tactically more sound than Pardew in many areas. I am sure you will remember when Pardew,continually home or away, always stuck with the formation laving Nicky Forster, who was never particulalry prolific, on his own up front. A tactic that saw us play some of the most frustrating and poor football i have seen.

steve coppell has coped well in the premiership 4 his 1st season with reading as they done pretty well in the season