Madejski confident in Coppell
by Joseph Caron Dawe, 25 March 2008
Reading chairman John Madejski has said Royals manager Steve Coppell’s future was never in doubt, even when the club were teetering on the top of the relegation zone.
Coppell’s side lost a club record eight consecutive league games, a streak which sent them plummeting towards the nether regions of the table.
However, the beginning of March heralded something of a new spring dawn for Coppell and his players as they have won three of their four games so far this month, and Madejski has said he always had faith in the 52-year-old’s capabilities to turn things around.
“Nobody ever questioned his ability,” said Madejski.
The Reading chairman has always been vociferous in his support for Coppell, and strengthened his stance by saying that to contemplate any change would be ‘complete lunacy’.