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I have removed the reference to the Reading record of 38 games - Reading are only unbeaten in 31 games thus far. HornetMike 22:07, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
... why Coppell left Man City so soon?
Speculation in a book about Coppell was that he was going through his divorce at the time and it meant spending more time away from his son than he liked. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.154.67.131 ( talk) 20:47, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
Coppell was also awarded the "God Award" by last years winner, and the winner for the last 430 billion years, God himself.
well that definitely wasnt a fan who got carried away! deleted 7+1 21:32, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
Pretty amusing though! Shiresman ( talk) 17:31, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
"However it is almost certain he will leave after the 2008/09 season as his contract is due to end. He hopes to bounce Reading back up to the premiership before saying his goodbye"
Where's the evidence for this? It's complete speculation, and the footnoted article doesn't support either claim in the slightest. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.69.42.155 ( talk) 14:18, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
First, the good news. The article passes the criteria for stability, and it has a free-use image so it passes that part too. A reasonable structure is in place. However, on several other criteria the article is not ready for GA yet.
The most important issue is that of referencing. Large swathes of the article are unreferenced, and given that this is a biography of a living person this is particularly important. For instance there is an uncited statement claiming Coppell lied during transfer negotiaions. Any statement which could potentially be challenged by a sceptical reader should be referenced.
Prose and Manual of style compliance: the lead section is too short. For an article of this size it should be at least two paragraphs. Scorelines should use endashes ( WP:DASH). Subsections of only one or two sentences are discouraged. One or two sentence paragraphs should be expanded or merged.
Broad in coverage: Important parts of his career are skipped over. As he was at Crystal Palace for many years, more coverage would be expected - his first five years there are covered by three lines. No mention is made of the fact that he was the shortest serving manager in Manchester City's history. His spells at Brentford and Brighton both had sufficient incident to merit further coverage. Oldelpaso ( talk) 09:25, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
"His prospective new club instantly offered to double his wage and Coppell signed." This doesn't tell the whole story - I've heard Coppell say his then Tranmere manager told him to tell Tommy Docherty that he was earning £30/wk when he was actually on £10/wk. Docherty then offered him double the £30, so he ended up earning six times as much! Unfortunately this was at a Fans Forum meeting while he was manager at Reading, so there is no available reference. Deadlock ( talk) 10:30, 23 September 2010 (UTC) Coppell repeats this story in his autobiography 'Touch And Go'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.154.67.131 ( talk) 20:44, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
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He is not currently manager at Walsall - this is incorrect. Please remove. Sidneysides ( talk) 10:18, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
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Please remove Walsall from Clubs managed in the stats on the right hand side. He has not been appointed. Sidneysides ( talk) 12:33, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
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I have removed the reference to the Reading record of 38 games - Reading are only unbeaten in 31 games thus far. HornetMike 22:07, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
... why Coppell left Man City so soon?
Speculation in a book about Coppell was that he was going through his divorce at the time and it meant spending more time away from his son than he liked. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.154.67.131 ( talk) 20:47, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
Coppell was also awarded the "God Award" by last years winner, and the winner for the last 430 billion years, God himself.
well that definitely wasnt a fan who got carried away! deleted 7+1 21:32, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
Pretty amusing though! Shiresman ( talk) 17:31, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
"However it is almost certain he will leave after the 2008/09 season as his contract is due to end. He hopes to bounce Reading back up to the premiership before saying his goodbye"
Where's the evidence for this? It's complete speculation, and the footnoted article doesn't support either claim in the slightest. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.69.42.155 ( talk) 14:18, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
First, the good news. The article passes the criteria for stability, and it has a free-use image so it passes that part too. A reasonable structure is in place. However, on several other criteria the article is not ready for GA yet.
The most important issue is that of referencing. Large swathes of the article are unreferenced, and given that this is a biography of a living person this is particularly important. For instance there is an uncited statement claiming Coppell lied during transfer negotiaions. Any statement which could potentially be challenged by a sceptical reader should be referenced.
Prose and Manual of style compliance: the lead section is too short. For an article of this size it should be at least two paragraphs. Scorelines should use endashes ( WP:DASH). Subsections of only one or two sentences are discouraged. One or two sentence paragraphs should be expanded or merged.
Broad in coverage: Important parts of his career are skipped over. As he was at Crystal Palace for many years, more coverage would be expected - his first five years there are covered by three lines. No mention is made of the fact that he was the shortest serving manager in Manchester City's history. His spells at Brentford and Brighton both had sufficient incident to merit further coverage. Oldelpaso ( talk) 09:25, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
"His prospective new club instantly offered to double his wage and Coppell signed." This doesn't tell the whole story - I've heard Coppell say his then Tranmere manager told him to tell Tommy Docherty that he was earning £30/wk when he was actually on £10/wk. Docherty then offered him double the £30, so he ended up earning six times as much! Unfortunately this was at a Fans Forum meeting while he was manager at Reading, so there is no available reference. Deadlock ( talk) 10:30, 23 September 2010 (UTC) Coppell repeats this story in his autobiography 'Touch And Go'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.154.67.131 ( talk) 20:44, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
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He is not currently manager at Walsall - this is incorrect. Please remove. Sidneysides ( talk) 10:18, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
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Please remove Walsall from Clubs managed in the stats on the right hand side. He has not been appointed. Sidneysides ( talk) 12:33, 11 May 2021 (UTC)