Some comments from Reading fans when he was there:
I say get rid of the laughing stock that is Martin Allen as his motivational techniques no longer work.
... Add to this the bullying and ranting of Martin Allen, and you have the perfect recipe for disaster
Martin Allen maybe effective in small doses, but who can really say they are motivated by shouting and humiliation? That sort of thing wears thin on you after a while and I recon thats why Casky went from player of the season to getting rediculed for being over weight. Good players respond to praise and encouragement, it never hurts their belief if they are rewarded. In my view we would have been promoted last season if the coach was more cultured and tactically aware and that belief and assuredness would have been there.