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Nigel Adkins on his way out?
Nigel Adkins on his way out?
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Blackpool will be very interested I would imagine
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I'll be having an interest in them going down as well now.
Really bizarre timing. Not just because of the decent results he got in the last couple of games, but more so because the new man will face Everton then Utd in his opening two matches. Two defeats, and in today's Prem, the pressure will be on already. Looks like gross mis-management of the club from where I am. |
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Maybe if the font size was 36 pt
 though I accept I was being very harsh. Seriously though G1_Jockey_4, can you not see why Saints fans are so unhappy with a popular and successfull manager being replaced by a nobody? Even fans of other teams are really puzzled by this very strange decision. However, I really hope you are right and I am wrong but I really can't see it............ |
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I bet plenty of Pompey fans will be having a little tickle on this bet too now.
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Adkins to Blackpool????? Can't see his ego accepting that gig, shirley thinks he's worth more than Appleton's cast off.
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Hamsterdam • January 18, 2013 4:45 PM GMT
Biscuit, so did Paul Lambert. The difference between League 1 and the bottom half of the Premiership is negligible.  Keep em comin son |
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Is it correct that they have no undersoil heating? if so the new guy might have a bit more time than expected.
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dont know for sure but with it being a new stadium i would have thought it would have it
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How was he sacked ?
Had them well above where they were expected to be... Did a great job with the players available , Stupid decision . |
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Incredibly daft and stupid decision. At least it has been good for Saints in the last three years, the previous ten or so were very very pooor and hard to bear.........I can now see that repeating itself again
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its because some owners dont live in the real world.
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Shocking and dismal for football when a manager who has his team punching above their weight in the Prmeier League is sacked, and someone like Wenger who, in recent seasons has been a dismal failure and leading Arsenal to football ruin (yet commercial success) is venerated by everyone.
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if spurs lose to utd and saints dont lose to everton, saints will have the current 2nd longest unbeaten run in the division.
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this is gonna be like that obeone thread
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League 2 Bradford beat Arsenal and Villa. But take Villa as an example....made up lot of lots of lower league players....and Norwich last season who finished 12th....there isn't much of a difference so Adkins/Lamberts achievements aren't all that really. They have their limits hence Adkin's sacking. This is what I mean.
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Villa fans desperately trying to save face before they are relegated
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he didnt just pick up any old players though hamsterdam
they picked the best players from lower leagues, to say league 1 and bottom part of prem almost same standard is daft |
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Can't Catch Me 18 Jan 13 18:30
Really bizarre timing. Not just because of the decent results he got in the last couple of games, but more so because the new man will face Everton then Utd in his opening two matches. Two defeats, and in today's Prem, the pressure will be on already. Looks like gross mis-management of the club from where I am. My guess is the powers that be got really worried with the draw at Chelsea & thought we cannot sack him if he got results against Everton & Man Utd, I really believe if they had lost at Stamford Bridge they would have sacked him after the Man Utd game. |
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Wouldn't say the gap between Bottom 6 Premier Lg and League 1 is 'negligible' but agree with Hamsterdam it is smaller than the gap between Bottom 6 and Top 6 in the premier league
Would you rather back Spurs @2.0 away to Southampton/Reading or Southampton/Reading @2.0 away to Swindon? I'd go for Spurs |
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cortese is a power mad nutter,really stupid and risky sacking adkins.i was confident about staying up until i heard the news
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@GuillemBalague: Pochettino was not sacked from Espanyol. Left by mutual agreement... Club and manager wanted different things
I assume there is no such thing as a euphemism in Spain. |
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Balague is an Espanyol supporter and Pochettino's friend so he probably knows what he's talking about.
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Espanyol have improved greatly since he left though and are now out of the relegation zone with the new manager operating with the same constraints due to lack of money.
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That doesn't change the fact he left by mutual agreement.
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No but if Cortese had been the Espanyol chairman i can, almost, guarantee he'd have been out of the door before the season started after the 14th place finish.
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You can't guarantee anything.
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also doesnt change the fact he is a much better coach than adkins
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Said on SSN earlier that the entire backroom staff have gone as well. Going to be a serious job for Pochetino to win over that dressing room.............especially as he'll have to communicate with them via an interpreter.
Matt le Tissier was absolutely fuming about it when they were discussing it on soccer saturday. |
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We will soon see whether this nobody is a better coach than Adkins, though I would expect us to be relegated and him gone well before May.
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"nobody" ffs
get a grip u big softie. when i say this is a decent manager he fkin is |
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I had hoped to see Le Tissier's reaction but the Simon/Monfils was too gripping to miss.
The bad blood between Le Tissier and Cortese is well documented so it's not surprising he's fuming. |
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G1_Jockey_4 19 Jan 13 13:49
also doesnt change the fact he is a much better coach than adkins that's your opinion, it's certainly not a fact. |
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Simon/Monfils *match
pushkin, I expected you to be relegated anyway. |
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Vile decision and I look forward to them going down.
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hippie - yes I know he's an Espanyol fan and pochettino's friend. Which is why I view his comment as being one designed to protect a friend. Just asvhe blindly sticks up for his mate Rafa all the time. Espanyol were on a terrible run since the end of last season and were bottom of the league. 'Mutual consent'? Don't think so.
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whether you think so or not the club statement at the time read:
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I don't deny the club said it was mutual consent, it's a regular expression to allow an employee to leave with dignity.
A quick google news search reveals the newspapers almost universally described it as a sacking or dismissal. |
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You're of the opinion Pochettino was "sacked" after leaving Espanyol in a "right mess". Fair enough.
The Independent says Pochettino was briefly linked to the Real Madrid job besides turning down offers from Valencia and Sampdoria. [http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/mauricio-pochettino-goes-from-real-madrid-link-to-battling-against-relegation-8458285.html] insidefutbol.com spoke of him in glowing terms when they linked him to the Southampton job last Friday (11 January) [http://www.insidefutbol.com/2013/01/11/southampton-mooted-as-possible-destination-for-former-espanyol-coach-mauricio-pochettino/76854/] I don't have a problem accepting the official "mutual consent" explanation considering the esteem he seems to be held in (by many except a few hacks). |
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As I have opioned before, I hope I am wrong but what is the sense in sacking a good young English manager and replacing him with a failed spanish league nobody?
FFS this nobody is even unable to communicate with his new players who must still be in a state of shock. Adkins had improved the Saints year on year, and with him in charge there is no doubt we were improving and on the rise with a great chance of avoiding relegation. Given Adkins track record we may even have been pushing for a european place next year. All that pervdes our club now, is doom and gloom which will in all likliehood end in relegation and an early sacking for the nobody. How uttery pointless, shortsighted and sad    |
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How does Adkins track record equate to a european place?
Your team is in 15th place and have only beaten the teams in 16th, 17th, 18th and 20th (in a 20 team league). |