Quote from the Nigel Adkins thread after he was sacked by Saints:
To paraphrase Yoshida, their Japanese defender's comments about Nigel Adkins on Premier League World:
"He is a very nice guy. It is probably the first time that I have worked with such a positive person and Manager in my career. What is great about him is the way he treats his players. His attitude towards us definitely has a positive affect on the team and is a big reason for our change in form".
Wonder if he is the guy to get Marcus 'Magic' Maddison performing again?
Sandgaard admitted he's been looking at managers a while. He'd have been silly not to given our season.
It's interesting both how quickly Bowyer moved to Birmingham when they decided to remove Karanka, and how quickly we then found a replacement, despite Thomas not being in the country...
Quote from the Nigel Adkins thread after he was sacked by Saints:
To paraphrase Yoshida, their Japanese defender's comments about Nigel Adkins on Premier League World:
"He is a very nice guy. It is probably the first time that I have worked with such a positive person and Manager in my career. What is great about him is the way he treats his players. His attitude towards us definitely has a positive affect on the team and is a big reason for our change in form".
Wonder if he is the guy to get Marcus 'Magic' Maddison performing again?
Adkins: "This is such a tough division because there are several clubs who have been in the Premier League. It's very competitive. We've got a group of players who have got a spirit. Someone has got to get up, so why can't it be us?" #cafc
I wonder if any of the contracts we couldn't sort out because we don't know what divison we will be in will now be sorted out when we don't know what divison we will be in?
I wish him every success, and hope he's able to replicate what he did at Scunthorpe and Southampton.
I would have loved us to have promoted from within (Jackson or Euell), or to have resurrected a charlton connection, and would have had Powell back in a shot - he has unfinished business with us.
Going external makes us like every other club, without any greater certainty of success.
I don't know enough about Ged Roddy to understand his level of influence, good or bad. I hope he's not a Fraeye (albeit slightly more qualified) lurking in the background building his role and waiting for his turn...
Well yesterday I was underwhelmed at the prospect of Nige and set pulses racing with sone by suggesting I'd rather have Kenny Jacket or was it Kenny G??
Anyway having watched the interview with Nigel he comes across very well and keeping Jacko is a bonus so I'm prepared to eat that humble pie and support Nige 110%.
We’ve got some tough fixtures coming up, but several teams above us in the league are struggling at the moment. It’s gonna be a nerve racking few weeks, but a good start against Wimbledon would be a massive boost.
Well yesterday I was underwhelmed at the prospect of Nige and set pulses racing with sone by suggesting I'd rather have Kenny Jacket or was it Kenny G??
Anyway having watched the interview with Nigel he comes across very well and keeping Jacko is a bonus so I'm prepared to eat that humble pie and support Nige 110%.
Adkins did brilliantly for Southampton TEN FUCKING YEARS AGO - he has not worked for two years and failed at his last three clubs.
This is just so gutting, I am sure he is a lovely bloke and all that but come on people if Sunderland appointed him after sacking Parky we’d have thought them mad.
Obviously he knows Ged Roddy from working together at Reading and that’s why he got the job, and that is just not good enough I am afraid.
Feels like a real kick in the teeth and confirms what others have said about tension between Bowyer and Roddy with the former fearing a replacement was being lined up.
I would love to be wrong but this looks like an awful appointment, please show me a manager that has failed at his last three clubs and then suddenly finds success after two years on his arse. You won’t be able to.
Really quite angry about this, feels like a complete piss take to be honest.
Is that the Roddy who worked and Reading in 2018 and the Adkins that left in 2014? Or a different pair?
Yep - fair enough - that’s my mistake.
But sorry, there has to be a link somewhere because someone two years out of the game and three failures in a row behind them doesn’t just get appointed 48 hours after the last manager walks.
This didn’t just happen this week.
The way him and Olly kept saying this has been a whirlwind week and happened quickly, makes it sound like not as pre-planned as you think.
Yeah it sounded like he was on Sandgaard's list but maybe only contacted this week.
I'm not so sure. Olly says about it being a whirlwind week, Adkins agrees it's been a whirlwind but doesn't actually say when he spoke to Sandgaard. I still suspect initial contact was made earlier than this week. Probably only finalised once Bow resigned.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Bows had been saying to TS for a few weeks that he was on the verge of resigning, as no matter what he tried he couldn’t get the performances he expected - I imagine TS would have said, don’t worry, it takes time to get where we want - but having picked up on Bows ‘vibe’ and also his Valley Pass post match interviews, TS decided he needed to have a back up if Bows did resign
It's what any decent owner would do, even in the good times do your research as you never know what's around the corner. Not the exciting appointment that some were looking for but good solid experience at this level with three promotions plus managing in the top two divisions. I think he's a great appointment & possibly the best we could have hoped for. Far too early for JJ imo but great to have him around the players who all seem to love him. Would still like a defensive coach to come in. Step by step TS is building
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Now I'll take a bullet for him and have his babies
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Curbs lite with that comment... :-)
I would have loved us to have promoted from within (Jackson or Euell), or to have resurrected a charlton connection, and would have had Powell back in a shot - he has unfinished business with us.
Going external makes us like every other club, without any greater certainty of success.
I don't know enough about Ged Roddy to understand his level of influence, good or bad. I hope he's not a Fraeye (albeit slightly more qualified) lurking in the background building his role and waiting for his turn...
Out the blue that one. Don't even think he was on the bookies fave list. Might be wrong about that.
Anyway having watched the interview with Nigel he comes across very well and keeping Jacko is a bonus so I'm prepared to eat that humble pie and support Nige 110%.
And it will no doubt work wonders for our recruitment of young players also.
Miaow.