lordswoodsaints

The week after the last game of the season.

The appointment follows an intense, but thorough search, with the Club having received a very high volume and quality of applications, the majority of which came from well respected managers currently working in the top two divisions of English football and abroad." Those names don't look like a 'high volume of well respected managers to me' and I'm guessing you are guessing.

And?

I'll tell you what,you come up with the list of candidates and I will pick who I think we should appoint....I'm sorry I'm not privvy to that information. I'm guessing you are happy with the appointment.....well here's a differing opinion,I'm not....I'm also guessing you went Wilde for mike and 'in cortese we trust'.....get over yourself,it's not my job to make the decisions at SFC but it is my job to question those decisions or applaud those decisions,that's my duty as a saints fan.

The merry-go-round will probably always exist it is the norm for 95% of the clubs in the 4 leagues,why should we be any different? In an ideal world we would all like a ferguson,wenger or moyes but that's not the way it is for us,high turnover of managers isn't anything to be scared of.....spurs and man city havnt done too bad and their turnover is just as frequent as ours.

His skin,it needs to be thicker.....oh and a decent set of ear plugs might be handy.

Exactly!

I'm not getting paid suitcases full of dosh to make those decisions but if I was I would have gone for a more mature,better qualified candidate....I'm just not a fan of managers with 'potential' or 'up and coming',this to me means gamble,something we don't need to do. I'm all in favour of shortening the odds and appointing a 'new' manager isn't doing that. If it upsets people that I'm not in favour of Adkins then too bad,I'm sure that everybody on here hasn't agreed with a team selection,playing a certain player or the formation of the team and this is no different.......just because I don't agree with the choice doesn't mean I don't support saints any less. IMO this is a big gamble and I don't agree that he is the right man for the job at the moment,it doesn't have anything to do with the rumours about MoN or KK or any other silly rumour,it's just a gut feeling that it's going to end in tears. Please prove me wrong and I will hold my hands up.

I'm not in favour of letting a player break his contract,they already have too much power in the game this is why clubs are in financial trouble....the power needs to be shifted back to the clubs. You could have situations (probably already have) where players from a club that has a chance of relegation hold back for fear of getting injured and spoiling any chances of getting a contract elsewhere thus not giving 100% to the club in trouble.

I'm not in favour of letting a player break his contract,they already have too much power in the game this is why clubs are in financial trouble....the power needs to be shifted back to the clubs. You could have situations (probably already have) where players from a club that has a chance of relegation hold back from for fear of getting injured and spoiling any chances of getting a contract elsewhere thus not giving 100% to the club in trouble.

I don't know who was on the list so no names,and you said it, he is a gamble,is it one we can afford......don't get me wrong,I will be behind the new man as I want saints to do well and get out of this sh!t league but I just feel that this is all going to end in tears.

Tbh it annoys me when I see ex saints players playing at a higher level and raking in vast pay-packets when we are languishing in the l1 sh!t swamp.....these are the same players who happily got us relegated and then left the sinking ship for another lucrative contract at another club. All clubs should write into contracts that if a club relegated then the players have to stay a minimum of 12 months to try and get the team back up. Otherwise what do they care if a club gets relegated? They just walk into another contract elsewhere.....if they had that clause in their contract they would certainly try a bit harder to keep the team up,instead of giving up and moving on.

Somebody who's been a manager longer than 4 years,who's the finished article,who has managed at a higher level......let Adkins continue his training at another club we needed somebody a bit more qualified. Always aim as high as you can afford and I'm sure that on that list of candidates there must have been somebody better qualified.

I'm afraid the expectation level at this club will be too much pressure for the bloke. After all the team were being booed at half time of the first game of the season.....Adkins is seen as the saviour of our season by some so as soon as he loses a couple in a row they will be straight on his back.

If they were inundated with a high volume of quality applications why the fook have they picked Adkins? To all the blindfaith 'in Adkins we trust' brigade,be prepared to have to insert a different name in your 'in ~~~~~ we trust' within a year. Cheap option IMO.

So my post is arrogant because I don't agree with his appointment.....sums this forum up really. Tow the company line or be labeled as a lunatic.

If you read my post again I have already stated that I am unsure who should get the job. Frankly it's not my job,and I don't really care who gets the job as long as they drag us out of this sh!tty league,out of the championship and into the prem. I don't think Adkins will be that man and appointing him sends out the message that we are not as flush and determined to do that. I could be wrong but I'm probably not.

If you read my post again I have already stated that I am unsure who should get the job. Frankly it's not my job,and I don't really care who gets the job as long as they drag us out of this sh!tty league,out of the championship and into the prem. I don't think Adkins will be that man and appointing him sends out the message that we are not as flush and determined to do that. I could be wrong but I'm probably not.

That's right,I picked out the quote that best summed up my feelings about his appointment. Some think he will be the new messiah,some are unsure and will sit on the fence and some think he is not the man for the job,these are all opinions pretty much based on nothing. Nobody can be sure of what will happen but my opinion/gut feeling is he will fall on his arse and we will be looking for another new manager within a year. he is a new/up and coming manager with possible potential but I don't think that is what we need right now. I don't know who should get the job but I think we need a manager that has done their learning,served their time and is the finished product. All IMO.

There seems to be a lot of hoping,wishing and willing happening on this thread.......this says to me that a lot of people are unsure about Adkins. You can dress it up as much as you like and you can cross your fingers bury your head and hope for the best but the truth is Adkins is a 'prospect for the future' not a finished article,ready made,seen it all before manager,he is still learning and tbh it not what we need right now. He is a gamble,ok we all wish he succeeds because that means our team is doing well but IMO I don't think he will.

Let's not beat about the bush Adkins is a learner,he's only been doing the job for what? Four years?? We need a manager who knows the game inside out and can kickstart the players who have got above themselves. What we don't need right now is a gamble manager,he might be up and coming but let him go and do his 'up and coming' elsewhere. Our situation should be left to the big boys,not the young man with possible potential.

I don't think he's the right man for the job so not really enthused about his arrival if it happens. This quote from the scunny forum stands out for me.... 'He's going to need good luck,limited manager sacked by spring' This says it all for me and I believe this will be the case.

It is p!ss poor but it's hardly his fault....it is Pardews.

Turned down the best job he will probably ever had......don't think so,the boy is a fool. He may have been given an interview but he didn't hear anything,then he heard that Adkins was getting the job so through fear of upsetting the bompey fans he made a statement saying he turned us down.....damage limitation that's all.

In the early 90's I was in Spain for a while and they loved him,everytime he gave an interview the Spanish used to go nuts about him. That man from the 90's is not the man you see today and although he has a wealth of experience but he's not the right man for us.