We drew with swansea at home but that was early in the improvement cycle. That's a big statement from you. Adkins got us promoted from 18th in league 1 to 5 points above relegation zone in premier league. If day more impressive than a manager that was bottom of Spanish league and has 1 win in 10!
By the same token Adkins was beating the clubs around us! We did lose at home to qpr, swansea and didn't beat stoke or west ham at home. Whose to say that Adkins wouldn't have won those games?
Why was NA out if his depth? He got us up two leagues and we were 5 points away from relegation with 2 defeats out of 12. I was as cross as anyone with adkins subs and mistakes but he learnt.
Try and improve where we needed to add. No evidence wanyama is better. I think punch is a better player than j rod and Lallana tbh. We needed a quick forward and someone better than Lallana and a decent centre back. Lovren is class but not sure about others.
Wish people would stop saying this. Completely different situations. We've had far easier games, we were new to premier league last season with a manager who was learning and who then improved dramatically without the 35 million just spent.
Yes but were new to the premier league and learning and then we improved dramatically, when cork came back and lost 2 in 12 when he left without the last 35 million in signings.
I think we are boring to watch at the moment. The pace and thought of our attacks are poor. Haven't seen enough from potch to say that he's better than Adkins and cortese won't be happy at mo I feel.
Boruc 6-nothing to do.
Clyne 7-class player.
Fonte 7-improved a lot.
Lovren 8-looks a v good signing.
Shaw 5- not impressed today.
Wanyama 5-improvement on cork?
Morgan 5-poor decisions in final third.
J rod 4-no composure at all or touch.
Osvaldo 6-should have scored.
Lallana 4-terrible touch when thru on goal.
Lambert 6-what's his scoring record for saints in last 15 games?
Surely Ramirez would have given us a better chance than ward prowse! Not convinced by the manager.
The only thing is smirk that mp said that lambert was carrying an injury at the end of last season so maybe a but harsh. J rod was even worse at the end of last season and he wasn't injured!