I like your reasoning, I really do, but this is where I think the sentiment comes in, heart ruling head.
Adkins was great for us at the time. But time has moved on. He’s had more ‘downs’ than ‘ups’ since leaving.
When he was here last time he had an ambitious squad eager to climb the league. These fuckers ??? Will the players respect him here now ? That’s questionable no matter how he has fans on his side.
As Lord Duckhunter points out the comparison with O’Neill at Celtic just doesn’t stand up.