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I think he was trying to write it down, in the post match interview the translator stopped him because he was saying too much, but MP was also understanding the questions and looked like he wanted to answer before the translator came in.

Oh I forgot, without Ramirez and Lallana we look very workman like. I wouldn't have thought this a few months ago but I think another quality wide/creative player is important, with some pace.

Draw was a fair result in the end but should have been out of sight by half time. But against an Everton team that have only lost 2 in 31 it's a good point. Well done Saints fans, should shut the media up but sad that we have to leave it to the Everton manager to thank Adkins. finally Boruc sign him up.

he's also sitting alone

sucker punch coming, should have scored with all that play, Everton will be better second half.

Does this mean Fonte is back training as well then?

Cardiff fans seem to have got over their change from blue now they are winning the league. Football fans are very fickle. Also lets be realistic here. Cortese has in no way done anything to suggest he will change our kit or move the club, pretty much every decision he has made has turned out to be sensible and progressed the club. Sing and back Adkins for this game as the man himself deserves that, waving hankies and protesting is pointless though.

Unlikely to be much snow today, maybe a bit of sleet but just very cold.

Same thing that Man Utd are doing, they are going to Qatar for a few days so I would say it's probably down to the weather. Should be good bonding for the team and manager. Adkins little trip away to that posh hotel seemed to help as well.

I would agree that based on past decisions Cortese deserves some benefit of the doubt, I mean he;s no Venky's he done most thing s right for the club moving forward. Pochettino maybe an improvement on Adkins in the long run but who knows. However it's going to take a lot to convince me that the timing of this decision was correct.

3/10 for troll effort, should do better.

Sunderland 2-1 up now, come on West Ham, Newcastle. To be fair would take draws in those games

Idiotic over reaction. What about all the other hard working people at the club? The players, the other coaches, the megastore staff, our brilliant scouts out there finding the bales, the youth team players, the catering staff, the stewards etc etc. Do they deserve the club to go down and fail. You make it sound like we are some sort of evil corporation full of evil people. The chairman has made an odd and controversial decision, doesn't mean the whole club should be damned. Would Adkins want us to go down? No.

It's not on SSN at the moment, unless they are going to show it after edited. No talk of it coming up either.

Not with Espanyol with little or no money. This guy has been linked with the Real Madrid job, La Liga manger of the year in 2011, left Espanyol because they sold players he wanted to keep and didn't re-invest. Highly rated young manager. it's just we already had one and the timing seems bad. A lot better than the dross of managers we were linked to in October when everyone was convinced NA would be sacked.

Agreed. or even worse don't do a Blackburn. Have to get behind the team, not their fault, not pochetino's fault

He's right though. Might not be very often but he is in this case. A protest is going to do nothing except affect the team and harm the club. Cortese isn't going to change his mind and this is hardly a rash decision he has made.

Probably fair, but Adkins deserved his chance and ws showing he was up to it. My main worry is the squad morale, looking at recent training photos they looked a happy bunch and worried for the likes of Lambert, Puncheon, Lallana etc. who have played their best football under Adkins and obviously have great respect for him. Worried about the non-english aspect as well. (speaking not nationality)

they are professional footballers who I would imagine want to stay in the premier league.

This. it would be entirely stupid. People need to start engaging their brains and clam down a bit.

if we go down the route a lot of fans want then we will end up like.................. Blackburn People need to get a grip, you support the WHOLE club not just the manager. We're all shocked, all sad to see him go, we all want him to stay on. However there is nothing we can do, Cortese won't change his mind, Adkins won't come back.

This guy has decent credentials, the job he has done with Espanyol is pretty good and he won manager of the year in 2011. He also wasn't sacked by Espanyol, it was mutual consent because of the finances. He has previously been linked to take over from Mourinho at Real Madrid. We have signed a young, talented and highly rated manager, however we have also lost one and the timing is awful. We need to back him, we can't get Nigel back and the negativity helps nothing, we'll turn into Blackburn Fans on SSN saying they are tearing up their season tickets, like many on here need a to get a grip.

This. Have to get on with it, chanting, boycotts, etc. will do nothing but harm the club. It's not like NC is going to change his mind this has obviously been in the planning for a while

It's not the new managers fault, sadly we have to keep positivity for the players. It's the chairmans fault and unlike Chelsea fans we shouldn't be scared to express our disgust at him. Not getting behind the team will help no one though.

Stunned. Absurd decision.