Smirking_Saint

Thats just rediculous, he had a slow start but most of us saw a decent defender in there, and now he has got used the league he looks a great little player.

I thought he said something about utilising him out wide but after a quick search I cant find anything. Perhaps, he is obviously here as he has potential, if he turns out to be decent than its worth it, if not then well, he will be a flop. This is the man that signed N'Guessan, Forte, Falque etc But then foreign transfer in not working out shock, it happens

Exactly this, some times I just think its easier to blame anyone but Adkins as he is so likeable I mean lets look at history. Playing Fox, Guly, youth - Cortese picks the team Playing 433 - see above Signing inadequate players - committee picks them (that adkins is part of but we will ignore this) Then the players are changed, the tactics shuffled and we get told that Adkins is now picking everything !! Really ? I mean are people that naive ? What if we sign some very good players in Jan ? Will that be because he has got rid of the committee ? Besides, as you said a transfer team is common place in probably more than 80% of top flight clubs right now and even seen at places like the posh etc Window cleaner should know this, he is an intelligent footballing bloke. They are designed to protect clubs against the Dalglieshs and hughes of this world, they are not always great but required. Saying that Adkins didnt man up about positions is rediculous, we were in for plenty, we probably didnt get many, and let me tell you we had a habit in the summer for identifying targets that were too ambitious, perhaps a higher profile manager would seal the deals ? Or perhaps we should aim lower ?

How do you know it didnt happen ? Plus we got a CB, we got a wide man and we got a striker aswell as a marquee signing Except for a LB (shaw) That was pretty much what everyone was asking for in the summer, no one knew how bad the GK situation would be, nor that Jos would struggle. You cant look back and blame everyone but Adkins, nor can you just blame adkins, its a committee, the only clubs that probably dont have one are Man Utd and the Arse, and thats because the clubs as old as their managers, as soon as SAF or AW leave Id put money on the fact they will get a committee.

He is a decent manager that has been helped considerably by the money spent in the lower leagues, he has also spent an aweful lot in the top flight, a league that for me you cant just get away with spending money in. Im not saying he should be in danger, he has a TW and half the season to go aswell as the uptirn in performances from us. But To say he should not be under review is utterly reduculous when you factor in the cash spent

You know full well the post I quoted wasnt for discussion though was it ? And we have already spoken about how dependant on the perspective of the writer seems to denote whether or not the article is reliable, for instance a happy clappy will say this is unreliable, you however would probably disagree. It needs some objectivity, not just a knee jerk reaction. All in all though your post was designed to get a reaction, that Im sure of

Top top news, this is the right place for his development right now. Alps please dont derail another thread

Any need to come on here and post your usual inflammatory crap to get a rise ? The discusion was going quite well, lets not derail it eh !?

The above was what I was saying in regards to RDM, basically Chelsea galvanised and won it themselves, the jury is still out for me. Players will play for him though, as he has won the CL

I agree TBH RDM won the CL with chelsea, Im not going to belittle his achievement, winning at Barca and Bayern was fantastic. I dont really see how it was his tactics though, it was the only tactics that would be employed TBH, defend and try to nick a goal, in reality his job was to motivate, and they had probably done that themselves. Gross, fantastic at Basel, nowhere else really. But I dont think the mail really know who our targets are, RDM is an obvious, Gross probably name out of a hat and Adkins being under review is probably a given really.

So, what is it with you lot and only accepting positive news stories no matter how rediculous, yet a negative story always seems to twist some knickers. In reality of course Adkins is under pressure, no matter what he has done in the past two years (though this was helped by an influx of cash and academy products) he has seen 30m worth of new players come in this year, and with the quality of squad and the standard of those teams at the bottom I do t think that its unreasonable to assume he is under review. And FWIW im not saying Adkins job is hanging by a thread, as it isnt, but under review for me means if we go down he is gone.... And Im afraid as much as I like Adkins thats not unreasonable

Its not the questioning thats the issue, its the pedantic crap, when Nixon mentioned something about us going for players out of our reach you went off on one about Ramirez etc The pedantry is rather annoying. He was making a point, something we were guilty of in the summer (gaston excluded) and also applies this window

Turks is on twitter ?!?!? SAY WHAAAT

That was the point I was making, but yes, it is kinda sweet Bless him

Playing devils advocate, all you have done is posted a link to someone twitter, it still may not be you

Thr captain that AVB publically was going to let leave that is ?

Take it or leave it, I obviously have no evidence to speak of, nor will I be revealing a source. I have my links at the club, through my past, though I dont talk to people that often any more. Im certainly not going to explain myself to you MLG. BTW can you stop hounding Nixon on twitter with your pedantic nonsense, I quite like being able to read his latest titbits, I certainly dont need to hear you banging your same old drum.

Well... We dont do agents Not very well anyway Atleast we never used to

Surprised we arent back in for Dawson, but then we spectacularly cocked that up in the summer

Im sure Chalet will be on soon to chuck around infractions that are never explained nor can be questioned.

Dune used to say that sort of thing all the time Bless him

We have been here before though StanMoleDuneCheesey Sanchez TBH I dont ask for anyone to be banned but if your gonna act like a Helmet dont get defensive when people get annoyed Edit - actually you can ban mattletissier as he is clearly a f*cktard

I agree in theory, but as shown against Stoke, play him the right way ans he is still capable of taking teams apart. We do have much less movement around the box when he spearheads us though, and I am concerned that although we now seem to be starting to get into our grove in regards to the way we like to keep possession etc we dont seem to carve out any real chances, and that for me is due to movement around the main areas. On another note though pace down the wings would warrant the continued inclusion of Rickie as it would be their focus to get behind the opponents backline.

Your funny Dune