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I dont buy this we have a good enough squad to stay up theory. All bar one of these players have barely kept us out of the relegation zone so far.

When we could be in the Championship

You could argue that because of his alleged "big ego" he belives he is too important to have to explain his decisions to the plebs and is way above dealing with the local paper (who afterall have a duty to report on their local clubs).

Lowe was not on TV everyday. He had a higher profile but that was because,as bad as he was at PR, at least he fronted up his decisions and dealt with issues (how many times has The Dom met with the supporters?). Lowe was pilloried for not being a football man but getting involved in footballing decisions. Cortese also has a financial background but apparently it is perfectly ok for him to do so? We had the smokescreen of Pardew's alleged hank panky when he was sacked. Now we are being linked to loads of foreign players ending with "o" to keep the masses happy and their mid off of what happened the other week. Easy to be linked to players - not easy to sign though. One in so far with time running out. I love it when someone says he cant see Adkins being top 4 manager when, so far, at least he has a proven track record with us - whereas MP has failed in Spain yet he can been seen as a top 4 manager LOL. The board in Lowe's day were quite clearly trying to survive on home grown talent but with no major money behind them they couldn't keep the likes of Walcot and Bale who wanted out. Cortese doesn't have that problem and finds it easier not to sell because of the money at his disposal. If Lowe had behaved in the way that Cortese does the pitchforks would be out but for some reason Cortese escapes comparisions and is fireproof. If MLT badmouthed Lowe everone said good on you Matt. When MLT badmouths Cortese he gets told to shut up. Lowe was bad at PR but Cortese is worse. I suspect we have just heard from him because his advisers begged him to make a statement, not because he felt he should. Whether he was right about sacking Adkins at this time only time will tell. Adkins had already come out and said after the Coventy game when it happens I hope it is done in the right way. Cortese could not have found a worse way to do it and his vision for the club does not excuse his appalling actions to someone who gave his all for the club.

You have wanted Adkins out for some time now and you have your wish. I wonder how long it will be before you go after MP or whether the players mistakes will be down to them rather than the manager because this manager has a more exotic name than Pardew or Adkins?

No, you can't see my project.

Briiliant bit of PR work by the club to move the attention of Adkins sacking perhaps?

MOst of us have never met the guy so can only form an opinion by heresay. As with Lowe the debate should be about his actions and decisions. Clearly he has made many good decisions and sacking Adkins may turn out to be one of them. What still leaves a bitter taste is the way he went about it. He should have had the good grace to front up the media and explain his decision and whilst he was at it he could have given credit to Adkins for his excellent work for the club. Lowe was arrogant but at least he faced the music (and the fans). It takes a certain kind of arrogance to completely ignore everyone whilst making massive decisions about the club they love. Pardew was shoved out of the door with rumours of hanky panky with a players wife (where did that come from I wonder?). Adkins goes as if he was the bloke who fixes the plumbing. The local paper is ignored. Programme sellers are dumped. Our red and white stripes have been dumped. It looks like he is trying to turn us into a brand. If I wanted to support a brand I would follow ManU or Chelski. We may well get into Europe and become a "big" club, but at what price I wonder?

Given the timing and enormity of the decision (that has seen football people stunned) do you realy think it was too much to expect the man who made the decision to front up the media and expain why and why his new choice is the right choice?

There is a condition called Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Look it up. Compare and contrast.

What I find sad is that if Lowe had done these things there would be a meltdown but for some reason Cortese is given licence to act in an even worse fashion (in my book). Making us look like Liverpool in our first season back in the Prem was a pretty poor shown and if it is true that Adkins found out that he lost his job via the media that is appalling. Protest or not it doesn't make any difference, the guy running the show is worse than Lowe as far as I can see. I would rather still be in the Championship and be a family club than sign up for Cortese's vision of te future thanks.

Never been a great fan of Cortese but his stock raised in my eyes when he stood by Adkins when things weren't going well. Clearly he wasn't standing by him at all and just biding his time to bring this new guy in. I feel sick and tird of the way clubs become playthings for egomaniacs. I bet Pardew and Adkins have interesting tales to tell each other.

It is not Cortese's money and Lowe had to survive in the Premiership on 15k gates at the Dell. The board did what they could with what they had which is far less money than Cortese can play with.

Gutted. I couldn't believe it when he sacked Pardew, but now this is beyond ridiculous. I am sure Adkins will not be out of work for long and hope he ends up working for someone decent. People hated Lowe, Cortese today has proved himself to be much worse.

Oh do grow up mate. The only people who know the reason do not spend time on here but they clearly didn't want him so why bother speculating about why when there are offers being made on other players who we clearly do want?

So instead lets ask the question of a bunch of clueless fans who have nothing better to do than to second guess the management on an internet forum.

Every transfer window its the same here. No one has a clue what is going on behind the scenes but because nothing happens they assume that nothing is being done. Surely it is better to get your targets than ending up with players for the sake of it and for whatever reasons those targets do not always come off. We know that it is not Cortese's way to conduct his business through the press so there are probably less rumours floating around about us than other clubs. As Ron says, these people have proved themselves with back to back transfers so to suggest that they leave everything to the last minute, or don't know enough about the players we need when cyber jockeys on the Internet clearly do, is beyond laughable.

Perhaps you should ask the manager not an internet forum?

One of Adkins key attributes to me is his possitivity. Booing is negative and does nothing to help the situation other than make the booee feel better. Can you put yourself in a situation where you are at work, do something wrong and the people around you start booing and slagging you off. Is that really going to make you try harder of just make you feel worse? Some will come on and say thet pay their money and they are entitled to boo. They may be right but by making the the poor sod feel like cr*p is that really just making things even worse? It has been said that the crowd can be the 12th man. If they react in a negative way that 12th man could end up helping the opponents.

Ron Davies - no question.

It is easy to focus on our mistakes but look at the goals United concede andthe poor way they defend. We are not alone. I agree, I don't think Joe Hart is that good either.

Every manager makes mistakes every week. Ferguson has got a dreadful defence but gets away with it because his team score lots of goals. It can't be easy having to deal with transfers via a commitee and I wonder how many players that came in over the summer were on Adkins shopping list? Given time I think he will do ok at this level and if we do go down I cant think of anyone better to bring us up again.

Shouldn't you change the "we" to "I" - you do not speak for everone mate.

Nicola Cortese is Alpine_Saint

Met my current partner of 7 years on the internet. Met a few bunny boilers but a lot of nice people too. Like anything you get good and bad, just have to be careful. The stigma has long gone and it is one the most popular ways of meeting new people there is now. It just means you can fish in a bigger pond!