maqroll Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Disgraceful decision Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel1Avfc Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 (edited) Sack Adkins and replace him with the espanyol manager who cant speak english, This is good news for villa, i'd expect to see Southampton slowly slip down the table in the next coming months Edited January 18, 2013 by Daniel1Avfc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Apparently what was left by Adkins on the flip chart in the dressing room. Unless complete twitter BS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 You can almost hear the chairman of various Championship clubs on the phone to his agent right now... A phone call from our chairman wouldn't go amiss either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoD Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Well best news for Villa in a while, feel sorry for Soton fans though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 There's no doubt this was planned for weeks but it reflects very poorly on the board Apparently the chairman (a banker) told the assembled squad and manager at the start of the season that most of them weren't good enough. He then lined up the replacement several weeks ago. Adkins learned of his sacking from the television, shortly before Cortese told him. Classy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaGoMarching Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 A phone call from our chairman wouldn't go amiss either. Whahaha, now after a few games is adkins the man to keep us up? Do you know what Adkins had in his favour? Stablity and cohesion, something offered by a manager who's been in a position for a substantial period of time. We won't ever get that by choping and changing our manager. We need to ride it out and give Lambert time. Aside from that it's an appalling decision by the Saints board, will only help our survival plight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoroVillan Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I've never been a huge fan of Adkins or Southampton, especially after last week and the dive. But this really is terrible but can can only benefit us. How can the players get on board with this when they were starting to do ok! How can he motivate the likes of Lambert when he can't speak English? This is an awful decision on their part. Big result today for Villa and i'll start to feel slightly more confident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Do you know what Adkins had in his favour? Stablity and cohesion, something offered by a manager who's been in a position for a substantial period of time. We won't ever get that by choping and changing our manager. We need to ride it out and give Lambert time. Agreed we won't get stability 'by choping and changing our manager' but we would get cohesion and stability with the right manager in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisVillan Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Agreed we won't get stability 'by choping and changing our manager' but we would get cohesion and stability with the right manager in place. ...as long as he proves himself in five minutes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I guess when you are in the Football Management caper then you kinda have to be philosophical about getting sacked. Getting sacked in these circumstances when everybody in football seems to think it was unjust, you have a proven track record of success in recent years and are by all accounts a popular and likeable guy is probably a good thing when it comes to getting offers from other clubs. Adkins isn't going to struggle to find another job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted January 20, 2013 Moderator Share Posted January 20, 2013 A phone call from our chairman wouldn't go amiss either. Blimey perhaps you are right. Perhaps what we need is a young and ambitious manager who has rebuilt a club on a limited budget, with a mix of bargain signings and young players and gained back to back promotions. If only we could find someone like that..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Apparently there is no mention of him in the match programme. No thanks for two promotions? Poor. I hope they get relegated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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