Nigel Adkins - confirmed as permanent Tranmere manager (p52)
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March 2022...
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Quite excited with this, given the start he's had at Cardiff...Callumcafc said:March 2022...14 -
My wife is not a morning person. I won't repeat what she says when I share NA's messages with her!4
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You sure that isn’t Chris Parkes?Callumcafc said:March 2022...1 -
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Talk about going one extreme to the other. Bowyers post match interviews in the last 2 months to these daily videos, only at charlton could that be the case!4
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I’m hearing Bromley Addicks have drawn up a three year exclusivity appearance contract (with a further two year option), which he is due to sign early next week at Sparrows Lane. 👌RickAddick said:
We probably don't deserve Him!NapaAddick said:
Is it just me or does he generally look like a happy guy who won’t piss off half his players?MattF said:
Has he got a gig at Bromley Addicks yet?
Sorry I can’t disclose my source, other than to say he is a regular poster on here living in the Maidstone area and has a Border Collie named Buddy.0 -
SoundAsa£ said:
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We probably don't deserve Him!NapaAddick said:
Is it just me or does he generally look like a happy guy who won’t piss off half his players?MattF said:
Has he got a gig at Bromley Addicks yet?
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From interview with Richard Cawley:
Paul Hayes reckons that Nigel Adkins was the best manager he had in his playing career.
The former Charlton striker, 37, was part of the Scunthorpe side which twice won promotion to the Championship under Adkins. He formed a formidable partnership with Gary Hooper.
“He is the best manager I played under, bar none,” said Hayes, who scored three goals in 22 appearances for Chris Powell’s 2012 League One title-winning side. “Gareth Ainsworth would be up there as well, although they are different personalities. Nigel’s man-management was unbelievable – just how interested he is to speak to people, how positive and happy he is.
“We’re talking about 10 years ago, but the things he was saying and doing were so advanced back then.
“He understood a team’s strength and weaknesses plus how to get the best out of players. He got Scunthorpe straight back up after we got relegated from the Championship and then we stayed up with one of the smallest budgets. Most of us went on to bigger and better things because of the manager.
“I don’t think there is anyone out there who can say a bad word about Nige. That, in itself, speaks volumes – he treats everyone with respect.
“It was little things. We had Jack Cork on loan from Chelsea and he was a 19-year-old boy, living away from his family. There was no room on a table at lunch and Corky went and sat by himself – Nigel went and sat with him and had a 20-minute conversation.
“He’d start to know you personally – your interests, hobbies and find out about your family. That’s where he was different to most managers.
“I had a chat with Nige about life and things about two months ago. We’ve always had a good relationship, I can pick up the phone or text him.
“He would make you go out there and give that extra bit, not just for yourself but for him as well. He allowed you to feel on top of the world but also allowed you to make mistakes. He takes the pressure off you. He was so, so good for me.
“Nige’s recruitment was second to none. He never brought in players who thought they were bigger than what they were or had a bad attitude.
“With Nige it is that everyone should think about the team.
“He has lots of sayings like ‘grab an oar – we’re all going in the one direction to a desert island. We can’t all be going in different directions or we’ll be going around and around the ocean. We’re all on the same page and together’.
“He knew what he needed to say in the dressing room.”
Hayes, whose son is in Charlton’s U12 side, watched Adkins’ media interviews after the 2-2 draw at AFC Wimbledon.
“He flips it when he is asked about the fact other clubs have played fewer games and talks about them having to play catch-up and the effects of fatigue or picking up injuries,” said Hayes.
“That is where he is so clever – to be able to spin a negative into a positive.
“Nige buys into so much at every football club to make sure there is a longevity thing even though everyone knows that every manager’s job is very month to month.
“He knows what clubs need to get into a better position. He’s got a new chairman in Thomas [Sandgaard], who is a very wealthy and ambitious man – he looks like he is going to be there for a very long time.
“I’m excited to see what is going to happen at Charlton.
“The last time he coached in League One is when he got us [Scunthorpe] promoted in the play-offs. The fact he hasn’t dropped back to that level before now shows how well he has done. He’s had difficult jobs at Reading and Sheffield United. He’s mostly left a club in the same position as they were or he has improved them.
“Nigel makes everyone buy into it. There are a lot of managers out there who would’ve been good for Charlton, but I’m really happy he is there."
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Hayes talks sense12
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Broken clock etc etc :-)Henry Irving said:Hayes talks sense2 -
Always sensed me and Nige had a lot in common, and now it turns out we both have ‘grab an oar’ as one of our sayings.
Adding him to the Prague Weekender Whatsapp :-)16 -
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"He allowed you to feel on top of the world but also allowed you to make mistakes. He takes the pressure off you.
He knew what he needed to say in the dressing room.
He never brought in players who thought they were bigger than what they were or had a bad attitude.He flips it when he is asked about the fact other clubs have played fewer games and talks about them having to play catch-up and the effects of fatigue or picking up injuries.
That is where he is so clever – to be able to spin a negative into a positive."
We've hired a Lee Bowyer clone!
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I do not remember this Paul Hayes fella one bit, and I went to a bunch of games that season. Googled him and don't recognise him there either?! Is this just me? Did he play a lot?!3
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He made 19 appearances in SCP's League 1 winning side (started a dozen of them). Was cover up top.LonelyNorthernAddick said:I do not remember this Paul Hayes fella one bit, and I went to a bunch of games that season. Googled him and don't recognise him there either?! Is this just me? Did he play a lot?!2 -
I think he needs a sit down.clive said:0 - Sponsored links:
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surely no one is that upbeat and positive all of the time!
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Was really unlucky to lose his place, I don't think anyone knew quite how good Yann would be, and is a top guy as well.Addick Addict said:
He made 19 appearances in SCP's League 1 winning side (started a dozen of them). Was cover up top.LonelyNorthernAddick said:I do not remember this Paul Hayes fella one bit, and I went to a bunch of games that season. Googled him and don't recognise him there either?! Is this just me? Did he play a lot?!15 -
Still no idea who this fella is! Weird.Cafc43v3r said:
Was really unlucky to lose his place, I don't think anyone knew quite how good Yann would be, and is a top guy as well.Addick Addict said:
He made 19 appearances in SCP's League 1 winning side (started a dozen of them). Was cover up top.LonelyNorthernAddick said:I do not remember this Paul Hayes fella one bit, and I went to a bunch of games that season. Googled him and don't recognise him there either?! Is this just me? Did he play a lot?!0 -
he was good player, but Yann took us from a playoffs team to the Champions of that division.Cafc43v3r said:
Was really unlucky to lose his place, I don't think anyone knew quite how good Yann would be, and is a top guy as well.Addick Addict said:
He made 19 appearances in SCP's League 1 winning side (started a dozen of them). Was cover up top.LonelyNorthernAddick said:I do not remember this Paul Hayes fella one bit, and I went to a bunch of games that season. Googled him and don't recognise him there either?! Is this just me? Did he play a lot?!4 -
Yes exactly.Rothko said:
he was good player, but Yann took us from a playoffs team to the Champions of that division.Cafc43v3r said:
Was really unlucky to lose his place, I don't think anyone knew quite how good Yann would be, and is a top guy as well.Addick Addict said:
He made 19 appearances in SCP's League 1 winning side (started a dozen of them). Was cover up top.LonelyNorthernAddick said:I do not remember this Paul Hayes fella one bit, and I went to a bunch of games that season. Googled him and don't recognise him there either?! Is this just me? Did he play a lot?!0 -
We played some really nice stuff when he was up top too, Yann was obviously the better player and it was the right call, but we lumped.it up to Yann more.Cafc43v3r said:
Was really unlucky to lose his place, I don't think anyone knew quite how good Yann would be, and is a top guy as well.Addick Addict said:
He made 19 appearances in SCP's League 1 winning side (started a dozen of them). Was cover up top.LonelyNorthernAddick said:I do not remember this Paul Hayes fella one bit, and I went to a bunch of games that season. Googled him and don't recognise him there either?! Is this just me? Did he play a lot?!1 -
Remember some excellent pieces of link up play between Hayes and BWP in the early part of that season.North Lower Neil said:
We played some really nice stuff when he was up top too, Yann was obviously the better player and it was the right call, but we lumped.it up to Yann more.Cafc43v3r said:
Was really unlucky to lose his place, I don't think anyone knew quite how good Yann would be, and is a top guy as well.Addick Addict said:
He made 19 appearances in SCP's League 1 winning side (started a dozen of them). Was cover up top.LonelyNorthernAddick said:I do not remember this Paul Hayes fella one bit, and I went to a bunch of games that season. Googled him and don't recognise him there either?! Is this just me? Did he play a lot?!21 -
This fella is brilliant , basically the complete opposite of me .
we built our house 15 years ago and for my home office I instructed to have no windows/ daylight (just wanna hide from people and the outside world) but they put some glass window to it, not to the outside but a set of stairs across and then a window to the outside world , I immediately had a blind put in and pulled down ever since !
He looks for the positive in everything , I’m looking for the negatives .
I expect the worse to happen , he probably expects the best .
can you imagine on a stag do and you’re feeling utter shit and in a world of pain sitting down for breakfast , just wanting a bit of quite time to eat and recharge and then he comes and sits next to you, right as rain and just done a ten mile jog and all happy and chipper and up for a day on the lash ... don’t think I’d be able to control my miserable self “ why don’t you fcuk off you happy Cnut “
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In fairness Hayes is a easily forgettableLonelyNorthernAddick said:I do not remember this Paul Hayes fella one bit, and I went to a bunch of games that season. Googled him and don't recognise him there either?! Is this just me? Did he play a lot?!
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Not much praise for Powell from Hayes on his former managers.0
