The Ronnie question was asked but the answer didn't shed any more light. Before Golfie moans if he's not going to say he's not going to say, we can't force him to say more than "it didn't work out and we wish him luck".
I hope the first question is 'Was Ronnie medically unfit or just not uo to the standard of League 1 football'. Please!
I'm fully expecting Adkins to adhere to the party line more than previous managers.
I was right. NA avoided answering as many questions as he could. He started wasting time and waffling from the kick off. He reminded me of one of those really boring people you have to phone and you can put it down and disappear for 5 mins, they don't know and are still waffling, nothing of consequence when you return. Talked and talked non stop, but said little of any interest.
He was asked if he knew his best 11 and avoided answering. He was asked if he saw Morgan as an attacking or defensive mid and he didn't answer. He was asked about Ronnie and he didn't answer. He was asked what signed players were his suggestion and he didn't answer. He was asked what sort of percentage input he had on transfers and he didn't answer.
Sorry Nigel but that was extremely uninteresting and so very boring. Gawd help the players if his team talks are that boring and non motivational.
Thanks to Bromley Addicks for arranging the meeting.
To be fair he was never going to answer the question about Ronnie and no manager would. Not quite sure how the guy has time for a personal life He is up very early doors to be at the training ground and can't get home very early and can then spare 2 hours of his time for tonight Covered End I think you are being a bit harsh on the guy although I would agree did waffle on a bit at times He knows and said he doesn't want to lose his job and it's a results driven business Lets just hope he can now play a settled team and we can start to move up the table
I hope the first question is 'Was Ronnie medically unfit or just not uo to the standard of League 1 football'. Please!
I'm fully expecting Adkins to adhere to the party line more than previous managers.
I was right. NA avoided answering as many questions as he could. He started wasting time and waffling from the kick off. He reminded me of one of those really boring people you have to phone and you can put it down and disappear for 5 mins, they don't know and are still waffling, nothing of consequence when you return. Talked and talked non stop, but said little of any interest.
He was asked if he knew his best 11 and avoided answering. He was asked if he saw Morgan as an attacking or defensive mid and he didn't answer. He was asked about Ronnie and he didn't answer. He was asked what signed players were his suggestion and he didn't answer. He was asked what sort of percentage input he had on transfers and he didn't answer.
Sorry Nigel but that was extremely uninteresting and so very boring. Gawd help the players if his team talks are that boring and non motivational.
Thanks to Bromley Addicks for arranging the meeting.
Not overly wrong, but think the waffle was becasue his hands are tied on many answers.
was never going to give a straight answer on the schwartz situation - and would be unfair to do so!
the transfer policy questions again is too hard to answer as either way he loses out - he either slags off the management team or he says something that he doesn’t agree 100% with- transfer wise he is right to say it’s a group call , how many times will just one person/a minority be correct when comparing to a majority call?
The Morgan question again had to be diplomatic - can hardly slag the player off especially as he has been trying his best and experimented with!
Probably doesn’t know his best 11, but again whatever he says will screw him over - if he says no then oppo teams will have a field day and Deans will rightly call for his head, alternatively if he says yes and continues to tinker the above happens.
Bowyer did me right in the nuts by jumping into my lap mid meeting because I was ignoring him. Had to switch the camera off and get my breath back while laying on the floor. 😂
"He was asked if he knew his best 11 and avoided answering. He was asked if he saw Morgan as an attacking or defensive mid and he didn't answer. He was asked about Ronnie and he didn't answer. He was asked what signed players were his suggestion and he didn't answer. He was asked what sort of percentage input he had on transfers and he didn't answer."
Are representative of the kind of questions he was asked, OF COURSE he didn't answer. He'd be a fool if he did. Every single one of those if answered could be reported/spun as a "Gotcha" and made to look him look bad - and he's done enough Q&As in his time that he'll know it.
I hope the first question is 'Was Ronnie medically unfit or just not uo to the standard of League 1 football'. Please!
I'm fully expecting Adkins to adhere to the party line more than previous managers.
I was right. NA avoided answering as many questions as he could. He started wasting time and waffling from the kick off. He reminded me of one of those really boring people you have to phone and you can put it down and disappear for 5 mins, they don't know and are still waffling, nothing of consequence when you return. Talked and talked non stop, but said little of any interest.
He was asked if he knew his best 11 and avoided answering. He was asked if he saw Morgan as an attacking or defensive mid and he didn't answer. He was asked about Ronnie and he didn't answer. He was asked what signed players were his suggestion and he didn't answer. He was asked what sort of percentage input he had on transfers and he didn't answer.
Sorry Nigel but that was extremely uninteresting and so very boring. Gawd help the players if his team talks are that boring and non motivational.
Thanks to Bromley Addicks for arranging the meeting.
Did you ask Nigel to have a word with TS about the free train travel for me ?
Bowyer did me right in the nuts by jumping into my lap mid meeting because I was ignoring him. Had to switch the camera off and get my breath back while laying on the floor. 😂
I hope the first question is 'Was Ronnie medically unfit or just not uo to the standard of League 1 football'. Please!
I'm fully expecting Adkins to adhere to the party line more than previous managers.
I was right. NA avoided answering as many questions as he could. He started wasting time and waffling from the kick off. He reminded me of one of those really boring people you have to phone and you can put it down and disappear for 5 mins, they don't know and are still waffling, nothing of consequence when you return. Talked and talked non stop, but said little of any interest.
He was asked if he knew his best 11 and avoided answering. He was asked if he saw Morgan as an attacking or defensive mid and he didn't answer. He was asked about Ronnie and he didn't answer. He was asked what signed players were his suggestion and he didn't answer. He was asked what sort of percentage input he had on transfers and he didn't answer.
Sorry Nigel but that was extremely uninteresting and so very boring. Gawd help the players if his team talks are that boring and non motivational.
Thanks to Bromley Addicks for arranging the meeting.
Did you ask Nigel to have a word with TS about the free train travel for me ?
Yes, he said he couldn't answer after waffling on for 10 mins about being Scunny's physio and being a goalkeeper.
(Actually that waffle about his whole career was when someone asked him about us not having a leader/captain in the team. He talked non stop for ages about his other clubs, goalkeepers, defenders and on and on then in his last breath, he said oh and yes we haven't really got a captain on the field).
I hope the first question is 'Was Ronnie medically unfit or just not uo to the standard of League 1 football'. Please!
I'm fully expecting Adkins to adhere to the party line more than previous managers.
I was right. NA avoided answering as many questions as he could. He started wasting time and waffling from the kick off. He reminded me of one of those really boring people you have to phone and you can put it down and disappear for 5 mins, they don't know and are still waffling, nothing of consequence when you return. Talked and talked non stop, but said little of any interest.
He was asked if he knew his best 11 and avoided answering. He was asked if he saw Morgan as an attacking or defensive mid and he didn't answer. He was asked about Ronnie and he didn't answer. He was asked what signed players were his suggestion and he didn't answer. He was asked what sort of percentage input he had on transfers and he didn't answer.
Sorry Nigel but that was extremely uninteresting and so very boring. Gawd help the players if his team talks are that boring and non motivational.
Thanks to Bromley Addicks for arranging the meeting.
Did you ask Nigel to have a word with TS about the free train travel for me ?
Yes, he said he couldn't answer after waffling on for 10 mins about being Scunny's physio and being a goalkeeper.
(Actually that waffle about his whole career was when someone asked him about us not having a leader/captain in the team. He talked non stop for ages about his other clubs, goalkeepers, defenders and on and on then in his last breath, he said oh and yes we haven't really got a captain on the field).
I knew he wouldn't answer any questions, that's why I didn't make an appearance.
Bowyer did me right in the nuts by jumping into my lap mid meeting because I was ignoring him. Had to switch the camera off and get my breath back while laying on the floor. 😂
Visiting from Birmingham was he?
Feckin, good job the Mike was muted……… my cries of “Feckin ‘ell Bow” as I shut like a book would have been heard in Birmingham.
Bowyer did me right in the nuts by jumping into my lap mid meeting because I was ignoring him. Had to switch the camera off and get my breath back while laying on the floor. 😂
That’s a disgraceful way for our former manager to behave. Totally undermining poor Nigel.
(I really don’t need to add the winky face, do I?)
Oh and I'd like to add I'm neither pro nor anti Adkins. I've been open minded but not particularly excited and confident, since he was appointed. My feelings remain the same and I hope he gets us promoted or to the play offs. I'm confident we'll reach mid table at least, either with or without him.
"He was asked if he knew his best 11 and avoided answering. He was asked if he saw Morgan as an attacking or defensive mid and he didn't answer. He was asked about Ronnie and he didn't answer. He was asked what signed players were his suggestion and he didn't answer. He was asked what sort of percentage input he had on transfers and he didn't answer."
Are representative of the kind of questions he was asked, OF COURSE he didn't answer. He'd be a fool if he did. Every single one of those if answered could be reported/spun as a "Gotcha" and made to look him look bad - and he's done enough Q&As in his time that he'll know it.
No point in attending a Q&A of you aren't going to answer the difficult questions.
Main reason why I didnt bother attending. Too much of a Yes man.
I didn’t attend but it sounds as though the questions needed a moderator. You tend to get the best from speakers at Q&As when the questions encourage anecdotes, the future or football in general. So, questions like “what was your best win at Southampton”, “how do you see Charlton’s youth policy helping in the next five years” or “do you think there are too many international games” will evoke more interesting answers than ones that involve the recent past and multiple decision makers. This is not limited to football, of course, it applies to many interviews with a Q&A format.
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The Ronnie question was asked but the answer didn't shed any more light. Before Golfie moans if he's not going to say he's not going to say, we can't force him to say more than "it didn't work out and we wish him luck".
NA avoided answering as many questions as he could.
He started wasting time and waffling from the kick off.
He reminded me of one of those really boring people you have to phone and you can put it down and disappear for 5 mins, they don't know and are still waffling, nothing of consequence when you return.
Talked and talked non stop, but said little of any interest.
He was asked if he knew his best 11 and avoided answering.
He was asked if he saw Morgan as an attacking or defensive mid and he didn't answer.
He was asked about Ronnie and he didn't answer.
He was asked what signed players were his suggestion and he didn't answer.
He was asked what sort of percentage input he had on transfers and he didn't answer.
Sorry Nigel but that was extremely uninteresting and so very boring.
Gawd help the players if his team talks are that boring and non motivational.
Thanks to Bromley Addicks for arranging the meeting.
But I weren't listening to be fair
Not quite sure how the guy has time for a personal life
He is up very early doors to be at the training ground and can't get home very early and can then spare 2 hours of his time for tonight
Covered End I think you are being a bit harsh on the guy although I would agree did waffle on a bit at times
He knows and said he doesn't want to lose his job and it's a results driven business
Lets just hope he can now play a settled team and we can start to move up the table
Not that I’m particularly a fan I’ll add
was never going to give a straight answer on the schwartz situation - and would be unfair to do so!
the transfer policy questions again is too hard to answer as either way he loses out - he either slags off the management team or he says something that he doesn’t agree 100% with- transfer wise he is right to say it’s a group call , how many times will just one person/a minority be correct when comparing to a majority call?
"He was asked if he knew his best 11 and avoided answering.
He was asked if he saw Morgan as an attacking or defensive mid and he didn't answer.
He was asked about Ronnie and he didn't answer.
He was asked what signed players were his suggestion and he didn't answer.
He was asked what sort of percentage input he had on transfers and he didn't answer."
Are representative of the kind of questions he was asked, OF COURSE he didn't answer. He'd be a fool if he did. Every single one of those if answered could be reported/spun as a "Gotcha" and made to look him look bad - and he's done enough Q&As in his time that he'll know it.
(Actually that waffle about his whole career was when someone asked him about us not having a leader/captain in the team. He talked non stop for ages about his other clubs, goalkeepers, defenders and on and on then in his last breath, he said oh and yes we haven't really got a captain on the field).
I've been open minded but not particularly excited and confident, since he was appointed.
My feelings remain the same and I hope he gets us promoted or to the play offs.
I'm confident we'll reach mid table at least, either with or without him.
Main reason why I didnt bother attending. Too much of a Yes man.
Anything of interest?