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Nigel Adkins - confirmed as permanent Tranmere manager (p52)
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It's interesting both how quickly Bowyer moved to Birmingham when they decided to remove Karanka, and how quickly we then found a replacement, despite Thomas not being in the country...Dazzler21 said:Sandgaard admitted he's been looking at managers a while. He'd have been silly not to given our season.2 -
Think that one’s a lost cause.FishCostaFortune said:
Wonder if he is the guy to get Marcus 'Magic' Maddison performing again?Valley11 said:Quote from the Nigel Adkins thread after he was sacked by Saints:
To paraphrase Yoshida, their Japanese defender's comments about Nigel Adkins on Premier League World:
"He is a very nice guy. It is probably the first time that I have worked with such a positive person and Manager in my career. What is great about him is the way he treats his players. His attitude towards us definitely has a positive affect on the team and is a big reason for our change in form".6 -
Thanks! I'll look him upHenry Irving said:
No, Albert LindonSouthNorwoodAddick said:It's quite rare for goalkeepers to turn to management, I wonder if he's our first?0 -
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So Bowyer goes and now we might use more Academy products?0
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Shaved?redashdave said:Theres a clue in my user name2 -
Wonder if Charlie Barker/Maynard-Brewer would have played more under Adkins?Dazzler21 said:So Bowyer goes and now we might use more Academy products?4 -
Hope you guys have hung onto that 2017 Fulham Checkatrade game ticket stub youll need to claim one of the 10,000 Wembley playoff final tickets!6
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That's it, right there.
Now I'll take a bullet for him and have his babies0 - Sponsored links:
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Or Mingi when we had a CB shortage... I know we kind of still do.FishCostaFortune said:
Wonder if Charlie Barker/Maynard-Brewer would have played more under Adkins?Dazzler21 said:So Bowyer goes and now we might use more Academy products?1 -
Adkins: "This is such a tough division because there are several clubs who have been in the Premier League. It's very competitive. We've got a group of players who have got a spirit. Someone has got to get up, so why can't it be us?" #cafc
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Curbs lite with that comment... :-)2 -
Don't worry, Nige has his specs off so he doesn't know who the feck he's talking to.MattF said:15 -
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I wonder if any of the contracts we couldn't sort out because we don't know what divison we will be in will now be sorted out when we don't know what divison we will be in?4
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Like others, the more I read the more the decision makes sense. I get the feeling Albie might flourish under him, and that makes me happy.5
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Ahh, I see. So you don't live in Redashd Avenue?redashdave said:Theres a clue in my user name5 -
Not a chanceGoOnYouHaddocks said:
Ahh, I see. So you don't live in Redashd Avenue?redashdave said:Theres a clue in my user name
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I wish him every success, and hope he's able to replicate what he did at Scunthorpe and Southampton.
I would have loved us to have promoted from within (Jackson or Euell), or to have resurrected a charlton connection, and would have had Powell back in a shot - he has unfinished business with us.
Going external makes us like every other club, without any greater certainty of success.
I don't know enough about Ged Roddy to understand his level of influence, good or bad. I hope he's not a Fraeye (albeit slightly more qualified) lurking in the background building his role and waiting for his turn...0 -
Great appointment!!!
Out the blue that one. Don't even think he was on the bookies fave list. Might be wrong about that.1 -
Wonder if Chris Gunter worked with him and Reading and vouched for him?0
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Well yesterday I was underwhelmed at the prospect of Nige and set pulses racing with sone by suggesting I'd rather have Kenny Jacket or was it Kenny G??
Anyway having watched the interview with Nigel he comes across very well and keeping Jacko is a bonus so I'm prepared to eat that humble pie and support Nige 110%.2 -
We’ve got some tough fixtures coming up, but several teams above us in the league are struggling at the moment. It’s gonna be a nerve racking few weeks, but a good start against Wimbledon would be a massive boost.0
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Honestly? You would have preferred Kenny Jackett?peterreeves said:Well yesterday I was underwhelmed at the prospect of Nige and set pulses racing with sone by suggesting I'd rather have Kenny Jacket or was it Kenny G??
Anyway having watched the interview with Nigel he comes across very well and keeping Jacko is a bonus so I'm prepared to eat that humble pie and support Nige 110%.1 -
Massive boost for the youth players knowing they're going to be given a chance under this manager.
And it will no doubt work wonders for our recruitment of young players also.15 -
It's what any decent owner would do, even in the good times do your research as you never know what's around the corner. Not the exciting appointment that some were looking for but good solid experience at this level with three promotions plus managing in the top two divisions. I think he's a great appointment & possibly the best we could have hoped for. Far too early for JJ imo but great to have him around the players who all seem to love him. Would still like a defensive coach to come in. Step by step TS is buildingLordflashheart said:
I wouldn’t be surprised if Bows had been saying to TS for a few weeks that he was on the verge of resigning, as no matter what he tried he couldn’t get the performances he expected - I imagine TS would have said, don’t worry, it takes time to get where we want - but having picked up on Bows ‘vibe’ and also his Valley Pass post match interviews, TS decided he needed to have a back up if Bows did resigncolthe3rd said:
I'm not so sure. Olly says about it being a whirlwind week, Adkins agrees it's been a whirlwind but doesn't actually say when he spoke to Sandgaard. I still suspect initial contact was made earlier than this week. Probably only finalised once Bow resigned.Dazzler21 said:
Yeah it sounded like he was on Sandgaard's list but maybe only contacted this week.stoneroses19 said:
The way him and Olly kept saying this has been a whirlwind week and happened quickly, makes it sound like not as pre-planned as you think.Ormiston_Addick said:
Yep - fair enough - that’s my mistake.Cafc43v3r said:
Is that the Roddy who worked and Reading in 2018 and the Adkins that left in 2014? Or a different pair?Ormiston_Addick said:Sorry, but this is absolute bollocks.
Adkins did brilliantly for Southampton TEN FUCKING YEARS AGO - he has not worked for two years and failed at his last three clubs.
This is just so gutting, I am sure he is a lovely bloke and all that but come on people if Sunderland appointed him after sacking Parky we’d have thought them mad.
Obviously he knows Ged Roddy from working together at Reading and that’s why he got the job, and that is just not good enough I am afraid.
Feels like a real kick in the teeth and confirms what others have said about tension between Bowyer and Roddy with the former fearing a replacement was being lined up.
I would love to be wrong but this looks like an awful appointment, please show me a manager that has failed at his last three clubs and then suddenly finds success after two years on his arse. You won’t be able to.
Really quite angry about this, feels like a complete piss take to be honest.
But sorry, there has to be a link somewhere because someone two years out of the game and three failures in a row behind them doesn’t just get appointed 48 hours after the last manager walks.
This didn’t just happen this week.
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"We have a realistic chance of getting promoted. If Birmingham get relegated, we won't even be playing them next season. We'll see how that plays out"
Miaow.5 -
Keith Day?JamesSeed said:
We had a goalie who made a bid to be our manager, once upon a time.SouthNorwoodAddick said:It's quite rare for goalkeepers to turn to management, I wonder if he's our first?1
