Is the anti Adams faction........

[Knotty]

Not me. Mine is borne out of bitterness at the way he left the club, coupled with the fact that I don't rate him all that highly.

I accept that DW had to go, I just feel we could have appointed someone better than Micky Adams.

Who?

 

[Brighton Breezy]

I loved Dean Wilkins and was delighted with the progess we were making.

I was disgusted at his treatment and sceptical of the motives for bringing Adams back.

However, I thought, if anyone has to replace Wilkins than it might as well be Micky.

Now though, with the football so much more direct than last season, dire home form, talented prospects being left out / loaned out, Mayo and Hart given contracts, Hawkins replacing Lynch / El Abd in defence, and the fact we have played a lot of poor teams leaves me miffed to the max.

I am not anti-Adams but I am anti-Brighton being shit.

 

[BigGully]

In what way was Dean White a Wilkins man?

He's worked under several managers.

Spot on.....

Harty that was bizaare, White wasnt a Wilkins man and Wilkins wasnt a White man.

They were thrown together thats all, not 'close' personally or professionally.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Ian Chapman certainly showed how he felt about the whole scenario...

 

[Scotty Mac]

Which principle is that?

the one chapman showed

 

[Icy Gull]

Borne out of loyalty to the memory of Dean Wilkins?

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Nope I was pro McGhee to the end but fully supported Wilkins whilst here, I just don't think Adams is as good a manager as you do Harty. At the moment he is proving to be tactically pretty shit, let's hope he sorts it out quickly. It's not like he hasn't been given the money and the players is it?

 

[Mendoza]

Are you being serious? He's been in charge for 9 league games, of course he needs time.

Hasn't got long to turn it around?? Don't be ridiculous, we've got 37 league games left to play, that's absolutely plenty of time. A few wins in this league puts you in or around the play-offs.

I am being serious. He said we have to 15 home games to sustain a serious challenge for promotion. We now only have 18 home games left.

We havent won for 7 games, and although unlucky in the last couple of games, it is a hard habit to turn around. With some of the tough fixtures we have this month (Leeds, Peterborough, Leicester) it could in theory see us so far behind the play off zone, we cannot recover. We've got 6 points to make up as it is. I dont think that will happen, but it could.

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

Speaking from a personal point of view Ian, I expect to be entertained for my £400+ per season and I wasn't (by the Albion anyway) in any of the first four home league matches of the season. Neither did I see much evidence of tactical/positional nouse being displayed by the Albion bench, quite the opposite on some occasions. After all the pre-season enthusiasm it has just been so disappointing.
We play well at Crewe, put in a absolute belter against Man City and then go and put out a bizzarre line up against Northampton with four centre halves, including two in midfield, and get away with a very, very jammy point.
I didn't go last Saturday but it sounds like we were better although not brilliant defensively and played a centre half in wide midfield(?).
Comparisons with previous managers are futile and irrelevant imo. Dean Wilkins has gone, as have Maghee, Coppell, Taylor, Case, Cattlin, Bailey, Mullery, Saward, Goodwin, Macaulay etc etc. I've seen them all but Micky Adams is our manager now and he has my full support; however, I have yet to see, with my own eyes, whether and how he's is going to take us forward (as indicated by the board when MA was appointed) or if he's actually any good? As I said on your phone-in after the Orient shambles, the jury is out and nothing has changed with me since then.
Looking forward to re-visiting this subject next May but if we don't manage 69pts......................

 

[Uncle C]

My solution would be to make football more interactive like a TV quiz show. Every supporter would get a push button with which they could vote.

Micky would flash up on the big screen things like "shall I bring on a winger or defender" and everyone would get to vote. The majority decision would be adopted.

The crowd would then have to moan at themselves when things went wrong.

 

[The Large One]

the one chapman showed

Which principle did Chapman show?

 

[Silent Bob]

Which principle did Chapman show?

Loyalty? Integrity?

 

[sammy]

My solution would be to make football more interactive like a TV quiz show. Every supporter would get a push button with which they could vote.

Micky would flash up on the big screen things like "shall I bring on a winger or defender" and everyone would get to vote. The majority decision would be adopted.

The crowd would then have to moan at themselves when things went wrong.

Yes A very very good point

 

[Knotty]

My solution would be to make football more interactive like a TV quiz show. Every supporter would get a push button with which they could vote.

Micky would flash up on the big screen things like "shall I bring on a winger or defender" and everyone would get to vote. The majority decision would be adopted.

The crowd would then have to moan at themselves when things went wrong.

Which would be frequently.

 

[The Large One]

Loyalty? Integrity?

To whom?

 

[NMH]

Come come now Harty, this is a one-dimensional face on a point.

What about if no-one here had ever heard of Mickey Adams, with these results - after the board have given DW the big 'E'?
Face it, he's currently given LESS boos and derisive comment because of his previous glory, which actually shouldn't be pertinent to this tenure at all!

I'm not 'anti-Adams', I liked Wilkins, and I want MA to succeed. But his past time with us and without us don't mean a lot when taking the performances into account.

I wonder if YOU Harty, are influenced to support him because of his stance in getting behind us in rallies for Falmer?

 

[NMH]

My solution would be to make football more interactive like a TV quiz show. Every supporter would get a push button with which they could vote.

Micky would flash up on the big screen things like "shall I bring on a winger or defender" and everyone would get to vote. The majority decision would be adopted.

The crowd would then have to moan at themselves when things went wrong.

They would tear into the player they voted 'on', if things went wrong. It would all get a lot more personal!

Italian football is already somewhat that way inclined, with crowds BAYING for Del Piero (for instance) to come on, then getting their way.

 

[Horsham Gull]

maybe you should get some of these anti adams faction people on the phone in Harty and let them speak up

 

[Brighton Breezy]

maybe you should get some of these anti adams faction people on the phone in Harty and let them speak up

I'll meet you at Elland Road if you do want someone Harty.

 

[Mendoza]

I'll meet you at Elland Road if you do want someone Harty.

You wont be sober enough to speak

 

[Publius Ovidius]

I still remain unconvinced in Adams.

Certainly the standard of football (overall) is no better, the constant "have to play Virgo wherever" is beginning to annoy me and the fact that he seems to have lost a bit of his passion as well.

Man City aside

2 out of 5

Must do BETTER. Remember Mr Knight and Adams less than 7th is FAILURE.

Exactly my thoughts on the matter.