Nigel Adkins sacked by Southampton [Merged]

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I do not like the bloke - but he has done a good job at Saints. They were the biggest spenders in League One, and near the top in the Championship - so he did well - not that remarkably. However, he did not deserve the push. I would have been pleased for them had they stayed up. Now - I half hope they go down. That was a poor decision.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Their views on Cortese have always been mixed, I grant you, but ALL the Saints fans have been right behind the OWNERS since the moment Makus Liebhher saved the club. All of a sudden they are 'nasty foreign owners'.

Yeah, they need to start behaving like customers!!

 

[Hamilton]

That's a pretty big statement to make that all were. But even if true, that doesn't detract from their rightful disgust at how things have turned out. Haven't we all been had at one time or another?

Subsitute 'all' for 'the vast majority' then. I think what Hans Kraay says is fair.

 

[MattBackHome]

My mate who supports Saints is really f***ed off.

 

[Hungry Joe]

Subsitute 'all' for 'the vast majority' then. I think what Hans Kraay says is fair.

I recall 'the vast majority' of Brighton fans initially being right behind Bill Archer. I don't see the relevance of his point.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I recall 'the vast majority' of Brighton fans initially being right behind Bill Archer. I don't see the relevance of his point.

Have you paid for the 15 minute argument, or the full half hour ?

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

If Gus goes to Chelsea now Pep has turned them down, maybe Adkins will come to us? (just to avoid meltdown on here I wish to make it clear that this is NOT a serious suggestion. I know NSC doesn't do irony))

 

[Hungry Joe]

Have you paid for the 15 minute argument, or the full half hour ?

I could be arguing in my spare time.

 

[CT1]

What a joke! He was a great manager. A complete arse hole but a very good manager indeed.

 

[Hamilton]

I recall 'the vast majority' of Brighton fans initially being right behind Bill Archer. I don't see the relevance of his point.

I think he is differentiating between owners and management. Now what we may be seeing is some of the supporters of the owners, who had questioned the management (not coaching staff), also start to question the role that their owner had.

Hans said...

"Presumably the same people who previously held the Liebbher family up as gods"

and you are also saying...

"I recall 'the vast majority' of Brighton fans initially being right behind Bill Archer."

It may be true that Saints fans did question Cortese (I don't know), but I was aware of their huge support for Liebher given the rough ride they had been through.

On the Archer front, I don't think support for him was as strong as the support for Liebher as he was seen as being far too close to Stanley and he was about as much use as a chocolate fire guard.

 

[Hungry Joe]

I think he is differentiating between owners and management. Now what we may be seeing is some of the supporters of the owners, who had questioned the management (not coaching staff), also start to question the role that their owner had.

Hans said...

"Presumably the same people who previously held the Liebbher family up as gods"

and you are also saying...

"I recall 'the vast majority' of Brighton fans initially being right behind Bill Archer."

It may be true that Saints fans did question Cortese (I don't know), but I was aware of their huge support for Liebher given the rough ride they had been through.

On the Archer front, I don't think support for him was as strong as the support for Liebher as he was seen as being far too close to Stanley and he was about as much use as a chocolate fire guard.

All fair points. But the fact that those who initially (and understandably) supported the owners have now turned following recent events makes their case no less valid. Like I said, haven't we all been had?

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I could be arguing in my spare time.

Very good. I had forgotten that line.

 

[John Bumlick]

I'd pay to see his face when he got the text from Cortese.

 

[clippedgull]

If Gus goes to Chelsea now Pep has turned them down, maybe Adkins will come to us? (just to avoid meltdown on here I wish to make it clear that this is NOT a serious suggestion. I know NSC doesn't do irony))

We could do a lot worse!

 

[Icy Gull]

Can't be arsed to read the whole thread but it seems a bit harsh to me, even though I haven't got much time for Adkins or Saints

 

[Leighgull]

Ha ha hahaha ha ha ha ha ha...oh f*** me ha ha ha...the new bloke can't even speak English...ha ha ha...Adkins sacked..oh f*** me I've pissed myself...ha ha ha

 

[Geriatric Seagull]

Like most people on here I don't particularly like the bloke but he's done a damn good job as a manager and didn't deserve that. For once, I even find myself agreeing with Ferguson!

 

[u'vebeenamexed]

Ha ha hahaha ha ha ha ha ha...oh f*** me ha ha ha...the new bloke can't even speak English...ha ha ha...Adkins sacked..oh f*** me I've pissed myself...ha ha ha

- harsh but fair.

 

[sfc1976]

Not at all. It's a simple question that, if you f**k about with and take the p1ss out of us, we don't forget.

I'm delighted he's been sacked and the obviously laughable injustice of it makes it all the more pleasing. Awful, awful man.

Tin pot.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

That's a pretty big statement to make that all were. But even if true, that doesn't detract from their rightful disgust at how things have turned out. Haven't we all been had at one time or another?

I think HKFC's assessment was fairly accurate. When Markus Liebherr bought the club, he seemed to be interested and sensibly involved. Unfortunately for saints, he suddenly died fairly soon afterwards. Maybe if he had still been around, Cortese would not still be there, or Cortese would have acted differently.