Anothe reason why i'm over the moon about adams!

[Wienergull]

Adams style was high tempo, kick and rush football which I agree can be good to watch but at times Wilkins team played some lovely football. You are right though, it is subjective I would rather watch Arsenal than Man Utd purely because both play attacking football but while one is combined with high tempo play the other (Arsenal's) is at times sublime.

I remember the football in the first season at Withdean being pretty dour, but in the 2000/01 Championship season, the team played with some real flair, particularly down the left wing. I agree that Wilkins' side played some excellent football at time and was at a loss to know the gates at Withdean went down this season. 12 wins and nearly 40 goals at home is hardly shabby and was not down to luck as some on here would have it. The problem, I suppose, was that the players could not always sustain a high standard of football over 90 minutes. Whether that was down to Dean's motivational skills or just the fact that these are 3rd Division footballers, I don't know.

 

[Mendoza]

The money spent is a fair point but....


Would that make you feel any better at the end of the season as a player for arsenal or a fan of arsenal?

Its got to become if you cant beat them join them in footie.

Loom at the albion...we had to spend 300k on a striker...you dont see that often from us.

of course the Arsenal players and fans feel agrieved they won nothing, look at Flamini and Hleb, they will probably win something if they stayed with Arsenal, but have chose to move on as they have won nothing since they have been there.

The £300k spent on Murray came more out the blue than Adams re-joining us, but I cant help that sort of money will not be available to Adams, but if it is, then great and a hectic 90 days lies ahead of us until the 1st day of the season

 

[byf]

of course the Arsenal players and fans feel agrieved they won nothing, look at Flamini and Hleb, they will probably win something if they stayed with Arsenal, but have chose to move on as they have won nothing since they have been there.

The £300k spent on Murray came more out the blue than Adams re-joining us, but I cant help that sort of money will not be available to Adams, but if it is, then great and a hectic 90 days lies ahead of us until the 1st day of the season

To be honest I dont think Adams will need that much money to make this team a success. We have just finished 7th and the core of a good side i there, we just need that added extra of a couple of new faces plus adams determination and motivational skills....we will do well.

When he took over before the squad did need a MASSIVE overhaul and thats what he gave it,as you showed in your exhaustive player list of that season.

I think adams will attract 3/4 decent bosman players from a higher grade to take a step down. each club is offloading 5+ each and in some cases up to 10 players.......and I feel adams is the perfect man to see the blend of what we need for success.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Considering the majority of them had a MASSIVE impact on our success it just shows what a hero adams was that season.

Really?

Player From Fee Date
Jamie Campbell Cambridge Free 06-06-1999 Fairly awful and off loaded
Ryan Palmer Fulham Nominal 17-06-1999 Hardly ever played
Dave Cameron St Mirren Free 01-07-1999 Branded by the coaching staff as useless
Andy Crosby Chester £ 10000 01-07-1999 Decent signing
Paul Rogers Wigan Free 01-07-1999 Decent signing
Darren Freeman Brentford Free 02-07-1999 Some impact but fitness an issue and was essentially shifted out by better players (Jones, Brooker, Zamora and Steele)
Darren Carr Gillingham £ 25000 13-07-1999 Never fit
Paul Watson Brentford £ 10000 13-07-1999 Decent signing
Charlie Oatway Brentford £ 10000 13-07-1999 Decent signing
Chris Wilder Sheff Utd Monthly 01-08-1999 Looked half decent by only played a handful of games
Aidan Newhouse Swansea Monthly 01-08-1999 2 goals on his debut and nothing else, shifted out fairly soon after his debut

Danny Cullip Brentford £ 50000 13-10-1999 Decent signing
Warren Aspinall Colchester Free 06-11-1999 Short term, legs had gone
Martin Ling Leyton Orient Free 23-03-2000 Short term, again past his best
Paul Brooker Fulham £ 25000 26-05-2000 Decent signing
Michel Kuipers Bristol R Free 27-06-2000 Decent signing
Richard Carpenter Cardiff Free 27-06-2000 Decent signing
Nathan Jones Southend Free 01-07-2000 Decent signing

 

[Icy Gull]

until he played against us for Lincoln

"Useless" was Alan Cork's assessment of Cameron when interviewed post match after a particularly shit Albion performance. Not sure if that was before or after the urban myth of Cameron decking Cork

I was at that match at Lincoln and it was the most one sided game I think I have ever seen, their goalkeeper put in a world class performance and silky dave scored a second which he found out had been disallowed after a really extravagant celebration

 

[Wienergull]

I don't think Murray is THAT lazy. He just looks it. If you watch him he actually runs the channels quite a bit. And he wins nearly everything in the air. He'll be alright.

I like him and think he adds a touch of class to the side. He's by no means the finished article though and I think that Adams and Wilkins, if he's still around, will work on improving his all-round game.

 

[Wienergull]

Really?

Player From Fee Date
Jamie Campbell Cambridge Free 06-06-1999 Fairly awful and off loaded
Ryan Palmer Fulham Nominal 17-06-1999 Hardly ever played
Dave Cameron St Mirren Free 01-07-1999 Branded by the coaching staff as useless
Andy Crosby Chester £ 10000 01-07-1999 Decent signing
Paul Rogers Wigan Free 01-07-1999 Decent signing
Darren Freeman Brentford Free 02-07-1999 Some impact but fitness an issue and was essentially shifted out by better players (Jones, Brooker, Zamora and Steele)
Darren Carr Gillingham £ 25000 13-07-1999 Never fit
Paul Watson Brentford £ 10000 13-07-1999 Decent signing
Charlie Oatway Brentford £ 10000 13-07-1999 Decent signing
Chris Wilder Sheff Utd Monthly 01-08-1999 Looked half decent by only played a handful of games
Aidan Newhouse Swansea Monthly 01-08-1999 2 goals on his debut and nothing else, shifted out fairly soon after his debut

Danny Cullip Brentford £ 50000 13-10-1999 Decent signing
Warren Aspinall Colchester Free 06-11-1999 Short term, legs had gone
Martin Ling Leyton Orient Free 23-03-2000 Short term, again past his best
Paul Brooker Fulham £ 25000 26-05-2000 Decent signing
Michel Kuipers Bristol R Free 27-06-2000 Decent signing
Richard Carpenter Cardiff Free 27-06-2000 Decent signing
Nathan Jones Southend Free 01-07-2000 Decent signing

Is it just me, or does the word "decent" in football speak actually mean "bloody good"? It seems to have crept into commentaries and MOTD punditry in recent years("He put in a decent cross"....)

 

[Les Biehn]

Adams style was high tempo, kick and rush football which I agree can be good to watch but at times Wilkins team played some lovely football. You are right though, it is subjective I would rather watch Arsenal than Man Utd purely because both play attacking football but while one is combined with high tempo play the other (Arsenal's) is at times sublime.

I was asked which team I would prefer to watch, not who I wanted to win.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Is it just me, or does the word "decent" in football speak actually mean "bloody good"? It seems to have crept into commentaries and MOTD punditry in recent years("He put in a decent cross"....)

Probably, although in this case more to do with the fact I wrote it once and then it became a copy and paste exercise.

 

[Mendoza]

I may as well go the whole hog and do ALL of Adams signings permanent and loan in his previous tenure

So here goes............

Jamie Campbell Cambridge Free 06-06-1999
Ryan Palmer Fulham Nominal 17-06-1999
Dave Cameron St Mirren Free 01-07-1999
Andy Crosby Chester £ 10000 01-07-1999
Paul Rogers Wigan Free 01-07-1999
Darren Freeman Brentford Free 02-07-1999
Darren Carr Gillingham £ 25000 13-07-1999
Paul Watson Brentford £ 10000 13-07-1999
Charlie Oatway Brentford £ 10000 13-07-1999
Chris Wilder Sheff Utd Monthly 01-08-1999
Aidan Newhouse Swansea Monthly 01-08-1999
Danny Cullip Brentford £ 50000 13-10-1999
Warren Aspinall Colchester Free 06-11-1999
Martin Ling Leyton Orient Free 23-03-2000
Paul Brooker Fulham £ 25000 26-05-2000
Michel Kuipers Bristol R Free 27-06-2000
Richard Carpenter Cardiff Free 27-06-2000
Nathan Jones Southend Free 01-07-2000
Lee Steele Shrewsbury Free 10-07-2000
Lee Johnson Watford Free 10-07-2000
Steve Melton Stoke Free 26-07-2000
Bobby Zamora Bristol R £ 100000 10-08-2000
Mark Cartwright Wrexham Free 14-09-2000
Matthew Wicks Peterborough Nominal 13-10-2000
Phil Stant Lincoln Non-contract 02-03-2001
Martin Thomas Swansea Free 22-03-2001
Geoff Pitcher Kingstonian £ 55000 19-06-2001
Simon Morgan Fulham Free 21-06-2001
Dirk Lehmann Hibernian Free 26-06-2001
Robbie Pethick Bristol R Free 02-07-2001

Total: £ 285,000




Loans (players in)

Player From Start End
Danny Cullip Brentford 17-09-1999 12-10-1999
Warren Aspinall Colchester 23-09-1999 05-11-1999
Lorenzo Pinamonte Bristol C 17-12-1999 01-02-2000
Bobby Zamora Bristol R 11-02-2000 08-05-2000
Paul Brooker Fulham 17-02-2000 08-05-2000
Mark Cartwright Wrexham 09-08-2000 13-09-2000
Matthew Wicks Peterborough 31-08-2000 12-10-2000