Virgo: Adams had gone soft

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

According to Brightonfans there is an Argus article with the above headline but I can't access it. Anyone know what this is about?

 

[Papa Lazarou]

According to Brightonfans there is an Argus article with the above headline but I can't access it. Anyone know what this is about?

Erectile disfunction?

 

[fozzie's headband]

According to Brightonfans there is an Argus article with the above headline but I can't access it. Anyone know what this is about?

ADAM Virgo believes boss Micky Adams has been too soft with the Albion players.
But he has seen signs since the recent defeat at Carlisle that “the old Micky is back”.
Albion go to in-form Stockport tonight desperate for a result following a hat-trick of defeats in all competitions.
They are labouring in 17th place in League One after Saturday’s 1-0 setback at home to Huddersfield, which saw Virgo restored to his preferred position in the centre of defence.
Virgo, who has played under Adams for the Seagulls, Coventry and Colchester, said: “He will definitely get it right. You don’t become a bad manager overnight. His record speaks for itself and he is hurting more than anyone.
“After the Carlisle game the old Micky was back and hopefully he will start kicking us up the rear side a bit and getting us into shape a bit more.
“I think he has got to try and toughen up on us a little bit – we need it. Pre-season is not necessarily about running around Stanmer Park 400 times. The game has changed, but you still have to have a stubborn side.
“I’ve played under Strachan (at Celtic) and, as good a coach as he is, he wasn’t a nice person to upset. A lot of good managers are like that and Micky has got that as well.
“Since the Carlisle game he is trying to go back to the sterner side to try and sort this out.”
Virgo, who scored his first senior goal at Stockport for Albion on their last visit four years ago, is convinced their fortunes are about to change.
He said: “I’ve got more confidence in the manager than anybody and the squad are definitely behind him, but, at the end of the day, we are all judged on results and at the moment it’s not quite happening.
“But it will change quite quickly. I think just one good performance and one decent result is going to change it, I know it will.
“It’s frustrating that it’s not quite right, but we are working harder in training to change it and that’s all we can do. Inconsistency is the key word at the moment. We are doing well at times, but not scoring when we are on top.
“It’s very frustrating, because the squad are good enough to be challenging at the top.”

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

ADAM Virgo believes boss Micky Adams has been too soft with the Albion players.
But he has seen signs since the recent defeat at Carlisle that “the old Micky is back”.
Albion go to in-form Stockport tonight desperate for a result following a hat-trick of defeats in all competitions.
They are labouring in 17th place in League One after Saturday’s 1-0 setback at home to Huddersfield, which saw Virgo restored to his preferred position in the centre of defence.
Virgo, who has played under Adams for the Seagulls, Coventry and Colchester, said: “He will definitely get it right. You don’t become a bad manager overnight. His record speaks for itself and he is hurting more than anyone.
“After the Carlisle game the old Micky was back and hopefully he will start kicking us up the rear side a bit and getting us into shape a bit more.
“I think he has got to try and toughen up on us a little bit – we need it. Pre-season is not necessarily about running around Stanmer Park 400 times. The game has changed, but you still have to have a stubborn side.
“I’ve played under Strachan (at Celtic) and, as good a coach as he is, he wasn’t a nice person to upset. A lot of good managers are like that and Micky has got that as well.
“Since the Carlisle game he is trying to go back to the sterner side to try and sort this out.”
Virgo, who scored his first senior goal at Stockport for Albion on their last visit four years ago, is convinced their fortunes are about to change.
He said: “I’ve got more confidence in the manager than anybody and the squad are definitely behind him, but, at the end of the day, we are all judged on results and at the moment it’s not quite happening.
“But it will change quite quickly. I think just one good performance and one decent result is going to change it, I know it will.
“It’s frustrating that it’s not quite right, but we are working harder in training to change it and that’s all we can do. Inconsistency is the key word at the moment. We are doing well at times, but not scoring when we are on top.
“It’s very frustrating, because the squad are good enough to be challenging at the top.”

Cheers for that.

 

[Icy Gull]

Interesting article which begs the question, why has it taken 1/3 of the season to get MA motivated enough to actually start getting nasty. It is arguable that he should have done it after the Orient league game.

 

[Easy 10]

“He will definitely get it right. You don’t become a bad manager overnight”

He's dead right there you know.
It seems to take a couple of seasons at least.

 

[Silent Bob]

ooh, he's going to solve all our problems by SHOUTING.

 

[Icy Gull]

ooh, he's going to solve all our problems by SHOUTING.

As long as he also has the team doing 400 laps of Stanmer Park whilst shouting at them at the same time it could be the way forward. It's a plan at least, and there don't seem to have been too many of those this season.

 

[Acker79]

Interesting article which begs the question, why has it taken 1/3 of the season to get MA motivated enough to actually start getting nasty. It is arguable that he should have done it after the Orient league game.

He hasn't needed to, the fans have been nasty for him...

Seriously, what does this say about the fans who yell at other fans for booing and letting the players know in no unscertain terms they are not satisfied with performances? We have a player come out and say they want to be yelled at, they want to be told in no uncertain terms that they're not doing their jobs properly.

 

[pasty]

ooh, he's going to solve all our problems by SHOUTING.

Excellent. Here's my nomination for assistant.

 

[bright1064]

 

[Icy Gull]

I'd quite like to hear Gordon Strachan going off on one. I bet he's pretty cutting in his criticism when you consider how he treats stupid questions from journalists.

I take it Virgs has been on the receiving end

 

[Barnet Seagull]

Sounds fair enough to me. He's had enough time to see how each player responds to his motivational tactics/encouragment. Now's the time he can really start to demand more of his players.

 

[Storer68]

so that would be

Gordon Stachan - ex manager at Coventry
and Micky Adams - ex manager at Coventry

differennt approaches - same result

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

Virgo: Adams has gone shit - would be more appropriate, no?