In regards to an earlier post. I was at the Bristol Rovers match, and if I'm honest, we didn't actually play that well. I'm not going to lie just to spite Pardew, because he did well last season after the points deduction (even though he had no plan b and never talked about creating one, instead saying he would buy a Rickie Lambert cover-player (which he didn't)). We weren't anything special that day, and if Rovers weren't so poor we may not have scored 4 and would've probably conceded.
Pardew's style of play was frustrating to watch, and though it got us plenty of goals, it also saw us lose 3-1 at home to Brighton, concede 3 at home to Bristol Rovers, and concede 2 at home to Hartlepool. I barely remember games in which we didn't concede. Our defensive leaks have already seemingly been plugged by Adkins.
I feel we have a real gem on our hands with Adkins. He seems passionate and I think suits us better than a big-ego (that used to manage West Ham, didn't you know?). I think we're going places under Nige, and in a much more watchable way than we might have under Pards.