Adkins in the Telegraph (great read)

[Pilchards]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/southampton/8841618/Who-needs-Jose-Mourinho-Nigel-Adkins-will-not-rest-until-Saints-march-back-to-the-top.html

 

 

I love the Chaplow 77.

[tpbury]

Wasn't that boxing clip linked to from here? Therefore NA reads this. Therefore NA - you are making a lot of people round the world very happy, such as my dad. He always phones me for the result, as internet is a bit beyond him, and he's chuffed to bits as well as being staggered at how well Saints are doing. Nice one, Nige!

[Saint_clark]

Wasn't that boxing clip linked to from here? Therefore NA reads this. Therefore NA - you are making a lot of people round the world very happy, such as my dad. He always phones me for the result, as internet is a bit beyond him, and he's chuffed to bits as well as being staggered at how well Saints are doing. Nice one, Nige!

 

That boxing clip was linked her because Adkins said he made the team watch it.

[STEVEADAMS]

A great read, only 13 months and he is part of the family indeed. Well done to all, but let's keep it going. COYR.

[doddisalegend]

Seems like the press are starting to notice a nice article. Though I have to say their write up of tuesday's game against West ham is pretty rubbish

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/championship/8835067/Southampton-1-West-Ham-United-0-match-report.html

[dubai_phil]

Seems like the press are starting to notice a nice article. Though I have to say their write up of tuesday's game against West ham is pretty rubbish

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/championship/8835067/Southampton-1-West-Ham-United-0-match-report.html

 

Did mention in the post match reaction thread that for SOME obscure reason the DT decided to send one of their two GOLF corrspondents to SMS to write the report on the game.

 

I know it bores many, but when the golfing Race to Dubai thingy happens in first week of December I will find him and verbally beat the proverbial sh1t out of him for that.

 

The NA one is a good article by a football man though. Still, lol at the Jordan SIbley Tweet about the Press Conference this week, must have been really busy for a change!

[CB Saint]

Great read.

 

Our Nige is a clever operator - he continually use the phrases like "winning mentality" in every interview I read, and if you say it enough people begin to believe, fans, players, staff everyone. This is probably the his greatest acheivement - he has convinced everyone at the club that they can beat anyone who takes the pitch against us.

[oldsarum]

great atricle, Jeremy Wilson used to work for the Daily Echo and often gives Saints good write up's

[rudi7s]

Great read that. Jeremy is also a Saints fan and wrote a book not so long ago about Southampton legends.

[aintforever]

Just hope we can keep hold of him, it wouldn't surprise me if Everton came sniffing about.

[MongoNeil]

He WILL become one of the greatest English managers of all time I reckon. I just hope he does it with Saints.

[Charlie Wayman]

We've won nothing yet!

 

As Nigel would have us say, let's draw a blue line under everything that we have achieved so far and concentrate on the only thing that matters, the game at Reading today. It's that simple really!

[Tamesaint]

We've won nothing yet!

 

QUOTE]

 

I would have thought that winning promotion from League 1 counts as something.

 

Or are you talking about Arsenal again??

[dune]

The best article i've read yet.

[Thedelldays]

he ACTUALLY does draw a blue line under something

 

lol

 

he is a bit of a loony

[jamesb]

That is a damn brilliant article. I love the guy!!!

[Mattio]

he ACTUALLY does draw a blue line under something

 

lol

 

he is a bit of a loony

Haha true... do you think he has a bus?!

[Saint137]

Its simple stuff really, isn't it? Five positives, one negative, move on, be positive and if you say it enough it will happen. Same as bringing up kids really - emphasise and reward the positive behaviours more than bollock the negative ones.

[ericofarabia]

Haha true... do you think he has a bus?!

 

If I'd have read that a few seconds earlier it would have been a gob full of Pinot Grigio over the screen moment - luckily like a good girl I had swallowed every last drop.

[ericofarabia]

Its simple stuff really, isn't it? Five positives, one negative, move on, be positive and if you say it enough it will happen. Same as bringing up kids really - emphasise and reward the positive behaviours more than bollock the negative ones.

 

Can you take Alps on, for a few private tutorials - I don't think there would be a shortage of people willing to pay for them!!

Edited 22 October, 2011 by ericofarabia

[Crazy Diamond]

One or two grammatical and punctuation errors (observing with my journalist hat on) but yes, a lovely article.

[Saint137]

Prompted me to check Wikipedia for Alf Ramsey (an ex Saint of course) and I hadn't realised that he took Ipswich up as champions from Div2 and the following season won the League Championship. Interesting parallels perhaps?

[Tamesaint]

Its simple stuff really, isn't it? Five positives, one negative, move on, be positive and if you say it enough it will happen. Same as bringing up kids really - emphasise and reward the positive behaviours more than bollock the negative ones.

 

I was taught that you have to say 7 positive things to one negative if you want the recipient to take the message on board in a positive manner.

 

I will go back to my teacher and tell him that he is wrong. If Nigel does it 5:1 rather than 7:1, then five it is!!

[Legod Third Coming]

I was taught that you have to say 7 positive things to one negative if you want the recipient to take the message on board in a positive manner.

 

I will go back to my teacher and tell him that he is wrong. If Nigel does it 5:1 rather than 7:1, then five it is!!

 

Be careful, I used to manage the most arrogant girl in the world and would also ways aim to say something positive before trying to change her attitude but all she ever heard was the positive...