Nigel's lame interviews

[Mr X]

It seems that even constuctive critisicism of adkins is shouted down on here. Personally I want him to stay till xmas to have the chance to prove himself but I'm totally fed up with his lame and wet after match interviews seems to keep repeating "we score goals" like that's all we need to do and doesn't seem to be worried by the fact we haven't kept a clean sheet this season and are still shipping the same average of goals it's like he thinks its all going to magically click!

[S-Clarke]

and breathe...

[The9]

I'm completely in favour of him saying the same thing all season and being completely un-newsworthy. It worked fine for him last season and you can't fault his positivity.

[Chez]

Word of advice. Never listen to his interviews. He rarely says what he really feels, so what's the point?

[The9]

Word of advice. Never listen to his interviews. He rarely says what he really feels, so what's the point?

 

Quite. It's as simple as that. I like the fact he never, EVER says anything of note. Even quoting poetry isn't him actually saying it.

[doddisalegend]

You'd of thought people would be used to it by now? I stopped listening to them ages ago. I suppose now were losing most of the time people will get a little more annoyed with his after match talk than they did when we were winning most of the time..........Better than having to listen to some gobby **** like Hollaway

[kpturner]

You'd of thought people would be used to it by now? I stopped listening to them ages ago. I suppose now were losing most of the time people will get a little more annoyed with his after match talk than they did when we were winning most of the time..........Better than having to listen to some gobby **** like Hollaway

I like listening to Holloway - a bit like WGS in many ways.

[Wes Tender]

I think that Nigel should get the bullet and be replaced by WGS. His interviews were always entertaining. Definitely the best Saints manager I can remember in terms of post match interviews.

[Saints Fan Dan]

You'd of thought people would be used to it by now? I stopped listening to them ages ago. I suppose now were losing most of the time people will get a little more annoyed with his after match talk than they did when we were winning most of the time..........Better than having to listen to some gobby **** like Hollaway

 

Holloway is like Adkins really. If he was your manager you'd love him, but if not then you'd hate him.

[Dig Dig]

Holloway is like Adkins really. If he was your manager you'd love him, but if not then you'd hate him.

 

Not sure other clubs hate Adkins except for the squarking seagulls down the road. Adkins doesn't whinge and moan like Holloway does.

[Guan 2.0]

How many times has NA been fined or banned as a result of his post match interviews? Or singled out a player for criticism?

[Window Cleaner]

How many times has NA been fined or banned as a result of his post match interviews? Or singled out a player for criticism?

 

perhaps now is the time to start. Plenty of out and out knobs achieve success as football managers.

[Griffo]

Not sure other clubs hate Adkins except for the squarking seagulls down the road. Adkins doesn't whinge and moan like Holloway does.

 

Millwall seem to hate Adkins too.

[Fan The Flames]

Im wondering what people expect, hes mentioned the difficult position we are in but hasnt stated a blow by blow account of how he will resolve it and nor should he.

[bpsaint]

I used to like listening to what Pardew had to say after each game, was often brutally honest and didn't churn out the same happy clappy rubbish even if we'd had an embarrassing defeat.

[dronskisaint]

Adkins says precisely what he means to say...often very little but it's delivered with a smile and a cheery tone.

 

It's called having the media sussed and he is a master at it, listen and learn other managers :-)

[beatlesaint]

Word of advice. Never listen to his interviews. He rarely says what he really feels, so what's the point?

 

I tend to agree. The last thing he said after the West Ham interview was "we play 4-3-3"

 

So what did we do yesterday ? Started with 4-4-2.

 

If you dont want to hear some off the wall quote from a 19th century philosopher I wouldn't bother listening

[Barry the Badger]

I like listening to Holloway - a bit like WGS in many ways.

 

I don't think so. WGS was all sharp wit and brilliant one liners.

 

Holloway just plays the village idiot.

[pap]

Got to say, I hoped Nigel would raise his interview game after promotion to the Premiership. He still does not interview well, but then, perhaps we need to put that in the context of the defeats and the tight-lipped policy at the club.

 

The repetition of several key phrases doesn't inspire confidence, don't give an indication of how he feels results might be improved, makes Nige look like a bit of a throwback and us look like a team managed by a cliche factory.

 

I've always assumed that Nige is some genius at remaining opaque in the glare of the media spotlight, and kept the good stuff for the boys during training. If he relies on similar tropes during training, that'd be worrying.

 

It's not the bloke is incapable of speaking his mind; I've seen him in more candid, less Saints related interviews. In a more official capacity, he too often fills time with the worst kind of nothing; the kind you can't ignore.

[Wade Garrett]

How many times has NA been fined or banned as a result of his post match interviews? Or singled out a player for criticism?

 

Lambert was singled out after the Fulham game.

[Wade Garrett]

I'm a lot more concerned with the poor job I think he's doing this season than his interviews.

[Mr X]

whats bizarre is he often never even refers to the game in question! he just generalises everything with statements that could refer to any game. Why can't he get back to basics and some simple honesty? i.e. we were awful but heres what Im going to work on to change it around next time.... might have a bit of respect for the man then. I realise its not his job to discuss tactics with the media or anything

[VectisSaint]

Millwall seem to hate Adkins too.

So Millwall and Brighton hate Adkins. Oh dear, how sad. Let me think for a nanosecond whether we should be concerned. Nope. Actually don't really care what any other club thinks about Adkins (as if a club can collectively think).

[VectisSaint]

whats bizarre is he often never even refers to the game in question! he just generalises everything with statements that could refer to any game. Why can't he get back to basics and some simple honesty? i.e. we were awful but heres what Im going to work on to change it around next time.... might have a bit of respect for the man then. I realise its not his job to discuss tactics with the media or anything

Think you answered your own question there.

 

I don't really understand why anyone cares about what he says after a match. It is refreshing not to have to listen to drivel by the likes of Ferguson or Redkrapp. I used to like WGS' sense of humour, but really nothing said in post match interviews is even slightly relevant or even vaguely interesting. I couldn't understand a word AVB said after the match yesterday (partly because he had lost his voice but also because he just mumbled). All that matters is what he does on the training ground and how he translates that onto the pitch - now there is an issue of course.

[david in sweden]

I don't think so. WGS was all sharp wit and brilliant one liners.

 

Holloway just plays the village idiot.[/QUOTE]

 

 

what'd you mean PLAYS ........He really is the most surly type I've heard in a long time......a bit like 'appy ' arry R. ......but with a bit more sarcasm !

[Saint_clark]

It seems that even constuctive critisicism of adkins is shouted down on here. Personally I want him to stay till xmas to have the chance to prove himself but I'm totally fed up with his lame and wet after match interviews seems to keep repeating "we score goals" like that's all we need to do and doesn't seem to be worried by the fact we haven't kept a clean sheet this season and are still shipping the same average of goals it's like he thinks its all going to magically click!

 

That isn't what I've heard from his interviews at all. Indeed, after West Ham he seemed very, very p*ssed off with the players.

[Sheaf Saint]

I don't really know what people expect from his post-match interviews. It's not like any football managers, or players, ever have anything insightful or constructive to say in these situations. They just rattle off a load of tired old cliches (kept plugging away, all credit to them etc...) just to pay lip service to the TV broadcasters. It's sometimes funny watching a manager losing it after a perceived injustice from the officials, but that's about it. I don't even pay attention to them any more - I get more interesting and stimulating conversation from my cat.

[Guan 2.0]

Lambert was singled out after the Fulham game.

 

I missed that - what did he say?

[Wade Garrett]

I missed that - what did he say?

 

He should have taken him off earlier.

[supersonic]

Adkins fancy words and smart answers are just a smokescreen to hide his tactical mistakes.

 

His "let's get 5 positives and 1 negative from every game and draw a line under it" policy annoys me, hurrying your head in the sand and ignoring the problem won't make it go away. Perhaps the players and the problems need addressing?

[lordswoodsaints]

I could lose every week and spout a load of ****** written by other people,any chance I could have the job cortese?

[supersonic]

I could lose every week and spout a load of ****** written by other people,any chance I could have the job cortese?

 

Do you know the difference between a wave and a clap? If so, get yourself up to Leeds

[Sheaf Saint]

Adkins fancy words and smart answers are just a smokescreen to hide his tactical mistakes.

 

That isn't exactly exclusive to Adkins though is it? When was the last time you heard a manager do a post-match interview and say "Yeah it was all my fault we lost. I got the tactics and the substitutes all wrong."?

 

Can't really criticise him for behaving in exactly the same way as all other managers can you?

[Crowds]

Got to feel for the guy, sounds like he's being undermined and controlled by Cortese.... Cortese picks the team makes the transfers....

[shurlock]

Got to feel for the guy, sounds like he's being undermined and controlled by Cortese.... Cortese picks the team makes the transfers....