Interesting Read

[Legod Third Coming]

Good article but I find it more surprising that we are in fact the THIRD highest long ball players in the league!

 

For me, we have abandoned what we know and what works in favour of playing a game we do not know.

 

Against both Citeh and United it was not our fabulous passing style that let us down but in the first game the total incompetence of Danny Fox and the latter, Adkins own mistake of swapping our entire front three on 75-80 minutes thereby handing the initiative to the opposition.

 

Against Villa, I genuinely felt we had the back four nailed. Our flanks worked superbly, we played out from the back, we could have corrected our goal difference there and then! 4-1 flattered Villa.

 

Now, were Villa poor? Maybe but three days later then went to the Etihad and WON!

 

We on the other hand, then swapped to another formation with different personnel and had no form of consistent selection or formation since.

 

Not helped by injuries granted...

 

But we are good enough to play football and win matches in this league.

 

What Adkins needs is to find his mojo and restore confidence - he used to sound genuinely positive. Now, he sounds like he's trying to convince everyone he is positive...

 

Nige - go back to what we know, what works and pick a team that suits US not the bloody opposition! F U C K them. Let them come and try to outplay us.

[Legod Third Coming]

NA should be given the whole season and if we go down then so be it.

 

This is a very tough learning ground and realistic fans always knew it was going to be a relegation scrap.

 

I'll be backing him all the way.

 

We've spent at least £30m and acquired massive wages in the process.

 

It is no plan to plan to fail.

 

And this would see us end up in adminstration again.

 

The Chairman's plan is clearly to STAY in the division and while I wholly admire loyalty to Adkins, what you are saying is he cannot succeed in this league, but keep him to get us back into it where he must therefore fail again.

 

Think about what you saying. It is wholly illogical. Admirable, but illogical.

 

Every business needs new leadership in new times where the incumbent leadership doesn't have the skills, expertise or experience to thrive.

[supersonic]

In response to the OP "Get off his back"

 

People aren't picking holes, Adkins is giving people a reason to be on his back. If he starts doing his job properly, he wouldn't be in this situation

[Secret Site Agent]

I found it an intersting read as well.

 

I'm just curious though, if someone on here had put this on as a post,verbatim, how long before the usual suspects would have beaten them down.

 

I've already said that our problem is that we have come into the Prem unprepared and would be happy to be relegated and spend another season building a team for our return. I'm aware of what happened last time, but that was a long time ago, under very different circumstances. And also that our problem is that we have been spoilt the last two seasons, which rings a bell here.

[Secret Site Agent]

We've spent at least £30m and acquired massive wages in the process.

 

It is no plan to plan to fail.

 

And this would see us end up in adminstration again.

 

The Chairman's plan is clearly to STAY in the division and while I wholly admire loyalty to Adkins, what you are saying is he cannot succeed in this league, but keep him to get us back into it where he must therefore fail again.

 

Think about what you saying. It is wholly illogical. Admirable, but illogical.

 

Every business needs new leadership in new times where the incumbent leadership doesn't have the skills, expertise or experience to thrive.

 

It's not illogical, and your assumption is that Adkins would fail again. We failed to get certain targets which has left us with a whole at the back, and if you look at the logical, would it not be easier to attract soemone to a championship team that is going to go up to the PREMIERSHIP than join a Premeiership team going to be relegated to the CHAMPIONSHIP.

[SaintRobbie]

We've spent at least £30m and acquired massive wages in the process.

 

It is no plan to plan to fail.

 

And this would see us end up in adminstration again.

 

The Chairman's plan is clearly to STAY in the division and while I wholly admire loyalty to Adkins, what you are saying is he cannot succeed in this league, but keep him to get us back into it where he must therefore fail again.

 

Think about what you saying. It is wholly illogical. Admirable, but illogical.

 

Every business needs new leadership in new times where the incumbent leadership doesn't have the skills, expertise or experience to thrive.

 

I hate to say this - but I am in violent agreement. Perhaps new leadership is needed. For me NA gets West Brom to finally get it right and get a result. If he fails and the team plays with as much enthusiasm as they did against Leeds then I suspect new leadership may well be needed. managerial consistency is the key to success, but if he's lost the players and confidence is non-existent then there will have to be a change.

 

 

I pray NA gets West Brom right.