Baird of the land Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 Really bizarre. Disagree with the sacking of adkins but even if we were going to sack him why appoint someone with - No experience of english prem - No success as a coach - history of bad man management
PercyR Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 NC is CRAZY!! Just the other day I was reflecting how NA is a better manager than AP now that we are above Newcastle and now THIS!!
Soton7 Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 Tmiing of the decision is the biggest shock....Can't think of a worse time to get rid of Nige...
Channon's Windmill Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 Pathetic timing. I really hate football these days... just a rich mans play thing. Its ****wits playing championship manager for real.
TopGun Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 I feel very sorry for Nigel. Let's hope NC knows what he is doing.
Dig Dig Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 Absolutely ****ing gutted. Usually we lose our best managers, but to sack one for no apparent reason? This is the start of another managerial merry go round I feel.
SuperSAINT Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 The press release reminds me of when the Dutch guys came in.
hypochondriac Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 **** off cortese. Get out of our club. I would sooner be league two than have a club run this way.
ringwood Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 shot ourselves in the foot, absolutely ridiculous decision, club lost its soul now, the spirit that NA had brought into St Marys has vanished The guy's never managed in the Prem anymore than NA had , this guy would have to hit the ground running, no wonder we've signed no one and the rumour was he wanted to know who was pushing for his signing. End Game , we'll be going back to the Championship. f u Cortese
hasper57saint Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 Thank you Nigel for all you've done for Saints. For you Mr.Cortese a 'two fingered salute' as you appear to believe a 'nobody' is the solution to getting us into Europe? Don't we have more than out fair share of foreign 'Managers'?
JustinR Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 Gutted... on the face of it, madness. But I guess theres more to this than meets the eye... Couldn;t attract the players? Current players don't think Adkins is up to it? Either way, cant help but having a sneaky admiration for Cortese, knowing the **** he'll get for this
Whitey Grandad Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 Surely NC can't be that stupid, can he? What a pillock. There's only one way for us to go now and that's downwards. Halfway through the transfer window? What the **** is he on?
Tokyo-Saint Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 Cortese is a poison dwarf and can **** off as can pichachio tits.
Norm Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 I am really shocked at this decision! I feel Cortese has a massive problem re his ego!
mdearlove Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 Adam Blackmore @bigadamsport First thing first - Pochettino will be doing a press conference at 2:30pm - with an interpreter - he doesn't speak English ! Just ridiculous!
KMondo Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 ““He also shares my belief that the most successful clubs are built by nurturing young players through a development system that provides a clear path to the First Team, thereby creating a culture that keeps them at the Club for the long term. This is an approach he has employed with great success in the past and I look forward to him bringing that experience and expertise to Southampton.” Sounds a bit 'Double Dutch' to me. Worrying times.
Asaint4ever Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 I wanna cry! I've never felt this gutted before! Cortese your a c##t!!!
CylonKing Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 Just like the bad old days with our previous managerial merry-go-round. We've all been here before and it will only lead to disaster. Absolute shocking decision by everyone involved at the club. We were moving in the right direction and getting better in every department. Extremely disappointed. I truly believed that Nigel Adkins was the right man for the job at Saints and would be here for many, many successful years to come!
nathan Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 I've previously been in the pro Cortese camp, but this is an absolute ****ing discgrace.
Andyb1 Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off **** off
dronskisaint Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 Deeply saddened for an honourable manager who has been nothing less than first class for Saints...it p*sses me off that he's now going to be allowed to work his magic for someone else...and he will. I'll get behind Pochettino but I'm gutted for NA and I'm gutted for the players who have shown loyalty and commitment to him and the club - what message does it send to the players...particularly the younger ones?! Work hard, do well, get sacked!! Cortese has been right before bringing Adkins in...I hope he's as right this time b ut right now I'm sick to the stomach that my club has been capable of this. F*ck, just F*ck!!
del boy Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 NC - you don't know what you're doing ZERO ATTENDANCE ON MONDAY AS A PROTEST ?
badgerx16 Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 Absolute bloody madness. Wherever you end up Nige, best wishes and be assured that the majority of the fans most certainly did not want this.
lordswoodsaints Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 I am surprised by the replacement but not surprised by Adkins getting the boot,I know for certain there was a bit of a problem between him and a couple of players and although he has done well in recent games the writing was on the wall.
StrangelyBrown Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 WTF. This is possibly the strangest decision since we got rid of Lowe. A bad day for saints
Saint_clark Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 I don't think we should believe for one second there is any underlying reason to this other than progression - Cortese sees this as the next step, Adkins did nothing wrong. And as angry and confused as I am, I feel compelled to point out that this thread was happening almost word for word when Pardew was sacked and Adkins replaced him...
SNSUN Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 It's a terrible decision in that we're now holding our own in the Premier League, having been promoted twice, under Nigel Adkins. Shocking on that score. Adkins had done nothing wrong, was a lovely bloke and a good manager. STABILITY, gone out the window in one fell swoop. OK, maybe in a years time we'll be calling this decision a masterstroke as Pochettino takes us to the brink of the top 4, but right now it feels like a kick in the ********.
bjk Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 I hope we get f ucking relegated f uck Cortese.Absoloute disgrace. GOOD LUCK NIGEL in your next job and THANKS for all you've done.GUTTED.
xerox Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 Calm down, sad to see NA go but NC has again outlined his ambitions for the club and that he will do whats needed to see it through! his reputation is really on the line, now we will see how big his khunas are!! thanks Nige - legend!!!!!
Saint Scott Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 NC - you don't know what you're doing ZERO ATTENDANCE ON MONDAY AS A PROTEST ? No full house and sing One Nigel Adkins from start to finish live on sky!
Smirking_Saint Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 unexpected to say the least. If he was going to go surely after the WBA nightmare. Maybe that game was the one that swung it and its taken till now for Cortese to get his man. Strange. Nothing surprises me in football these days. Wonder how this might unsettle players like Shaw and Puncheon who are due to sing new contracts in the summer? Exactly this, I just dont get it. Obviously he has gambled due to it being the TW and Pochitinho is not a bad manager but it still screams as madness. Perhaps its going to work out for the best in the long term but right now I am fuming. He may not be able to hit the ground running yet ?!? And as Chez said, how will the players react ?
Lazlo78 Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 Bizzare decision - I'm quite shocked. Whether Adkins was the right person to lift us to safety in the PL, I don't know, but I do know that I would have followed Adkins all the way down to League One again if we came upon hard times. The team was inexperienced with the PL, the fans hadn't been in the PL for a long time, so we were in the same boat as Adkins, slowly learning how to cope with PL football. Life goes on, but this really bothers me. Other footy fans have already started their questioning of this decision, so now we're the laughing stock again...
Window Cleaner Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 Sudden a a bit unexpected but he ultimately paid the price for the goal-keeping f*ck-up.Probably a bit more to it than that though. Players must be shattered, could have waited until the international break.
norwaysaint Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 Never seen the fanbase so completely united. Adkins is an excellent manager, who was getting better all the time. If there was a breakdown between Adkins and Cortese, Cortese should have done everything possible to try to make him stay. This new bloke is going to have to do an amazing job to win everyone over. I am going to be quite envious of whoever gets Adkins as their manager. I really hope nobody hands in a transfer request because of this. I think it puts in danger the contracts of Shaw and Puncheon too. now we go back to the old managerial merry-go-round I had been hoping we had left behind. An Argentinian best known for fouling an English player at the World Cup, he really knows how to do it, replace a charismatic, intelligent manager with the sort of person generally automatically hated by English fans.
UpweySaint Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 Genuinely disgusted and ashamed. You know what I can't wait for the days of fan ownership, all the talk of champions league can do one, our club had pride for being different for being proper. I'd rather still be fighting it out in the championship under a fan owned model then be a plaything for a bunch of gloryseekers!
Saintjersey Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 What a stupid decision and the timing of it. Even better we go and appoint a manager who doesn't even speak bloody english.
MOSaint Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 Disgusted with the decision to sack NA, this is an insult to him and the fans.
beatlesaint Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 I have always backed Cortese.......but this stinks. And the guy doesnt even speak English ? FFS......
Saint86 Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 This is a disaster. I am Gutted. Nigel will always be a saints Legend and frankly is my generations L. Mac. I am gutted. Did I say that allready. What the f.u.c.k is NC doing. And Nigel, if you read this... thank you so much for all you have done. I wish you all the best and great success whichever club you go to (Although we all know you will be a success!) I only hope that this does not taint your oppinion of the club as you will always be welcome here! A statue for Nigel I think!
saintmonkey1979 Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 It's a ****ing travesty! I genuinely can't believe this. Apart from feeling sick to my stomach I am numb. There must have been a very good reason that we can't see. I'm struggling to find a positive from this whole ****ed up situation. Absolutely dumbfounded! Crazy times. Sad times. Bad times.
laughba Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 This is what it says on wikipedia "Before being Sacked on 18th January 2013 due to phoning in and saying he couldn't make it to training due to being snowed in" If that is true then its a ****ing joke.
PercyR Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 I wouldn't blame Shaw if he goes to Chelski now...
Saint Scott Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 MLT basically calling NC a c**t on SSN haha
MAY-Z Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 Wow - I was never Nigel's biggest supporter an wouldn't have been too surprised if he had been sacked after west brom but doing it now is plain stupid, especially when we havent replaced him with a star manager Very very poor form cortese, you can have no complaints if people like shaw show you no loyalty and decide to move to bigger and better things
S-Clarke Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 This is just mental. I could have kind of understood back in November, but now? On a 6 match unbeaten run? Just as we're getting to grips with it all? This new bloke doesn't even speak a word of English, I've never heard of him and he's unlikely to inspire the players. They're probably as ****ed off as the rest of us. This will derail our season.
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