Barney
Well-Known Member
Since beginning his tenure, Adkins has been performing markedly below the level of expectation brought about by his supposed experience and know-how. The confounding nature of his decision making has been evident for a while now. Making the poorest performing player the captain, what a bizarre decision that was.
Taking an age to 'assess' the squad, when what he should have done was communicate with staff already in situ with the ability to produce detailed reports on each player there and then. Substantial video footage of last seasons underachievement to hand to cement any second thoughts. To ignore the professional ability of colleagues like that achieved nothing other than what could have been proved within days. That mistake was then compounded by his inability to prioritise the positions that needed signings. 2 CB's, 1 CM and a GK in that order has been the priority list for quite an extensive period of time now. How he wasn't able to see that is baffling given it's simplicity.
Three of his four signings have been unquestionably poor acquisitions to the squad, only Sharp is worthy of a first team spot, which leaves the first team as an almost duplicate version of the one that fell short of promotion by twenty points last season. It's bordering on lunacy to put yourself in that position and follow it up with 'we have to get up this season'.
I've never quite gotten to grips with his reasoning behind chasing players that take unreasonable lengths of time to capture either. You shouldn't be doing that if you are to have any hope of covering the necessary positions. It's also disappointing to find he's been learning a few things from Clough in the way that excuses have started to seep into his post-match interviews. Taking responsibility for your own actions and noting what needs to be improved is how a manager should be conducting his interviews. More so on the back of a defeat. Blaming the referee is not in his or the teams best interests.
There seems to be lots of posts directing blame at the board for this seasons poor start, which I entirely agree with, but mentions of Adkins mistakes are few and far between given how important they were to get right.
Taking an age to 'assess' the squad, when what he should have done was communicate with staff already in situ with the ability to produce detailed reports on each player there and then. Substantial video footage of last seasons underachievement to hand to cement any second thoughts. To ignore the professional ability of colleagues like that achieved nothing other than what could have been proved within days. That mistake was then compounded by his inability to prioritise the positions that needed signings. 2 CB's, 1 CM and a GK in that order has been the priority list for quite an extensive period of time now. How he wasn't able to see that is baffling given it's simplicity.
Three of his four signings have been unquestionably poor acquisitions to the squad, only Sharp is worthy of a first team spot, which leaves the first team as an almost duplicate version of the one that fell short of promotion by twenty points last season. It's bordering on lunacy to put yourself in that position and follow it up with 'we have to get up this season'.
I've never quite gotten to grips with his reasoning behind chasing players that take unreasonable lengths of time to capture either. You shouldn't be doing that if you are to have any hope of covering the necessary positions. It's also disappointing to find he's been learning a few things from Clough in the way that excuses have started to seep into his post-match interviews. Taking responsibility for your own actions and noting what needs to be improved is how a manager should be conducting his interviews. More so on the back of a defeat. Blaming the referee is not in his or the teams best interests.
There seems to be lots of posts directing blame at the board for this seasons poor start, which I entirely agree with, but mentions of Adkins mistakes are few and far between given how important they were to get right.
(cos look at how Bradford have started)
