Adkins interview 3 December (Baxter)

[Woodwardfan]

I see what you've done there, you've called me Bobo, how clever.

His previous record is irrelevant. At the moment we are 12th and miles off automatic. For me he gets at least two full seasons with us, and maybe a 3rd if there is progress. if he achieves promotion with us then I will give him all the credit he deserves.

As for what a manager should say after a game? Then I would like him to give a cliche free, simple, concise recap, with a positive, and an area where he aims to improve. I don't want all the crap and waffle he comes out with, and I definitely don't need a 2 minute basic step by step of the of the game that anyone can see by watching it. And I don't need to be told numerous times that the team just need to "keep it out one end and stick it in the other". That's Sunday league stuff.

He pre-game interviews are the worst, when he goes into cliche overdrive.

I suppose it's all opinions. You may like to listen to all that irrelevant nonsense he comes out with. I have yet to be inspired or impressed with any of his tactical knowledge, don't really know what his philosophy is in how he wants to play the game - so far all he has said is that he "wants to pass the football".

Now, I understand most managers come out with generic crap, have to guard against how much info they reveal about tactics and style of play, team selection and also have to guard against abusing the trust of the dressing room. Ultimately it comes down to results. When Chelsea are top of the league everyone views Mourinho's interviews as "mind games", clever, mischievous. Now there having a tough year, his interviews are considered arrogant, erratic and that he's losing the plot.

If we were winning and in the top 6, I probably wouldn't care as much about his waffle. But the fact is we aren't. And when you aren't winning game you come under more scrutiny.

Borboskis, sorry my son called Borboskis "Bobo", not that clever!- put the interviews in their place whether we are winning or losing. It's a hard job and only the best actors get away with it, that's modern public life.

Results matter, not actors.

In that arena such as it is, I reckon our manager treats media interviews and his audience with respect. If Sky, BBC, Radio Sheffield speak the "cliche" and "sound bite" language and seem to get away with it, then so be it.

I would never criticise a manager for attempting to communicate with his audience in a common speak/ language.

Speak one way you don't win, speak another way you lose, ah hum.............

For example Borboskis , you take offence because we are losing and I don't, I put it in it's place but I really do believe the manager respects his audience within the environment he is working.

 

[Pollingtonblade]

we have been in this division for the 5th season in a row so the Academy hasnt really worked for us

Nothing's fucking worked for us :-(

 

[Pollingtonblade]

If our scouting set up and player recruitment policy had been as good as our Academy we would be in the Premiership now instead of worrying about relegation to the 4th tier.

Correct - we must have the most wank set up ever it's like we deliberately sign shit players

 

[alcoblade]

Losing Baxter just outs the rest of the even shitter midfielders further up the pecking order. Whilst he's a waste of a shirt, he's more deserving than the statuesque Coutts.

And given that the forwards can't hit a bull's ass with a banjo these days, he also contributes the odd goal.

Another concern is the creeping inference that our problems lie in the size of the squad - as though reducing it will solve the problems - the only problem (though a big one) it will solve is reducing the number of wage thieves. We are desperate for 2 midfielders and a centre half. In a few weeks time, we could well be facing up to a relegation battle with this shower of shite.

UTB

 

[Woodwardfan]

I see what you've done there, you've called me Bobo, how clever.

His previous record is irrelevant. At the moment we are 12th and miles off automatic. For me he gets at least two full seasons with us, and maybe a 3rd if there is progress. if he achieves promotion with us then I will give him all the credit he deserves.

As for what a manager should say after a game? Then I would like him to give a cliche free, simple, concise recap, with a positive, and an area where he aims to improve. I don't want all the crap and waffle he comes out with, and I definitely don't need a 2 minute basic step by step of the of the game that anyone can see by watching it. And I don't need to be told numerous times that the team just need to "keep it out one end and stick it in the other". That's Sunday league stuff.

He pre-game interviews are the worst, when he goes into cliche overdrive.

I suppose it's all opinions. You may like to listen to all that irrelevant nonsense he comes out with. I have yet to be inspired or impressed with any of his tactical knowledge, don't really know what his philosophy is in how he wants to play the game - so far all he has said is that he "wants to pass the football".

Now, I understand most managers come out with generic crap, have to guard against how much info they reveal about tactics and style of play, team selection and also have to guard against abusing the trust of the dressing room. Ultimately it comes down to results. When Chelsea are top of the league everyone views Mourinho's interviews as "mind games", clever, mischievous. Now there having a tough year, his interviews are considered arrogant, erratic and that he's losing the plot.

If we were winning and in the top 6, I probably wouldn't care as much about his waffle. But the fact is we aren't. And when you aren't winning game you come under more scrutiny.

Afterthought.

The manager talked about "winning the second balls" after the Barnsley game. He woke me up to that issue and i've recalled so many occasions when we have not won the "second balls". I've been uneasy about our central midfield since Doyle left and this "cliche", "jargon" whatever you may call it, sums up exactly where we are lacking all over the pitch too.

Now I know the previous Clough side had this problem too and it is not a new issue, but it is still relevant today, so the manager is right; different players, same problems.

 

[Borbokisfreekick]

Afterthought.

The manager talked about "winning the second balls" after the Barnsley game. He woke me up to that issue and i've recalled so many occasions when we have not won the "second balls". I've been uneasy about our central midfield since Doyle left and this "cliche", "jargon" whatever you may call it, sums up exactly where we are lacking all over the pitch too.

Now I know the previous Clough side had this problem too and it is not a new issue, but it is still relevant today, so the manager is right; different players, same problems.

I wouldn't consider him saying we need to win the second ball as jargon or a cliche - that's 100% accurate. We've conceded a lot of goals from knock down's around the edge of the box, or failing to win the second ball in central areas - including last weeks equalizer for Barnsley. That's been apparent since September - its hasn't improved yet.

What is jargon and cliche's are all the other things I listed.

It does ultimately come down to results, as you have said in another post, time will tell.

 

[A19 byf]

But again, he's talking about clearing players out to provide a pathway. If certain players are not in his plans why does he persist with them? Is he that scared of their influence on the other players that he's pretending he likes them until the JTW when he'll try to shift them out quickly, or is he going to persist in playing them as their contracts run out?

Contrast that with Kenny Jackett's approach when he took over Wolves. Several senior players just got totally bombed out and weren't allowed to train with the first team. They were simply told they weren't wanted, their attitudes and lifestyles were wrong, they were to blame for relegation and they need to find another club asap.

I'm not saying he should go nuclear but for how long is he going to persist in trying different combinations of the same players with little success? If the youth players are good enough, isn't it now time to give them an opportunity? If they're not good enough, we don't need a pathway for them, just an exit door.
There's no sense in what he's saying. Long term, he may have a point but if he doesn't address the here and now, he won't get a long term.

Spot on couldn't have said it any better

 

[Mendi]

Will he be brought back in to team now ?

 

[Bladesman]

Will he be brought back in to team now ?

Adkins seemed to suggest so in his latest interview he would be brought back.