Who is this man Adkins? Is he the Messiah?

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diplomat said:
Ok. I re-read it.

You are wondering if Adkins is a once in a generation manager who happened to stumble across a set of circumstances that enabled an enigmatic genius to jump a league, win it, win the European cup in six games or whatever it was then and then build a dynasty?

No.

I'm not sure where to find one either. But he might be better than another manager with a track record of half a season that lots of people want to sign up. So I say let's give the positive man some time to drum it in to our small South Yorkshire minds that we might actually amount to a hill of beans.

He needs to stop saying "football club" and a few other things but we need to embrace some optimism. What's the alternative? Steve Clark on a dour downward spiral?

Give positive Nige some time I say. We look awful at the moment but we really need to let someone have a couple of years at this. . . And I said the same with negative Nige but now apparently he was some kind of rogue agent employing an army of minions against the preference of the board that allowed him exactly that leeway, that we should be thankful for because KMac has offset an accounting loss for us against his multi million empire. Jack Walker he is not. Btw his family make money off you having a pint in that god awful hotel, not Sheffield United.
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They are like cats, you don't choose them, they choose you :)
 
Woodwardfan said:
Being a Blade is an emotional roller-coaster. No doubt about that. Nobody could write the script; never mind the Geordies, never mind Pompey, never mind even England National Team; nobody does disappointment better than SUFC.

Just reading this Fans Forum anybody can instantly see the turmoil of being a Blade.

If I was ever to utter a few wise words it would be: "SUFC needs a"Messiah", a history changer, a Brian Clough, a Bill Shankly".

Nothing less than that will do for this club to grow.

Survival has been achieved by a very ambitious Blade called Kevin McCabe who has lost over £50m as a conservative estimate, even if things turn out better.

Survival is an achievement now that the whole game has been stitched up by the big clubs.

What we need is a "Messiah". Somebody so exceptional that he can reverse the direction of history and change the course of the SUFC Supertanker which is heading inexorably towards oblivion; slow it down, change it's course and fuel it to propell forwards and upwards.

Is Adkins the man?

Personally, and I must add this is a personal view, he has made a poor start.

However, the man has a brilliant C.V .He has done it before; indeed he has been a demi-Messiah for Scunthorpe and Southampton.

What? Up to now he looks a "novice"? Of course he is not a novice.

Give the man time. I must say at this moment in time he does not bear any credibility whatsoever in terms of what we watch on the field, development of individuals and the group, an identified way of playing, an obvious style, no he doesn't bear any credibility.

However, this is football. The man has the best C.V. of any manager we have had since Bassett. The man is a winner. Let's support him 100% to the day he either succeeds or fails. What? Support a man until he fails? Well yes, there is merit in that too. Far more merit than jumping on the bandwagon to drive wedge after wedge into a man when things are not going exactly to plan.

Hey Blades fans. Are you prepared to step up and support someone rather than carry on as the harshest of critics/ fans. Fans maybe, but supporters, NO!!
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I know you are McCabes personal apologist but have you been back at the cooking Sherry again?
 
Woodwardfan said:
OK Borbokis. You opt out of the theme of the O.P. do you?

Never mind details, never mind "titles", argue about fractions; will you support the man at this difficult time?

Do you want to have him sacked? Have you an aternative "messiah"?
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Just correcting your usual inaccuracies Woodward.

of course I will support him, as I do with every manager whilst it's still mathematically possible for them to achieve their target or as long as there are clear signs of progress.

So no I don't want him sacked.

Do I think he will be the messiah as per the question in your OP? no I dont. But there doesn't seem to be anything else out there at the moment that's available at this level, so we may as well stick with him and see if the board will afford him more time than they usually give managers.
 
bornablade said:
We want a Messiah? Well this is a serious suggestion - we should make an approach for Mourinho. The guy's the best in the business and he's available.

If we want to achieve our potential then here's the opportunity of showing real ambition.
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If you want Fantasy Island, go the whole hog. We should go for the triple whamy
The Secret Footballer would like to buy a club and be Chairman. O.K so far.jose could chip in with a million or three and become the director of football, leaving Nigel two at the sharp end. What a Chrismas prezzies that would be.
 
Bladesway said:
I know you are McCabes personal apologist but have you been back at the cooking Sherry again?
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Just trying to balance the mood a bit. :)

Wouldn't be surprised if we end up with 10 men tomorrow.
 
So the theme of the OP is "will Adkins turn out any good?". Possibly, possibly not, needs a vast improvement on his verbose and hollow interviews and the on pitch performances if he is to be seen as decent. One thing's for certain it's not the fans fault if he doesn't.
 
Abraham Lincoln famously once said __you can fool some of the people some of the time__you can fool all of the people some of the time__but you can't fool all of people all of the time__unless you're Sheffield united__ they have managed to do it for sixty years !!__united rely on peoples undying loyalty this will be tested at season buying time next year __but no doubt rousting Shakespearian speaches and a new manager will again smooth thing out__Abe Lincoln was the president of the USA _the one with the funny beard and false teeth made out of wood__that's probably why he never smiled_sounds like he would have made a wonderful manager for the blades
 
deter pent said:
Abraham Lincoln famously once said __you can fool some of the people some of the time__you can fool all of the people some of the time__but you can't fool all of people all of the time__unless you're Sheffield united__ they have managed to do it for sixty years !!__united rely on peoples undying loyalty this will be tested at season buying time next year __but no doubt rousting Shakespearian speaches and a new manager will again smooth thing out__Abe Lincoln was the president of the USA _the one with the funny beard and false teeth made out of wood__that's probably why he never smiled_sounds like he would have made a wonderful manager for the blades
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Lemme guess, you're a DBA?

(that one's for Foxy, Highbury_Blade and possibly super_pig)
 
Hunkerby said:
If Adkins can pull off a miracle like winning a play-off final at Wembley then he is enough of a messiah for me.
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yep the first manager to get us out of a division via the playoffs is a messiah for me too. And that would be Harry Bassett 1987/88 ;)
 
Woodwardfan said:
Hey Darth. TC was a fine player and a showman, but leader of men?! Come on, not even that, never mind a "messiah".
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Well all I can offer in evidence is the famous song, used so regularly when I was a little-un ....

Tony Currie walks on water na na na na na ... na na na na !! :)

I agree though .... not a leader of men but nevertheless a messiah to me when I watched his magic, like hitting an inch perfect ball to the feet of Woody on the run !! :D

Oh those days of entertainment .....

UTB & FTP
 



bornablade said:
We want a Messiah? Well this is a serious suggestion - we should make an approach for Mourinho. The guy's the best in the business and he's available.

If we want to achieve our potential then here's the opportunity of showing real ambition.
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No chance at all mate ....... he'll be straight to the PIGs, because he needs to be managing a MASSIVE Club and who bigger globally eh ?? :rolleyes:

UTB & FTP
 
I think everybody expected more of an impact from NA, to date there is little evidence to suggest he knows how to get the best out of this squad of players. His signings haven't been a great success, the tactic of out scoring opponents has bombed and now we appear to be attempting to contain opponents at home and probably away and hope we can nick a goal. To set up like that against any side in the 3rd tier doesn't sit well with me. The Coventry win was welcome and we needed to win but he should be getting more from this squad which does include five of his own signings. We need to put a run of wins together, nothing at present says we can, I just want NA to produce something other than long winded interviews.
 
Darthblade said:
No chance at all mate ....... he'll be straight to the PIGs, because he needs to be managing a MASSIVE Club and who bigger globally eh ?? :rolleyes:

UTB & FTP
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Funny you should say that - hot off the press - Chansiri has just sacked Glenn Roeder, decided to stay in the UK for an extra 4 weeks - Jose to the pigs as director of football?.........oh dear, I hope not.

UTB
 
Woodwardfan said:
Being a Blade is an emotional roller-coaster. No doubt about that. Nobody could write the script; never mind the Geordies, never mind Pompey, never mind even England National Team; nobody does disappointment better than SUFC.

Just reading this Fans Forum anybody can instantly see the turmoil of being a Blade.

If I was ever to utter a few wise words it would be: "SUFC needs a"Messiah", a history changer, a Brian Clough, a Bill Shankly".

Nothing less than that will do for this club to grow.

Survival has been achieved by a very ambitious Blade called Kevin McCabe who has lost over £50m as a conservative estimate, even if things turn out better.

Survival is an achievement now that the whole game has been stitched up by the big clubs.

What we need is a "Messiah". Somebody so exceptional that he can reverse the direction of history and change the course of the SUFC Supertanker which is heading inexorably towards oblivion; slow it down, change it's course and fuel it to propell forwards and upwards.

Is Adkins the man?

Personally, and I must add this is a personal view, he has made a poor start.

However, the man has a brilliant C.V .He has done it before; indeed he has been a demi-Messiah for Scunthorpe and Southampton.

What? Up to now he looks a "novice"? Of course he is not a novice.

Give the man time. I must say at this moment in time he does not bear any credibility whatsoever in terms of what we watch on the field, development of individuals and the group, an identified way of playing, an obvious style, no he doesn't bear any credibility.

However, this is football. The man has the best C.V. of any manager we have had since Bassett. The man is a winner. Let's support him 100% to the day he either succeeds or fails. What? Support a man until he fails? Well yes, there is merit in that too. Far more merit than jumping on the bandwagon to drive wedge after wedge into a man when things are not going exactly to plan.

Hey Blades fans. Are you prepared to step up and support someone rather than carry on as the harshest of critics/ fans. Fans maybe, but supporters, NO!!
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The Messiah, what a joke, have you been watching our NON attacking football, I bet he is saying his prays every night, Don't sack me like all the others for not performing as I promised when I took the job. The Messiah walked on water, the only thing related to water at the lane these days are the shower that attempt to play football, and that includes the manager
 
Woodwardfan said:
Being a Blade is an emotional roller-coaster. No doubt about that. Nobody could write the script; never mind the Geordies, never mind Pompey, never mind even England National Team; nobody does disappointment better than SUFC.

Just reading this Fans Forum anybody can instantly see the turmoil of being a Blade.

If I was ever to utter a few wise words it would be: "SUFC needs a"Messiah", a history changer, a Brian Clough, a Bill Shankly".

Nothing less than that will do for this club to grow.

Survival has been achieved by a very ambitious Blade called Kevin McCabe who has lost over £50m as a conservative estimate, even if things turn out better.

Survival is an achievement now that the whole game has been stitched up by the big clubs.

What we need is a "Messiah". Somebody so exceptional that he can reverse the direction of history and change the course of the SUFC Supertanker which is heading inexorably towards oblivion; slow it down, change it's course and fuel it to propell forwards and upwards.

Is Adkins the man?

Personally, and I must add this is a personal view, he has made a poor start.

However, the man has a brilliant C.V .He has done it before; indeed he has been a demi-Messiah for Scunthorpe and Southampton.

What? Up to now he looks a "novice"? Of course he is not a novice.

Give the man time. I must say at this moment in time he does not bear any credibility whatsoever in terms of what we watch on the field, development of individuals and the group, an identified way of playing, an obvious style, no he doesn't bear any credibility.

However, this is football. The man has the best C.V. of any manager we have had since Bassett. The man is a winner. Let's support him 100% to the day he either succeeds or fails. What? Support a man until he fails? Well yes, there is merit in that too. Far more merit than jumping on the bandwagon to drive wedge after wedge into a man when things are not going exactly to plan.

Hey Blades fans. Are you prepared to step up and support someone rather than carry on as the harshest of critics/ fans. Fans maybe, but supporters, NO!!
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That's a lot of words just to say "the prick should have signed two centre halves"
 
derryblade said:
I think everybody expected more of an impact from NA, to date there is little evidence to suggest he knows how to get the best out of this squad of players. His signings haven't been a great success, the tactic of out scoring opponents has bombed and now we appear to be attempting to contain opponents at home and probably away and hope we can nick a goal. To set up like that against any side in the 3rd tier doesn't sit well with me. The Coventry win was welcome and we needed to win but he should be getting more from this squad which does include five of his own signings. We need to put a run of wins together, nothing at present says we can, I just want NA to produce something other than long winded interviews.
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Said it for some time now but he just seems to be hot air blowing out of his arse.

God I hope he can prove me wrong.
 
GRUMPY BLADE said:
Said it for some time now but he just seems to be hot air blowing out of his arse.

God I hope he can prove me wrong.
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How do you get away with expressing that view without being called a wanker, or a cunt Grumpy?

What's the secret?...
 



We dreamed of a messiah to lift us from the gloom of last season and along came Albert Tatlock.
 
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