Post match Micky Adams

[Ballinpigpubs13]

Was listening to Radio Sheffield on the way home last and I felt really sorry for Micky Adams. Yes he's brought in a few players of his own, but god almighty he's inherited some right shit, and I mean shit that gets paid thousands of pounds a week and wouldn't even get in a sunday league team. As the fans were rightly singing "Your not fit to wear the shirt"

 

[Muttley]

Makes you sick dunt it? Having said that, it's not their fault they are not good enough.......if that's all McCabe will fork out for then it is HE and nobody else who is to blame!!

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

Was listening to Radio Sheffield on the way home last and I felt really sorry for Micky Adams. Yes he's brought in a few players of his own, but god almighty he's inherited some right shit, and I mean shit that gets paid thousands of pounds a week and wouldn't even get in a sunday league team. As the fans were rightly singing "Your not fit to wear the shirt"

Trouble with that interview is that Micky will have lost the changing room even more.
He may well be pissing in the wind with the players attitudes [maybe its Cressy's willingness to put it in during training and every game that keeps him on the team sheet - whether he's good enough is something different] and he may well be right about the attitude of the squad that should have been said in the changing room to their faces not in public. He’s made the task of 9 wins a bit more difficult.

 

[alcoblade]

What did he say?

UTB

 

[sheffielder]

MA will have lost part of the dressing room by picking Cresswell week in and week out, nevermind making him fucking captain. Some of his decisions and subs scratch my head at times and must ask, does anyone know for sure he's a blade of a pig taking the piss out of us

 

[S64 Blade]

I still struggle to see how professional footballers, people who do this day-in-day out and having being doing so for many years are not able to do simple things, like keep the ball and pass. Even I'd be embarrased with some of the mistakes and miss-passes that happens.

 

[super_pig]

i felt genuine empathy for adams.. i thought he was brave coming straight on the radio and speaking so frankly.. so much so that my respect for 'him' at least has actually increased

 

[Worksop II]

Was listening to Radio Sheffield on the way home last and I felt really sorry for Micky Adams. Yes he's brought in a few players of his own, but god almighty he's inherited some right shit, and I mean shit that gets paid thousands of pounds a week and wouldn't even get in a sunday league team

All the above is true, but during these 2 months has Micky got owt right ?

He was brought in for survival, not rebuilding next season or further into the future.

It would be nice to here Micky say "We are crap, and I have just kicked McCabe in the Nuts"

 

[Mousey]

I don't feel sorry for him. The worst players on the pitch last night were two players he has brought in.

Collins and Doyle, he has brought them in and they were worse than any of the team he inherited when he took over.

 

[madeinsheffield]

If he has 'lost' the dressing room, it shouldn't be a problem as half of them aren't our players anyway. I felt for him last night in the interview, he knows we are shi*e, and has inherited a lot of not even average players, who are frankly along with some of the contracted ones robbing a wage from the club. I would transfer list most of them on their current form (all season) any normal job would have them for breach of contract as they are not doing what they are being paid for!

 

[Highbury_Blade]

I don't feel sorry for him. The worst players on the pitch last night were two players he has brought in.

Collins and Doyle, he has brought them in and they were worse than any of the team he inherited when he took over.

Hear hear, I don't get any of this "It's not Micky's Fault" talk. The players he's brought in are substandard, and in the case of Bent, substandard and on premiership wages.

Compare and contrast to Boro, that picked Zemmama for 200k. My boro mates are raving about him.

 

[Houso]

Sorry to say but I agree with those who apportion some blame to him.

We did not need Bent, we did not need Doyle. We needed a stronger defence. We got Neill Collins. We got rid of Kyle Bartley. Shane Lowry was a step in the right direction, but that doesn't hide the fact that we spent money on Doyle (signing on fee) and Collins (at least a couple hundred k). Not to mention wages on Marcus Bent.

AND, despite his goal last night, Richard Cresswell has been consistently poor this season yet still continues to play game in game out.

Don't get me wrong, he has inherited a poor poor squad which is about as cohesive as a bowl of rice pudding, but he's compounded this with poor judgement since.

 

[raul]

He wouldn't fit in here Highbs.

 

[Jon Bon]

Maybe its just dawning on Adams what state the club is in from McCabe down. Radio Sheffield sport headlines this morning said he expects to discuss his future at the club with the board, within the next couple of days. Don't know if that's something new or they have just taken something out of context from MA's post match interview?

 

[beechblade]

Maybe its just dawning on Adams what state the club is in from McCabe down. Radio Sheffield sport headlines this morning said he expects to discuss his future at the club with the board, within the next couple of days. Don't know if that's something new or they have just taken something out of context from MA's post match interview?

I think they're taking that from his post match interview. He'll still have meetings with the board anyway, and I sure some questions will be asked of him and the playing staff.

 

[davidpinder]

I don't care what anyones says about McCabe the side micky adams inherited was good enough to stay up. He didn't need to make so many changes and his results are simply a disgrace.

 

[Guesty]

Also, do we spend ANY time in training on defending set pieces? Conceded from two identical corners against Norwich, and from two very similar freekicks last night. That's six points dropped right there, solely on bad set pieces.

Is it true we're tops fro Red Cards in the country too? That's what someone told me last night.

 

[JohnDenver]

Hear hear, I don't get any of this "It's not Micky's Fault" talk. The players he's brought in are substandard, and in the case of Bent, substandard and on premiership wages.

Compare and contrast to Boro, that picked Zemmama for 200k. My boro mates are raving about him.

I don't feel sorry for him. The worst players on the pitch last night were two players he has brought in.

Collins and Doyle, he has brought them in and they were worse than any of the team he inherited when he took over.

Adams lost Britton and Reid who were our two best ball players, as well as Bartley. To fill that gap, there's no evidence he had any money to spend on anything other than wages. The players he's brought in may not be performing, but he had to get someone in, and it seems that's all we could get. Do you think we'd have taken those players if we were at the opposite end of the table? It's a reflection of our position and finances, not just Adams' judgement.

These days we're beggars not choosers!

 

[sheffielder]

Micky would have known the situation when he took the job and before we all start to get the violins out for him let's remember the last so many games. How many goals have we conceded from free kicks, corners, penalties. This is all down to organisation. They all get told who they are marking at set pieces yet we are a joke. ipswich game we had 2 players run into each other for their 1st. Simmo should be told never to come for anything and the players should be organised.

This falls at the feet of Micky because that's his job, BASICS. Also add Collins who was never going to be good enough alongside an inexperienced centrehalf in Lowry.

We used to concede goals through individual mistakes, now it's just one big fuck up

 

[JohnDenver]

Micky would have known the situation when he took the job and before we all start to get the violins out for him let's remember the last so many games. How many goals have we conceded from free kicks, corners, penalties. This is all down to organisation. They all get told who they are marking at set pieces yet we are a joke. ipswich game we had 2 players run into each other for their 1st. Simmo should be told never to come for anything and the players should be organised.

This falls at the feet of Micky because that's his job, BASICS. Also add Collins who was never going to be good enough alongside an inexperienced centrehalf in Lowry.

We used to concede goals through individual mistakes, now it's just one big fuck up

It's not about violins for anyone. It's about allowing a manager more than a month and a bit.

Our record on managers has been a joke recently. We need to choose a manager. Stick with him. If he hasn't built something after a season or two, get rid in May, not August, not February.

 

[Highbury_Blade]

Adams lost Britton and Reid who were our two best ball players, as well as Bartley. To fill that gap, there's no evidence he had any money to spend on anything other than wages. The players he's brought in may not be performing, but he had to get someone in, and it seems that's all we could get. Do you think we'd have taken those players if we were at the opposite end of the table? It's a reflection of our position and finances, not just Adams' judgement.

These days we're beggars not choosers!

He was far too eager to send Britton back IMO. Surely he could have convinced him to stay til the end of the season?

 

[Houso]

Adams lost Britton and Reid who were our two best ball players, as well as Bartley. To fill that gap, there's no evidence he had any money to spend on anything other than wages. The players he's brought in may not be performing, but he had to get someone in, and it seems that's all we could get. Do you think we'd have taken those players if we were at the opposite end of the table? It's a reflection of our position and finances, not just Adams' judgement.

These days we're beggars not choosers!

His signing of Collins led to Bartley assuming his position was in question and asking for a move.
Britton wouldn't have fit in with his style anyway.

He signed Collins for a couple hundred thousand at least. Doyle just was not needed and he isn't playing for free.

Micky has been poor so far.

 

[sheffielder]

It's not about violins for anyone. It's about allowing a manager more than a month and a bit.

Our record on managers has been a joke recently. We need to choose a manager. Stick with him. If he hasn't built something after a season or two, get rid in May, not August, not February.

Micky needs to show us he wants it. He sounds like a guy who would use a gun if he had one handy

 

[Kopped]

8 Red Cards (only 1 defender mind), 15/16 Penalties against, a couple of hundred BAD foul decisions against us. I think there's darker forces at work with these decisions.

I only blame 1 man for the Form of Cresswell and Jamie Ward cause neither has played well since they played in the Steel City Derbies last season. And that dirty tw@ doesn't play in Red and White. As ill as he is, i don't wish it on him, but I do hope his Football Career is over.

I find myself with a lot of sympathy for MA. He has lost the Solid Spine Sheffield United have built over the last few years with Kenny, Morgan, Montgomery and Henderson all missing. I blame the board for the rest of the Squad sales and in particular KM for some sales that simply didn't need to happen.

If we lose on Saturday to a Jamie Ward goal, I can see things becoming very ugly. So much so, I'm not taking my boys and they idolise Wardy.

Having said all that, I believe we are down, it's just a matter on who will finish the job off. Leeds on the 19th March? to add insult to injury, I believe we will be gone by 30th April. Or could we do the job properly and let Preston Relegate us on 16th April (would that be worse than Leeds?).

IMO, I think we should let all the loans go back, terminate their contracts and put in the kids cause they will at least fight for results. Long, Maguire, Wilkinson, Harriett, Gregory and Kennedy to start with imo. Playing Chappell, James, Roe and Brown also. Save some money to boot.

 

[sheffielder]

I am guessing Ward can't play on sat as he is a loan?

 

[FleaPitBlade]

You can practice set pieces, tactics, formations, individual roles and responsibilities all day every day in training. You can also drill into players what you want them to do. You can shout and scream till your blue in the face before, during and after a match. You can coach and practice weak points at individual and team level.

All of it completely and utterly pointless if the players who cross the white line don’t do it.

The players need to take a long and hard look at themselves because behind all the blame aimed at McCabe, Blackwell, Speed, Robson, Birch, Adams and the Tea Lady they are the ones on the pitch and there are enough seasoned pro’s and decent players who are capable of better and just aren’t doing it.

Micky is dead right to come out and tear a strip off them if he wants to – if the poor little soles are going to get upset and cry to their agents then let them – but there won’t be many securing big money moves on the back of the shit they are turning out and a relegation to league one.

 

[Ballinpigpubs13]

I don't feel sorry for him. The worst players on the pitch last night were two players he has brought in.

Collins and Doyle, he has brought them in and they were worse than any of the team he inherited when he took over.

He didn't bring Yeates and Cresswell in and they were abysmal. AGAIN

 

[sheffielder]

He didn't bring Yeates and Cresswell in and they were abysmal. AGAIN

nobody forced him to play them

 

[Kopped]

I am guessing Ward can't play on sat as he is a loan?

Yes he can, it's up to Clough if he plays him or not and it also depends if United put a Gentleman's agreement in. But there's something wrong with that too. Unless it's written in the Loan contract that he can't play and considering we are Sheff Utd, it won't be, it's up to Clough whether he has a gentlemans agreement with MA. That, if proved, could also lead to mis-conduct charge from the FA with 3rd party influence rule enforced.

So he could play, remember Billy Sharp last season at Donny? He was allowed to play but SO'D said he wouldn't disrespect our club or the player by playing him.

 

[Bath Blade]

Yes he can, it's up to Clough if he plays him or not and it also depends if United put a Gentleman's agreement in. But there's something wrong with that too. Unless it's written in the Loan contract that he can't play and considering we are Sheff Utd, it won't be, it's up to Clough whether he has a gentlemans agreement with MA. That, if proved, could also lead to mis-conduct charge from the FA with 3rd party influence rule enforced.

So he could play, remember Billy Sharp last season at Donny? He was allowed to play but SO'D said he wouldn't disrespect our club or the player by playing him.

I thought the rules on loans were fairly clear in that the player isn't allowed to play against his parent club. It's to prevent a situation where the player could score an own goal, or not try, or get himself sent off to help the team who pay his wages.

It's the other way around for permanent signings as you're not allowed to prevent the player from playing.