Adkins Sacked

Apparently, Adkins may have been sacked by the saints according to sources on twitter. Strange if true.

LuckyLloyd

Always the ****ing same. The ultimate poisened chalice in football is taking a team up that aren't equipped for the next level. He got two promotions on the bounce ffs! What exactly were his board expecting?

LuckyLloyd

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Always the ****ing same. The ultimate poisened chalice in football is taking a team up that aren't equipped for the next level. He got two promotions on the bounce ffs! What exactly were his board expecting?

I don't understand either. They look like they would stay up this season as well.

Pierce_1991

I'd be surprised if this is true. Not straight after the chelsea result

greendom

I find this really hard to believe. They're on a great run of form and have just held Chelsea to a draw at Stamford Bridge.

On the other hand they let Pardew go when he was doing a good job for them.

Maybe some of the Saints board were talking to Roman Abramovich on Wednesday

GavRedKing

Very strange if true, in fact it makes no sense but as soon as teams come up they think sacking the guy that got them there is the right option and in the majority of cases it does nothing at all to benefit the team.

GavRedKing

greendom wrote: »

I find this really hard to believe. They're on a great run of form and have just held Chelsea to a draw at Stamford Bridge.

On the other hand they let Pardew go when he was doing a good job for them.

Maybe some of the Saints board were talking to Roman Abramovich on Wednesday

Adkins to take over from Rafa, Rafa to the Saints. :pac:

I hope it is not true as well to be honest.

Kiwi_knock

Would be surprised if they sacked him, they are a good run of form. And it is pretty tight down at the bottom of the table, so it would be risky sacking him. Not sure who they could bring in as a new manager either, no real outstanding candidates available.

LuckyLloyd

Kiwi_knock wrote: »

Would be surprised if they sacked him, they are a good run of form. And it is pretty tight down at the bottom of the table, so it would be risky sacking him. Not sure who they could bring in as a new manager either, no real outstanding candidates available.

The Mark Hughes train rides again...:rolleyes:

IvySlayer

No way this can be true.

gimmick

Mauricio Pochetino to take over apparently.

What an utterly stupid move if true. They are in good form and if it continues, they will stay up. A change now means certain relegation. Idiotic.

Benimar

Two straight promotions, two defeats in 12, holding the European Champions to a draw on their own ground. And they are sacking the manager...da fuk??!!

Nonsensical decision. Obviously Southampton feel they need a 'big name' manager rather than the good one they have.

If Mark Hughes gets the job the Southampton board should be run out of town.

gimmick

Betting has been suspended on Pochetino it seems.

Official on saints twitter. Pachettino in.

ciaran76

Sometimes football just doesn't make sense :eek:

Johner

Southampton FC ‏@officialsaints

Southampton Football Club has appointed Mauricio Pochettino as First Team Manager having relieved Nigel Adkins of his duties. #saintsfc

Seems very harsh on Adkins.

LuckyLloyd

Shocking.

Unless he whipped it out at a club function or something this is very difficult to understand.

Kiwi_knock

They deserve to be relegated now.

monkey9

F*ck off Southampton. Just f*ck off.

death1234567

Kiwi_knock wrote: »

They deserve to be relegated now.

+1. Brainless move by whoever is in charge, hope they go down.

Corholio

Would be madness to appoint Pochettino, he hardly covered himself in glory in his last season at Espanyol.

Crazy to sack him with only a few days left in the transfer window, no time for anyone to assess the squad etc.

GavRedKing

Wen you go to London and go 2-0 down and come back to take a point you dont expect to be sacked a few days later.

Stupid decision.

Johner

Last 12 league games they have Won 4 Drew 6 and Lost only 2 which is a great run for a promoted club.

Lovely Bloke

Hope they end up in the conference tbh

citytillidie

Corholio wrote: »

Would be madness to appoint Pochettino, he hardly covered himself in glory in his last season at Espanyol.

Crazy to sack him with only a few days left in the transfer window, no time for anyone to assess the squad etc.

Or as talk sport just said this is his 1st manager post

MrJoeSoap

Absolutely embarrassed to be a Southampton fan today. Won't be giving them any more money after this, disgraceful decision.

Paully D

I was really liking Southampton this year. I hope they go down now, ****ing ridiculous decision.

MyBrokenKnees

They gave his job to a guy who never managed a team before!!! WOW.

Frisbee

Jokeshop.

I'm sure this guy who was sacked by Espanyol though is better equipped to keep Southampton in the Premier league that the guy who got them promoted.

JPA

Makes no sense unless they brought in a real top manager or a real experienced PL battler which they haven't.

I'd say they've brought in the worst kind of manager possible.

Soups123

Nothing surprises me in football.

Johner

Southampton are 15/8 for relegation.

MyBrokenKnees

MyBrokenKnees wrote: »

They gave his job to a guy who never managed a team before!!! WOW.

Did he not manage Espanyol?

HalloweenJack

While I'm a big fan of Pochettino, this decision makes no sense whatsoever.

Adkins was doing a good job, you could see he had really turned the corner with them lately. Cannot see any reason why the board sacked him, utterly stupid decision.

IvySlayer

Le Tiss speaking on Sky Sports is not happy....

Hammer Archer

Laughable really. I really dislike Adkins and you could probably understand it if it was done in October when they had only won one game, but their form has massively improved ever since they got the good result away to QPR.

If it means they go down, however, all the better. Massive massive gamble to appoint an untested foreign manager. Here's hoping it doesn't pay off.

MrJoeSoap

HalloweenJack wrote: »

Adkins was doing a good job, you could see he had really turned the corner with them lately. Cannot see any reason why the board sacked him, utterly stupid decision.

Adkins was doing a great job, which makes it all the more annoying. Back to back promotions and a good run of results in the league after a very unlucky run of fixtures at the beginning of the season.

DyldeBrill

Absolute crazy decision to sack him! Especially after a very solid win against Chelsea.

What were the boards expectations of him? Adkins is good enough to go on and get another top footballing job, great manager!

greendom

They have history of this though. Pardew was doing a great job there when they let him go. Perhaps they know best :rolleyes:

DyldeBrill

IvySlayer wrote: »

Le Tiss speaking on Sky Sports is not happy....

Whats he saying? stuck in work here

MyBrokenKnees

Deleted User wrote: »

Did he not manage Espanyol?

5live and talksport both say this is his first job as a manager. (maybe they meant the PL)

DyldeBrill

MyBrokenKnees wrote: »

5live and talksport both say this is his first job as a manager. (maybe they meant the PL)

He previously managed Espanyol , typical talksport not mentioning relevant details

LuckyLloyd

MyBrokenKnees wrote: »

5live and talksport both say this is his first job as a manager. (maybe they meant the PL)

Maybe 'manager' as opposed to 'first team coach' is the distinction?

RikkFlair

Really are some birdbrains running football clubs these days. Where did they expect Southampton to be right now in their first season back in the Premiership, top 4??!!!

IvySlayer

DyldeBrill wrote: »

Whats he saying? stuck in work here

He's disgusted and the club is now a laughing stock.

Owryan

DyldeBrill wrote: »

He previously managed Espanyol , typical talksport not mentioning relevant details

To them football doesnt exist outside the EPL

Fizman

Complete disgrace if true. The club could not look worse if they tried, given the teams current form. I'd say something if they were well adrift and playing poorly, but they are ABOVE the relegation zone and playing great stuff.

Football is in a shocking state when you see the likes of these kinds of sackings, happening all too regularly recently.

I hope Southampton get back to back relegations as a result. It's what they deserve (feel sorry for the fans that such clowns can own the club they love).

Knex*

I honestly don't get this. Can't even begin to see a glimmer of logic behind the decision.

****ing baffling.

Nalz

lol

Might be a bit much but I really want them to go down now