Steve Corns Suspended - Now Resigned

THE Southampton staff member who published what appeared to be a farewell message from Nigel Adkins has been suspended.

But it seems the picture which appeared via the Twitter account of first-team performance analyst Steve Corns did NOT show a message left by Adkins at the Saints’ training ground.

On January 18, he posted a Tweet which thanked “Gaffa” and three people who left with Adkins before adding: “A message left this morning sums them up — positive.”

The accompanying photo showed a handwritten note with a smiley face at the bottom which read: “Keep smiling. Have faith and belief that you are doing the right thing. Keep looking to improve.”

But sources claim the motivational message came from a flipchart and had been written by a coach weeks earlier and NOT by Adkins on the day of his sacking.

The photo and Tweet have been deleted from his account and were followed by posts which were more on-message.

One read: “Finally, met the new manager today and extremely excited by what he is going to bring to the club — an extremely talented manager.”

But since a Tweet to a friend on that fateful January 18, Corns’ Twitter account has been silent. A Saints spokesman said: “The matter is being investigated.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...ort-Uncovered-Dont-pin-your-hopes-Pompey.html

 

Looks like Adkins didn't leave the note then....

 

People have to realise that Twitter is so public that you must be very careful not to offend your employer at a sensitive time. Just common sense.

 

dont believe anything from that stupid site.

 

I didn't think that note was Nigel's own writing, but also I don't see how not writing any tweets = suspended by the club, unless the Sun has some actual evidence which they aren't sharing. Oh well, one day closer to when I'm in charge and Twitter is banned...

 

The Sun have to get at least one thing right by the law of averages .

 

Seems like a stupid move by the Sun running this story. Cortese's relationship with the press is not the best by a long shot and this isn't going to please him too much.

I would have thought that after the sun got an exclusive interview with Poch on the Barca trip they would try to keep in Cortese's good books. I mean that article was very positive about the new coach and would have put the Sun 1st in line for other "exclusives". Think thisd non news story may have scuppered that.

 

Well personally I'm glad that even the Sun isn't corrupt enough to do this. Trading preferential treatment for access in this way is not good journalism.

 

Didnt Chaplow confirm it was Nigel in a tweet?

 

Might need to change my signature....

 

Twitter causes far too many problems.

 

Yeah damn Twitter for forcing him to post it.

 

It's pretty obvious what I meant, but then I wouldn't expect anything else from you.

 

Don't think so, all I saw him tweet was the little face looked like him.

 

and facebook!

 

Steve Corns has now resigned.

 

Feel sorry for him as we've all done daft things, but you have to be careful putting stuff about your employer out in the media. Too many people do that without thinking.

 

Well if true he faked that Adkins left that note, it was from one of the coaches notepads.

 

Where did you get this from? his twitter account has been inactive since the 18'th of jan.

 

From a mate and it's in The Sun as well.