Nigel Adkins interviews...

Iv'e touched on this on a couple of threads. Some people seem to have a big deal about not just NA but a lot of other managers pressers. Why?

I mean unless there's something particularly big news or problems, why would we care? I've seen one or two pressers, but I have to really bored to do so.

So can someone tell me, what's the big deal about interviews? Because to my mind, they don't affect anything related to the games. Managers and players just go through the media motions on these things.

So interviews. Who gives a flying?

 

I like to get some insight into things I don't already know. Behind the scenes stuff, who is/isn't doing it on the training pitch etc. Usually more interesting when the team isn't performing. The rest is just babble and agree with your thoughts.

 

When we were losing all the time & rock bottom - his constant chirpyness & positive bollocks “control the controlables” made my piss boil

Now we are winning.... love the bloke, could take him for a pint & listen to his positivity all night

It’s a funny old game!!

 

I get that, but I'm not so sure people actually give us a real 'inside picture' of what's going on. I don't think they're pointless. I just don't think they're something to judge a Manager on.

 

Fickle much...

 

You can tell more from a managers post match interviews imo! Win lose etc! I can’t say I’ve heard him lose it? Not even after the Forest game and that was crap!

 

I wasn't aware of how annoying people found Adkins. I'd only heard him for a couple of minutes on Humberside after the Scunny games and he always seemed quite reasonable and generally positive, so I actually liked his post match interviews.

I can see why it rubs people up the wrong way though.

 

You can sum it up as follows: Post match managers interview"

Interviewer : "Can we have a quick word Gordon ?".
Strachen: "Velocity." and he walked off.

Nige should too.

 

The lads are training really hard.

There's a real togetherness in the club.

It's just football speak.

 

Managers just chat **** who cares, people always used to slate the other Nigel for his interview style that I remember too, still thought he did a decent job in all fairness.

It is better when you're in good form though , I can even laugh about the warm-up bs now!

 

I agree that's obvious and **** to listen to. I was referring more to reading between the lines stuff although I acknowledge it all depends who is asking the question and how difficult/challenging/honest they make them.

 

I see your point to an extent but managers' interviews do impact how I see them. Sometimes they can come across as boring etc which doesn't matter really, but now and then you see some managers and they look like they've lost it mentally or you can just tell they've ran out of ideas. Stuff like that I think is interesting.

 

Atkins on Twatter !!!!
Good read.....

 

OK I'll do it - is the article beneath because Portsmouth are going through a bad period?

 

When he started with the 'There's a great spirit in the squad, great togetherness, etc" and the "We played well and were unlucky" stuff, I thought it was just booster stuff - keeping the spirits up, etc.

Then, doing it after each defeat, when we seemed stuck in the drop zone, I started to wish he'd shut the **** up.

However, when we started to make real progress and began amassing points and climbing the league, I realised he'd really achieved something.

He may be the world's greatest psychologist.

Or my name's not Stanley...

 

Good point George

 

I'll let you into a secret Kemps. I can't stand football I think its absolutely ****. Never seen a game in my life.

However, I love clichés! At the end of the day I just can't get enough of them. And when you watch a football interview those guys give 110% in the cliché department. In most situations you have to take it one game at a time when looking for a cliché but in football they go all in, they leave everything on the field, when spouting clichés, and they're deceptively quick in their cliché delivery.

Sometimes in an interview you think the manager has run out of steam but he's got a motor that just won't quit. When it comes to clichés he controls the uncontrollables.

 

If we go on a two month losing run after this two month winning one you will see the hypocrites on here back en force decrying Adkins interviews. That TEAM acronym thing he came out with last week is just typical, I remember a few years back he was spouting poetry. The funny thing is I've never really been bothered by a manager of ours until him. Whatever he does has worked for the last two months and we are stuck with him, plus he's an Allams man too, they won't boot him out and they are staying until they get every last penny of profit they can from us. It is what it is, just got to put up and shut up.

 

I hate cliches. I avoid them like the plague.