For feck sake!!!!!!!!!!! what way is that to treat a manager who has taken them from L1 to Premiership in the way he has? How would people feel if we treated the Good Doctor in the same way? Disgusting behaviour..... they are a laughing stock of proper football fans! AllHell
Been stuck on a railway platform (South Coast Club Central) all day. Had a couple of conversations with other people waiting - they all think it's madness as they are unbeaten in 5, and have only lost 2 in the last 11. There were rumours before Christmas, just before Saints went on their run of form, and it seems to be a case of 'his face doesn't fit' rather than the fact that he is a brilliant manager who has made some smart signings and taken the club to the premier league from league 1 in 2 seasons. I live in Portsmouth, so the rivalry between the two has rubbed off on me a little bit, but he was actually a football manager I had warmed to. No ego, just quietly goes about his business. DISGRACEFUL SACKING.
My brother-in-law is a season ticket holder at St. Mary's. I've just sent him a text "Have Southampton gone stark raving mad?" but he hasn't replied yet.
Unless Adkins has "done a Pardew" behind the scenes this is bonkers. Hope they get relegated now. Footy is going steadily potty.
Only in Football. You wouldn't sack a Milkman who for 2 years had been getting the milk to the customers early and doing his job of delivering milk well in difficult conditions. Maybe there are a lot of hills where the Milkman works and his van has, not broke down but broken down. And he has to walk with the milk on his back, even when the milk is cold and heavy. And sometimes it leaks and makes his jacket smell and his wife says to him 'Look I'm not washing that. This is every week now. Just fix the van'. And the Milkman says 'I was asked to deliver milk. And milk I will deliver.' She leaves him. But the Milkman carries on and is re-posted to a new town where they drink more milk of every flavour and the hills are steeper too. And even though he is colorblind he has never not ever accidentally given Mrs Spiggott a red-top rather than full fat. That's sort of a real life equivelent. With milk.
Yes. Definitley. The Milkman is done for. I don't watch the news because I still haven't finished the first series (I got it on Box Set; I watched the whole of the Neville Chamberlain years in one night! LOL NO SPOILERS, I have a hunch we'll all be speaking German by Season 2) so as such I know little of the Algerian Army credentials. But I know Salim Kerkar is Algerian. And if their Army is as good as his footy then the Milkman is in trouble.
The Paperboy had the Milkman for breakfast..... Paperboy is an Argie and is considering re-invading Sparrows Lane as he claims that it was given to him by a waiter from the local Tapas Bar!
Just seen this bloke's press conference - does he speak any English at all? What are they playing at? Very disturbing.
Thank you Kish for explaining the situation in much clearer terms. From this conversation, I have learned that there's a place called 'Malvinas' in a random part of Ireland. Possiby Ireland's equivalent of Tehran's Bobby Sands Avenue. Pathetic and weird. Or maybe they just liked the name. On the other hand, I know of a place in Ireland called 'Gibraltar', so maybe it evens out. Very strange sacking. Amazing that Adkins has been sacked before Pardew... Still, he'll find another job soon. Another reason to regret my position at the time of sympathy for clubs in administration. Southampton were the last club I've wanted to survive after entering admin (I didn't really care one way or the other about Port Vale)
Strange sacking, and a strange thread to go with it. I followed t faithfully even through Kish's interesting Milkman analogy, but man, it went seriously bizarre after that. I agree this was a senseless sacking, and I'd be furious with the Charlton directors if they did thatto someone who took them from league one to the prem in successive seasons. I'm not a huge Southampton fan, but the directors of that club deserve Championship football next season for that bit of football management. Sack the board!
