I thought this would be a good point to reflect on what really counts...The results. Games 52 Won 37 Drawn 7 Lost 8 Goals for 111 Goals against 45 Goal difference +66 Goals per game average 2.1 Goals conceded average 0.9 Keep up the good work Nige....
He'll be a great manager soon enough. Young and has great potential which he's already showing. Hopefully he stays for a long time (that will mean he's been successful too )
Jeez, that's a hell of a set of statistics. Although I haven't checked, after thinking about it, Adkins' stats should be at least marginally superior to Poyet's over the same period, as Saints were coming back from a leisurely start last season, compared to Brighton's good start. I'm sure we were more than 4 points adrift of Brighton when Adkins joined SFC.
With all the broken records along the way, including our best start for 76 years, 12 straight home wins, and only 2 defeats at St. Mary's under his leadership (one of which was against Manchester United), he has pushed the team that Pardew assembled to the next level, got out of them what Pardew could not and then added to that quality. We look fitter, faster, stronger and united and play an attractive and expansive style of football, we entertain the crowd, and we are winning games. I no longer give up if we go 2 down, I always know we can do it, when we went 1 down to Forest, and went behind at Leicester, I never once panicked or felt like giving up. What a great first year we have enjoyed under Nigel, and I hope we will be seeing many more with Nige at the helm. Thank You Nigel Adkins. (Also a huge well done to Nicola Cortese and also Les Reed, who I understand brought Adkins to Cortese's attention, having led courses Nigel was on. If Les does nothing else, I thank him for giving us Nigel and the great season we had.) And the Saints Go Marching On, On, On..... Together as One!
I was one of those 'underwhelmed' people when Nigel Adkins was appointed. Not any more. It's been a brilliant year, long may it continue.
I think Nigel has had a brilliant 12 months, and has shown what a brilliant manager he is. Also a lot of the credit has to go to The Don, Nicola Cortese for the work he has done in shaping the back room and support staff, and the facilities at this great club of ours. This is the most exciting time to be a saints fans since the early days of WGS, and before that Lawrie. Everyone is on the bus and in the building at the same time - perfect. The stupidity of Boscombes Eddie (Large) Mitchell stsaing that we had wanted Howe, just beggars belief. NC wanted Nigel from the off, and got him!
I think his performance so far shows why it's sometimes not wise to say "underwhelmed" at the time of appointment.
I think the most telling statistic is that we haven't had one 'bad spell' under NA and almost every time we have lost, the team won the following match.
Just in case anyone wants to have a look back, here's the Cortese interview with Auntie Beeb in December 2010, a few months after Markus had died. Note that the full interview is at the bottom of the page.
