Totally agree, Adams is a top bloke but the jury is out as to whether is the right man to manage NCFC
Of course it is, you can't make any judgement off the back of one game. Again, I'm against this, but it's squad harmony that twice got us promoted, it's squad disharmony that got us relegated, and if Pilks is causing trouble then perhaps it's not too bad (or at least it wouldn't be if he wasn't being sold to bloody Cardiff). If Adams wants him gone then he's stamping his authority, but he has to get another winger now.
I know there is a difference of opinion when it comes to Redmond, but IMO he has a tremendous raw talent as a winger and with the right coaching he could be a world beater. I've seen him rip defences apart at England U21 level where he's given a free role to express himself, a bit like Hucks used to have when he played for us.
lets not get too over dramatic. yes the board have made mistakes during the mcnally era but i'd say its been 70/30 in their favour so far at worst. lambert was an inspired choice and lets face it, he wasn't an easy choice. back to back promotions under his tenure. even hughton, although a divisive character, still kept us up despite a turbulent first summer in charge and pocketed the club £100m+. they cleared the debts, purchased record signings on at least three occasions... yes they clung on to hughton too long and yes adams is an odd choice in odd circumstances but its wrong to say its been a mess. they've taken the club forwards during the last 5 years, even if we have taken one step backwards this summer
anyone planning on starting a "relegation watch" thread this year.... suspect we are going to need one.....
Pilkington fee rumoured to be just £1M ! I find that incredible if true and the board have questions to answer !
Let's just say that Adams has a lot to prove in the next couple of weeks both in terms of transfer business and proving he can both motivate a team and set is up in a tactically competent way.
.....and still we do things on the cheap ! Answer me this Supers, do you really, honestly, believe all this bullshit coming out of Carrow Road ? Especially the 'scouring of Europe' for a new manager ?
of course i don't i reckon they had a quick look but 'scoured' is just 'artistic license'. i do not believe we are 'doing things on the cheap' though. if we were, we wouldn't have shelled out £7m on two players. i don't believe adams and his coaching setup are cheap. what they are is inexperienced and imo, massively out of their depth. but that's different to 'being cheap'. the board had a setup in mind to move the club forwards and one of the candidates said 'it wasn't for him' and the other didn't impress as much as adams. that's fair enough - it could have worked and in a way its nice to see a club take a risk on a young english manager rather than a foreigner or a 'roundabout' manager. but its a risk which was unnecessary and appears is already backfiring. worrying times...
well naturally neil adams will be cheaper than say a malky mackay - that's because of experience - but that's a different point. the question was 'are the club doing things on the cheap'? well in terms of the appointment of adams perhaps its a 'yes' but in terms of everything else its a 'no'. ipswich are 'doing things on the cheap'. ironically, its probably helping them.
Especially him falling out with Pilks. I'm really struggling to understand why he's being sold and more worryingly to a rival team!!!!
I'd say the whole management team is cheap. We have only spent money generated from sales which is fair enough. I expect Fer will go which along with Pilkington could well be the majority of the top earners gone. Call me a cynic but I would not be surprised if a few more go through on last day of transfer window so they have excuses for not getting replacements.
I actually think that it's reasonable if very good offers come in late on for one or two players to go without immediate replacement (no more than that...) PROVIDED that the money is being held to reinforce in January if we look in a strong position to bounce back up. Having plenty of money in January is key to getting promoted IMO.
Plenty of money to buy players as good as Hooper Fer Olsson or Redmond? Everyone costs more in January and you get held to ransom if you are looking to go up or fighting to stay up. Unless we get twice what we paid for our star assets then we will only reduce our chances of being in a position to go up in January.
