Appointing Parky as manager would be like appointing your much-loved dog--you would get loyalty, commitment, honesty, and tenacity, but all you would see on the park would be shit.

More seriously if, as some are suggesting, Adkins has lost the dressing room, then let's get rid of those players rather than the manager. Not many in the dressing room that we would really miss and/or couldn't be replaced. I do not know if he has lost the dressing room. But if he has, it may not b...

So we want a repeat of what happened when Brian managed to sneak promotion for us and we then eneded up with a team and playing style that was quickly shown to be unsuitable for PL survival? I would not mind. I actually enjoyed our efforts at first--for example our kamikaze rompings against Chelsea...

30 odd years of supporting this club. Also supplied youth team coach back in the elm park day, sponsored Shaka with a car, Dylon Kerr attended my wedding and I know SJM who asked me to be a patron of the club so I hardly think I'm looking for instant gratification But are you nursing a grudge that ...

I do not want Adkins out. It is like marrying a woman who seems a bit dodgy in the first few months--you do not just bin her for the blonde down the road before she has even had her hair done and bought a new outfit. Anyway, this whole question is more complicated than it usually is, because of the ...

30 odd years of supporting this club. Also supplied youth team coach back in the elm park day, sponsored Shaka with a car, Dylon Kerr attended my wedding and I know SJM who asked me to be a patron of the club so I hardly think I'm looking for instant gratification But are you nursing a grudge that ...

Some fans forget it's not a disaster if we don't go up this year. If Adkins can offload a few, bring some in who can play his way, integrate some more youngsters, then a mid-table finish should be viewed as a successful season by most sane observers. Adkins--even in highly apologetic mode--is still...

Nothing in Parkinson's manner of play gave me the impression of any particular braininess. Out.

Platypuss No point risking an injury to Le Fondre just ahead of the window.

Ha ha! But how injured are you likely to get standing around in space waiting to no avail for a pass?

Leon - In all seriousness is this squad actually better than our current position though? Lots of them are ageing & past their best. McAnuff, Cummings, Kelly, Guthrie, Gorkss to name a few, others are acquisitions from mid table championship teams or League 1. I'm not so sure.... The squad is n...

I think Adkins should have brought on Le Fondre just for a boost to his feeling of involvement. A professional footballer should not need that; but it cannot help not to get on in those circumstances, when there was nothing to lose. Brian used to irritate me by bringing on people like Hunt, Antonio,...

Too often Managers are unfairly sacked-however once you lose the Players there is no point him carrying on-trouble is there is no one at the Club to get Adkins out. I doubt he has lost the players, but I think he has probably confused them with selection decisions that certainly look wrong from the...

If the ridiculous did happen and they hooked Adkins after the next defeat on Wednesday, who would the "sack him" brigade like to take over ? to vent their "oh Brian we love you, he's not like you" anger on Even though i cannot stand Adkins, I do not want him sacked. But if he is...

Setting aside the bigger picture (investment, Anton, etc.), Adkins cannot be exempted of blame here. First of all, he has stated that he believes he has enough cover at left back and centre back, so the lack of like-for-like back up is his responsibility. Secondly, he should provide effective tactic...

I do not dislike any of them as people. They may frustrate me as players, but I believe they are trying their best. If you watch an interview with Hal Robson-Kanu, he comes over as a charming young man, modest and normal, like all our home-raised lads. I think there is something about his body shape...

I do not know what a Reading type is. Far as I am concerned, I want a successful type. If Adkins gets us promoted, I will be happy. It is not about McDermott v Adkins for me--no reason they both can't be good managers.

Defensively, mostly solid, midfield mostly solid in the second third but when it comes to attack we have very little penetration and I think it's because we do everything too slowly and mechanical. It's clear it's still work in progress and considering where we are it would not hurt us to have anot...

AthleticoSpizz that sounds Korean....what does it mean?

In Italian, it means "It ain't half hot, mum".

AthleticoSpizz +1

and just how do you pronounce your name? its been bugging me for years

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but Saints were FAR better to watch To be fair I loved watching Saints that night we dicked them at their own place to effectively win us the title 8) I thought we outwitted them. Yes, they had lots more possession than us, but we stabbed them to death on the counter. They exhibited a certain amoun...