HNA approval/disapproval of NA

[Hoop Blah]

Are many fans voicing disquiet at the games or is it mainly limited to cyperspace for the moment?

Genuine question I've not been to a home game this year.

No home game attendance from me until this bellend is sacked or does the decent thing and resigns.

Well can't say I'm too impressed with that attitude, but each to their own of course.

In terms of Green's question, I don't think fans are generally ready to get on his back, but around me there has been lots of questioning and bafflement with some anger and towards him and the ownership/investment issue thrown in. Not too dissimilar to on here, but less heated or concerned at the moment I'd say.

[Avon Royal]

I haven't heard anything directed against Nigel at the games. It seems like it's only a small number of people on here that have some sort of agenda.

[ZacNaloen]

I heard an Adkins out at the end of the game, the guy actually looked like a neanderthal though so shrugged and carried on with my day

[LoyalRoyal22]

He needs to settle on one formation. Preferably not 442 though.

[maffff]

I heard an Adkins out at the end of the game, the guy actually looked like a neanderthal though so shrugged and carried on with my day

Probably Maskell.

[floyd__streete]

I heard an Adkins out at the end of the game, the guy actually looked like a neanderthal though so shrugged and carried on with my day

Probably Maskell.

As if he'd be in the ground 'at the end of the game'.

[loyalroyal4life]

He needs to settle on one formation. Preferably not 442 though.

Diamond

[maffff]

fair point.

[Cureton's Volley]

I heard an Adkins out at the end of the game, the guy actually looked like a neanderthal though so shrugged and carried on with my day

Probably Maskell.

As if he'd be in the ground 'at the end of the game'.

I turned round to celebrate our goal and almost the whole of the back 2 rows had disappeared


In terms of the crowd it was definitely a case of apathy over anger, but there were a few (lighthearted?) shouts calling for Brian / Coppell back. Unfortunately Sir Steve singed for Portsmouth today

[Ian Royal]

Totally agree with the point sandman raises about the obession with formations. I saw someone on here yday write something like "if you play two banks of four then you'll probably get relegated". No, you won't. You can win the league playing 4-4-2 if your players are good enough.

Back to Adkins - his biggest problem IMHO is that he's a bellend. Reading fans will never truly warm to him because he comes across as such a helmet. I still think he'll be successful with the right backing from the owner but I literally can't bear to hear him speak, always turn the radio off if he's about to come on.

Formations are obviously not the be all and end all. But you need the right players playing the right way in the right system. Clearly that could be 4-4-2. Different strategies have different strengths and weaknesses. And you need to pick your system with a view to your comparative quality with ths opposition. Which is why 4-4-2 failed so misreably last season. Because none of our tactics or players were good enough to compete with tye ball retention and quality of our opposition

[Royal Lady]

Back to Adkins - his biggest problem IMHO is that he's a bellend. Reading fans will never truly warm to him because he comes across as such a helmet. I still think he'll be successful with the right backing from the owner but I literally can't bear to hear him speak, always turn the radio off if he's about to come on.

Although I probably wouldn't be quite as harsh as that I totally agree with what you saying. I couldn't stand listening to him speak when he was at Southampton and he seems to be getting worse. Sometimes I just want to hear a bit of passion from him, criticise the players (collectively), criticise himself for getting tactics or substitutions wrong, sound gutted when we've lost a match we should have won and maybe be a bit more miserable occasionally.

Was just talking to a football fan (not an RFC supporter) and he said Adkins always sounds a bit odd when he talks on tv/radio - but he can't put his finger on what it is. I think it's as above, the same tone, no passion etc and if he has none, he's not going instill it in his players really is he...

[Green]

I dunno, depends what he says really.

Do you think Stephen Hawking has the respect of his peers?

[Ian Royal]

Adkins clearly has passion for the game. He just doesn't express it for the cameras or particularly overtly.

[bobby1413]

NA has a good track record, so his actual ability can't be that severely questioned.

What can? His management and organisation of THIS particular team?

Being positive and trying to stay sensible, I keep reminding myself that we have several injuries and we are still 6th.

People outside RFC probably look at us and think we are having a good season, NA is doing a decent job. Us fans seem to think we reserve the right to win every game.

I agree with others, pick a team and stick with it. I also don't like 4-4-2 and think its ineffective compared to other more dynamic and fluid teams.

[Woodcote Royal]

Can you name anyone who would do better?

Ian Holloway

Currently out of work and has a better track record than Adkins in delivering what we really need right now......................promotion back to the top flight.

[3points]

Ian Holloway

Currently out of work and has a better track record than Adkins in delivering what we really need right now......................promotion back to the top flight.

No chance of him keeping us up though. Not a good record in the Prem. Needs an auto-terminate contract upon promotion

[Woodcote Royal]

There's more chance of Olly keeping us up than than floundering Bodgekins getting us there.........................that'll do for me.

[Wycombe Royal]

Can you name anyone who would do better?

Ian Holloway

Currently out of work and has a better track record than Adkins in delivering what we really need right now......................promotion back to the top flight.

You really have lost the plot.

[Handsome Man]

Can you name anyone who would do better?

Ian Holloway

Currently out of work and has a better track record than Adkins in delivering what we really need right now......................promotion back to the top flight.

Promotion followed by a Holloway <20-point season isn't what we want. Promotion would be lovely, but we want to have a chance of surviving next time. To do that needed massive changes from last season, when we were very poor. Atkins will make these changes, but to expect them to take place quickly without any hiccoughs is just typical Team Board idiocy.

Stick with Adkins until at least this time next year. If things look hopeless then, sack him, but until then just enjoy the league position and keep the faith as all the time our players will be learning to receive, control and pass the ball a lot better than in the past.

[Wycombe Royal]

Continuing on with Holloway, the guys record is not great. Three promotions and three relegations on his CV (you could argue that one of the relegations and one of the promotions were not entirely down to him). He has a win percentage over his career of 37.45%.

Now look at Nigel Adkins, four promotions and one relegation and a win percentage of 49.89%.

So that obviously tells us that Holloway would do a better job.