under the tin Back to topic, I find it puzzling that those who want Adkins out right now accuse those who see little point in that course of action right now of having "an agenda". Seems to me that if the cap fits.......
No-one has an agenda - this isnt a spy thriller with a surprise ending.
Sanguine Woodcote, people are disagreeing with you in part because you won't back up your assertions. It's not strange of me to suggest that we might have some idea who we want as manager, were we to sack Adkins, or some idea what we might want the new guy to do differently.
At the very minimum, I would like to see the new manager become involved in creating a club where attending a game was as enjoyable in the pre-NA era with the long term aim of returning the club to the joyful experiences of attending away games under Pardew.
The basis of this would be (and I appreciate that some of these appear obvious)
- Playing to our strengths.
- Regarding every team in the league as our competitor and competing with them
- Being OPENLY proud of your victories and disappointed with your losses
- Developing a better strategy for getting back into the game when going 1-0 down
- Changing the club captain to somebody with a community face
- Changing the team captain to someone we would want to play 40+ games a season
- Focusing the transfer strategy on the back four
- Removing any tendency to chase after players that have either (a) played for the new manager before or (b) played for Reading before.
- Meeting with the fans outside of an 'invitation only' environment
- Implementing a sports science structure to reduce the number of injuries.
- Better motivation for players to come back from injury
- Placing a game changer on the bench
- Rejuvenating better relationships with Radio Berks and getreading. Its what we read/listen to and we want to be proud of the team
- Talking of pride - show some interest in promotion.
- And of course, develop a culture of motivation and coaching where defenders can defend and attackers can score. It comes to something when our most dangerous player by some distance has been coached by another club.
The rest Ill leave to the qualified - i.e. any new manager that comes in.
Actually, although you might mock WR for his in-your-face style - Howe isnt that bad a shout - a manager having a degree of success under an ownership used to life outside the premiership. Not sure why we have to press WR any further - there are probably all sorts of managers around Europe we havent considered or even know about that could fit the bill.
under the tin I think there is a chance of seeing Adkins departure, but it might well be him getting pissed off, and walking away.
Not in today's environment - its all about the money. If your little sob story about how badly treated he's been is true (which it almost certainly is) he would have walked by now. He's literally p1ssing his career away here with his current performance. His excellant W/L ratio at Bangor City seems a bit irrelevant now.
