[Kiz]

i'd like to know how hiring a guy who was 20th in la liga when he left is aiming for europe

[R.Scorpio]

Originally Posted by 93.20

i'd like to know how hiring a guy who was 20th in la liga when he left is aiming for europe

That is the million dollar question although supposedly he highly regarded. Just saw a vid from Sky I think of some guy having a hard on for him.

[Razor King]

Originally Posted by Chain Gang Soldier

Extremely harsh on adkins dude has done a pretty good job thus far. Not like Southampton were aiming for top 10 or anything. Hopefully the guy bounces back very quick

In other news seems like Walcott had finally signed a new contract. Took him long enough

Sigh... That's a sad news.

[Irish Jet]

The Adkins sacking has me feeling sick.

Disgraceful. Done nothing but overachieve since he's taken the reigns two and a half years ago, adored by the fans and genuinely one of the classiest guys in the game.

Fucking football.

[Kiz]

Originally Posted by R.Scorpio

That is the million dollar question although supposedly he highly regarded. Just saw a vid from Sky I think of some guy having a hard on for him.

gonna guess that's guillem balague. espanyol fan and he loves him.

[Seabs]

Sky Sports have been building him up as the next big manager because of his age and probably Balague. I presumed I was thinking of the wrong Espanyol manager that got sacked because they were down the bottom of the table but I guess not.

[Rush]

Incrediably harsh sacking. Adkins was doing a good job as well.

[Razor King]

The Chelsea syndrome seems to have hit everybody like a plague.

[R.Scorpio]

If anything, Adkins left the club in a manner that can only enhance his career. He was a class act throughout. He leaves a club legend and avoids the indignity of copping the typical sack any other manager gets when the team is losing matches.

[Sleeper]

The only conclussion that I can draw from this move is that the owner much be a huge fan of Pochettino, because otherwise this sacking/appointment makes no sense at all. Southampton were in good form and seemed as though they were more likely to get away from the relegation zone than fall back into it. The accepted wisdom is that when you sack/lose a manager in the middle of a season, it can either go very well (as when Di Matteo was sacked by West Brom and replaced with Hodgson) or go very badly (as when Owen Coyle left Burnley and was replaced by Brian Laws). The trajectory of the season can change entirely based off the new manager, and as highly regarded as Pochettino, any time a manager comes in to a new team, there's the possibility of things going wrong, and even if it is just a slow start, that might be enough for Southampton to be dragged back into the relegation zone come the end of the season. And I cannot fathom why an owner would gamble with a clubs future like that in the middle of the season, unless of course he is a huge admirer of Pochettino and decided it was worth the gamble to bring him in.