Kilworthfox Posted 26 December 2006 Posted 26 December 2006 Are shouting for Adams out! He's ruining them like he did us magic
dandannieldanok Posted 26 December 2006 Posted 26 December 2006 Are shouting for Adams out! He's ruining them like he did us magic Fickle fools, he never ruined us, I think he left City when we were about 10th, since then, when have Leicester reached those heights. Coventry don't have a very good team and they shouldn't really be blaming Adam's too much.
C-man Posted 27 December 2006 Posted 27 December 2006 Cov have the most ludicrous fans. They are shite, so i have no clue why they assume they have a divine right to do well in this division, because they don't. They should be below us. Fact.
Craig Posted 27 December 2006 Posted 27 December 2006 I thought at first these were Mickys after match comments... "Micky's very down. He is a proud man and obviously doesn't want to listen to that sort of thing."Our performance was poor and we all understand the fans' frustration. "This was the first of two back-to-back home games and we hoped to push on but in the end Michael Doyle's goal masked a pretty poor performance." Then i realised it was from their Assistant manager
C-man Posted 27 December 2006 Posted 27 December 2006 I thought at first these were Mickys after match comments...Then i realised it was from their Assistant manager LMAO
He's not bald Posted 27 December 2006 Posted 27 December 2006 LMAO He needs someone to talk and think..no multi tasking at the wreckock!
Jay Posted 27 December 2006 Posted 27 December 2006 Fickle fools, he never ruined us, I think he left City when we were about 10th, since then, when have Leicester reached those heights. Coventry don't have a very good team and they shouldn't really be blaming Adam's too much. do you not think that Adams revolving door is part of the reason for our decline? I certainly do!! 12 month contracts, players over the age of 35 building a new team every season wasting wages on players like Keown, Hignett etc paying them decent wages yet thinking Reo-Coker was to expensive at £500k when he is now valued according to some around £8million!! and surely if Coventry don't have a very good team then the overall blame has to be with Micky Adams
Joe. Posted 27 December 2006 Posted 27 December 2006 He he they're only a point above us now! Thing is, we're on the increase hopefully at the moment whereas they can't stop losing! Quality
Simon Posted 27 December 2006 Posted 27 December 2006 do you not think that Adams revolving door is part of the reason for our decline? I certainly do!! 12 month contracts, players over the age of 35 building a new team every season wasting wages on players like Keown, Hignett etc paying them decent wages yet thinking Reo-Coker was to expensive at £500k when he is now valued according to some around £8million!! and surely if Coventry don't have a very good team then the overall blame has to be with Micky Adams I thought the reason Reo-Coker didn't come was cos we couldn't offer him guarenteed first-team footie? Adams hardly had a huge amount to spend! When have we reached the heights of the Adam's reign in the last two years? The answer: NEVER. And if anyone suggests either Levein or Kelly were better managers (leave off the young and hungry players bullshit- Adams HAS always nurtured the young players who ARE good enough) then they can fook off.
gatesheadfox Posted 27 December 2006 Posted 27 December 2006 I thought the reason Reo-Coker didn't come was cos we couldn't offer him guarenteed first-team footie? Adams hardly had a huge amount to spend! When have we reached the heights of the Adam's reign in the last two years? The answer: NEVER. And if anyone suggests either Levein or Kelly were better managers (leave off the young and hungry players bullshit- Adams HAS always nurtured the young players who ARE good enough) then they can fook off. Adams had a very good squad for competing in this league in his first year, many of them were premiership players. our current squad have very little experience of this league never mind better ones. its hard to judge who is better from having such different squads, i'd argue that his signings in his last season were just a fecking joke really.
dandannieldanok Posted 27 December 2006 Posted 27 December 2006 do you not think that Adams revolving door is part of the reason for our decline? I certainly do!! 12 month contracts, players over the age of 35 building a new team every season wasting wages on players like Keown, Hignett etc paying them decent wages yet thinking Reo-Coker was to expensive at £500k when he is now valued according to some around £8million!! and surely if Coventry don't have a very good team then the overall blame has to be with Micky Adams To be honest I wasn't really bothered about the revolving door of players. Yes he made big errors with the likes of Keown, Blake and Hignett but he also signed some good players like Ferdinand, M Bent and Deane. The truth is with these incredibly old players we managed to initially get promoted, nearly stay up (if each game in that premiership season was 80 minutes long we would have finished in Europe apparently), and look like being able to attempt to get the play-offs in the next season. However, the majority of fans became restless that we were only about 10th, which is dreamland for us now. I blame the board and the Walkers Stadium for most of our failings. And on Coventry, if Adam's whad been allowed to keep McSheffrey, there is no doubt they would be challenging for play-offs. He is arguably the best player in the Championship.
Brummie-FOX Posted 27 December 2006 Posted 27 December 2006 Cov have the most ludicrous fans. They are shite, so i have no clue why they assume they have a divine right to do well in this division, because they don't. They should be below us. Fact. Reminds me of that woman when they played Barnsley earlier this month. WHAT YOU PLAYIN' AT ADAMS, YOU IDIOT 30 seconds later.. YESSSS ADAMMMSSSSS!!!!
Flynny Posted 28 December 2006 Posted 28 December 2006 Cov have the most ludicrous fans. They are shite, so i have no clue why they assume they have a divine right to do well in this division, because they don't. They should be below us. Fact. To be fair to the scummy bastards (whoops) they were in the top flight for more than 30 years without a break until 5 years ago.
C-man Posted 28 December 2006 Posted 28 December 2006 To be fair to the scummy bastards (whoops) they were in the top flight for more than 30 years without a break until 5 years ago. I wonder how many top half finishes they had in that time. I know for a fact they never finished higher than than 6th in 34 years in the top flight. (I'm assuming we did at some point but can't be arsed to look in my book Anyway stop defending them, i get enough of them at work
Jay Posted 28 December 2006 Posted 28 December 2006 I thought the reason Reo-Coker didn't come was cos we couldn't offer him guarenteed first-team footie? Adams hardly had a huge amount to spend! When have we reached the heights of the Adam's reign in the last two years? The answer: NEVER. And if anyone suggests either Levein or Kelly were better managers (leave off the young and hungry players bullshit- Adams HAS always nurtured the young players who ARE good enough) then they can fook off. To be honest I wasn't really bothered about the revolving door of players. Yes he made big errors with the likes of Keown, Blake and Hignett but he also signed some good players like Ferdinand, M Bent and Deane. The truth is with these incredibly old players we managed to initially get promoted, nearly stay up (if each game in that premiership season was 80 minutes long we would have finished in Europe apparently), and look like being able to attempt to get the play-offs in the next season. However, the majority of fans became restless that we were only about 10th, which is dreamland for us now. I blame the board and the Walkers Stadium for most of our failings. And on Coventry, if Adam's whad been allowed to keep McSheffrey, there is no doubt they would be challenging for play-offs. He is arguably the best player in the Championship. I guess we will never agree on some of these points but in response... Adams budget was a lot bigger than he made out but he spent it in the wrong way by signing players for what they did in the past and not what they can offer in the future. he thought it more sense to sign somebody who was great five years ago pay them a fortune and then discover they were rubbish instead of signing a couple of upcoming players on a LOT less wages and therefore been able to pay a transfer fee!! lets not forget one Martin Keown on £18000 per week is close to £1million a season which could of and should of been better invested. The fact is Adams never looked further than the end of his chin and buy signing these type of players you cut your own throat as you have no players that you will ever be able to raise a transfer fee from. in my opinion having one player with heart, passion and desire is worth far more than a group of journeymen looking for one last pay day!! as for Adams signings getting us promoted was it not Deane and Dickov BOTH Harry Bassett signings that did the job and nobody that Adams signed?
Simon Posted 28 December 2006 Posted 28 December 2006 Adams had a very good squad for competing in this league in his first year, many of them were premiership players. our current squad have very little experience of this league never mind better ones. its hard to judge who is better from having such different squads, i'd argue that his signings in his last season were just a fecking joke really. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Many fans nearly fainted when we signed Keown. I was sat in the Kop for the first game against West Ham and the amount of Kopites nearly orgasming when screaming 'Keown, Keown!' was frightening. Ditto with how people felt about Dublin. Granted we never got the best from either of them BUT at the time 90% of Foxes fans ere creaming themselves that Adams' signed them. Connolly and Williams were really good signings; many foxes fans still worship the ground they walk on. Wilcox was unlucky with bad injuries and we never really saw the best of him. Makin was shite for us, but has since gone on to better things elsewhere, Adams couldn't have predicted that. Blake was undeniably shite, I'll give you that. To say that the 'squads are so different, we can't tell who's better'; is just wrong IMO. It was Levein who assembled his squad, and Kelly who had ample opportunity to assemble his. I'm not saying it was always a bed of roses with Adams. I wasn't a fan of the revolving door, but he did sign some reasonable players on longer contracts that would have provided the basis for stability. The clauses in Dickov's and Thatcher's contracts were ridiculous. He could and should have kept us in the Premiership, we certainly had the players. The amount of leads we took, especially away from home, only to then give them up, was frightening. I remember hearing somewhere that if we'd have won every game we'd taken the lead in, we'd have finished in a Champions League spot, but he was CERTAINLY a better manager for us then either Levein was or Kelly is.
Flynny Posted 28 December 2006 Posted 28 December 2006 I wonder how many top half finishes they had in that time. I know for a fact they never finished higher than than 6th in 34 years in the top flight. (I'm assuming we did at some point but can't be arsed to look in my book Anyway stop defending them, i get enough of them at work I'm not exactly defending them, just explains the fans acting like wankers a bit. Not completely, though; Southampton fans are far less demanding and irritable and they were pretty similar: in the top flight for years and years, nearly got relegated a lot. Lots of Cov fans where you work?
Ultra Posted 28 December 2006 Posted 28 December 2006 Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Many fans nearly fainted when we signed Keown. I was sat in the Kop for the first game against West Ham and the amount of Kopites nearly orgasming when screaming 'Keown, Keown!' was frightening. Ditto with how people felt about Dublin. Granted we never got the best from either of them BUT at the time 90% of Foxes fans were creaming themselves that Adams' signed them. Fair point. Connolly and Williams were really good signings; many foxes fans still worship the ground they walk on. Connolly was incredibly average during his time with us. Only Paul Jewell knows why Wigan paid £3m for him. Williams is undeniably talented, but after two and a half seasons we are STILL waiting to see the best of him. I wouldn't be overcome with grief if we sold him for a decent sum. Wilcox was unlucky with bad injuries and we never really saw the best of him. Makin was shite for us, but has since gone on to better things elsewhere, Adams couldn't have predicted that. Blake was undeniably shite, I'll give you that. Wilcox was injury-prone throughout his career. Makin was a failure at Derby and Southampton before coming good at Reading (under a decent manager). Blake was among the worst players ever to wear a Leicester shirt and certainly not one of MA's better signings I'm not saying it was always a bed of roses with Adams. I wasn't a fan of the revolving door, but he did sign some reasonable players on longer contracts that would have provided the basis for stability. The clauses in Dickov's and Thatcher's contracts were ridiculous. He could and should have kept us in the Premiership, we certainly had the players. The amount of leads we took, especially away from home, only to then give them up, was frightening. I remember hearing somewhere that if we'd have won every game we'd taken the lead in, we'd have finished in a Champions League spot, but he was CERTAINLY a better manager for us then either Levein was or Kelly is. The key word there is "was" He's not pulling up too many trees at Cov right now, even though he's spent millions there (which he couldn't do with us). Maybe he's still suffering from the traumas he went through during his time here (administration, La Manga etc). If Rob Kelly leaves, there won't be a mass clamour on here or anywhere else demanding Micky's return.
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