FNQ Posted 17 January 2007 Posted 17 January 2007 At least he'll be able to spend more time with you now. On the other (more realistic) hand... if you don't know where he's going to be every day, it's going to become increasingly difficult to stalk him. It's a worry I know. He doesn't like me .
The People's Hero Posted 17 January 2007 Posted 17 January 2007 It's a worry I know. He doesn't like me . Don't worry, once you get to 33... he won't only like you, he'll give you a professional playing contract.
MC Prussian Posted 17 January 2007 Posted 17 January 2007 Here's a comment from skyblue_stu, an old Cov fan: (NOTE: comment has been slightly modified to fit the proper English vocabulary) "Why "Micky" had to go As a lifelong City Fan since the 60ies and 70ies, who has been there through the highs (especially in '87) and all the other lows (such as relegation by that "media favourite" and clown Mr. Gordon Strachan), I must say I am glad to see him go. Coventry City fans are a hardy bunch that might not see a lot of success through the years, but we do support our managers who play good, entertaining football which is the only thing that can attract us back every week. We know we are not going to realistically win the league or knock ManU or Chelsea out of the cup, but in your heart of hearts you thought there might just be a chance. If we had lost, at least we could've gone home saying that we gave it a "good shot" and played entertaining football. The style of football played under Micky Adams him has been appalling, his style is to play "hoof football" which without an end result is not entertaining. This was a criticism made by many Leicester City fans when Micky first came to the club. With fans refusing to come back to the Ricoh Arena to watch this style and quality of football, it was only a matter of time before Fletcher did the deed. It is simple economics, as we need 20,000 + fans at the Ricoh per week to break even, last night we had the lowest Ricoh crowd ever at 13,000 +. Give the fans a manager who tries to play football – we don’t expect to you to win every week, but at least entertain and you will see the fans back at the Ricoh."
lookwhaticando Posted 17 January 2007 Author Posted 17 January 2007 The question is, after rejecting Hull, will Dowie take this one on? God I fooking hope so. Loving that thought... Good Morning to you Luckydo! The thought of saying good morning to me? Thought not. *sniff*
davieG Posted 17 January 2007 Posted 17 January 2007 Do fans really want to hear all of this? Can you imagine MM making a similar statement? Is it mostly bullshit? Dear Supporter Today, Wednesday January 17 at 12 noon we parted company with Manager Micky Adams. Over the past twelve months I have received numerous letters and e-mails from supporters giving me their personal views on the football management. I have answered them all. We'd like to thank Micky for the contribution he has made to Coventry City over the last two years and wish him and his family well for the future. You are probably wondering at this moment 'where does this leave us?' You deserve an answer. The simple answer is this. Over the past year we have been restructuring the Club operationally and commercially and we feel that the time has now come to extend that restructuring to the playing side. We have always known that returning to the Premiership as a strong, healthy club would require us to reorganise and modernise the Club in all respects. Only in this way can we be sure that the Club will grow and prosper in the coming years. Over the past 12 months we have studied other clubs, investigated their methods, interviewed their senior executives, talked to their Chairmen and a raft of experts from the football industry. This research confirms that to be successful we need to build a sustainable 'culture' at Coventry City - one that identifies us and sets us apart from other clubs, one that underpins everything that we do. Traditionally football clubs have been entities of two distinct halves. One half administering all the day-to-day functions of the Club, the other managing the team on the pitch. For too long these two halves have worked apart, often with different plans and agendas. As we move into a new 'management' era at the Club we now intend to appoint a manager who is willing to work to a common plan for success and is open to exploring new methods of achieving it. From today we intend to make more use of scientific methods and best practice policies to support the manager and players. We want to instill a new culture into the fabric of the way we do everything on the playing side of the Club, so we can build sustainable depth, stability and long term continuity for the future. By doing this, we intend to develop a foundation of good practice which can be built on year after year and will remain even when individuals come and go. We will take interest in all new methods that have brought success in other teams, other sports and other walks of life, scrutinising them and testing them before introducing them to the team and thus slowly build a 'Coventry Way' of doing things. In implementing this transition we intend to respect the supporters and the history of the Club. We want to establish what does Coventry City stand for? What are our principles? What will make us great? Why will young kids want to join us? How do we include and value our supporters when making important decisions? What is the link between the manager, the players and the fans? How do we help our players off the field? What is our policy on racism, smoking or drug taking? How do we interface with our community? How do we best represent the City of Coventry? How do we handle problems? How do we celebrate success? What style of football do we want to play? Is it the same one as the academy teams are using? When we get into the Premiership and how will we stay there? As we develop this plan we intend to include EVERY facet of Coventry City Football Club. It will thus become a plan that establishes the values and principles that the Club works by, so that no one individual is ever allowed to become more important than the Club itself, be they a player, Manager or Director. Only in this way will we overcome the fragility and lack of progress that has beset the playing side in recent times. The financial troubles that we inherited have at times forced us to let go of players that we have wanted to keep at the Club, Gary McSheffrey being one, but whilst a certain amount of wage restructuring has been beyond our control, the combined commercial and performance plans we are now implementing should ensure that we are not put in this situation again. I hope that as loyal Coventry fans, you will support us in this pursuit of progress and support the new manager and systems that will soon emerge. As always I am keen to hear your views on these matters and I look forward to sharing greater success with you in the coming years. Best wishes, Paul Fletcher MBE Managing Director
Ajax Treesdown Posted 17 January 2007 Posted 17 January 2007 ..............Peterborough beckons..................with Tricky Trevor!!!
Webbo Posted 17 January 2007 Posted 17 January 2007 i thought this was quite funny when i read it this morning. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...mp;in_a_source=
MC Prussian Posted 17 January 2007 Posted 17 January 2007 "We have always known that returning to the Premiership as a strong, healthy club would require us to reorganise and modernise the Club in all respects." Yet they still can't fill the Ricoh to break even on a regular basis! "This research confirms that to be successful we need to build a sustainable 'culture' at Coventry City - one that identifies us and sets us apart from other clubs, one that underpins everything that we do." Sustainable means sacking the manager, selling the best player to another Championship club and making the Ricoh a money-eating "venue". "How do we celebrate success? What style of football do we want to play? Is it the same one as the academy teams are using? When we get into the Premiership and how will we stay there?" You're having a laugh! In essence, he wrote a lot but ain't saying much with that!
NFFC Chris Posted 18 January 2007 Posted 18 January 2007 Average manager at best really,I never expected Coventry to be up there this season under his guidance like some other people thought.He's just another Peter Taylor to be honest,a decent lower league manager but should'nt touch the championship with a bargepole!
stez Posted 18 January 2007 Posted 18 January 2007 "We have always known that returning to the Premiership as a strong, healthy club would require us to reorganise and modernise the Club in all respects." Yet they still can't fill the Ricoh to break even on a regular basis! "This research confirms that to be successful we need to build a sustainable 'culture' at Coventry City - one that identifies us and sets us apart from other clubs, one that underpins everything that we do." Sustainable means sacking the manager, selling the best player to another Championship club and making the Ricoh a money-eating "venue". "How do we celebrate success? What style of football do we want to play? Is it the same one as the academy teams are using? When we get into the Premiership and how will we stay there?" You're having a laugh! In essence, he wrote a lot but ain't saying much with that! exactly what i though when i heard he'd been sacked. i feel sorry for him, because he's done alright, dispite having his best player sold fom under him. poor old mickeh
Nationwider Posted 18 January 2007 Posted 18 January 2007 Dear Supporter Best wishes, Paul Fletcher MBE Managing Director What a load of patronising flannel. This is what dirty, sh*tty TV money does to football. Second rate provincial foorball clubs run by piss-ants like Paul Fletcher MBE spewing forth vague platitudes about "Meeh, what do we stand for? Meeh, we've been interviewing chief executives. Meeh, lets all reduce our carbon footprints. Children go free, flags for everyone, a new manager every week or your money back...et-bloody-cetera" I'm sorry, Micky Adams. You're a decent bloke with a high level of integrity. Your teams play rubbish football, but it's the English way - we've lived off it for decades. You don't deserve to be so shabbily treated.
Durnerz Posted 19 January 2007 Posted 19 January 2007 Seen this coming for a fair while, it doesn't hold much hope for them, they didnt even sell out the stadium when they played us last season in their supposed 'biggest' derby game of the season when Cov were at the peak of their form with Mcsheffrey and John banging them in left,right and centre. Adams's style of football and management has always got its shelf life, at the start when it works, people like it, when it goes becomes predictable and the fans see that he has no plan B the novelty wears off. If Adams wants to make it as a manager hes got to cut out the stubbornness of his 'this is my way and my way only' mentality and become more open minded and tactically aware, that was always his problem at Leicester and now its cost him again.
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