MADLEVEIN Posted 21 January 2005 Posted 21 January 2005 from todays sun MICKY ADAMS will today be unveiled as Coventry’s sixth manager in four years. And the Championship strugglers are banking on him to save them from relegation. Adams quit Leicester last October after three years which included promotion, relegation, administration and the La Manga sex storm. He remarked at the time: “I want to move to a club that’s boring!†But the former Sky Blues player inherits another tough job from Peter Reid, who resigned a fortnight ago after the fans turned on him. Chairman Mike McGinnity picked Adams ahead of Tranmere’s Brian Little and Yeovil’s Gary Johnson. cov the hoofers
Steven Posted 21 January 2005 Posted 21 January 2005 As it looks as though MA is going to Coventry, which of his signings will he take off our hands (please ). My money is on Dublin as player/coach.
Matt Posted 21 January 2005 Posted 21 January 2005 Good Luck Micky! Vertually everyone here loved him in his first season and a half...Some people have forgot that! And i'm not saying everyone because I got 'told off' for saying that before but VERTUALLY everyone loved him! -Thats a lesson for Craig Levein as well, everyone said "Oh the new MON" when he first arrived and some people are still saying that...Now where did I hear that before?!?! Maybe he will be the new MON, and hopefully he will be but lets just see what he does first, Levein hasn't disappoint but tell me what he done? Not to much yet, so why call him 'the new MON' when he hasn;t done anything yet?! And that could be a warning for CL, they love him now but in a few years I hope he ain't but he could and probably will be in the same posistion as Micky was.
Matt Posted 21 January 2005 Posted 21 January 2005 Good Luck Micky! Vertually everyone here loved him in his first season and a half...Some people have forgot that! And i'm not saying everyone because I got 'told off' for saying that before but VERTUALLY everyone loved him! -Thats a lesson for Craig Levein as well, everyone said "Oh the new MON" when he first arrived and some people are still saying that...Now where did I hear that before?!?! Maybe he will be the new MON, and hopefully he will be but lets just see what he does first, Levein hasn't disappoint but tell me what he done? Not to much yet, so why call him 'the new MON' when he hasn;t done anything yet?! And that could be a warning for CL, they love him now but in a few years I hope he ain't but he could and probably will be in the same posistion as Micky was.
Steven Posted 21 January 2005 Posted 21 January 2005 Good Luck Micky!Vertually everyone here loved him in his first season and a half...Some people have forgot that! And i'm not saying everyone because I got 'told off' for saying that before but VERTUALLY everyone loved him! -Thats a lesson for Craig Levein as well, everyone said "Oh the new MON" when he first arrived and some people are still saying that...Now where did I hear that before?!?! Maybe he will be the new MON, and hopefully he will be but lets just see what he does first, Levein hasn't disappoint but tell me what he done? Not to much yet, so why call him 'the new MON' when he hasn;t done anything yet?! And that could be a warning for CL, they love him now but in a few years I hope he ain't but he could and probably will be in the same posistion as Micky was. 56943[/snapback] Maybe Chandler has a point, we are all fickle boneheads.
Collymore Posted 21 January 2005 Posted 21 January 2005 In away, it's like a low key Redknap to southampton situation after he resigned from Portsmouth, without anyone really caring very much. I Feel Micky got a little desperate in the end and think Cov have done very well in aquiring his services. I think when Micky resigned for us he had his sights set on a better club than Cov. Anyway wouldn't wish anything bad on the guy, Just Cov
Who ate all the pies? Posted 21 January 2005 Posted 21 January 2005 MA will do well for them, he's not a bad manager and was unlucky with us. The team he bought in looked great on paper, but no-one performed for him and he took the fall. Still I wish him well, I just hope it's too late for him to save Cov this season and they go down with F@*#$t...that would be a dream
Fox in a Box Posted 21 January 2005 Posted 21 January 2005 MA ....Had his knockers (oooer) but he was a very good tactitian. The players who left Dickov,Thatcher lost him his Job. They never replaced them like for like lets move on. MA good look hope you do well, but hope you get draws all season... I dont like COV but Micky was our leader once.......
Matt Posted 21 January 2005 Posted 21 January 2005 MA ....Had his knockers (oooer) but he was a very good tactitian.The players who left Dickov,Thatcher lost him his Job. They never replaced them like for like lets move on. MA good look hope you do well, but hope you get draws all season... I dont like COV but Micky was our leader once....... 56961[/snapback] Well apparently Connolly was ment to be with Dickov
Ric Flair Posted 21 January 2005 Posted 21 January 2005 Good luck Micky. Cheers for the promotion and an eventful season last year. I firmly believe that if you learn from your mistakes you could go on to be a good manager. No hard feelings over the state of the club now, it's a complex situation and let's move on. Keep The Faith
Vardinhio Posted 21 January 2005 Posted 21 January 2005 Good luck Micky. Thanks for a very enjoyable promotion campaign and an exciting season in the premiership. My only regret though is that I felt we had the players to stay there at the time. Dickov, Bent, Ferdinand, Thatcher, Walker, Izzet etc.
breadandcheese Posted 21 January 2005 Posted 21 January 2005 MA ....Had his knockers (oooer) but he was a very good tactitian. Good tactician??? He had the tactical acumen of a breeze block. How he set his teams out, how he made his substitutions when we needed a manager to change something? Nice guy, yes. Good motivator, yes. Good manager for us, yes. Good tactician, no.
Fox in a Box Posted 21 January 2005 Posted 21 January 2005 MA ....Had his knockers (oooer) but he was a very good tactitian. Good tactician??? He had the tactical acumen of a breeze block. How he set his teams out, how he made his substitutions when we needed a manager to change something? Nice guy, yes. Good motivator, yes. Good manager for us, yes. Good tactician, no. 56977[/snapback] Do you watch the modern game?................. Substitutes are there for a reason. cos usually they aint good enough or experienced enough. Micky was highly thought of within football and was one of the first with a UEFA badge.
Ric Flair Posted 21 January 2005 Posted 21 January 2005 MA ....Had his knockers  (oooer) but he was a very good tactitian. Good tactician??? He had the tactical acumen of a breeze block. How he set his teams out, how he made his substitutions when we needed a manager to change something? Nice guy, yes. Good motivator, yes. Good manager for us, yes. Good tactician, no. 56977[/snapback] Do you watch the modern game?................. Substitutes are there for a reason. cos usually they aint good enough or experienced enough. Micky was highly thought of within football and was one of the first with a UEFA badge. 56984[/snapback] Hahahahaa I can't believe i've just read that. In this day and age, clubs have enough capable players to field two teams. So your theory that players hwo are on the bench are either not good enough or in-experienced is untrue. Yes, sometimes the substitutes consist of youngsters and players in the squad that aren't that good but your theory is very stereotypical. Gareth Williams was on the bench for us for a long while and alot of fans including me feel he's our most talented player. Lilian Nalis has also spent time on the bench and he's been awesome this season. I struggle to understand your theory on that, please explain. Adams was the manager and it was his responsibility to make sure we didn't throw all those points away. His substitutions seemed to cause these leads to be thrown away and it was there to be seen, hence why people question his tactical ability.
Matt Posted 21 January 2005 Posted 21 January 2005 MA ....Had his knockers (oooer) but he was a very good tactitian. Good tactician??? He had the tactical acumen of a breeze block. How he set his teams out, how he made his substitutions when we needed a manager to change something? Nice guy, yes. Good motivator, yes. Good manager for us, yes. Good tactician, no. 56977[/snapback] Do you watch the modern game?................. Substitutes are there for a reason. cos usually they aint good enough or experienced enough. Micky was highly thought of within football and was one of the first with a UEFA badge. 56984[/snapback] Hahahahaa I can't believe i've just read that. In this day and age, clubs have enough capable players to field two teams. So your theory that players hwo are on the bench are either not good enough or in-experienced is untrue. Yes, sometimes the substitutes consist of youngsters and players in the squad that aren't that good but your theory is very stereotypical. Gareth Williams was on the bench for us for a long while and alot of fans including me feel he's our most talented player. Lilian Nalis has also spent time on the bench and he's been awesome this season. I struggle to understand your theory on that, please explain. Adams was the manager and it was his responsibility to make sure we didn't throw all those points away. His substitutions seemed to cause these leads to be thrown away and it was there to be seen, hence why people question his tactical ability. 56987[/snapback] Maybe you should have put "Most clubs" because currently LCFC don't even have enough decent players to play AND win in Division 1 consistanly , We can field 2 teams for sure, whether there good enough is another story
Craig Posted 21 January 2005 Posted 21 January 2005 Good luck to Micky, i hope he does well for them.
Matt Posted 21 January 2005 Posted 21 January 2005 Good luck to Micky, i hope he does well for them. 57011[/snapback] Same here, obviously I love to do better in the league than local rivals but other than that I don't really care about rivals. -Besides the liklyhood is we will still be in this division next year is very high so if you all want Forest/Cov relegated we won't be playing them next season and everyone loves the local derbys!
Scow Posted 21 January 2005 Posted 21 January 2005 MA ....Had his knockers (oooer) but he was a very good tactitian. Good tactician??? He had the tactical acumen of a breeze block. How he set his teams out, how he made his substitutions when we needed a manager to change something? Nice guy, yes. Good motivator, yes. Good manager for us, yes. Good tactician, no. 56977[/snapback] Do you watch the modern game?................. Substitutes are there for a reason. cos usually they aint good enough or experienced enough. Micky was highly thought of within football and was one of the first with a UEFA badge. 56984[/snapback] Hahahahaa I can't believe i've just read that. In this day and age, clubs have enough capable players to field two teams. So your theory that players hwo are on the bench are either not good enough or in-experienced is untrue. Yes, sometimes the substitutes consist of youngsters and players in the squad that aren't that good but your theory is very stereotypical. Gareth Williams was on the bench for us for a long while and alot of fans including me feel he's our most talented player. Lilian Nalis has also spent time on the bench and he's been awesome this season. I struggle to understand your theory on that, please explain. Adams was the manager and it was his responsibility to make sure we didn't throw all those points away. His substitutions seemed to cause these leads to be thrown away and it was there to be seen, hence why people question his tactical ability. 56987[/snapback] The tactical genius which saw him play Scowcroft right/left wing, Nalis and Williams in the centre of a 4 man midfield (No ball winner) and the marvellous decision to play Heath at right back for one game. Micky, you are truely a tactical god. Saying that, I wish him well. As Hoof said, some manager's do learn from their mistakes, but Micky's stubborness may prevent that from happening.
Teeno Posted 21 January 2005 Posted 21 January 2005 No disrespect to Micky cos I wish him well, but i hope Cov go down. I hate them!
breadandcheese Posted 21 January 2005 Posted 21 January 2005 MA ....Had his knockers  (oooer) but he was a very good tactitian. Good tactician??? He had the tactical acumen of a breeze block. How he set his teams out, how he made his substitutions when we needed a manager to change something? Nice guy, yes. Good motivator, yes. Good manager for us, yes. Good tactician, no. 56977[/snapback] Do you watch the modern game?................. Substitutes are there for a reason. cos usually they aint good enough or experienced enough. Micky was highly thought of within football and was one of the first with a UEFA badge. 56984[/snapback] Do I watch the modern game? I could say the same thing to you. The best managers in today's game ensure that they have options on the bench. It is only in our country that we still regard being substituted as an indication of a player's performance. There was a reason English clubs struggled in European games for a long time. It was the failure to adapt. As for coaching badges, I do not believe that a piece of paper qualification after attending a little course is any substitute for experience and/or ability.
Guest Posted 21 January 2005 Posted 21 January 2005 Do I watch the modern game? I could say the same thing to you. The best managers in today's game ensure that they have options on the bench. It is only in our country that we still regard being substituted as an indication of a player's performance. There was a reason English clubs struggled in European games for a long time. It was the failure to adapt. As for coaching badges, I do not believe that a piece of paper qualification after attending a little course is any substitute for experience and/or ability. 57059[/snapback] I agree. If things are not going according to plan on the pitch, do you replace someone with a player of lesser ability to do the play the same role as the man he replaces? Or do you make a tactical change, and introduce a new element to the game?
Guest Posted 21 January 2005 Posted 21 January 2005 Chairman Mike McGinnity picked Adams ahead of Tranmere’s Brian Little and Yeovil’s Gary Johnson. 56924[/snapback] Only because Johnson turned them down!!
Hullfox Posted 21 January 2005 Posted 21 January 2005 The tactical genius which saw him play Scowcroft right/left wing, Nalis and Williams in the centre of a 4 man midfield (No ball winner) and the marvellous decision to play Heath at right back for one game. Micky, you are truely a tactical god. Saying that, I wish him well. As Hoof said, some manager's do learn from their mistakes, but Micky's stubborness may prevent that from happening. 57056[/snapback]
Hullfox Posted 21 January 2005 Posted 21 January 2005 The tactical genius which saw him play Scowcroft right/left wing, Nalis and Williams in the centre of a 4 man midfield (No ball winner) and the marvellous decision to play Heath at right back for one game. Micky, you are truely a tactical god. Saying that, I wish him well. As Hoof said, some manager's do learn from their mistakes, but Micky's stubborness may prevent that from happening. 57056[/snapback] On the same basis then Scowy, what do you reckon to CL? Against Blackpool, Scowcroft played on the left and right of midfield as well as up front. He also played Stearman at Right Back recently for one game. He also played Dublin who he claims to have been our best defender, up front on Tuesday on a pitch that was really wasn't suited to big lumbering dollops trying to run. Isn't that the same type of tactical genius?
Scow Posted 21 January 2005 Posted 21 January 2005 The tactical genius which saw him play Scowcroft right/left wing, Nalis and Williams in the centre of a 4 man midfield (No ball winner) and the marvellous decision to play Heath at right back for one game. Micky, you are truely a tactical god. Saying that, I wish him well. As Hoof said, some manager's do learn from their mistakes, but Micky's stubborness may prevent that from happening. 57056[/snapback] On the same basis then Scowy, what do you reckon to CL? Against Blackpool, Scowcroft played on the left and right of midfield as well as up front. He also played Stearman at Right Back recently for one game. He also played Dublin who he claims to have been our best defender, up front on Tuesday on a pitch that was really wasn't suited to big lumbering dollops trying to run. Isn't that the same type of tactical genius? 57109[/snapback] I'm not encouraged by it. I don't like it when manager's attempt to force a formation on players - You should play a formation which compliments the players at your disposal. Stearman has the ability to play anywhere along the backline, he's perhaps too weak to play in the centre just yet. We all know that Levein is still getting to know his players, while Adams had a few seasons with the likes of Scowcroft and Heath...
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