The Ghost of B A R P Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Adams on the radio there trailing his own resignation… Is he well? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenburn bud Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 13 minutes ago, bunglebonce said: The scorched earth he will leave behind him is unlikely to recover by Spring. Will that be enough to save the whole season? There are still six points to play for in head-to-heads vs Livingston. Agree totally but from the outside looking in I won’t be surprised if the chairman sticks by his man, as is often the case when he already fired the previous manager, he will want to save face by not firing a second man in the same season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Very much sounds like I'll have to make the Ross County Manager thread tomorrow based on Adams' interview. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosscubed Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Very hard to hear anything other than "I'm gone tomorrow" from that interview. Whether it's Adams' own choice to leave, or he anticipates getting sacked, who knows, but it's not the words of someone fighting for their job. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty-RCFC Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 15 minutes ago, Rosscubed said: 1. It absolutely was right to get shot of Malky. His time was up, and we were going nowhere 2. Derek actually seemed like a reasonable shout at the time, plenty of experience, knew the club, hope that some of the rough edges polished off 3. First three games actually went OK, with a January window to rebuild. 4. Lost the plot in post match interview and pretty much spiralled from there. I really wanted this to work. It really hasn't. Bang on the money. Adams was the right appointment at the time. An experienced option who has had success everywhere he’s gone. He started well, and then just completely lost the plot after Dundee. It was curtains from there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 That's an utterly bizarre interview. Want him to stay for obvious reasons but I can't see him lasting to the weekend now, sadly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneThrowAway Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 (edited) Only DA to blame here. He inherited a squad with potential, and turned them into relegation fodder. Hopefully he is gone tomorrow. I’ve never felt more dejected watching County. Edited February 6 by StoneThrowAway 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyX Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Am I the only County fan still backing Adams? His record at the club surely earns more than 2-3 months. And if it takes too long to turn things round this season, who would be better to win promotion next season. Tonight was an absolute shambles yes. He clearly hasn't figured out the answers yet. But he has always been a streaky manager - takes a while to turn things round but when it clicks, it really does. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Actually feel a bit for Uncle Roy here. Went for an old hero, an old hero that he allegedly didn't get on with too well, hoped for former glory and Adams has just pissed in his face, squandered even more of his money and is absolutely begging for a payoff all the while blaming everyone but himself. The only good coming of this, is that Adams' is utterly setting fire to his managerial career in the process the longer this goes on. Shite for Ross County fans all round. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty-RCFC Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 3 minutes ago, AndyX said: Am I the only County fan still backing Adams? His record at the club surely earns more than 2-3 months. And if it takes too long to turn things round this season, who would be better to win promotion next season. Tonight was an absolute shambles yes. He clearly hasn't figured out the answers yet. But he has always been a streaky manager - takes a while to turn things round but when it clicks, it really does. You can’t genuinely back somebody with those man management skills? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyX Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 1 minute ago, Matty-RCFC said: You can’t genuinely back somebody with those man management skills? Those have always been his man management skills. Beating Celtic at Hampden and the invincible run were with those man management 'skills'. It's always been his way. He just needs to bring together players who respond to it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty-RCFC Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 26 minutes ago, AndyX said: Those have always been his man management skills. Beating Celtic at Hampden and the invincible run were with those man management 'skills'. It's always been his way. He just needs to bring together players who respond to it. You have to adapt though. The players are people, too. They have personalities. You can’t just wander in, tell them how shit they are, and then expect that they’re going to react to that. Some will have - Murray and White seem the type to relish that challenge. The rest clearly haven’t. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 37 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said: The only good coming of this, is that Adams' is utterly setting fire to his managerial career in the process the longer this goes on. He will walk back into a job in England no matter what happens here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyX Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Matty-RCFC said: You have to adapt though. The players are people, too. They have personalities. You can’t just wander in, tell them how shit they are, and then expect that they’re going to react to that. Some will have - Murray and White seem the type to relish that challenge. The rest clearly haven’t. Some will relish that challenge, some will hate him. That's why the Derek Adams way won't work until he finds the players who respond well. You can't judge him in 2-3 months. Maybe the players who don't like it are the problem. Brittain, Vigurs, Boyd, Gardyne, Lawson, Kettlewell, etc played their best football under Derek Adams. Edited February 7 by AndyX 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houston_bud Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) 4 hours ago, AndyX said: Some will relish that challenge, some will hate him. That's why the Derek Adams way won't work until he finds the players who respond well. You can't judge him in 2-3 months. Maybe the players who don't like it are the problem. Brittain, Vigurs, Boyd, Gardyne, Lawson, Kettlewell, etc played their best football under Derek Adams. Come on, this isn't a 'style', he's been an incoherent mess in these interviews. I haven't seen him show any kind of fight, he has blamed everyone but himself and essentially claimed that he won't be able to do anything about it. Implied one week that he maybe hadn't done enough research into what he was inheriting, then last night claimed he came into it with his 'eyes open'. I'm all for giving managers time and actually think he probably needs at least a few weeks with his new signings to see if he can turn the results around, but let's not kid on that this is anything more than a struggling manager talking shite after some poor results. Edited February 7 by houston_bud 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 6 hours ago, Matty-RCFC said: He started well, and then just completely lost the plot after Dundee. It was curtains from there. Again, Scotland. You're welcome. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutz_the_Squirrel Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 A mixture of cute nostalgia and Stockholm syndrome can be the only explanation for some Staggies fans still backing this absolute clownstain. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2426255 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) If he leaves by mutual consent my respect for the man would increase because it's very uncommon for a manager to admit defeat and walk away if things aren't working instead opting to wait to be paid off. It's funny how Adams being direct and honest in his interviews gets labelled bizarre - don't get that. If it's only a short stint back in Scotland then it's been an interesting introduction to him and I like his style, but above all how straightforward he is. I thought he might have been playing 4D chess initially after the Dundee game, but I think I was wrong on that one - he was just giving his honest take which is probably better. Edited February 7 by 2426255 -3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squalor Vic Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Nice to see the interview he gave where he torched his players, and Scottish football in general, got the reaction he wanted. I'm sure the word 'genius' was thrown about here after that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Stagsby Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 7 hours ago, glenburn bud said: he will want to save face by not firing a second man in the same season. He'd save more face by firing him, though... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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