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Southampton sack Adkins, appoint Pochettino; Merged
Topic Started: Jan 18 2013, 12:03 PM (3,674 Views)
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Southampton have sacked manager Nigel Adkins and appointed Mauricio Pochettino their new first-team coach.

The club lie 15th in the Premier League table after a five-match unbeaten run that has taken a win at Aston Villa, and draws with Arsenal and Chelsea. Adkins's last game was Wednesday's 2-2 draw against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

The dismissal seems a bizarre move, but executive chairman Nicola Cortese held talks earlier this week with former Espanyol boss Pochettino, with the ex-Argentina international brought in as an immediate replacement.

Adkins took over at St Mary's in 2010 when Southampton were languishing in League One, and immediately led them to back-to-back promotions before a creditable first half of the season in the top flight.
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THATS A FUCKING DISGRACE
"3-0, easy win. I'll quit the forum if we lose, we're not Arsenal mate we sort our business." Ant on the FA Cup final 15/4/2013
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OMG IVE LITERALLY JUST LOGGED IN AND THE FIRST THING I SAW WAS THIS

BREAKING:Southampton manager Nigel Adkins has lost his job – his replacement is Argentine Mauricio Pochettino, who used to manage Espanyol.

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:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

THAT IS BLOODY DISGRACEFUL THIS MAN HAS LED SOUTHAMPTON FROM LEAGUE ONE TO THE PL WITHIN TWO SEASONS AND THIS IS A SOUTHAMPTON SIDE WHICH ONLY TWO DAYS AGO EARNED AN IMPRESSIVE DRAW AT STAMFORD BRIDGE :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: THEY ARE IN A GREAT POSITION SO TO SAY IM BAFFLED BY THIS IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. CAN POCHETTINO EVEN SPEAK ENGLISH?

I JUST HOPE THE SAINTS DONT GO AND RULE THIS DECISION
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HOPE THEY FUCKING GO DOWN NOW
"3-0, easy win. I'll quit the forum if we lose, we're not Arsenal mate we sort our business." Ant on the FA Cup final 15/4/2013
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"3-0, easy win. I'll quit the forum if we lose, we're not Arsenal mate we sort our business." Ant on the FA Cup final 15/4/2013
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Nigel Adkins: In his time in charge at Southampton across 3 leagues, they enjoyed a 53.2% win rate, scoring 1.80 goals per game on average

Nigel Adkins has best win % of any manager in So'ton history. Rise of 48 places in league pyramid in 26 months under him.

Nigel Adkins being sack brings me close to losing all faith in football.
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FUCKING JOKE WHAT HAS BECOME OF THIS GREAT SPORT
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Worst thing is this is a man who was sacked for having 9 points in 13 matches, no doubt Adkins had the squad behind him so this will surely affect their morale too.
Edited by GunnerBoy, Jan 18 2013, 12:28 PM.
"3-0, easy win. I'll quit the forum if we lose, we're not Arsenal mate we sort our business." Ant on the FA Cup final 15/4/2013
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TBH I think this may well be down to a lot of the big names in the squad like Ramirez revolting. That's what it usually is.
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Such a terrible decision. The chairman is obviously getting one of his mates in, or gaining from this in a non footballing respect, it surely can't be because of their performances this season.
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Disgraceful. He's done everything for the club with regards to promotion and he's repaid with this. They've lost like 2 in their last 12 games or something. It's absolutely disgusting and I hope they pay the price for it. They seem to have a good togetherness within the squad so it'll be interesting to see how they react.
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TBH I think this may well be down to a lot of the big names in the squad like Ramirez revolting. That's what it usually is.
Ramirez was dropped against Chelsea wasn't he?

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Yep, Lambert was as well.
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WOW, harsh as fuck.
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Adkins odds on favourite to take over at Blackpool.
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