Nigel Adkins

[MORTY]

I thank you.

 

[Wozza]

Andy Crosby is his #2.

 

[Stat Brother]

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I thank you.

I'm in, a considerably smaller bet, considerably larger odds 7/2, thank you Mr Naylor, finally my account has money going in.

 

[MattBackHome]

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I thank you.

Me too. £5 at 3-1, and all thanks to the irresistible stupidity of NSC.

Gracias a todos.

 

[Bozza]

Got 8-1 with Bet Victor here.

 

[Common as Mook]

Gus Poyet being mentioned all the time. Hilarious to see Adkins reaction in the presser.

 

[Acker79]

Just shown the press conference on ssn. Sky reporter giving a bit of a grilling to the reading owner about the two managers he was looking at both finished below Brian McDermott, and highlighted how much money Adkins had with Southampton compared to McDermott and if reading would be safer now if they had spent more. Seemed a bit Moore aggressive than I remember other new manager press conferences being.

 

[Stat Brother]

What are the chances 'the Adkins bet' becomes NSC's biggest coup.

I know it's got a way to go to beat McShane 0-1, but it could be a decent tortoise and hare event.

 

[Bladders]

Just shown the press conference on ssn. Sky reporter giving a bit of a grilling to the reading owner about the two managers he was looking at both finished below Brian McDermott, and highlighted how much money Adkins had with Southampton compared to McDermott and if reading would be safer now if they had spent more. Seemed a bit Moore aggressive than I remember other new manager press conferences being.

Yeah, with no real answers, Adkins with his usual sound bites of ''happy to be here'' ''we need to all pull together in one direction moving forward'' ''just looking to the future now'' ........ yawn.


The owner didn't want to comment on anything and JM just looked embarrassed by it all.

 

[Nathan]

What are the chances 'the Adkins bet' becomes NSC's biggest coup.

I know it's got a way to go to beat McShane 0-1, but it could be a decent tortoise and hare event.

I was in £5 at 4/1.

 

[sam86]

I've got £20 on 11/2

 

[Titus]

Has been at the Madjeski stadium today having talks with Reading, panic could be over.

There was no panic.

 

[Paris]

Yeah, with no real answers, Adkins with his usual sound bites of ''happy to be here'' ''we need to all pull together in one direction moving forward'' ''just looking to the future now'' ........ yawn.


The owner didn't want to comment on anything and JM just looked embarrassed by it all.

He also mentioned one of my old favourites - "We'll take one game at a time".

Must admit i cringed somewhat whilst watching this old poetry recital by Adkins:

BBC Sport - Nigel Adkins reciting

 

[Charlies Shinpad]

I had 13/2 on him becoming next manager, Thankyou very much !!

 

[BensGrandad]

Was he asked what is it like being 2nd choice to Gus probably not. What do people think will happen to Brian McDermott after showing loyalty last season when approached for a new job, where is he likely to go, any suggrestions

 

[MJsGhost]

Not being funny or anything but the majority of us Reading fans are quite underwhelmed by the news that Poyet is in the running

Why sack a manager who got us to 2 FA Cup Q/Fs, a play off final and win us the Championship and replace him with a bloke who's won League One and turned a team into an average mid-table Championship side (no disrespect)

We'd rather Adkins over Poyet if we had the choice

That's the kind of reasoning that has led me to back Adkins for the job to the tune of £50 at 11/4!

A monumental bell-end he may be, but he has achieved more than Gus and is also not going to cost £?m to extract from a contract.

(Edit: And Gus won't want it anyway)