tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15083755.post393843031054975825..comments2023-10-30T10:30:06.191+00:00Comments on Cheer Up Alan Shearer: Fernando Torres for Liverpool (v Portsmouth), 7 February 2009LBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06234702470107953581noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15083755.post-4907314801732550192009-02-10T09:56:00.000+00:002009-02-10T09:56:00.000+00:00Adams seemed like a hurried, even desperate, decis...Adams seemed like a hurried, even desperate, decision from the start. Despite support from the likes of The Esteemed Lee Dixon, I've not seen or heard anything of Adams to steer me from seriously doubting his managerial capacities. Good on-pitch leader does not equal good off-field leader / director. The Pompey board as hurriedly cut short their losses, as they brought them on. Maybe this fast action will be to the club's benefit.<BR/><BR/>In the case of Scolari, Chelsea and outlandish expectations, my mind turns to Manchester City. Part of me would like to see Mark Hughes succeed, though I'd rather the source of that success was a bit more home-grown / drip-drip / organic than the current megabucks roadshow.<BR/><BR/>In terms of a broader cultural point, it looks like the top tier of English football is being stretched at both ends - the likes of Portsmouth and Middlesbrough more than aware of their financial limitations, and ebbing away as a result, whilst at the other end... well, there's soundbites from Noel Gallagher and there's Drogba/Anelka options that aren't enough.Shanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07827981433386542298noreply@blogger.com