Keith wrote:redrobo wrote:Wouldn't surprise me if he's a permanent fixture with us next season.
I for one hope so....
I think it depends entirely on how Derek viewed him leaving. It sounds like it was manipulated by Phillips. If that has left a bitter taste in Derek's mouth, I don't think he'll have a future here. As we know, loyalty is important to Derek. On the other hand, if it happened with Derek's blessing, then you could be right. But I can't see Derek would have happily let one of our best players leave on transfer deadline day...
When he left,I thought that our season was over. But in fact, I think we're a much better side without him. We'd become overly reliant upon him. Now, we're potent all over the pitch. I liked him, but apart from a couple of games after he left, we've not missed him and are better now than we were in January.
Agree, everything is in Derek’s hands. We had a few games after Adam left that ‘showed’ we missed him, but we managed to adapt well and other players, notably O’Sullivan, stepped up and have delivered.
BerlinWaller wrote:Adam shone here because the team worked around him.
I had the same complaints as the Accrington fans do at the start of the season. He drifted in and out of games and very rarely got involved. Brilliant with the ball at his feet but I thought he drifted out wide too much rather than getting involved in the middle of the pitch. Derek seemed to know how to get the best out of him and with Yann doing the battling and Aaron making the forward runs we seemed able to absorb Adams lack of work rate.
Agreed, he wasn’t the greatest at general passing or dribbling, but was superb in decisive movements of the game, hence how he became the league’s most creative player - that’s a fact not just an opinion. This mirrors our general play, how we don’t have much possession, but our attacking threat, particularly on the counter, has been exceptional - as shown by us topping the ‘Chances Created’ stats for the league.
Adam suited the system, and the system suited Adam - I don’t know if he realised how much Derek did for him, and certainly the system at Stanley hasn’t suited him!
If Derek wants him back, I trust that’d be the right decision, but personally, Adam left the club in the dark until the final 12 hours of deadline day, not only meaning we couldn’t sign a proper replacement, but he also forced the move himself. He made his bed and now he has to sleep in it!