MACCA: NO MAGIC WANDERERS FOR ADAMS

[Salem6]

I WISH Tony Adams all the best, I really do. There is nobody I respect more
in the game, nobody I'd love to see make a success of his new career in
management.

But here's a cautionary tale: The previous manager of Wycombe Wanderers
took over with the club bottom of Division Two and his chairman telling him
he needed to raise £250,000 in transfer revenue, while knocking a similar
amount off the wage bill.

Oh, and, by the way, can you save the club from relegation, if it's not too
much trouble?

Lawrie Sanchez did that. He also took the club to an FA Cup semi-final
before the board ordered him to again cut the wage bill to the bone, take a
10 per cent pay cut and rebuild a squad with just loans, free transfers and
kids.

Last month, Sanchez was sacked. And even though he had a clause in his
contract which said he had to be compensated for the two years left on his
deal within 28 days, Sanchez is still waiting for his money.

So I hope Adams wasn't seduced by the glowing praise and £70,000 war chest
that came his way this week. In this cut-throat business you're likely to
be jettisoned even after the chairman hails your achievements as a "minor
miracle".

As long as Tony knows that, fine. If not, he'd better prepare himself for
the rudest of awakenings.


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[Salem6]

Sunday 9th November 2003


Catch Jimmy Hill's Sunday Supplement every Sunday morning on Sky Sports.

Tony Adams has taken his first step towards being manager of Arsenal, according to Rob Beasley.
Adams this week took over as manager of lowly Second Division side Wycombe Wanderers, his first foray into management.

And Beasley told Jimmy Hill's Sunday Supplement why he believes Adams will eventually end up back at Highbury.

"I did an interview with Tony Adams when he was still a player at Arsenal and he said: I want to manage this team.

"And I'm sure in the back of his mind he's thinking about it already."

Beasley, chief football writer with the News of the World, said he wouldn't back against Adams achieving his dream.

"He has had offers other than Wycombe to come back into the game. Of course, we all know he's been away studying for his degree in Sports Science, but he's taken his time.

"The Wycombe opportunity came along and he spoke to Arsene Wenger, George Graham and other people whose opinion he respects, and realised this is a good first rung on the ladder towards a Premiership job.

"It's the fairytale of the former skipper, a man who has gone through a lot in his personal life and rehabilitated himself superbly and is now back in the game.

"You've got to say the quality of the man you can perceive a situation where Tony Adams is Arsenal manager, but he has got a job to do at Wycombe. But I think he can turn it around."


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www.skysports.com/skysports/article/0,,1-1110612,00.html