4. He Was One Of Southampton's Most Successful Managers
Stats show that Nigel Adkins was Southampton's third most successful manager of all time. He had a win percentage of 61.22%, 8% better than that of Alan Pardew, pictured above, who was sacked by Southampton after just a year at the helm. Only Charles Robson and Alfred McMinn had better win percentages than Adkins, but you have to go all the way back to the eighteen hundreds for that. If the Premier League table was to show the standings based on the last ten fixtures, Southampton would be tenth, having won 3, drawn 5 and lost 2 games in that period. The point is, under Nigel Adkins, Southampton appeared to be in safe hands. Source(s):
Daily Mail