Portsmouth manager Tony Adams insists he is going nowhere

01 February 2009 16:08
Adams was already coming under increasing pressure before Saturday's 3-1 defeat at Fulham saw Portsmouth slide to 15th in the table - just one point above the relegation zone. [LNB]But he insists he will do everything to keep his players going. "I'll pick us up and get on with the next game and rally the troops. I don't run away," he told the BBC [LNB]"I'll fight and these players have to fight and stay together. It's a scrap, but I'll be scrapping. [LNB]"I do my job to the best of my ability. It has been a tough period. The last two months have been difficult, both on and off the pitch." [LNB]Portsmouth have been in freefall since Adams replaced Harry Redknapp, who took over at Tottenham earlier this season. The Fratton Park club have lost six of their last seven matches and are without a win since November. [LNB]Adams has only presided over two league victories and reports of player discontent were fuelled by the departures of Jermain Defoe and Lassana Diarra during the transfer window. [LNB]With Portsmouth chief executive Peter Storrie reported to have called crisis talks with the club's owner Sacha Gaydamak, Adams could be in danger of losing his job just three months after taking charge. [LNB]Meanwhile, Adams is said to have submitted a loan request to Manchester City for Daniel Sturridge. [LNB]Reports in the Sun suggest the 19-year-old will be offered £23,000-a-week to move to Fratton Park until the end of the season. [LNB]

Source: Telegraph