Iron's future excites Adkins
22 Apr 2008 - 11:28:40
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- Iron's future excites Adkins
Scunthorpe United manager Nigel Adkins is confident he can guide his team back to the Championship at the first time of asking next term.
The Iron's relegation was confirmed earlier this month after they had spent only one season in English football's second tier, but Adkins believes his side will be better for the experience.
"We said it was 'mission impossible' for a club like Scunthorpe to stay in this division," he admitted. "But even with the resources we had, I still think we had enough about us - but things just transpired against us.
"The fact of the matter is we haven't achieved what we wanted to do. I offer no excuses and it's something that we're reflecting upon now.
"It's been a big learning curve for us all. Now we have a situation where we go back into League One. We have experience of that and know what it's all about.
"And we have players already on our books now who we know will 'eat up' League One. We have a nucleus of a team that can do very, very well next season, and we need to add to that."