Grasp this new start, says Adams

10:16pm Tuesday 13th May 2008

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Micky Adams has urged Albion's bright young prospects to relish the prospect of working with a new manager.

The returning Seagulls boss has met with first team players over the past two days.

Adams, a surprise appointment last week, knows several members of his first team squad came through the youth ranks at the club under the guidance of Dean Wilkins, the man he has replaced in charge. He reckons they can embrace new leadership, whether or not Wilkins decides to stay at Withdean as coach.

Adams said: "In my experience footballers tend to be quite resilient. They see managers come and go.

"Maybe it's a bit daunting for the younger lads who haven't experienced it before.

"There will be players who are not bothered about me coming in and others who are disappointed. That's the same in any dressing room.

"Dean had his ideas about certain players but as far as I'm concerned it's a clean slate for everybody. This is all part of their footballing education. They have worked with Dean for a number of years, some of them since they were nine, but now it's a new man with different ideas which will further their education.

"It's a positive thing for them in many respects."

Adams has identified areas in the squad which need strengthening but declined to comment on a report in the Sheffield Star that he was interested in Chesterfield's out-of-contract defender Janos Kovacs.