ALBION manager Micky Adams admitted today he is vulnerable because of his team's poor results and may have been saved by his past success at the club.

He says, however, that chairman Dick Knight and the Board are still behind him and that, given time, he is the man to turn the Seagulls fortunes around.

Changes cannot be made to the squad until the transfer window re-opens in January, so Adams has appealed to fans to stick with the players as they prepare for tomorrow night's Johnstone's Paint Trophy southern semi-final at League Two Shrewsbury.

He said: "Managers are always vulnerable when the stats are there staring them in the face.

"Maybe, because of what I did here last time, I have possibly been given a stay of execution.

"I know I have not lost the Board of directors and chairman yet. The players have got to stick together and they need the fans with them. Given time, I am confident I'm the man to turn it around."

Top scorer Glenn Murray is a doubt with a recurrence of ankle trouble. The suspension-free Adam Virgo, Jake Robinson, Doug Loft, youngsters Steve Cook and Kane Wills and veteran goalkeeping coach Paul Crichton are all added to a squad depleted by the ineligibility of Bradley Johnson and Stuart Fleetwood, Michel Kuipers' hand injury and loan signing Joe Anyinsah's return to Preston.

See tomorrow's Argus for the full story.