Will Nigel Adkins save Reading from relegation to Championship? By a quirk of fixture fate, Adkins's first home match in charge at Reading will be against his former club Southampton, a team also fighting for their lives. Adkins will kick-off his reign away to Arsenal this weekend before he takes on Liverpool, Norwich and bottom-placed QPR during a busy April. Reading's final home match of the season comes on the penultimate weekend when they face Manchester City before a final day trip to West Ham which could make or break their season. "We've got to believe we can do it, I've joined Reading Football Club and I want to be in the Premier League," Adkins, who has signed a three-year-deal, said at this morning's press conference. While new manager syndrome has in the past turned club's fortunes around, is Adkins's appointment at Reading too little too late or can the 48 year-old extend the Berkshire club's stay in the Premier League? Vote in our poll and have your say below.