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Or they could play like ****s just to stick the knife into him.

I'm with this,if nothing changes then I'm guessing nobody has the vision or balls to realise we cannot continue on this course without certain relegation. I also think that NA is in a difficult position because there is a lack of quality in our squad,even if he puts out his strongest team and they don't perform then one glance at the bench and you realise that things can only go downhill but the crucial question is who's fault is it?

For those that think a change of manager or a returning manager can't freshen the place up or turn things around need only to look down the road at Bournemouth Since Eddie Howe returned he has a record of P5 W4 D1.....not a bad start is it? Compared to Paul groves P20 W3 D11 L6

I'm trusting the man to make the right decision to keep us in the prem but if he dithers about doing nothing then he will be branded a fool

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/southampton/9658684/Southampton-on-verge-of-sacking-Nigel-Adkins-if-a-suitable-replacement-is-available-quickly.html

Would be a bit hard to keep secret as I work for myself........but good luck to Nigel if he has,it's time for him to move on and I wish him well.

The chairman at blackpool has said he has received cv's from managers that are currently employed by other clubs (obviously through their agents) so perhaps Nigel is feathering his nest for the inevitable.......personally if I was the chairman of blackpool I wouldn't even entertain such approaches as the managers in question obviously can't be trusted.

Thanks for the good times nigel but tatty bye.

Aren't the fans divided now then?......I want Nigel out and so do many others and it seems that a lot of people want to stick with him,I'd say that's divided

Just another sad but funny day from the Lowe era

I don't,we are in serious trouble and anybody praying that Adkins can get us out of trouble are delusional,just watching last nights game will show you that.....there was nothing positive to come out of that game and we are in serious danger of being cut adrift.

Adkins needs replacing with a manager that can instill confidence in the players we have and attract a different class of player in January......if cortese is content with relegation then keep Adkins if he wants to survive and push on next season then redknapp is your man The Blackpool job would suit Adkins as long as we can have ince and Phillips.

He's begging for his job

Championship manager,championship players and soon to be championship club

Thanks for the good times Nigel but its a crime what you are doing at the moment......move on under your own steam before its too late

He's gone

Lets see what positive clap trap Adkins comes out with after that shower of sh!t

If this is true then I would leave him on the bench to break his contract and then let him walk

We might be letting in goals but we were scoring goals as well,now we are not even scoring goals

Are you his mum or something? We are god damn awful and everybody is taking the **** out of us so I don't need you on here telling me everything is going to be alright when we get relegated. Adkins is way out of his depth,he is embarrassing us as a club and he has been given long enough.....it's time to go so that it gives us half a chance to turn things around.

Can you just **** off with this 'contingency for relegation' boll0x How about putting up a fight and try and stay in this league The west boim fans are right .......' You're getting sacked in the morning'

Surely last January we should have been preparing for life in the prem yet nearly a year on we are talking about buying players to a) save us from relegation or b) prepare us for life back in the championship.....if we didn't prepare for the prem what the hell makes you think they will be prepared for a relegation scrap.

From what I have been hearing from my journo friend ,Adkins 'shook hands' with a few players in the summer but none materialised into actual signings as they were rejected in favour of other players so I'm guessing Adkins (if still here) wont have too much say in who comes or goes in January.

This is also flawed.... The problem is 'the going has got tough' at the wrong time in the wrong league and it seems nobody at the the club has prepared for life in the prem even though we were certainties to get promoted last season. Regardless of who we've played Adkins has shown that he is incapable of learning from his mistakes even though he spouts about doing so after every game....I admit he has done brilliantly in getting us here (pardew also has to take some credit) but does that qualify him to be a good premiership manager? When you move up a league clubs tend to buy players that will have a bit more experience in that league and also offload players that probably won't cut the mustard,we failed to do this and now we are paying the price, basically we are a championship club playing against established premiership teams and although we will nick a point off of them now and again it will not be enough to ensure our survival, how anybody at the club thought that this would be sufficient is beyond me. As a fan,of course you want your club to be doing well but crossing your fingers,being sentimental about a managers past achievements and praying is not really a strategy I would employ to decide if a manager is good enough to keep his job,experience is everything in this league and its something we have zero of in Adkins and his squad,we are rubbish and it ain't going to get a lot better no matter how much you pray. I would love it if he was doing well because that would mean saints were doing well but the reality is he isn't doing well and although there have been a couple of flashes of excitement the majority has been very very poor. In our last stint in the top flight although I was realistic enough to know we would always be strugglers you always felt that you had a chance in every game we played but this time around I don't get that feeling,I don't have the confidence in the team,manager,the formation or the tactics. To me somebody has failed badly in pre season,something has gone badly wrong since the last day of last season and if we don't start looking convincing by the time the transfer window opens then who will want to sign for a club that look certainties to get relegated?,which decent players would sign for a manager who looks way out of his depth? We need an attractive figure head,somebody who can instill confidence in the players we have and the players yet to sign and as sad as it is that man is not Adkins,he can spout as much dodgy poetry as he wants but that isn't going to get the job done I'm afraid,we need a fresh start,I'm just glad that its not my decision to make.

So are we now writing the WBA game off.......when exactly does 'our season start'?