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I swear the first fan reaction they played on Solent said, "What? But Atkins is a legend! Do you mind if I just check my phone to see if this is a wind up? Pochee what? Argentinian? This must be a wind up. "

Why do all our spokesfans come across as dole queue rejects?

Fact. And if you'd been following this club before this season then you might have a clue about our recent history.

Oh dear. You are stupid.

It will be full of mongs saying "Atkins is a legend." Sort of like this board with sound.

Without Nicola Cortese there would be no Southampton Football Club. You ungrateful bastards.

Football is a business.

With English like that you should give up those dreams of a teaching job. Any job, in fact.

Time to get behind the new man and make sure nobody sings "one Nigel Atkins".

I'd love to see Chorizo at Saints.

S n i g g e r

That said s n i g g e r

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Oh Matthew.

Cortese would be mad not to have a replacement for Atkins lined up. He's made it clear that relegation is not an option and it is unlikely that you will see Atkins leading us down into the 2nd division.

Alright. It takes a lot of effort to try and sound that ****ing stupid you know. Why don't you do a bit then instead of naysaying.

Is it possible that Lallana's injury isn't as bad as has been made out and that Atkins is using it as an excuse for dropping Adam? In other words, perhaps he is hiding his dropping of Adam from the fans as he is afraid of making these big decisions. Do you think that Adam might have handed in a transfer request because Nigel has dropped him in this way? It seems odd for him to be injured for this long. I think we should be asking questions and not be taken for fools.

If we have so little faith in Atkins as a manger that we let a scouting team pick which players we sign, why don't we go the whole hog and let them pick the team? Nigel is one of very few managers who has overseen a Saints home league victory against Man Utd, and yet the club are making it crystal clear that he is completely ignored when it comes to bringing players in. The writing must be on the wall for Nigel. Perhaps it would be better if he resigned now and reclaimed what little self-respect this club might let him walk away with.

You want us to tell you where to go?

Expert trolling. Nice one.

Blatant proof that this is a Cortese signing and that Atkins isn't consulted on transfer deals.

He really isn't that great, but he's currently the best we have in that position. I'd rather we signed somebody better and kept Punch as a backup.

At least it's there in black and white for all to see. Nicholas Cortese won't be impressed.

Look at Supermikey's post. Pmsl laughing at that one.

Can't believe a Saints fan doesn't even know that Barnard is back from loan. Fair weather fans like you should be ashamed. I bet you think Nigel Atkins is our Reserve Team Coach.