sotonjoe

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.

Never Heard of him.

What a bunch of fannies you lot are.

Has anybody checked his Football Manager stats? Any chance somebody could post a comparison with Fonte's stats?

He is right up there with Anders Svensson.

Jordan Sibley ate his lunch at 11:17am today because he said he'd be too busy for the rest of the day. Surely this means we will be making a transfer announcement?

Does Anybody know anything about him? Is he Swedish?

It could run deeper than that. Wasn't Guly off with illness last weekend? If the sloppy standards are actually giving our key players stomach upsets then something just isn't right.

It isn't worth ten pounds a year. It's full of trolls and impossible to have a decent discussion complete with the obligatory banter anymore.

This sort of thing shouldn't be played down. We aspire to be a dominant global footballing brand, and yet we're not even dealing with grubby ceilings. The modern aspirational football fan expects to be able to wash her ( because women come to these days) hands after using the toilets, and we will see our already somewhat disappointing attendances dwindle if we are responsible for a norovirus outbreak. Don't think these off the pitch matters don't affect our chances on the pitch! It's fairly safe to assume that a relaxed approach to hygiene would be noticed by our players, and it's not unreasonable to suggest that they would begin struggling to motivate themselves due to the sub-standard surroundings. Nigel needs to get his priorities straight.

If we had prutton on our books, we wouldn't be in our current position.

We will never be competitive in the lottery because we are too cautious tactically.

We need someone with premier league experience. With an expert like Les Reed doing the 'upstairs' bit, we should have brought Le Tiss in as a figure head and a talented young coach like Kevin Keegan in to take training. A team of Saints legends would galvanise the fans more than S****horpe's physio ever could do.

The bigger question is why, as a father of an impressionable child, you insist on breaking the law in this way. Your boy expects more from you, so what are you so afraid of?

We would have developed a lot more if we didn't have a deadweight manager hanging round our necks.

Because he's a fag I guess.

Played well.

Another top performance from our top striker jay rod today.