“Its nice to see that southampton fans have respect for other teams and supporters. Its a shame that their board dont act in the same way. I think NA has a lucky escape. They have shown that they are not fit to run a football club. They have a history of not treating their managers in a correct way. This all goes back to the days of Dave Jones,albeit with a different chairman but some things never change. Good on you JonSaints,

UP THE IRON”

“As a Saints fan I apologise for the poor conduct and lack of respect our chairman has shown you club. If he thought NA was good enough to be our next manager he should have been prepared to pay compensation! This portrays SFC is a very bad light!”

“RainMan 999
I was asking to see how many people would question it. I for one am happy to see Adkins remaining here with S.U.F.C.”

“Well done Nigel and Andy- true gents and nothing less than I would have expected.
No matter what you guys do in the future you certainly have my thanks and blessings, no matter where that may be, or when. I would of course ask that you stay with united but I am a realist and understand that talent will always strive to be better, which sometimes means moving to new pastures. Good luck no matter!”

“Jannersaint, have you chosen your song to sing for us yet at Yeovil (previous story).
How about 'Yesterday' 'Get Back' or 'Don't stop believing', as OUR manager says 'Believe to achieve'.
Portsmouth have more class!”

“"Nigel has integrity" - it just goes to show that if you treat people with respect they respond in kind.

Nigel is a gent for not turning his back on The Iron - the club that made him!

There's only one Nigel Adkins, There's only one Nigel Adkins - let's hear it for him on Saturday!”

“Now is the time for Wharton and the board to show thier true appreciation as to what NA has just done. Not many people in the game would show that kind of decency to try and get the best for Scunthorpe United before seeking to gain personally. Give him a proper contract paying what he is truly worth and release a few of those purse strings so he can strengthen properly. Shall we continue to be a mickey mouse club or are we going to start paying the type of wages to attract better players for NA to work with. Yes we have alot of good youngsters but you dont win anything with kids. ( heard that before somewhere). There are plenty of good players out of contract at the moment so now is the time to show NA and the fans that we actually mean business and want to try to push onto the next level. You dont have to bankrupt the club to do that. Maybe this saturday the fans will get behind NA and show their appreciation too of what he has done.

UP THE IRON.”

“It`s good to see some loyalty!
Nigel Adkins can stay at Glanford Park as long as he likes & keep on doing what he can to keep The Iron in the Championship.
As John says, the man has integrity.”

“Dave, Paris.

Your comment has stunned me. The man has just turned his back on a fantastic job that would have benefitted himself greatly. He turned his back because he didn't want to screw Scunthorpe United over and you pipe up with
"So do we now question if his heart is still going to be with the club??? "

Brainless, absolutely brainless. I suppoed if he had quit and cost Scunny money you would have slated him as well?

some people on this board never fail to amaze me.”

“John, as a Southampton fan I'd like to agree. No doubt that on the face of things NA is doing the right and decent thing.

Would still like to poach him from you. We are no doubt a bigger club but when you're bigger you should not become a bully.”