Afterall, its hardly a confidence booster for him, if AR brings a younger inexperienced player in at centre half. Not seen much of Atkinson, but by all accounts he's a good prospect.
Maybe Ritchie feels that he is not quite ready for the Championship yet and will loan him out for first team football in League 1/2. It has already been confirmed that Wallsall want to take him on loan. Trust Ritchie he knows what he is doing.
RE: So now we're saying don't bring in other players, just make do? I'm losing track on fans opi I think what people are trying to say is why bring in a kid and play him before one of our own based purely on the fact that he' on Man Ure's books. If it was a proven centre-half things might be different but who'd blame Atkinson if he were to walk away after this?