Originally Posted by
jackal2
I'm certain that Alan Hardy did have no choice and has got the best deal he can for the club. The mistake isn't the deal, it's the Twitter comment earlier that Dongda He would be around a long time, when clearly he could never have been certain about that prediction. To football fans, a passing comment is often interpreted as a solemn pledge. Sooner or later if you're prolific on social media you're bound to write yourself into a contradiction. It's a modern form of communication, but it isn't a professional form of communication.