... Now @6.37pm ... KN interview shortly, they said
KN gutted. Was talking about players being approached, moving to Nottingham. More interestingly was that Hardy was i studio and alluded to a Championship Manager that he is meeting... who could that be?
Lets seef this KN Facebook one worx.
https://www.facebook.com/BBCNottingh...0672905647084/
Nolan mentioned looking at experienced midfielder but nothing about goalkeeper, centre backs and left back so starting to feel relieved he's gone. Even now he can't acknowledge the defence is dreadful.
AH replying to someone who said he should have had a shave before going on BBCEMT.
Cheers. Not slept for 3 days and nights. You try sacking a close friend and a tremendous man! Will always look ****e against the glamorous @NatJacksonsport and her amazing sparkling pink patent shoes ��.
Nolan is upset cause he was assured his job was safe if he hit a bad patch
He had his say with Hardy on Sunday
He had control of transfers, gave Hardy a list of targets at the end of last season and Hardy signed them all
Regrets releasing one or two players at the end of last season due to budget constraints (I think, he wasn't very clear)
Tried to bring experienced loanees in recently but couldn't persuade them to come
Will stay in Nottingham
I think anyone watching this interview who has a heart will feel a degree of sympathy for Kevin Nolan, but deep down he will have been well aware that football is a brutal, results-driven business. There's a phrase popular in America - "What have you done for me lately?" - which sums up the way the sport operates, and the truth he somewhat glosses over is that his record over the past 8 months was nowhere near as good as his first year, and crucially, it was getting worse, not better.
It's OK to say "I'm sure we would have turned this around", but where was the evidence to believe this, for Alan Hardy or the supporters, in the limp display at Lincoln? Mark Stallard is an intelligent ex-professional, not some barrack room lawyer on the terraces, and his assessment was that the team showed no urgency or desire to get back in the game. For whatever reason, Nolo's previous magic wasn't working anymore. If anyone deserves criticism for Nolan's fate other than himself and his assistant, perhaps it's the players. They were the only ones truly in a position to change the way things were going, and they didn't do enough.
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