It was ridiculous, and although some people seem to want to blame the fans, in reality, very few people were calling for Kewell to be sacked. It seems more likely to me that it was the players who were doing that because they had been found out.
So rather than admit he had funded an expensive squad that is a bag of ****e, Hardy blames the man who tells him that. Our chairman is a clown. Sorry but I can't forgive him for all of this. It goes way beyond a few mistakes.