We were crap before too.
We've been absolutely cr@p ever since he came in!
We were crap before too.
All I can say is...zero improvement.
We've been worse since Kewell was sacked, not even debatable.
Biggest mistake Hardy made was appointing a manager that would want to change everything mid season and his second biggest mistake was then sacking him despite the results being nowhere close to being worthy of sacking him. Unless Kewell had a massive punch up or something then getting rid of him was pathetic and effectively relegated us imo.
We're going down, we almost need to accept that and decide if we think Ardley will get us back up. If not we should put someone in place who we think can.
Personally I would sack him, he sounds a beaten man. Utterly mental I know but I just don't believe he will get us out the National League and feel pretty certain he will take us down,( not blaming it all on him).
Sacking is the easy part though we need a manager with experience of the National League and who has taken a club up.
There are three currently out of work candidates who fit the bill.
Paul Hurst
Darrell Clarke
Martin Allen
I'd take all three over Ardley right now.
Nolan saddled us with an unbalanced and unfit squad which Kewell showed signs of getting to grips with. It does appear that the players didn't like him and were quite happy to see him go and make their life easier.
I don't know if Ardley is the answer but he's got to be given the chance to build his own squad.