It's a beauty isn't it?
Glad to know that you see the funny side to it also. Season hasn't started yet, season may not finish but let's get the manager out.
We've had worse managers that's for sure
Gump try and view it in a more simplistic, basic way. I dare you.
We've never had a more negative, uninspiring, excuse ridden manager.
Kiwomya was possibly worse but just vacant, or - to be fair to him - in shock.
You can't really compare managers from different divisions, Slade would surely have done better with a club lower down at the age he was at the time than a 2nd tier club for example. Otheriwise, stats wise, he is among the absolute worst of all time.
Only two have worse PPG records than Ardley in tier 4 - Fullarton being one with 0.83 whilst Sheridan on 0.92 is almost identical to Ardley on 0.93. Neither were around long enough to do the damage Ardley did however.
All things considered, Ardley is the 2nd worst for me, as things stand with Kiwomya just shading it.
Fullarton's stint was so brief he's practically a caretaker manager.
You do remember we finished 3rd last season and on a great run of form? Do you also remember we assembled a squad after the club was saved on the eve of the season starting? So our pre season was pretty much the first half dozen league games.
I’ve referred to this dozens of times over the last 12 months but when the Reedtz brothers bought the club and we then had to assemble a squad, there wasn’t a single fan that was expecting anything more than a steadying of the ship and to stop the rot. Yet here we are after exceeding that saying that Ardley just makes excuses.
We started the season thankful that we still had a club and we ended it by being one win away from promotion and two away from lifting a trophy.
If we had won those three games he’d be a hero. How can three games be the difference of hero to villain?
Ardley should in no way be under threat. For me it was a solid season, he’s signed good players, I like the way he’s trying to get us playing football with a fluid front three, and I’m genuinely optimistic for the season.
But I’m not arrogant enough to think we deserve to go up just because we’re a bigger club than most.
Numerous managers failed that year -Nolan after 5 games can,t be judged - Kewall out the bottom 3 when sacked - Ardley relegated us with what 25 + games left - nothing will change my mind he was responsible
You say play offs and that’s ok - not really because we will fail against a high press team that comes at us - and they will do because all a team have to do is do there homework
The way forward is winning games instead of drawing to poor to mid sides
Example the home game to Dover we drawed and they acted like they won the cup - Barrow won the same match at home 1-0 scoring around 80 minutes .
But I agree I’f the season starts at all - but at least post match Ardley was right about that the leagues above and below us have started
We had worse managers - can’t think of any ?? Even gud Jon thordason kept us up
I know we only drawed with Dover, but even from the other side of the world, I fort Barrow won 3-0?