Solihull Appoint Ardley

[the_anticlough]

Alan Hardy or more accurately he liked him in August of that year but didn't in November lol.

Also strong rumours a good chunk of the dressing room weren't too enamoured with him either.

Yeah, the chunk that most needed chucking!
It's no chuckling matter

[laddo]

Lol it certainly wasn't. More bad apples than at a budget supermarket.

[matt_magpie]

Yeah, the chunk that most needed chucking!
It's no chuckling matter

Didn’t Les Bradd say Hardy was trying to get Nolan back in either Jan or Feb and players got wind of it which he said didn’t help. For me Hardy 100% to blame, he had no idea, nearly 40 pros on the books when Ardley arrived, most of them dreadful as they never did anything afterwards, he saved us and then made a right royal balls up of it Ardley was given no more money in Jan, as he said he had to balance the books with ins and outs hence why he signed at least 4 very young players on loan.

[Notts78]

Didn’t Les Bradd say Hardy was trying to get Nolan back in either Jan or Feb and players got wind of it which he said didn’t help. For me Hardy 100% to blame, he had no idea, nearly 40 pros on the books when Ardley arrived, most of them dreadful as they never did anything afterwards, he saved us and then made a right royal balls up of it Ardley was given no more money in Jan, as he said he had to balance the books with ins and outs hence why he signed at least 4 very young players on loan.

But DavyFacts points 100% of the blame at Ardley. He was backed and backed and backed. It was a perfect environment for Ardley to flourish and he failed keeping us up and the 2 failed promotions since.
Talking sense like you have simply doesn’t conform to reality or anywhere close to it. Davy says so.

[matt_magpie]

But DavyFacts points 100% of the blame at Ardley. He was backed and backed and backed. It was a perfect environment for Ardley to flourish and he failed keeping us up and the 2 failed promotions since.
Talking sense like you have simply doesn’t conform to reality or anywhere close to it. Davy says so.

Well also in my opinion in many ways Campbell had an easier job, tight nit squad, he was fighting for them to be paid whereas Ardley 40 overpaid players probably moaning they wanted to play and some didn’t want to play and tbf Hardy dropped the bombshell he was selling the club in feb/March, had his Twitter debacle, he made a total laughing stock of us, he’s just one of these people who wants to be the big I AM and thinks throwing money at something will just work out, he nevertheless found out that wasn’t the case in football.

[Elite_Pie]

But DavyFacts points 100% of the blame at Ardley. He was backed and backed and backed. It was a perfect environment for Ardley to flourish and he failed keeping us up and the 2 failed promotions since.
Talking sense like you have simply doesn’t conform to reality or anywhere close to it. Davy says so.

Talking sense? Just as blaming Ardley 100% isn't talking sense, nor is blaming Hardy 100%. Both seem pretty silly to me.

[laddo]

Talking sense? Just as blaming Ardley 100% isn't talking sense, nor is blaming Hardy 100%. Both seem pretty silly to me.

Couldn't agree more Elite Silly to blame anyone person 100% to create such an embarrassing sh!t show of a season on and off the pitch is too much for any one person to achieve. It's definitely a collective effort involving many many contributors.

Looking back at that time it's better to laugh than cry.

[Notts78]

Talking sense? Just as blaming Ardley 100% isn't talking sense, nor is blaming Hardy 100%. Both seem pretty silly to me.

Personally I do believe that Hardy should carry the can. 100%. IMO
- he wanted a different more attacking style of play
- backed Nolan with serious finance to try and achieve this
- pisses off Forest so we don’t get any of the decent talent on loan, instead they go to Mansfield
- promptly sacked Nolan stating he should have done it sooner. Despite backing him with finances
- brought in a new manager based nothing more than he was a Liverpool legend
- promptly sacks Kewell
- brings in Ardley
- gets cock out on Twitter
- runs one company in to the ground
- promptly puts Notts up for sale
- oversees Notts relegation

So yes Hardy should be held responsible, to blame anyone else is ridiculous. If you want to blame a manager, he employed them. If you want to blame players, be authorised the signing of them.

[matt_magpie]

Talking sense? Just as blaming Ardley 100% isn't talking sense, nor is blaming Hardy 100%. Both seem pretty silly to me.

Well maybe not 100% but 80% for me at least:

It’s a poor owner that:
Wants attacking football but his current manager prefers route one
Drives recruitment with absolutely no strategy culminating with signing 40 odd pros
Appears to have no football people around him on the board
On his 3rd manager by December
Wants his 1st manager back by Feb
Causes the club huge embarrassment via Twitter whilst trying to attract players in Jan
Puts the club up for sale Feb/March whilst in a relegation battle
Doesn’t pay staff
Can’t sell the club to the point it almost goes in liquidation .
All happening whilst he neglected Paragon and they go bust

Whilst I don’t think he had any bad intentions, his ego and vanity lead his decisions and ultimate downfall.

[matt_magpie]

Personally I do believe that Hardy should carry the can. 100%. IMO
- he wanted a different more attacking style of play
- backed Nolan with serious finance to try and achieve this
- pisses off Forest so we don’t get any of the decent talent on loan, instead they go to Mansfield
- promptly sacked Nolan stating he should have done it sooner. Despite backing him with finances
- brought in a new manager based nothing more than he was a Liverpool legend
- promptly sacks Kewell
- brings in Ardley
- gets cock out on Twitter
- runs one company in to the ground
- promptly puts Notts up for sale
- oversees Notts relegation

So yes Hardy should be held responsible, to blame anyone else is ridiculous. If you want to blame a manager, he employed them. If you want to blame players, be authorised the signing of them.

Didn’t even see this before I wrote mine but safe to say we are of the same thinking 😂