Quote Originally Posted by durhampie View Post
Could it be that once again we have a manager who wears blinkers......Or is under pressure from above to play both Stead & Shola. We all know that AH thinks these 2 are the best strike force since slice bread... Just a thought....
There are a lot of valid questions to be asked, but let's not get carried away. I don't think Alan Hardy would try to directly influence team selection, and I don't think Kevin Nolan would let him. In my view, the majority of the recruitment and retention during the summer has been questionable and I think the responsibility for that lies squarely with the manager. If anything, Hardy has trusted his judgement too much. We saw last season that Kevin Nolan is a good motivator who can lift a group of players, but the jury is still out on whether he is a good judge of players.