Quote Originally Posted by Elite_Pie View Post
I just don't get those posters who say "if you exclude the relegation season, Ardley's done a pretty good job".

How the f@ck can you ignore that when judging him?
He wasn't in charge for the whole season, he inherited the squad in a bloody awful state, and the club was in total chaos. Given that three managers failed in that season to turn the club's fortunes around, I would suggest that management of the team was far from the only factor in play.

I wouldn't have sacked him at the end of that season, but if others would, fair enough. The be talking about it NOW makes no sense to me. Recent performance is much more relevant. Last season we were very close to going up, despite the club chaos barely having ended in time for pre season. This season I expect us to be there or thereabouts.