Quote Originally Posted by laddo View Post
To premature to write off the title after only 5 games but get your point regarding number of loses.

No. Never seen any sign of the manager losing the dressing room at all. He gets accused of being too chummy with his players and not being tough enough on them so maybe openly criticising some players will be welcomed by many on here. Kick up the rear end for a few of them. Neal gets tough lol
It's not about losing the dressing room, he's clearly got his favourites and now nearly all of the squad are his signings - there is absolutely no excuse to lose the dressing room in this scenario.

My real gripe is the negative tactics that Ardley insists on. We have by far the best squad in this division - we have had far the largest wage bill against all opposition sides since Ardley took over but you would have no idea of this by looking at his managerial record.

I don't think now is the time for Ardley to go but we need to show some proper attacking intent from the off and continue this even when we have the lead, this would see us put part-time sides like Maidenhead to the sword. He seems like a manager that is rigid in his approach which too often allows the opposition to stay in the match when we should have already put the game to bed.