THE Ardley In/Out Thread [Multiple threads merged]

[legs77]

Then at least as consolation we can all agree that Ardley is the equal of Allardyce, Warnock and Sirrel as he oversaw a relegation. Yep hard to make it any simpler than that.

You can look at it that way as it is a fact.

Warnock/Sirrel both got us relegated from the top flight after taking us there and let’s be honest we are not and never have been a proper top division club.

As for Allardyce he took over a club rock bottom which Ardley didn’t but the difference is Big Sam smashed league 2 the following year and he had us in the top 8 in league one when he left.

Ardley has time to turn it around but failure to get us back up means he will go down as a shocking manager for us.

[upthemaggies]

Warnock/Sirrel both got us relegated from the top flight............ .

Larry Lloyd was manager when we got relegated out of the top flight 1in 1984.
Surprisingly, Lloyd had a better PPG ratio in the top flight than Warnock did as Notts manager at that level.

[LaxtonLad]

You can look at it that way as it is a fact.

Warnock/Sirrel both got us relegated from the top flight after taking us there and let’s be honest we are not and never have been a proper top division club.

As for Allardyce he took over a club rock bottom which Ardley didn’t but the difference is Big Sam smashed league 2 the following year and he had us in the top 8 in league one when he left.

Ardley has time to turn it around but failure to get us back up means he will go down as a shocking manager for us.

Quite right, legs77. Ardley wasn't asked for promotion from L2, all he needed to do was to keep us treading water and he failed. As he failed last year in the National League too. The owners might not have asked for promotion but the fans and the bookies expected it.

All this talk about our late attack on promotion last season is cobblers, yes we might have overtook Barrow and finished champions, or we might have dropped out of the race and finished nowhere - like we did, speculation works both ways.