Quote Originally Posted by laddo View Post
I'm pretty sure there are more than TWO ways of looking at this.
Given the timing of this apparent tactical about turn, it does really suggest two possible reasons. Firstly, the players have told Ardley that his tippy-tappy style is failing. Second, Ardley himself has decided that his tippy-tappy style is failing. Neither option reflects well on him. I suppose you could decide that he would have done it anyway, or that he thought it was the best approach with the players he had, but that's stretching things for me.

Quote Originally Posted by laddo View Post
If the players are now managing the club as suggested and performances don't improve which players should be sack?
That's really easy to answer, you don't sack any of the players. If the players are now managing the club, you sack the manager.