Quote Originally Posted by KCNotts View Post
I'm not saying that? Ardley's squad are playing very poorly for their new manager.

Also...is it fair to call him a clueless idiot after 3 weeks? He has coached international players at a good standard.

Honestly, i was accused of being negative and unbalanced in my view under Ardley. But some of you have lost your heads.
It's the frustration talking I'm sure, and that's understandable. We are fans after all.

Of course you're right that IB cannot be judged after three weeks. We can all speculate on whether results would have been the same or better (or worse!) under Ardley, but the fundamental truth is that these players are under-performing relative to the expectations of them, and that's why the previous manager lost his job in the first place.

The risk of making a change is that the disruption can have a negative rather than positive effect in the short-term, which may well be happening, but it's far too early to start drawing conclusions about what IB can (or can't) do for us over the longer term as he starts to bring in different players, which on the basis of today's evidence I'm sure he will be considering!