Ardley an improvement

[Elite_Pie]

You would hope not. So are you of the same opinion as Matt, that 18th would have been an over achievement given that squad over a season?

I would say 18th would have been par for the course that season even with the benefit of hindsight. If we had stuck with either Nolan or Kewell, 18th place would probably have been my predicted finishing position. Instead the manager we stuck with was Ardley, and he took us into non-league. It's been done to death on here what might or might not have happened regarding the three managers we had that season, but what definitely did happen is that the manager who had far more games than the other two failed big time. Coincidentally, that's when laddo went from being a very occasional poster on here to being the main poster on here. He repeatedly ridiculed anyone who said Ardley should go, but when he did go laddo agreed with the owner's decision and took the driving seat on the Burchnall bandwagon.

The Burchnall bandwagon could still reach its destination, I just hope the driver has a good satnav.

[SwalePie]

...The Burchnall bandwagon could still reach its destination, I just hope the driver has a good satnav.

Everything crossed and we need to put a marker down on Friday!