Neal Ardley

[keldsyke]

100% correct. Macclesfield had a manager who united his squad and made them fight and perform a bit better than they actually were. We were stuck with a manager incapable of any sort of motivation.

If that was the case the following seasons ventures into the play offs wouldn’t have happened… as they say and it’s so true in life ‘Theres always two sides to every story!’

[Elite_Pie]

If that was the case the following seasons ventures into the play offs wouldn’t have happened… as they say and it’s so true in life ‘Theres always two sides to every story!’

I think hindsight tells us that Ardley was burnt out when he was appointed. You can blame Hardy for that, but Ardley shouldn't have accepted the job if he wasn't in the frame of mind to give it 100%, which he clearly wasn't.

[Jampie]

I think hindsight tells us that Ardley was burnt out when he was appointed. You can blame Hardy for that, but Ardley shouldn't have accepted the job if he wasn't in the frame of mind to give it 100%, which he clearly wasn't.

I agree with this in principle, but having been there and done that, sometimes when you're burned out you're the last person to know.

And it's hard to turn down a job offer when you're out of work.

Working for Hardy was probably also a nightmare. If you're burned out and in a "difficult" workplace, it gets worse, fast.

[LaxtonLad]

I agree with this in principle, but having been there and done that, sometimes when you're burned out you're the last person to know.

And it's hard to turn down a job offer when you're out of work.

Working for Hardy was probably also a nightmare. If you're burned out and in a "difficult" workplace, it gets worse, fast.

We've all 'been there and done that' but not many get a chance of a job to manage a football club, although if we did and were cr@p at it or 'burned out' because we've done it before and got nowhere, then not many of us would rely on being oh so nice to the cameras to gain sympathy from an audience he's just let down. Top Bloke?

Ardley didn't have to take the jobs he has, especially one that had a character like Hardy pushing his own ideas ahead of his managers. If Ardley didn't spot Hardy for the charletan he was then tough - we've all been there and done that.