Quote Originally Posted by optipez View Post
Whether we get there under Ardley is debatable but if he gets the poke the next man inherits a club in a much better state than Ardley inherited. I've a horrible feeling he'll do all the hard work and not reap the benefits and be remembered as a failiure.
Buying players with somebody else's money is the easier part of the job, getting them to play as a team and win games is the difficult bit and that's where Ardley has been found wanting.

Don't forget that Sirrel inherited the best four players that took us up from the 4th to the 2nd, Needham, Stubbs, Masson and Bradd, but it needed Sirrel to turn them into great players in a winning team.