Match Thread vs. Harrogate Town 22.09.20 [FAT SF]

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So you've backed up on comparing Ardley with Sirrel, but are now comparing Ardley with managers who had (by 1972) taken their clubs from 2nd tier obscurity to top flight league championship titles and winning FA Cups (in Revie;s case, he won the FA Cup for Leeds for the first time that same month).

You still seem to be misunderstanding me. It is not one match, or for that matter one season, which shows conclusively how good or bad a manager is. And last season was more enjoyable than most, because Ardley got the team playing effectively at the non-league level we’re in. It doesn’t make the previous season any more palatable, of course.

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So you've backed up on comparing Ardley with Sirrel, but are now comparing Ardley with managers who had (by 1972) taken their clubs from 2nd tier obscurity to top flight league championship titles and winning FA Cups (in Revie;s case, he won the FA Cup for Leeds for the first time that same month).

In Revies case they won the cup Saturday and were forced to play Wolves to win the championship only 2 days later on the Monday.

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You still seem to be misunderstanding me. It is not one match, or for that matter one season, which shows conclusively how good or bad a manager is. And last season was more enjoyable than most, because Ardley got the team playing effectively at the non-league level we’re in. It doesn’t make the previous season any more palatable, of course.

Fair do's, that last post of mine was a bad and unnecessary tackle.

It's the nature of sport though that you can be in front until the last few minutes, the last lap, the last hurdle and all that hard work counts for nothing when you crash out, fall over, or concede at the end.
It's the moments that matter that define your destiny.