Reply With QuoteIt's much better, IB is actually modern and a positive manager. NA was painful to watch whereas now we play some good stuff, we just don't take our chances.
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Nip on to the solihull fans forum and see what they think of him, you would think they would be singing his praise from the highest steeple, but as it happens they're not..They complain about his boring football and how they are getting away with winning games where they are made to look second best,the lack of chances they create etc Ford any of this sound familiar. Ardley is the bore master and the curator of mediocrity!Originally Posted by sidders
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It's much better, IB is actually modern and a positive manager. NA was painful to watch whereas now we play some good stuff, we just don't take our chances.
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This^^^
Granted, results are as yet similar, but under Ardley there were occasions when we were lucky to win games. Under Burch there have been just as many occasions if not more when we were unlucky not too. We can all see the potential for improvement in results rather than performances under Burchy, not sure you could say the same about Ardley.
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They've played a fair spread of the current table.
Splitting the table into Promotion places, mid table and bottom third, the comparison looks like this
Solihull
Against current top 7: they've taken 6 pts from 3 games
Against 8th-15th: 7 pts from 3 games
Against 16th-23rd: 11 pts from 7 games
Notts
Against current top 7: we've taken 1 point from 2 games
Against 8th-15th: 8 pts from 6 games
Against 16th-23rd: 13 pts from 5 games
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Probably something of a collectors item, but a yes from me as well!
I had no real faith in Ardley getting the best from his squad and I'm still not sure on Burchnall, but he does gives me some hope. When Burchball (was that also a typo?) clicks, it is far more watchable than Ardleyball. We take a few risks instead of taking the safety first option most of the time. I don't think we look like a promotion team, but with a couple of tweaks in personnel and playing style we might just be. I've said on many occasions that I'm not sure the path the owners and head coach are going down is the right one to get us out of this division, but it's more enjoyable than what I watched under Ardley.
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Funny how people see things, I have to say watching Burchnall’s efforts is the only time I’ve thought about not going to games (and I have a season ticket) , it’s depressing at best, and as I’ve said before it’s like watching pass the parcel with a hand grenade (pin pulled out) when played at the back.
I think people are very selective and unfair when commenting about NA (if they ever did see a game in person) there were a lot of good performances and I’m fairly confident if we hadn’t made the change when we did we would have finished better.
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Why do you think Burchnall will be dreading it? I don’t get any negativity from him, quite the opposite.
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I can’t believe this is even a conversation. IB is miles ahead as a coach. Anyone with an ounce of footballing knowledge can see that a number of players have improved beyond recognition since IB started. Rodders is the obvious example. We need to remember he has had 6 months or so with Notts. We are better to watch, that’s for sure.
Comparing IB with NA (I liked him) is like comparing an apple with a pear.
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Very interesting. Looking back at last season, during Ardley’s tenure, we had more points than our performances warranted. I was quite supportive of Ardley.
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Yes he is!!
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