SwansQuaker83 wrote:Darlogramps wrote:LoidLucan wrote:I'm not so sure it was as straightforward as Hardy didnt want the job last time. Was an approach made to his club? Everything was clouded over with TW's infamous U turn. I'm sure if feelers were put out and it was done through the right channels he would be interested. I think he likes things done by the book.
Hardy was interested and more than happy to come. The deal was essentially done, TW got wind of it and resigned on the Friday evening without speaking to his chairman (leaving his employers without a manager less than 24 hours before a match).
But because he doesn't give testy interviews, we're led to believe TW is a stand up guy.
Hardy would have left Whitby for us, but didn't want to leave his employers in the s***. And yet the same people who criticise him for this are the same ones who kick off at MG for the manner of his departure.
I actually know for a fact that what you say is true about Hardy... won't say how but it's 100% true. And my source on that is as good a source as you can possibly get.
I know for a fact Loan_Star and Ghost_of_1883 are correct. Informal chat and nothing offered. Plus, look at the CV's of them both, Tommy played at a decent level and accusations of poor man management etc are worrying as he must've picked something up from his playing days!! I couldn't tell you where Chris Hardy played football, irrelevant now, mind.
Gramps - you must concede Tommy is a nice chap compared to what we are used to, which was the most boring, stroppy pre/post match interviews I've ever heard, and we had that for years and years. Once the football turned, there was no reason to put up with the cold face of Martin Gray glaring at Ray like he'd shat on his front room carpet. I couldn't care less for Nuneaton who were paid for him by us, a Club that tries to do things properly.
What we must be sure of, and it's been alluded to in this thread, is that the issue is definitely TW and AW, as the players will not leave with them and the money will not magically appear to sign more. I'm not going to stick up for them as there's been some abysmal decisions made, but when I look to who wants the job, it has zero appeal and circumstances are tough. Calls of ex-players manifest again as if a 34 year old player will know the first thing about budgets. McGurk saw the players we had on the books and fucked it clean off, he could see the transition needed. Wright has two players (Collins and Caton) costing him depth in the squad and no money to change that, been told to sell our talisman striker with no replacements available. I mean the list was pretty bare when Gray left, it'll be less now.
I hope he ventures into the loan market and brings in players who can inject some fight into us, but again if they are turd we have to pay more if they don't play. Something Wright has alluded to several times.
One thing I will say is be careful what you say about people at the Club currently as there is a severe drought of enthusiasm and unlike other Clubs, we are the only people who can change that. I think we need to learn a bit of togetherness at times.