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Hardy already had the hump with Nolan from the back-end of last season, after they slipped out of contention for the automatics and "ended up" in the Playoffs, where they lost to Cov in the semis. Given where they were in January 2017 when Nolan was appointed though, that was a damn fine season...

Notts County are a bigger club. Seems like they're suffering a severe post-Playoff hangover this season though. Nolan came in and saved them from relegation in 2017, then they finished 5th last season under him. OK they had a terrible start to this season, but sacking Nolan before August was...

Bit of a crap appointment in the first place then wasn't it. Hardy has to take responsibility for that - if you appoint someone, and then 14 games later you bin them off, then basically you've fvcked up. And as you say, he's panicked.

"Having now worked in football for a significant period of time, I have had the opportunity to learn from other clubs what good looks like." - Notts County owner chairman Alan Hardy, 31st August 2018. Well, I guess he knows what shit looks like now as well. What a bunch of jokers some of...