All water under the bridge now, let it go @Piethagoram 

 

I wondered if his real motive is ...I see SM is under pressure...I'm here....but I will walk out again when a better offer comes along....no thanks

Ian had his time at Notts. 

Now it is Stuart Maynard's time. Hopefully, Stuart will get Notts over the line. Something that Ian failed to do.

4 hours ago, Piethagoram said:

I wondered if his real motive is ...I see SM is under pressure...I'm here....but I will walk out again when a better offer comes along....no thanks

I did wonder the same thing, he talked about keeping in contact with the brothers, what a great club it is etc. Hmm, not sure he’d be welcomed back.

Ian Burchnall isn't a manager that would make my top 20 Notts manager. The way he left us and used the club to jump ahead of himself without committing to what he said really rubbed me the wrong way. He was very average in truth, and I much prefer Stuart Maynard. The best thing Burchnall did was take the FGR role, as it allowed someone else to come in and improve the squad. Luke Williams might have left in a similar way, but at least he gave us fans and the players something to believe in.

Burchnall is just as wide-eyed as he looks, and there's a reason he's not in management now. He could very well be a good coach, but I really don't care for his memory lane tales of how much Notts meant to him. If the words held up, he wouldn't have been as foolish to leave for Forest Green.

Thank God he did, as we wouldn't have gotten promoted under him.

I don't know whether he'd have got us promoted, but he laid the foundation for our promotion-winning season by switching to a system with wing-backs and adopting a more attacking style rather than Ardley's safety first approach. So I believe he played his part, but we've moved on and so did he.

Since the brothers are involved with clubs other than Notts, he's be daft not to stay in touch, but I wouldn't be thrilled to see him back.

Ian Burchnall did an adequate job during his time with Notts, but he wasn’t exceptional. He left the club for what he described as a "project" with Forest Green Rovers, jumping at the first opportunity to manage an EFL team. While I understand managers moving on, the way he left felt abrupt, and joining a struggling League One side wasn't a great career move. His tenure there reinforced that it was the wrong decision. While it’s nice he has fond memories of Notts, we’ve moved forward. I wouldn't welcome him back, just as I wouldn’t wish to see Luke Williams, Kevin Nolan, or Harry Kewell return.

he was not the worst manager, i do not get the hate towards neal ardley he stuck with notts during a point where nobody was being paid and he was a good person for helping place notts back on track. ian burchnall gets too much credit for the change in philosophy and recruitment which happened above his position. he did well to coach the team, but he was far from perfect. people said ardley would setup in hope for a draw, burchnall was worse because he would remove any hope of getting a point by bringing defenders at the cost of forwards and to do anything you needed changes at the other end. i do dislike the way he left, and his interviews because i thought he was quite dull and boring. as for saying fond things about his time here, its nice but we have moved on. he needs to let it be, as any credit of where notts are now from his time is very limited.