Upon reviewing the following post: http://www.barnsleyfc.org.uk/BBS/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=4449&mid=24558#M24558 I have realised that at that time Mr Shepherd and possibly Mr Taylor were not actually directors at the club and therefore could not really have helped Gudjon.
Helped him do what? Bring in more defenders to play out of position perhaps? Sorry cant agree with all the Goody Gudjon fans. The rot started well before he was sacked. Dare I suggest Hartlepool away (when we actually won) as the earliest sign of a change in fortunes. Scunny away in the cup, Grim on sea was a shocker but the re were quite a few more in between. Dont get carried away by his decent start at County. weve been there done that.
RE: Helped him do what? Yeah, the Hartlepool game was perhaps the last good game we had under Gudjon. At that point I really thought we had a chance of going up. Betsy was on fire, and when he was playing well, everyone else seemed to.