Praise Sadler for Pool's rescue and plans for a new training ground and east stand.
But to hire and keep a deluded head coach with no recent success demeans him.
As the club's saviour, he now threatens hopes to restore its top flight status.
The drop looms, with no sustained drive for Appleton from the players and fans.
Red card indiscipline reflects on the failure to marshall his troops.
Better infrastructure could well prove futile, since League One traps bigger clubs.
For all Critchley's flaws - unsettled team, late subs, crass exit - he gained promotion.
And he roused men beyond expectations, despite neglected disproportionate injuries.
Few believe Appleton's touchline remoteness can motivate January recruits.
It seems a clear introvert has a wrong job.
Sadler may hesitate to admit that another ex-boss's return has again flopped.
Yet if the right decision lies beyond his will, he should now put the club up for sale.
Sadler has failed to launch any independent probe on excessive crocks.
The replacement custodian, without guilty baggage, will clear out the dead wood.
Most vital, he or she will fund Championship quality, not third division buys.
Something that Sadler refuses to undertake himself, or with a second owner.
But to hire and keep a deluded head coach with no recent success demeans him.
As the club's saviour, he now threatens hopes to restore its top flight status.
The drop looms, with no sustained drive for Appleton from the players and fans.
Red card indiscipline reflects on the failure to marshall his troops.
Better infrastructure could well prove futile, since League One traps bigger clubs.
For all Critchley's flaws - unsettled team, late subs, crass exit - he gained promotion.
And he roused men beyond expectations, despite neglected disproportionate injuries.
Few believe Appleton's touchline remoteness can motivate January recruits.
It seems a clear introvert has a wrong job.
Sadler may hesitate to admit that another ex-boss's return has again flopped.
Yet if the right decision lies beyond his will, he should now put the club up for sale.
Sadler has failed to launch any independent probe on excessive crocks.
The replacement custodian, without guilty baggage, will clear out the dead wood.
Most vital, he or she will fund Championship quality, not third division buys.
Something that Sadler refuses to undertake himself, or with a second owner.