FANS favourite Brian Honour today insisted Hartlepool United "would be mad" to ditch boss Danny Wilson.
Rumours have been rife that Pools and Wilson were about to part company after a successful two-year alliance.
Indeed, there was even speculation that the manager was going to be shown the door on the day of the club's Player of the Year awards night!
However, Honour believes Pools must stick with the 48-year-old.
"I think Danny is doing a great job," said Honour, who scooped the Player of the 1990s prize at last night's ceremony at the Borough Hall.
"They should keep him, without a shadow of a doubt.
"He's taken Pools up in his first season and stabilised them in his second.
"This might sound daft, given Pools won promotion last year, but I think what he's done this season is better.
"There are some really big clubs in League One, the likes of Nottinghm Forest and Leeds and quite a few others.
"To have stablilised the club in this division is tremendous.
"To be honest, I didn't think anything of Danny Wilson's position until some people at the tables mentioned it.
"I can't believe he's under any pressure, in fact I'm amazed, because I think the man has done a brilliant job. They would be mad to lose him."
Honour received a rousing reception from the packed audience at the Borough Hall when he went to receive his 1990s trophy.
Danny Wilson
The Horden-born midfield marvel followed onto stage three Pools legends, who won Player of the Decades prizes – Ken Johnson (1950s), Brian Drysadale (1960s) and Bob Newton (1980s).
Newton also collected the 1970s prize, which had been voted by the fans to the late Billy Ayre.
"I'm as proud as punch with this award," said a thrilled Honour.
"My time at Pools was split into two eras having come in 1985.
"To think of the class of players who played in those two decades, people like Andy Linighan, who scored the winner in the FA Cup final, Rob McKinnon, who won international caps, and David Linighan, who went on to bigger and better things, to beat them is amazing.
"Then there's Paul Dalton and Joe Allon from that time too.
"To be honest there are players miles better than me so to get that award is fantastic."
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