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Let's not rewrite history, it went sour under Hurst but that run under Artell was one of, if not the most diabolical in the clubs history. And given our recent history that's saying something.
Even Alex Ferguson would have taken flack for turning in results like that, especially given the stuff he was spouting which was directly contradicting what people were physically seeing.
All that being said I've never quite seen such a hand break turn perfomed and he deserves a lot of credit for that. We've done enough to limp out the season, and must do much much better next time around.
Fair play to DA, he changed it and we survived, If Paul Hurst had not been so determined to stick to his way, and only his way, unwilling to change then he might have still been here. The interview with Jason Stockwood was interesting and confirmed that they, the owners are indeed dictating the style of play they want and expect from the team.
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Worth pointing out that Artell had to do everything at Crewe, with v.little support. he's said on several occasions that he wasn't comfortable with that and that he's much more happier not being a 'dictator'
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I take it you’d find no room for Clifton then? That’s no dig at you, it’s just we all see him as a jack of all trades, and a good one at that. And you’re probably right, if Artell doesn’t want utility players, Harry may be gone. Just don’t go to Scunny, please!
Personally, if Harry re-signs I’ll be quite pleased, but if he goes to L1 with Hurst, fair play to him.
I can see the benefit of a “utility” type player in a general sense, I just want players signed with a clear idea of how and where they’re going to be playing each week. This season we’ve had that weird, interchangeable set of 3 behind the lone striker and I think there’s only been Eastwood who hasn’t been tried there. We started with Vernam, Eisa, Khan, Pyke, Wilson, Ainley and Gnahoua in there - all supposedly capable on either flank or down the middle, fair to say we didn’t see the best of any of these. No idea how anyone’s supposed to become comfortable in a position or way of playing when they could be on the opposite side of the pitch from one week, or one half, to the next. It’s not chess, let the players build that familiarity with each other & around the pitch. I think Hurst always preferred players who were versatile, probably from a career of managing small squads and small budgets. We don’t necessarily have that problem now with 5 subs and a bigger bench to choose from.
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The owners can hardly say they want a turgid, chance free zone way of playing where the main criteria seems to be the ability to track back and failure to do so once means you won't play again for months.
They have done the right thing in demanding change and at least we all know what we are trying to achieve. There will be many matches when it doesn't go to plan but that's where the manager can be pragmatic.
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Rumours of an Egyptian and someone from Maidenhead was the talk yesterday
Maidenhead don't seem to have too many young players. Reece Smith is a 21 year old left winger, was their leading scorer and described as brilliant in spells. is the managers and player's player of the year would be interested to know who Joe Hutchinson was due to meet in Amsterdam the other Friday
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Maidenhead don't seem to have too many young players. Reece Smith is a 21 year old left winger, was their leading scorer and described as brilliant in spells. is the managers and player's player of the year
would be interested to know who Joe Hutchinson was due to meet in Amsterdam the other Friday
That’s absolutely f#cking nothing to do with you!
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I guess this is the right place to mention this, but did anyone notice that Barrow are paying higher average salaries than us due to having five less pros on their books. Their overall salary total was similar but they managed to have quality rather than quantity. Noted also that Wrexham paid an average of over £3k more a week than us. Astonishing.
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That’s absolutely f#cking nothing to do with you!
well given it was to do with Grimsby Town FC and this is a Grimsby Town FC forum I think it does
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No, he did say that. I hope he adds some context or comparative detail to that because if he’s declaring now that the budget is ‘terrible’ next year, we’ll get more of the same. And…it’s not entirely helpful in terms of prospective season ticket sales. I hope he qualifies/addresses this.
Let us not forget that it’s likely they’ll have learnt from the experience of the Cup run and the expectation there’s a few quid in the bank that agents sniff the extra £££ for their players. I can’t say that it’s a ruse to try and manage expectations of both agents and fans but it wouldn’t at all surprise me. Even if it were true I still don’t think that means we’ll be throwing a top 6 budget at things on the playing side, it’ll be modest at best. I briefly read on someone mentioned about overall finances and I’d suspect that’s probably more likely to be the case.
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well given it was to do with Grimsby Town FC and this is a Grimsby Town FC forum I think it does
Jesus, I was suggesting something filthy for a laugh. Over your head, obviously.
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