Doesnt look good to me

I don't honestly think many people stayed away because of Saturday. This time of the year has always seen low attendances and no clubs ever wanted too many home games in the run up to Christmas. Some people might remember that the club experimented many years ago with Friday night games for the last game before Christmas but that wasn't well received by the fans either.

The true test of whether the club is on a turnaround will come around February. If the team is top or a close second then the gates will go up and we might even see one or two 4000+ gates before the end of the season. If we are outside the play offs and not consistent, then 2500 to 3000 will be the max. It's not a big difference in numbers but it is a massive percentage difference. It all depends on results and the vibes coming out of the club. For the manager it could be quite decisive.

I didn't go last night - I thought about it but:
It was cold
I'm saving up for Christmas and £18 plus petrol plus pie was a bit too much
I quite fancied watching Man City vs Bayern on the telly
Work made it difficult on a Tuesday

Nothing to do with Hurst, his tactics, or anything else i suspect a lot of people were in my shoes.

I am over at the moment and would loved to have gone last night but for family reasons I was unable to get. I really wanted to see a better performance than the dross I experienced on Saturday and I was sure that PH and the team were not going to get on a bad run and really turn things around! UTMM!!

Paul Hurst is not a natural orator, and now Croudson has gone, he has lost his lively part time interview sub, who always seemed positive on camera.

Is he just naturally shy, or not able to banter at will against awkward questions.

If he gets us promoted at the end of this year, he can send the kit person to after match interviews as far as I care - THE PROOF IS IN THE POINTS !!

I'm sure Doig could do some of the interviews as long as the translator is handy ??  

As I've said before, Hurst isn't Ian Holloway, Barry Fry or Neil Warnock.  We're second in the league and well in the hunt for promotion, so that's what matters.  I couldn't care less about whether he's able to come out and perform Henry V after each game.

Having said that, though I like his understated, deadpan, nonplussed, almost cheeky response to some of the interview questions, now and then it would be good for him to give the fans and the potential fans a bit of a fillip: "I know it's a cold Tuesday before Christmas after a defeat, but I want to thank the fans who came and supported us tonight; the players really appreciate it and we're pleased to give you all a win to go home with. Hopefully we'll have even more here for the next game".  Things like that help create the bond, togetherness and shared sense of endeavour and purpose that John Still cited as one of the key factors in his Luton team's promotion last season.  If PH doesn't feel able to do it, then maybe he should ration his radio appearances and send out Carl Magnay or Shaun Pearson in his stead a few times.  It might be nice for PH to have a bit of a break from answering the same old questions!

Quoted from 3610

Macclesfield are unbeaten in 9 games- winning their last game. They also played at home on Saturday and last night like ourselves. Their attendance was down by 16percent. Ours was down by 22percent.

That's not accounting for number of away fans making a difference either.

Fans voting with their feet is a total non story and only pushed by people who have to try and come up with something to complain about even though we have just won and closed the gap on the leaders to 6 points.

Completely agree. Hats off for the research as well, helps put things into perspective!  

I think every time PH changes the formation because of the fans he is showing weakness as manager because if he thinks 4-5-1 is the right formation he shouldn't care what the fans think. Then he acts like we put a gun to his head to change it, he should play the formation he wants he's the manager.

Quoted from maxfox44

Getting a little fed up of all the "in-fighting", I'm not a fan of PH, I think he's always trying to be a bit too clever on the interviews.  However, we changed to 442, got the result, do I care if wants to admit he got it wrong on Saturday?  Do I care if he thinks Saturday's and Tuesday's performances were on a par.  Do I care really if he stays or leaves?  No, I just want this club back in the league.  I can't say I was ever looking forward to hearing Buckley's interviews either.

If Thomas is fit, my bet is that he'll go back to 4-5-1 with his defensive midfielder in place, regardless of what the fans think and regardless of what happened on Tuesday.

If he struggles and is camera shy why doesn't he get his assistant to do interviews?

Quoted from fiveallive

I think every time PH changes the formation because of the fans he is showing weakness as manager because if he thinks 4-5-1 is the right formation he shouldn't care what the fans think. Then he acts like we put a gun to his head to change it, he should play the formation he wants he's the manager.

We are back to the old argument about whether Hurst takes any notice of the fans in his team selection. Personally I don't think there is any evidence to support that view.