Vote of Confidence

Theres obvious frustration, can understand both sides, But agree with Barra in that when we lose, their is an immense overreaction on this board. I dont think anyone is particuarly pleased with where we are currently, But i believe in PH and the players will get us there this season, If not, then it is time for Paul to go. And like i said the last we lost: drew with- a team we supposedly should beat, there is no way this board will sack PH in the postion we are in

Quoted from denni266

Sorry but you do seem to have a dig at anyone who has a different opinion to yours. i respect your views , so respect ours , when we have a manager who knows what he is doing i will back him , that is not what we have now

Feel free not to respect my views. I'm honestly not bothered. I don't resort to personal abuse.  I"m just thankful that the powers that be arent so volatile as this board in such circumstances.

Ideally, I would like a change of manager. I do believe PH is passionate about winning promotion but each and every time we get close, we fall away. We seem incapable of beating anything better than a beefed up pub side - a recurring theme. He has had time, lots of it. Have we every genuinely challenged for that top spot come May? Last season, we got close after our run in March / April and predictably fell away.

I would wait for now as PH, or rather the quality of the squad will keep us relatively in the play off mix. If we sack PH, it would have to be for a 'winner' manager.

Not ideal to change a manager mid season but if someone like Steve Evans (maybe moved out of our level nowadays) or a John Still became available then have a quiet word before dismissing the manager.

It comes down to whether or not you believe PH will win the league for us - I don't think he will.

Whatever you think, changing him now will be a mistake and probably a costly one. Someone new will want to bring in their own players in January and it'll be all over the place. May is the time to make this judgement.

Quoted from ginnywings

First highlighted part i disagree with.

Second highlighted part i do agree with and i do still get behind the team and manager at BP.

I don't see how you can disagree with the first part! The hardened GTFC populous is probably 2,500 to 3,000 fans. Now compare this to The Fishy members who will vote and you will see how accurate the initial statement was.

I don't think the reaction is a result of losing,but the manner in which we played,it is glaring apparent we have been short of a midfielder since the start of the season,yet Hurst has remained stubbornly immobile ,couple with his indecisive inaction and his reluctance to make changes during a game until it is too late.
It was apparent to all the game was crynig out for pace but McKreth was left sitting on the bench.

Quoted from friskneymariner

I don't think the reaction is a result of losing,but the manner in which we played,it is glaring apparent we have been short of a midfielder since the start of the season,yet Hurst has remained stubbornly immobile ,couple with his indecisive inaction and his reluctance to make changes during a game until it is too late.
It was apparent to all the game was crynig out for pace but McKreth was left sitting on the bench.

With all due respect I don't think McKreth would have made the slightest difference to the outcome and as for his " pace ", I'm still waiting to see real evidence of this!

Perhaps a midfielder of the quality and temperament required to improve on what we have could not be sourced/we just missed out out. We don't want to bring in average players just to pad the squad out.

Quoted from rancido

With all due respect I don't think McKreth would have made the slightest difference to the outcome and as for his " pace ", I'm still waiting to see real evidence of this!

I would agree with your comments ,but of all the options he had McKreth would have been the best.

Quoted from Mrs Doyle

What Barralad said x100 this vote means nothing and is only a tiny percentage of the GTFC populous.

For the people saying a chimp could get this side to the top I say bollox.

If it were that easy we would have been up years ago.

I repeat money DOES make a difference some of these sides are WELL FUNDED.

We have no god given right to be walking this league the sooner some of you accept that the better.

This season is far from over get behind the team and manager.

If money matters so much why are we behind Bromley, Dover, Braintree ..........?
It's attitude and spirit that count. We are being out-teamed not out-spent.