Hurst to Ipswich

Ex Ipswich player and manager George Burley has applied there is a huge back  page spread in the local rag today how he desperately wants to come back and how he would have Terry Butcher as his No 2.

The fans will want it don't know about the owner tho'. Burley has been out of football since he was sacked by Apollon Limassol after two games in 2012

Same page has an article about Hurst and his 'I cant promise I'll be here next season' statement

Quoted from Ipswin

Ex Ipswich player and manager George Burley has applied there is a huge back  page spread in the local rag today how he desperately wants to come back and how he would have Terry Butcher as his No 2.

The fans will want it don't know about the owner tho'. Burley has been out of football since he was sacked by Apollon Limassol after two games in 2012

Same page has an article about Hurst and his 'I cant promise I'll be here next season' statement

A bit like Alan Buckley coming back for the 4th time Swin  

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

But he did save them and he's then taken them to third in League 1 behind two recent Premier League teams with far bigger budgets. I get you don't like him and I get that some found him dour and the football could be pretty pragmatic and safe. However, to claim he's not succeeding at Shrewsbury is just ridiculous. Michael Jolley has succeeded at Town in the last few weeks but he's not got a trophy or a promotion. Has Sean Dyche not been successful at Burnley this season?

I'm not convinced Shrewsbury fans wanting him sacked isn't a figment of your imagination but if it isn't then they're flipping idiots.

Don’t be daft Rodders, it is no figment. You know as well as I do how fickle fans are. Those who thought he was the messiah before Christmas when they were league toppers are just as likely to turn on him if they lose in the playoffs. That’s football. The critical posts are on the Shrewsbury forum if you care to read them. Would not take much to change opinions especially if he says the wrong thing about staying or going. It is not a case of liking or disliking him. The eulogising over Jolley may  be deserved today, he could be said to have saved us, but in January a bad run and some dodgy signings would change the Fishy posts overnight.

As for Dyche - he got Burnley an auto promotion place so of course he is a success there in anyone’s book.

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

Don’t be daft Rodders, it is no figment. You know as well as I do how fickle fans are. Those who thought he was the messiah before Christmas when they were league toppers are just as likely to turn on him if they lose in the playoffs. That’s football. The critical posts are on the Shrewsbury forum if you care to read them. Would not take much to change opinions especially if he says the wrong thing about staying or going. It is not a case of liking or disliking him. The eulogising over Jolley may  be deserved today, he could be said to have saved us, but in January a bad run and some dodgy signings would change the Fishy posts overnight.

As for Dyche - he got Burnley an auto promotion place so of course he is a success there in anyone’s book.

I've just been on their forum and they're all worried about losing him. Talk of when did they last have such a universally popular manger:

http://blueandamber.proboards.com/thread/97068/more-interest-hurst

Quoted from grimsby pete

A bit like Alan Buckley coming back for the 4th time Swin  

Bloody hell Pete I wouldn't wish that even on the Tractor Boys !

The St Mirren bloke is now favourite although Hurst is still in the frame apparently

Say Shrewsbury don't go up, and next season they're 13th in November... I reckon a few Shrews fans will be wanting change.

Yet had you given them 13th this season after scraping survival the season before, they'd have bitten your hand off.

Football is all about momentum, and where you've come from/going to.

Finishing 3rd in League 1 will have adjusted most of their fans' expectations and so the pressure will be on to repeat it - or go one better - next season, to prove it's no fluke.

Deep down Hurst may feel like it's best if he leaves while his stock is high. Mind you, he kept delivering at Grimsby season after season, getting us in contention for play-offs & promotion while under immense pressure to do so.

I think his next move will be very interesting. After all the nice stuff he said about them when he left us, it'd be a bit odd to then dump that for something else. I didn't have him down as someone who jumps ship easily.

Double page spread today in the local rag - lots of references to Grimsby and a photo of Toto.

Reckon it depends on whether Shrews go up or not. If they don't I can see him jumping ship (again) but another article says the St Mirren bloke is actively talking to Ipswich

http://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/ipswich-town-five-point-plan-and-shrewsbury-boss-paul-hurst-1-5517483

The way they describe McCarthy and his defensive style, where 'every point is a prisoner', could be describing Hurst to a tee. If the fans are not happy with the style they have now, i can't see it changing much under Hurst.

Hasn't Hurst followed up every promotion he has had with a new job the following season?