Hursty

PH did get the backing here though.The ST sales for the last two season`s he started as Manager were the highest in the Clubs history.Most Town fans got the ear cupping but most agreed he brought it on himself with his spoilt comments.Sadly PH suffered with LMS and those spats with the fans displayed this side of him.A decent Manager a decent man but zero PR skills he isn`t the first and he won`t be the last to not recognise the importance of that and in year`s to come he will be better thought of.

Bursty was a fantastic manager for us.... Possibly a bit dour but he's an old school Yorkshireman.

He's gone into to prove his credentials further up the pyramid with Shrewsbury - the way he turned them around from certain relegation candidates to one of the strongest sides in the division was miraculous. People forget it was a big risk for Hurst to go there, we were looking at a play off position, Shrews were in a downward spiral and we could easily have swapped leagues. Paul has faith in his abilities and fair play to him.

Success stories like that will always make you a target for bigger sides and I for one hope he does well at that level. It will be the same if Town are sitting around the upper eschlons of the division after Xmas, turning Town around like that will certainly make him appealing for bigger clubs looking for a manager.

I suppose the one negative for me was the way he left Town. I know he had a difficult relationship with some fans but the majority of us stood behind him when times were difficult and I thought he could have addressed the fans when he left for Shrews.

I'd say Hurst owes a lot to Fenty for where he is today, if the board had bowed to fan opinion after Braintree, Halifax, play off defeats etc and hit rid of Hurst, his career my never have recovered.

They say every person is promoted in their chosen job until they reach their level of incompetence ,

Well I wonder who has reached theirs, Hurst ?  Toto ? Nolan ?  Jackson ?

We will soon find out.

Quoted from Mighty_Mariner

Bursty was a fantastic manager for us.... Possibly a bit dour but he's an old school Yorkshireman.

He's gone into to prove his credentials further up the pyramid with Shrewsbury - the way he turned them around from certain relegation candidates to one of the strongest sides in the division was miraculous. People forget it was a big risk for Hurst to go there, we were looking at a play off position, Shrews were in a downward spiral and we could easily have swapped leagues. Paul has faith in his abilities and fair play to him.

Success stories like that will always make you a target for bigger sides and I for one hope he does well at that level. It will be the same if Town are sitting around the upper eschlons of the division after Xmas, turning Town around like that will certainly make him appealing for bigger clubs looking for a manager.

I suppose the one negative for me was the way he left Town. I know he had a difficult relationship with some fans but the majority of us stood behind him when times were difficult and I thought he could have addressed the fans when he left for Shrews.

I'd say Hurst owes a lot to Fenty for where he is today, if the board had bowed to fan opinion after Braintree, Halifax, play off defeats etc and hit rid of Hurst, his career my never have recovered.

What do you mean? PH wanted the S&C back-up that the club now has - are you suggesting JF deliberately denied PH the resource to get rid of him? Wasn't this also around the time that Mighty went into temporary retirement?

Quoted from grimsby pete

They say every person is promoted in their chosen job until they reach their level of incompetence ,

Well I wonder who has reached theirs, Hurst ?  Toto ? Nolan ?  Jackson ?

We will soon find out.

I think at least three of these have already passed that point Pete