Paul Hurst sacked (merged)

Quoted from Mrs Doyle

No way would Hurst have returned here but your point about trying an up and coming new man is a very valid one.

Who would have gambled that the Cowleys would have been so successful at Lincoln?

Not only have they been a success they have managed to attract full houses every home game and absolutely smash the imp season ticket sales. If that ain't good business what is??

I can see Lincolm doing well in L1 with the extra money they have generated,

I doubt they could be a success in the championship though because of the same reason Hurst failed.

Quoted from mirrorballman

Some of the bile towards Hurst on this thread is hilarious. He might have better things to be doing right now but I'd love if he has a browse later and thinks, "yes, I was right to cup my ears to those sad moaning girl privates. I should have given them the finger while I was at it"

I'll paraphrase you:

'Some people don't like Hurst because he cupped his ear to the people that kept turning up to pay his wages, so in retrospect he should have been even more insulting.'

I expect next you'll be saying he was only cupping his ear at some people who said nasty things about him. Ear cupping is well known as a precision-guided gesture and can seek out its intended target amongst a crowd of thousands.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

I'll paraphrase you:

'Some people don't like Hurst because he cupped his ear to the people that kept turning up to pay his wages, so in retrospect he should have been even more insulting.'

I expect next you'll be saying he was only cupping his ear at some people who said nasty things about him. Ear cupping is well known as a precision-guided gesture and can seek out its intended target amongst a crowd of thousands.

Also the crowd behind the goal he did it to did nothing but support him and the team all game.

Plus a few months before that at Cambridge the fans sang Paul Hurst black and white army for at least 20 mins but got no response from him.

Quoted from Mrs Doyle

No way would Hurst have returned here but your point about trying an up and coming new man is a very valid one.

Who would have gambled that the Cowleys would have been so successful at Lincoln?

Not only have they been a success they have managed to attract full houses every home game and absolutely smash the imp season ticket sales. If that ain't good business what is??

I can't understand why anyone wouldn't have given the Cowley's a chance, they performed miracles at Braintree, considering they more than matched a much bigger team until some buffoon gave away a penalty.

If it hadn't been for that we could still be floundering in the National League and they could have been a Football League club instead of slipping down the Leagues.

Quoted from arryarryarry

I can't understand why anyone wouldn't have given the Cowley's a chance, they performed miracles at Braintree, considering they more than matched a much bigger team until some buffoon gave away a penalty.

If it hadn't been for that we could still be floundering in the National League and they could have been a Football League club instead of slipping down the Leagues.

Agree about the Cowleys. I think there might be a bit of 'oh they're at Lincoln so they're not that good really' creeping in.

They were very good non-League managers and League 2. It remains to be seen if they're successful higher up. With better budgets and players at their disposal they've already shown once they can do it. They have got the best out of their resources (admittedly with a fair dollop of gamesmanship). Doesn't mean they'll go further than League One mind.

Paul has lost his job just like any other manager would have done in his situation. Never mind its all part and parcel of the job he's in, he knows the risks and hes taken them, they haven't worked out. He's got a nice big wood of money and I'm sure a few clubs already asking for him to manage them. Regarding the Cowley's, they're clearly very good coaches. I used to follow them and like they way they went about their business at Braintree but since joining Lincoln and doing the couple of things they've done towards us and their style of play it's put me off them. I can't deny though that they can and no doubt will progress on move on up the leagues. Whether that's with Lincoln or someone else is yet to be seen.

Quoted from grimsby pete

Also the crowd behind the goal he did it to did nothing but support him and the team all game.

Plus a few months before that at Cambridge the fans sang Paul Hurst black and white army for at least 20 mins but got no response from him.

It must've been quite a few months as they'd been promoted 2 years previously

Paul Lambert is the new Ipswich manager.

Plenty of interesting comments on various social media about hurst / Doig not many supportive of them tbh from Ipswich fans. It appears they’ve been using the good cop bad cop routine with doigy offering players out allegedly , personally thought it was a step to far but fully expect to see them back on the merry go round by Xmas

Quoted from dapperz fun pub

Plenty of interesting comments on various social media about hurst / Doig not many supportive of them tbh from Ipswich fans. It appears they’ve been using the good cop bad cop routine with doigy offering players out allegedly , personally thought it was a step to far but fully expect to see them back on the merry go round by Xmas

Haha....Shorty and Shouty MkII