Pivotal

Hurst deserves to be on there.

We seem to have turned the corner like the spirit of the team that got us back in the league.

We were hard done to by the ref against who bottled it early doors leaving their keeper on against Bristol at Wembley when most thought we deserved to win.

We outplayed them and definitely, our magnificent fans outsang them but this time it seems better after promotion the team got disbanded albeit Macca, Diz and a few.

This time is very different though, a younger team with a successful youth academy that seems to be coming to fruition and given the chance to play for the shirt.

In MICHAEL Jolley we have a manager and coaching team who with brains and bags of style in the PR department even better than Hurst, A.B. and others.

Lawrie Mac was great at bonding team and fans lets hope Jolley gets the backing he needs to achieve is gold and maybe now is also the right time to move back home to Grimsby.

The foundations look good this time.

Quoted from promotion plaice

I notice Hurst isn't even getting a mention in these best manager lists  

I suppose it depends how many seasons people think Jolley will take to achieve anything.

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

I suppose it depends how many seasons people think Jolley will take to achieve anything.

It also depends on what people regard as 'achieve'. Hurst's target was clear. What is Jolley's and what will the fans be satisfied with?

Quoted from Ipswin

It also depends on what people regard as 'achieve'. Hurst's target was clear. What is Jolley's and what will the fans be satisfied with?

Promotion by May 2020 and I would be satisfied, Swin.

Interesting Hurst isn’t fixed up yet though, still it’s only January, plenty of sacking time left.

Quoted from Mariner_09

Hurst deserves to be on there.

I'm sorry but getting us up through the Conference play offs after five attempts puts Hurst nowhere near the greats that have already been mentioned, well behind Newman and Kerr who got us promoted from higher divisions in shorter tenures and the managers who were in charge when we were in Division One all those years ago. Absolutely nowhere near being a great..

Quoted from Bigdog

I'm sorry but getting us up through the Conference play offs after five attempts puts Hurst nowhere near the greats that have already been mentioned, well behind Newman and Kerr who got us promoted from higher divisions in shorter tenures and the managers who were in charge when we were in Division One all those years ago. Absolutely nowhere near being a great..

Agree. Although he got us promoted eventually, promotions up from within the league are far more significant achievements and he had at least a play-off budget in all the seasons he was here.

Quoted from Bigdog

I'm sorry but getting us up through the Conference play offs after five attempts puts Hurst nowhere near the greats that have already been mentioned, well behind Newman and Kerr who got us promoted from higher divisions in shorter tenures and the managers who were in charge when we were in Division One all those years ago. Absolutely nowhere near being a great..

I'm not sure you can compare the achievements of managers either end of a 30+ year gap.  

Quoted from HertsGTFC

I'm not sure you can compare the achievements of managers either end of a 30+ year gap.  

I'm sure you can! Whatever else has changed, the ball is still round and it is still 11 a side and the aim is still to score more goals than the other lot. Managers are judged by circumstances and in my book finishing in 5th place in the Championship (old Div 2) in 1984 rates higher than taking umpteen years to get out of non-league in 2016.

Quoted from Ipswin

It also depends on what people regard as 'achieve'. Hurst's target was clear. What is Jolley's and what will the fans be satisfied with?

I think we all know that you will never be satisfied Swin 🙂