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gaz57
December 20, 2019, 8:09am

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Let's be honest... we (Fenty) rolled the dice, and we lost.

Like others have said, there were plenty of things he did that I didn't agree with, plenty of frustrations and so on. But I felt we were in steady hands with Hurst in charge.

Since he left we've got worse. There's no doubt. You can't argue with that.

I'm not saying he's some kind of football manager god, but if we're all really honest with ourselves, I doubt we'd have had the 3 years we've just endured — and we wouldn't be in the predicament we now find ourselves in — if he'd stayed.

It's always tantalising to think there's better out there but, had Hurst stuck around, I think we'd have been gradually building, and getting stronger, season after season.

The last 3 years puts his reign in some sort of context. He's the only manager since Buckley to have achieved a promotion. Like I say, he wasn't without fault, but I can accept those faults when so much other stuff is going well.


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December 20, 2019, 4:32pm
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Great reception
Top bloke and manager
All gone pear shaped since
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Great reception
Top bloke and manager
All gone pear shaped since


My feelings exactly. He performed miracles and put together an absolutely stellar squad. The club have failed to do anything of the same calibre in the years since.
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December 20, 2019, 9:52pm
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6 years to get us out of none league,. Even Bignot would have taken less time. Hurst was boring , substitutions were always late but eventually he got lucky. Glad he went.
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December 20, 2019, 10:02pm
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Quoted from devs
Great reception
Top bloke and manager
All gone pear shaped since


Top bloke?...really...?...he's full of himself, total kn@b of a man...can't argue with the fact he managed to get us out of non league but when you're 2-0 up against Chester and they were to be put to the sword and he took the forwards off to put defensive midfielders on and we drew 2-2...that's when I lost I my liking for his style if football ..boring and pragmatic..then to call the fans spoiled and to cup his ears...top bloke?..my backside
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6 years to get us out of none league,. Even Bignot would have taken less time. Hurst was boring , substitutions were always late but eventually he got lucky. Glad he went.


The guy who's record in the most recent three seasons reads: 23rd and relegated from NL, 19th in NL North avoiding relegation by one place and currently sits 10th in NL North? That guy?
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I seem to remember Russell Slade getting similar adulation a few years after he left


Christ you all wanted him sacked a few months ago. 6th place finish and he's now the messiah and can do no wrong  
Update:  I think I've got this right - He was the messiah. He then wasn't. He then was again. Then it turned out he actually wasnt. He turned into one big huge messiah again. Now he's not actually the messiah we thought he was . Now I'm hoping he rises again quickly
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Never too sure he was the right man for us.

BUT

He did get us promoted in the end.

I was never a fan but have we had a better manager since he left ?


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