Hurst gone

Quoted from aldi_01

Swann is clearly trying to over take Fenty in the manager stakes...both also went after redevelopment opportunities which would’ve benefited their own pockets more than the clubs...

As you say, whoever the manager at Scunny, they would’ve been under pressure all year. I don’t know if the club believed it would bounce back instantly but if they did, any manager was a hiding to nothing...

I worry for Scunny to be honest. Over the last two financial years they have reported a fraction shy of a £10m loss. That’s a colossal amount of money for a club of Scunny’s size and stature.

This season’s now a write-off for them, but what next season? Do they keep on throwing money at it or cut their losses and their cloth accordingly?

It would not surprise my one iota if they end up in non-league or admin within the next three years. I’m not being smug here either, I genuinely wouldn’t like to see our rivals go under, it’s just a reflection on how badly they’ve been run in recent years.

Yes, they’ve been much better than us on the pitch for most of the last 15 years, and in the early days that was probably the result of selling young players for good money - Sharp, Keogh, Paterson et al. But more recently they’ve been completely artificially propped and I can see a big crash coming.

I think you could be right Poojah. Listen to Swann talk and he sounds like a man with little appetite for continuing to bankroll them in the way he has. If he chooses to get out and how he does it could add up to a lot of trouble.

Quoted from Marinerz93

I think Hursts next job might be in IT, he was good with computers wasn't he.

Doubt he needs a job at the minute, Scunny will have to pay him off and he lasted less than five months into a three year contract at Ipswich.

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

I think you could be right Poojah. Listen to Swann talk and he sounds like a man with little appetite for continuing to bankroll them in the way he has. If he chooses to get out and how he does it could add up to a lot of trouble.

Will be an interesting few months with Mr Swann. It’s beginning to look like he prefers owning racehorses to football clubs.

Surely FFP will do for them with their wage bill, especially if Swann doesn't want to put any more into the budget. They could be getting docked points at some point

Let's just finish above them this year and be pleased that Olly has recognised our potential

Quoted from Ipswin

In that case to answer your question I have nothing against him at all, in fact I rate him very highly.
So highly that I don't want him to go to Scunthorpe as I think it wouldn't be long before he takes them back up, possibly before we make it

The interview I saw a few weeks ago he said he basically just fancied another job until the end of the season. Takeover a relegation threatened club. Rescue them. Get the 12 matches he needs to reach 1,500 league matches and retire. Everyone's happy.

Quoted from GollyGTFC

Wouldn't be surprised if Neil Warnock doesn't go there. He's 12 games off managing 1,500 league matches and said a few weeks ago he would drop down to L2 if he had to. Would be a typical Peter Swann appointment. Would take a lot of heat of him in the short term.

Swann’s managerial appointments don’t usually last 12 games!

I listened to Sportstalk on my way home tonight, I didn't know that Hurst had been sacked until then, so came as a surprise.

The stat I found most surprising was, even though Hurst had only been in the job since the summer, out of the top four leagues, so 91 clubs this season, he was the 49th longest serving manager.

I think that’s the decision that’ll put them in the national league.