Hurst

Quoted from Humbercod

Gary Croft who was there commentating said at the end of the game united players looked absolutely exhausted, whilst some of the town players looked like they could of played another game.
That is unacceptable, Hanson on the Humberside now saying ‘we showed no desire’ again not acceptable, these are still professional players and it’s Hurst’s job to get the best out of them.

I'd just posted about Hanson being on air on the match thread... agreed it is not acceptable. Is it too early to say the players don't want to play for Hurst. Or just don't want to play full stop  

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

Hanson on RH now

Saying it wasn't about our quality but about our lack of desire

I know he was only one of the 11 that failed us but if he thought that about his team-mates, he should have been laying in to them out there.

Just being a bystander while everyone else isn't up for the fight isn't really acceptable either

Quoted from buckstown

His pre match interview was revealing as well. Said we'd clearly over committed on a couple of contracts when we should have had a better look (Gibson?)
When asked about departures he said no disrespect to the players but anyone leaving would be looking to drop a couple of leagues and with the national league partly stopping it made things difficult

Yeah I said that before, green is NLN level at best nowadays,  Jackson and Gibson probably the same.

Of the rest I doubt many of our players would look good in the conference.

At least Hurst is now under no illusion as to just how bad our players are. However that doesn't explain continuing with green (and even more unbelievably into the 2nd half too).

Quoted from Mariner93er

The cliche new manager bounce only happens when you have an under-performing team with the players to turn it around. We're not under-performing, we're exactly where we should be with the squad Holloway assembled.

I agree we are rubbish, but he should have been able to instil some sense of urgency, at the very least.

Hanson, Habergham, the centre backs and Matete are possibly up to the task - the rest can go. Hendrie and Hewitt have really disappointed since Hurst came.

He was brutal, he's right to be brutal - that was shocking.

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

I agree we are rubbish, but he should have been able to instil some sense of urgency, at the very least.

Agree was expecting some very dour 0-0 and 1-0 wins but very disappointed that we continue to leak goals and there is little to no improvement in our attacking play. Said last week we desperately need a new midfield and we might have found one of these but need two more. Note Bennett now done his hamstring, Morais has also got a twinge and these type of injuries seem to be a regular event this season, so is this down to our training facilities or training regime ?

Fear the worst and to cap it all Lincoln now take the lead to make a bad day even worse. Oldham score a third, Morecombe winning again and we flounder.....

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Hanson, Habergham, the centre backs and Matete are possibly up to the task - the rest can go. Hendrie and Hewitt have really disappointed since Hurst came.

He was brutal, he's right to be brutal - that was shocking.

Habergham was utterly shite today with and without the ball, Hendrie was his usual steady self.

Agree about Hewitt who is one of the worst central midfielders to ever turn out for us.

So he's already gone nuclear, questioning the players' desire to be professional footballers after this season.  Very worrying tbh, it's a desperate last-ditch attempt to scare players into battle, the kind of intervention you can only try once or you'll lose them for good.  

I can't see it working either as most of them are totally drained of confidence and looked paralysed and confused.  You can see it when they freeze as the ball comes to them, terrified of their first touch, distrusting their teammates to follow their ideas.  It's all symptomatic of poor messaging and a lack of leadership.  

It's not completely over though.  Southend's form has dried up and Stevenage have difficult fixtures approaching, bar us.  But all signs point to us tail-spinning into provisional relegation unless NL issues reprieve us.

I think P H answered that question.  You can't make somebody want to do something[ quote=3362]

I agree we are rubbish, but he should have been able to instil some sense of urgency, at the very least.[/quote]

Quoted from psgmariner

Hurst signed 4 of the 11 players who started today. We have somehow regressed under him and despite him claiming to have watched us for weeks he hasn’t addressed our two big problems (goalkeeper and striker). No free pass from me.

This for me.

I doubt he has considered the keeper position. But anyone up front would be better

Quoted from psgmariner

Hurst signed 4 of the 11 players who started today. We have somehow regressed under him and despite him claiming to have watched us for weeks he hasn’t addressed our two big problems (goalkeeper and striker). No free pass from me.

Wow!!


You’ve clearly been spoilt under Holloway then ?