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In my mind we've only had a couple of games with a team that Hurst has built (and even then he has clearly not got who he wanted - those comments about players not wanting to come to a bottom-of-the-table club were quite telling). Bumming around with IH's cast-offs was a waste of time, though unavoidable until finding people who actually wanted to sign for us.
I do get the gameplan today. Harrogate are all about launching the ball into the box at every opportunity, so he wanted a few big defenders to be able to deal with that. To be fair, we did deal with pretty much all that was thrown at us, until we switched off once and Beck took advantage.
The real issue, as ever, is how toothless up front we looked. 3-5-2/5-3-2 is fine if, in attack, the full-backs push up, which they obviously didn't. Even on the occasions when a long ball forward found Payne/Hanson, neither seemed capable of holding up the ball until support from the likes of El Mizouni (very quiet today) and Matete (looks shattered) came.
I'd quite like him to say "right, this is our system and we're sticking to it". Then at least if we're forced into some rotation (inevitable with our fixture list) the players *should* automatically know the patterns and the gameplan expected of them. And I would like that system to be his 4-4-2 because there is a better balance between defence and attack IMO.
Our game plan was simple don't lose. How many times was the ball kick, aimlessly, into their half for us to see Hanson running up from defence. I'm not a fan of Hanson but he can't be in two places at once. Before Christmas it hapless, hopeless holloway. At the minute you can change the last name to Hurst. This is his team, his players and had enough time for team bonding. His words were 'it's a mess'. It still is.
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February 27, 2021, 6:40pm |
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Dire stuff, but we should've nicked a point.
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GYinScuntland |
February 27, 2021, 6:42pm |
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This ⬆️ Time to put our kock on the block and treat every game like a cup final. If we can win one in two (big if) - or even one in three - and pick up the odd draw, we'll be fine.
What we can't do is set up for a goaless draw week in week out and keep losing.
I'm disappointed, frustrated and deflated by today's result but I've certainly not given up hope, nor written us off.
I appreciate being cup half empty is a coping mechanism for some but if you were a Town player and saw some of the constant comments on here and on social saying "we're doomed", "we're down"..."the players are shite"...etc...do you think it would have a positive or negative impact on your motivation and morale? I'd guess the latter. It's a self fulfilling prophecy.
Let's get behind the players and give them our 100% encouragement and support between now and the end of the season. You never know...it might prove the difference between league football and the abyss next season. UTM.
Or how about they don't even look on here or social media if their vanity can only deal with praise, man up, act professional and do the job they're paid for.
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February 27, 2021, 6:44pm |
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Standard fishy. We lose a game 1-0 to a team pushing for the play offs and everyone loses their sh1t. Not a good performance but we look a lot more likely to score than we did a month ago. I’ve seen the usual lazy stereotypes being branded about - players don’t care, manager is negative etc etc. Hurst was almost unanimously well received and they consensus was that if we went down it wasn’t on him and he’d be the best person to take us back up. All that changes when a bunch of snowflakes are upset after a loss. You’d think we’d be so used to this sh1t by now that responses would be more rational.
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February 27, 2021, 6:44pm |
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Dire stuff, but we should've nicked a point.
Totally agree, the weak header by Hanson, the rebound which fell quickly to Hanson that he fired high, and the presentable chance that Adams had right at the end
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February 27, 2021, 6:48pm |
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I worry if we as fans can point out blatantly daft decisions from Hurst, quite what the players might be thinking right now
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Dire stuff, but we should've nicked a point.
No. We lost for two reasons 1/ We weren't good enough 2/ We failed to score
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February 27, 2021, 6:49pm |
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Totally agree, the weak header by Hanson, the rebound which fell quickly to Hanson that he fired high, and the presentable chance that Adams had right at the end
And the 5 clear cut chances they missed or Eastwood saved in the 1st half, ifs dont matter, what you do does.
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February 27, 2021, 6:49pm |
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Totally agree, the weak header by Hanson, the rebound which fell quickly to Hanson that he fired high, and the presentable chance that Adams had right at the end
The worst for me was Payne’s chance in which he seemed to totally miss the ball from 6 yards. On the replay it looked like he almost purposely missed it to try put off the keeper, bizarre if he did
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February 27, 2021, 6:50pm |
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Standard fishy. We lose a game 1-0 to a team pushing for the play offs and everyone loses their sh1t. Not a good performance but we look a lot more likely to score than we did a month ago. I’ve seen the usual lazy stereotypes being branded about - players don’t care, manager is negative etc etc. Hurst was almost unanimously well received and they consensus was that if we went down it wasn’t on him and he’d be the best person to take us back up. All that changes when a bunch of snowflakes are upset after a loss. You’d think we’d be so used to this sh1t by now that responses would be more rational.
Dont agree with that, i like Hurst and believed he was the right for the job- still do- and i did say for me he has a free pass. But he’s got to be rightfully questioned on today. I felt we set up incorrectly. And when we had a go at Harrogate in the tinal ten, we looked threatening
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