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Yesterday epitomised Hurst. Set up a team to combat another team's strengths rather than play to ours. That said, I'm not sure we have any.
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Yesterday epitomised Hurst. Set up a team to combat another team's strengths rather than play to ours. That said, I'm not sure we have any.
I’m amazed he didn’t start the goal scorers from the win (the first in ages) in the previous game. If you score in a win you go on to the next game with some confidence which rubs off on others plus looking at the selection of 2 lumps up front surely we needed better supply than the shape & selection provided for us. Add to that the state of the pitch and they are well organised & solid we where never going to play through them.
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Team selection for Orient on Tuesday :-
Eastwood
10 anothers (No Hewitt)
who must have Black and white shirts, football boots and ability to ignore managers negative instructions.
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February 28, 2021, 10:31am |
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Astonishingly a large proportion rate Hewitt more than Hendrie.
Then again, our fans do have a proud history of rating poor players.
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February 28, 2021, 10:32am |
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This time because so many of us older fans have seen the good times and the 20 years of bad its going to hurt 10 times worse than last time we went out the league. It`s shameful and Fenty is to blame totally. He could possibly have killed the Club because relegation will see many fans drift off this time especially given Covid has broken the ties that bind for 18 months or so come the end of the season.We are in a mess and we don`t look to have the players or management to turn us around? When Hollowhead came in he brought massive energy and the fans went for it and it gave the players a gee up. PH is a pragmatic type so no obvious energy and certainly no fans to feed off either. I still cling to his experience in or around this level and his ability previously to grind out results but he needs to be braver with his selection we need to play to win and score goals.I hate to say but with his available players it needs to be route one from now til the end of the season with a lot of focus on exploiting set pieces.
That is a sobering post and one that a lot of us will be nodding in agreement with. What makes it more galling is just at the time we finally free ourselves from Fenty we are in this mess, which will make the new owners jobs that much more difficult if we go down. On the playing side Hurst needs to have a long think about things before Tuesday and decide what exactly it is he is trying to do. I know that sounds patronising but lets be honest he has made a Horlicks of it so far. What exactly are we trying to do, playing style-wise? We obviously need goals but we are not creating many if any chances. All we seem to have done is swap Holloways signings for Hurst signings but not addressed the obvious point that we needed quality not quantity. Like someone else said, if we suddenly improve and escape Hurst is a hero, but this week gives him an opportunity to start that process.
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February 28, 2021, 11:14am |
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That is a sobering post and one that a lot of us will be nodding in agreement with.
What makes it more galling is just at the time we finally free ourselves from Fenty we are in this mess, which will make the new owners jobs that much more difficult if we go down.
On the playing side Hurst needs to have a long think about things before Tuesday and decide what exactly it is he is trying to do. I know that sounds patronising but lets be honest he has made a Horlicks of it so far. What exactly are we trying to do, playing style-wise? We obviously need goals but we are not creating many if any chances.
All we seem to have done is swap Holloways signings for Hurst signings but not addressed the obvious point that we needed quality not quantity.
Like someone else said, if we suddenly improve and escape Hurst is a hero, but this week gives him an opportunity to start that process.
I’m rather sick of the ‘this is the week we kick start’ posts though, it’s ignoring the fact that we’re as bad under Hurst as we have been all season. We didn’t have high expectations when he came in but most of us hoped it was going to be damn sight better than what he’s served up.
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February 28, 2021, 11:41am |
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When it’s said Hurst has had 8 games though let’s be fair as half of those games were with the last team of no hopers. I’m not defending yesterday’s showing as it was appalling but stating a fact that actually he hasn’t had half that many games with his choices. Still rubbish all round which ever way you look at it mind.......
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February 28, 2021, 11:42am |
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Astonishingly a large proportion rate Hewitt more than Hendrie.
Then again, our fans do have a proud history of rating poor players.
Strange comment. Can think of more good players that haven’t been rated than poor ones who have. I rate Hewitt more than Hendrie who I think has really regressed this season. More pace and better going forward especially with his long throw. Sign of the times that he was signed as a squad player 18 months ago and has become increasingly important as we’ve got worse.
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What is this good work that Neil Woods and his team do ? . Grimsby never produce any decent players that go on to have a successful career in the FL .
Totally agree seems to be able to produce a winning under 18 team but getting them to full time pros seems a step to far. Woods job is to produce players for our first team he’s not delivering
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February 28, 2021, 11:52am |
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Strange comment. Can think of more good players that haven’t been rated than poor ones who have. I rate Hewitt more than Hendrie who I think has really regressed this season. More pace and better going forward especially with his long throw. Sign of the times that he was signed as a squad player 18 months ago and has become increasingly important as we’ve got worse.
I would agree, Hewitt (while not great) always gives 100%, encourages those around him, has a bit of pace, can put his foot in, and his long throw is one of our only dangerous attacking options (cant believe I'm having to write that ) I know the debate about square pegs and round holes, but with the personnel currently available, particularly against Teams with nippy forwards but less aerial threat I think (in a 442) I would play Hewitt CB and Hendrie RB
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