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look no further than 20 years of pathetic investment and shocking managerial decisions
Gold star from me
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Man was dealt an impossible hand. Has had to ship out a load of dross and bring in a new team- and id hazard a guess his 2nd and 3rd choice options
That said, we are bottom of the league and are not improving. But PH has my full support. This thread is foolish
Hagrid I know you’re a fan of Hurst but to say he was dealt an impossible hand is absolutely ridiculous. We wasn’t in the relegation zone when he arrived and we were picking up points, we have gone from a bottom half team to relegation fodder. Before Holloway ran away there was no imminent danger of us being relegated, the league was so tight that after a win there would be posters on here getting over excited at the chance of a play off place. Hurst is a stubborn man and came in with the intention to clear out Holloway’s men! No wonder the team went from bad to worse. I think he has brought some good players in to be fair to him but when you try and replace a full team there will be some you get wrong as we have seen especially in defence, We know Hurst’s teams are quite negative, cautious 1-0 wins are what Hurst is about which is fine when you’re in a non league playoff spot but at the bottom of the leagues is doesn’t help when the defence has deteriorated.
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HertsGTFC |
February 28, 2021, 8:59am |
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Hagrid I know you’re a fan of Hurst but to say he was dealt an impossible hand is absolutely ridiculous. We wasn’t in the relegation zone when he arrived and we were picking up points, we have gone from a bottom half team to relegation fodder.
Before Holloway ran away there was no imminent danger of us being relegated, the league was so tight that after a win there would be posters on here getting over excited at the chance of a play off place. Hurst is a stubborn man and came in with the intention to clear out Holloway’s men! No wonder the team went from bad to worse.
I think he has brought some good players in to be fair to him but when you try and replace a full team there will be some you get wrong as we have seen especially in defence, We know Hurst’s teams are quite negative, cautious 1-0 wins are what Hurst is about which is fine when you’re in a non league playoff spot but at the bottom of the leagues is doesn’t help when the defence has deteriorated.
If Carlos Kickabout had taken over from Holloway and done the same as Hurst would your posts be the same just with a different managers name? The year we came up we won 1 - 0 on 6 occasions, 4 at home and twice away. If you include the play off final we scored 3 goals or more in 15 games. I’m not knocked out by what’s happened since he arrived but with all the change required there was always going to be a chance it would get worse before it gets better, I just don’t think it’s going to get better in time to keep us up. Give him a break though.
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RonMariner |
February 28, 2021, 11:13am |
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Have to say I did not expect Hurst to turn water into wine overnight, but I did expect that we would by now have been turning in far better performances and would be harder to beat. Certainly didn't expect 6 defeats in 8 games. That is worse than Holloway's last 8 games.
I am sure Hurst's future at the club would not have been conditional on keeping up this year. But maybe that was a mistake. Whatever his contract says, this is football. And as we all know, it's a results business.
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oochiad |
February 28, 2021, 11:45am |
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Holloway’s team wasn’t half as bad I’m reading?????? Sheesh some people change their tune. We were plummeting into relegation and half of those matches Hurst has had were with Holloway players so to say it’s all on Hurst is wrong.
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February 28, 2021, 12:35pm |
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Holloway’s team wasn’t half as bad I’m reading?????? Sheesh some people change their tune. We were plummeting into relegation and half of those matches Hurst has had were with Holloway players so to say it’s all on Hurst is wrong.
Holloway didn't have his team in the relegation zone, and Hurst came in and dispirited the whole squad further by saying he wanted 8 new players. I thought Hurst would come in and rebuild squad morale and get the best out of them whilst adding a few better players. So far it's been worse than it was before. I'm hopeful he turns it around, but Hurst is not at all free from blame if we go down.
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February 28, 2021, 12:43pm |
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Or perhaps Holloway should’ve been binned off weeks before he bottled it?
Some of those performances and results would’ve seen many a manager gone, sadly, for us, Holloway was in bed with Fenty and their crooked mate and had ulterior motives to hang around.
Fans bought the myth of ‘experienced so give him a chance’ blah blah when in truth we were absolutely abysmal. Saying we were clear of relegation under Holloway is a non statement, denial in fact. We were very much relegation fodder from the moment the club behaved and prepared as of the season wouldn’t finish...
If people thought it would improve overnight under Hurst they were mistaken, twice the man has been here and twice he’s come in when the club is in a mess.
We were done before Christmas. The fact we’re even in this position again after two previous occasions says more about the way the club has been run than Hurst or the current players he’s brought in. Once again though, when the inevitable happens the man responsible for so much that is wrong at the club will have walked away, a couple of million quid better off, 200k of cash that isn’t even his and will never really face the consequences of being a bent girl private.
See you all Tuesday...
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February 28, 2021, 12:44pm |
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For me if we go down Hurst has to go. I know he had a difficult job but it wasn’t impossible. If he’s still here if we go down i can see fan’s deserting the team in droves. A fresh face will be needed with new owners there will be some optimism.
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pen penfras |
February 28, 2021, 1:18pm |
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Or perhaps Holloway should’ve been binned off weeks before he bottled it?
Some of those performances and results would’ve seen many a manager gone, sadly, for us, Holloway was in bed with Fenty and their crooked mate and had ulterior motives to hang around.
Fans bought the myth of ‘experienced so give him a chance’ blah blah when in truth we were absolutely abysmal. Saying we were clear of relegation under Holloway is a non statement, denial in fact. We were very much relegation fodder from the moment the club behaved and prepared as of the season wouldn’t finish...
If people thought it would improve overnight under Hurst they were mistaken, twice the man has been here and twice he’s come in when the club is in a mess.
We were done before Christmas. The fact we’re even in this position again after two previous occasions says more about the way the club has been run than Hurst or the current players he’s brought in. Once again though, when the inevitable happens the man responsible for so much that is wrong at the club will have walked away, a couple of million quid better off, 200k of cash that isn’t even his and will never really face the consequences of being a bent girl private.
See you all Tuesday...
To say that we were relegation fodder all season makes literally no sense when we weren't in the bottom 2. Granted, we were shite. But several teams were worse and we've managed to overtake them in terms of shitness in the last 3 months. Most of that time under Hurst.
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grimsby pete |
February 28, 2021, 1:24pm |
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Hurst has a another two years on his contract so it will cost the club money to get rid.
My hope is he can turn things around but he won't do that with safety first tactics as they are not working.
We have to play wingers and go to the opposition from the off its no good playing two big men up front if they are not getting any service.
Will Hurst do that starting Tuesday ?
Does a leopard change its spots ?
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