Aldershot match thread

Quoted from Teestogreen

Dean Smith was relieved of his duties for 5 consecutive defeats (even though they had a few players injured).
Paul Hurst has suddenly 4 consecutive defeats behind him - most against much lower ranked teams than Grimsby.
This will test the owners of the club - as Town do seem to be in a downward trajectory as a collective - all of a sudden. Wouldn’t fancy playing Wrexham, Chesterfield, Borehamwood next week with confidence / ability so bad it seems.

Explain how this will “test the owners”?

I feel it’s the players who are being tested, some will come though some will be replaced when the best 11 is available or in January

The problem we have is that we only have a best 11 anyone after that doesn’t appear to be up to it for whatever reason.

Time to question every aspect of preparation for recent games. Something has gone wrong since the bus arrived at Wealdstone. Is it the training regime, selection, fitness management, tactics or poor substitutions? If Clifton can continue to battle why not others?

Martin Gritton and other co commentators can see our failings from early on in games but PH seems slow to change during the game. We are failing at the basics and lack 'game intelligence'

I've missed the last four games due to Covid but hope to see a return to high standards both on and off the pitch on Friday.

First step. Stop all player interviews and Inside Training vids. Instead, ask Liam to interview all coaches and fitness staff for their honest thoughts about how match/ squad preparation can be improved. All 'in house' and deleted when Hurst and Doig have seen them. It's gone quiet on the pitch and it's time for a candid exchange of views at the training ground.

Should have known better than thinking we were doing well. I have never known a club which seems to fall flat on its face all the time. Any good performances/results are an illusion to tempt us into thinking we can rely on the same to continue. We can't!
I can recall some other abysmal performances at Aldershot when both clubs were in the FL but this one tops them all.
Everyone has known the obvious since the summer. WE NEED A STRIKER. We are not going to win anything unless we score some goals. The management needs to tell us why the club has failed to sign someone. Honesty is needed. No good saying the right options are not available etc. There must be options out there that are better than what we have at the moment. Getting out of this league quickly has to be a priority or are we like Norwich? That is not going to bankrupt the club chasing success. Tell us please. I ran out of emotional energy last season in supporting a team that tested the patience of a saint. Another season like the last supporting this yo-yo of a club will kill me.

Funny isn't it, since the rumour that Hurst had out his name in the hat for the Stockport job(admittedly that rumour came from here) our firm has been woeful..makes you wonder if there was some truth in that and certain players heard a whisper...there's certainly something wrong in the camp right now, our players performance level has dropped and to me, that's the biggest worry

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Explain how this will “test the owners”?

I feel it’s the players who are being tested, some will come though some will be replaced when the best 11 is available or in January

The problem we have is that we only have a best 11 anyone after that doesn’t appear to be up to it for whatever reason.

Our best 11 had bapaga in it though, since hes been back why havnt we just been playing the line up we were back at altrincham but with john lewis in place of mcatee

The khouri thing seems like absolute madness now, the whole plan today was

Quoted from WHYWONTYOULETMESIGNUP

The wheels have come off in an extremely alarming way

Need two players in similiar to when we brought in neilson and hannah that season

Seems everybody in the world can see this except for Hurst.

This is very poor & there is so much to say, but I am loathe to jump on he band wagon - just yet.
Still, an unbelievable drop in results since McAtee's injury.

I suppose that the fact we've got so many young players in may have an effect. It's understandable that young players with few first team appearances under their belt can blow hot and cold and relying on a few of them to perform well is a bit of a risk. Hunt has dropped right off after starting so well, Bapaga had a slow start, came good but then dropped right off again and it sounds as though Towler struggled today. Revan has made a handful of appearances for us and that's pretty much all his first team experience. Khouri likewise. Sousa is a bit older but it's his first proper professional contract, I believe? He looked almost unplayable at times earlier in the season as well.

I'm guessing that not too many of the other clubs near the top are reliant on so many youngsters coming good.

“Clearly a little blip” says John Lewis…. That’s ok then I was getting worried for a minute.

Loved Hurst interview. what went wrong      "we weren't winning headers "   so what did he do to sort it?  nothing continued for another 45 mins not winning headers
He could see it, commentaters could see it, crowd could see it but he still did Flub all about it at half time.