GTFC Form Reality Check

Lost 7 out of last 8 in all competitions.

Just a quick reminder for those on here who

a) believe this is somehow play off position form (yes plenty on here still saying this tonight).

b) who believe Paul Hurst is the best manager for GTFC.

c) who believe Paul Hurst is not in any way culpable for the above.

d) who believe there can’t possibly be no other choice other than Paul Hurst as manager.

I repeat: LOST SEVEN OUT OF EIGHT

and you would give this man on this form January??

Quoted from heppy88

Lost 7 out of last 8 in all competitions.

Just a quick reminder for those on here who

a) believe this is somehow play off position form (yes plenty on here still saying this tonight).

b) who believe Paul Hurst is the best manager for GTFC.

c) who believe Paul Hurst is not in any way culpable for the above.

d) who believe there can’t possibly be no other choice other than Paul Hurst as manager.

I repeat: LOST SEVEN OUT OF EIGHT

and you would give this man on this form January??

Iwouldnt give him untill 7pm tonight to clear his desk

Who exactly would you get to replace him? Honestly, what were people expecting this season?

Big ask for any manager to get all the players he wants and for all the signings to work out from one summer window. It was always going to be a a rebuild that took more than a year. Look at Chesterfield and County.

Yes, it’s a poor run of form but when McAtee is back and with the window around the corner, things could easily tip back the other way. Bringing in a new manager who would inevitably make a load of wholesale changes for me isn’t the answer.

Patience has never been a strength of GTFC fans or any football fan to be honest, but important to consider the bigger picture.

I’m afraid after the previous 5/6 seasons of having to watch and listen to Mr Hurst there was no way I wanted him back, but he came back, didn’t save us from relegation, and is now continuing as before. Can we wait another 4/5 seasons before we get promotion.

Ooh look at you, eager to dive in Denni.
Understand the original post - statistically really concerning, but, as many people know from their jobs - statistics are nothing without narrative and context. Fully respect people who say they think Hurst should go, but feel that the context and the narrative tell you more than the bare stats quoted above. Today was very nearly a draw, as was Notts county and Dagenham and most of the other defeats were very fine margins. Injuries/illness and suspensions have been and are now, a real issue.

We are without some key players and there was a commitment and effort visible today that would, personally, make me want to persevere as I feel that this is a very competitive squad and Hurst a very good manager. Little point in going all ‘daggers drawn’ and dramatic and alarmist in my view. I’d prefer to ride this out and back the club even though I acknowledge that the bare stats/results would put any manager under pressure and the league position and form is very much a disappointment and significantly below the standard we have set in early season and what we should rightly be striving for/expect.

Hurst has to shoulder the blame, I'd give him two more games to sort it out. Plenty of effort from the players just poor tactics today

Quoted from davmariner

Who exactly would you get to replace him?

Patience has never been a strength of GTFC fans or any football fan to be honest, but important to consider the bigger picture.

It’s not my job to identify a current replacement for Hurst FFS but when a manager is consistently under performing in football that’s what you do.

Patience has never been a strength of GTFC fans ?? You having a laugh 😂  Six years in the non league and all the shite we’ve put up with in the last 20 years and Town fans have no patience!!

We need some quality signings in January then who knows where we will end up.

BUT

If they are the usual cheap options then we can forget going up this season.

We need to spend some money.

Not sure what else he does we was missing our best two players hunt & mcatee , ok we only created two chances but so did top of the lge , differance being they've a top striker for this level

Quoted from chaos33

Ooh look at you, eager to dive in Denni.
Understand the original post - statistically really concerning, but, as many people know from their jobs - statistics are nothing without narrative and context. Fully respect people who say they think Hurst should go, but feel that the context and the narrative tell you more than the bare stats quoted above. Today was very nearly a draw, as was Notts county and Dagenham and most of the other defeats were very fine margins. Injuries/illness and suspensions have been and are now, a real issue.

We are without some key players and there was a commitment and effort visible today that would, personally, make me want to persevere as I feel that this is a very competitive squad and Hurst a very good manager. Little point in going all ‘daggers drawn’ and dramatic and alarmist in my view. I’d prefer to ride this out and back the club even though I acknowledge that the bare stats/results would put any manager under pressure and the league position and form is very much a disappointment and significantly below the standard we have set in early season and what we should rightly be striving for/expect.

Appreciate your point of view but ‘very nearly a draw’ doesn’t get you anything. I’d much rather we’d had a right go but that’s down to a manager who is looking after himself and isn’t (and never was) bothered about the fans.