Just Back (merged)

Quoted from ginnywings

Well that was sh1te. It just all felt so non league.

We are not threatening enough and Abrahams isn't going to change that. Another in a long line of honest triers, but they are ten a penny. Midfield is functional without being especially creative. Back 5 has a mistake in it every game, for which we always get punished, yet we never capitalise on things that come our way. When their keeper parries a ball, not a Town player in site. A few crosses flashed across their goal and no one there.

The ref was again bizarre, though not blaming him for the defeat, as that was inevitable from the moment they equalised and shut us down. Terrible substitutions from PH and the shape was all wrong. Smith was terrible and It's concerning that we have no other right back at the club apart from Efete.

Awful match, terrible result and seeing their players antics just summed up a crappy day all round.

Losing to them felt like a double loss.

With his dreadful decision of putting Clifton on for JMD, he then couldnt take Smith off and put Harry at RB.

Fear wrexham could annihilate our right hand side

Just back. We will not sack Hurst, honestly you're wasting your energy calling for that. Wasn't good enough today, simple. Absolutely perplexed at the decision to bring Clifton on at HT. That isn't a moan at Clifton, that is firmly a statement directed at Hurst (from a happy clapper). No idea what our shape was supposed to be 2nd half and Bromley got exactly what they came for. That being the opportunity to wind fans up, comfortably soak any pressure, and take away 3 points.

To the fans saying 'that's enough for me now', I'm sorry but I find that ridiculous. These are the same people that were saying they'd be happy with play-offs this year and push on next. We are 5 points off that, so lets see where we are at full time on matchday 44. You honestly believe bringing someone in now with a week of January left is the answer to somehow catapult us into the football league? It isn't happening, save your hair.

We can't say in one breathe 'this is a long term project' and then sack a manager after a year whilst sat in 10th. Yes it is frustrating, yes there have been questionable decisions. No, he wont be sacked and I do not believe sacking him is the answer either. Long-term means long-term, you're either in or you're out. Honestly being as fickle (and I know football fans are famous for it) as saying 'we are back' after 3 points and 'nah that's enough' after the next loss just adds frustration to a situation that already requires patience. UTM

So we’re on a “ long term project” great, I’ll return to BP in 5 years when we challenge for promotion, we’ll it took Hurst that long last time.

Quoted from marinette

In the first half we were running rings around Bromley - absolutely head and shoulders above them in terms of skill and energy, and our goal was very well deserved.  I liked Abrahams, who seems to be a real sprinter and keen to take people on.  The other one who stood out for me was Giles Coke.  He doesn't usually, but today I really noticed him.  I thought McAtee was fairly quiet - not like him.

What went wrong later in the game?  From what I could see, we maybe switched off a bit after going ahead and being so much better than the opposition.  Mentally and physically, our players seemed to relax.  Of course, we can't do that.  We allowed them into our goal area and the inevitable happened.  Disappointing.

Abrahams possibly ran out of steam after a while, or else Bromley found a way of stifling him.  All of our players struggled more against them later on in the game.  It wasn't plain sailing anymore.  Very disappointed to concede a second, and that was the end of it.  

Went home a bit disheartened, but Bromley have been achieving quite a lot this season, so it's not as if we lost to a bottom-half team.  I think it's dangerous to discount a team and expect to trounce them just because they aren't an established name.  Having said that, we were so much better than them early on that it gives me some hope for the future (we are not a total lost cause).  

PS Coke my man of the match.  Can't think who else to give it to.

There’s not thinking of who to give it to and giving it to the guy who cost us the first goal and plodded through the game constantly giving the ball away, he was absolutely shite

Pointless lumps up to Taylor, who won what he could and put 100% in as usual, but nobody picking up second balls, punts into Thier box which contained 3 X 7 ft central defenders. Substitutions made way too late in the game, this clubs great support and tradition deserves more than losing home games to teams who can muster sub 100 fans for away games. We will be taking probably 3k plus fans to notts county. Let's just let that sink in.
I'm sick of it now, Hurst out for me, roll on next week's game against the mighty wealdstone......... wherever that is.

Never really understood the 'long term project' concept esp in lower leagues were players swap and change so often.. all about the here and now and the difference between 6/7000 gates and 3000...

Quoted from davmariner

To be fair, he did bring on Max Wright at home to Halifax who put in a brilliant cross for the equaliser, and did something similar for the winner away at Woking.

Yeah fair enough. What I should have said, had I not been so lazy, is that he hasn't made any tactical changes that have been good for us. He usually waits until the 75th minute and then does a like for like swap, very occasionally that player will do something but that's not because of some tactical astuteness by Hurst.

Can anyone tell me why there was only 4 mins added on time? Their centre back was down for ages and then went down again later. Loads of substitutions too.

After all their time wasting, he couldn't even extend the playing time 30 seconds to take a corner.

Another knob jockey.

Confused as ever by Town supporters 3 Red crosses for saying poor tactics poor timings of subs and loanees won't save us.

I that case you must be correct all 3 of you and you are agreeing with Hursts decisions today? If so you leave me utterly baffled.

Quoted from RobDef1

Just back. We will not sack Hurst, honestly you're wasting your energy calling for that. Wasn't good enough today, simple. Absolutely perplexed at the decision to bring Clifton on at HT. That isn't a moan at Clifton, that is firmly a statement directed at Hurst (from a happy clapper). No idea what our shape was supposed to be 2nd half and Bromley got exactly what they came for. That being the opportunity to wind fans up, comfortably soak any pressure, and take away 3 points.

To the fans saying 'that's enough for me now', I'm sorry but I find that ridiculous. These are the same people that were saying they'd be happy with play-offs this year and push on next. We are 5 points off that, so lets see where we are at full time on matchday 44.You honestly believe bringing someone in now with a week of January left is the answer to somehow catapult us into the football league? It isn't happening, save your hair.

We can't say in one breathe 'this is a long term project' and then sack a manager after a year whilst sat in 10th. Yes it is frustrating, yes there have been questionable decisions. No, he wont be sacked and I do not believe sacking him is the answer either. Long-term means long-term, you're either in or you're out. Honestly being as fickle (and I know football fans are famous for it) as saying 'we are back' after 3 points and 'nah that's enough' after the next loss just adds frustration to a situation that already requires patience. UTM

Ridiculous argument. We're five points off the play offs owing to a very good start. However, we are now missing two of the better players from that start that made a big difference to how the team performed in Hunt and Towler. We're also not playing anything like the same way we were before. It's cumbersome, generic percentage football not like the quick and intense periods of play we witnessed earlier in the season. In the last 14 games we have won twice and drawn once. That is relegation form and the performances are not really showing much sign of improving on that. I would be astonished if this squad as it is now finishes in the play offs. And that is nowhere near good enough.

Nobody has claimed that getting a new manager in now would see us go up, I think most people have given up hope of that. But the alarming slump in fortunes with no sign of it improving coupled with Hurst's apparent inability to learn from the mistakes he made in his first stint and his woeful recent managerial record mean an increasingly greater number of fans are starting to come to the conclusion that he isn't and won't be good enough to get us back up any time soon. We can't wait six years again.