In Hurst I trust

Quoted from promotion plaice

I'm now calming down after today's terrible performance.

Let's face it we aren't getting relegated or promoted.

He probably learnt more about the players today than if he had played our strongest team from the start.

In Hurst I trust.

Frigging hell, if he doesn't know his players by this time of a season he should give up.

Hurst is a steady pair of hands for 1878. They need that while they focus on improving things off the pitch.

In this day and age, a football club can't sustain success unless everything is in place off the pitch. So, while they might not broadcast it, I think they will accept consolidation and small improvements each year while they deliver the new training facility, balance the books, etc.

Even if we finish 17th or 18th this season, with the cup run considered, it's been an acceptable return to FL football following a year in non-league (although I accept not everyone will agree with this).

The only way I can see Hurst being in any danger of losing his job next season is if we're in the bottom four or five in Oct/Nov. This wouldn't represent any sort of improvement.

I'm currently still behind PH and the team. If we go the rest of the season without a win then I'd be reconsidering. If we finish with a couple wins, draws, loses etc then I'm happy to see what happens in the summer. I just hope he changes the way he sets up at home games, I still can't believe the starting XI yesterday against 2nd bottom.

I wouldn’t change the management, but I’d like to see the management evolve - the home record is dreadful and must indicate in stats ten feet high that, tactically, there needs to be a rethink and a more progressive, positive approach generally. I also think it’s clear that we need a serious upgrade on about half a dozen players.

Quoted from TheFryingSquad

His record of improving teams year on year is unreal, really?  His record of his teams falling away at the business end of the season is very real I’m afraid.

Never thought about it this way before in honesty, should have seen this last season when we fell right away at the business end of the season...

I'm finding increasingly hard to trust in Hurst now, he's becoming the league 2 tinkermsn. He's trying to out think the opposition manager too much and losing any identity we may have had in the process, almost like he's clutching at straws now.
Maybe if he focused on our style of play ( a la being a good counter attaching team away from home) rather than worry about the opposition I'd not be so sceptical.
Its all conjecture as I don't see S&P getting rid anytime soon and we have to accept what we get in Hurst is what we have...

I’m supportive, though the selection yesterday was a dumb one considering the context of the attendance, opposition and opportunity to just get over that 50 point mark.

What has been clear for ages about GTFC is that the budget the manager and a few of his predecessors have had to work with has not been good enough to recruit the level of player who can stay fit we need and most expect.

I suspect that this close season Hurst will have funds ahead of the level he’s had since he came to the club on his first occasion which should enable a different level of recruitment especially up front and a more attacking style of play.

Quoted from TheFryingSquad

His record of improving teams year on year is unreal, really?  His record of his teams falling away at the business end of the season is very real I’m afraid.

Ok then, should we sack him?

Dont ever trust in anyone in life  And if you are going to mess about with the team, dont do it in front of the paying fans. They have paid good money to see the best that can be put out on the pitch not the fringe etc players and silly formations.   And why after a season do you need to see how and what players can do ,That is for behind closed doors games. And you should know your players well before the back end of a season . We may improve next season but again its the next season  the next window etc etc

Quoted from gtfc_chris

Never thought about it this way before in honesty, should have seen this last season when we fell right away at the business end of the season...

You are correct of course, 11 losses, 1 draw and 2 wins from 14 consecutive games, impressive stuff.  Thankfully Wrexham, Notts County and Solihull all managed to implode in the play-offs.  I have no issue with you holding an opposing view to mine and of course yes, selective use of statistics can be misleading, but reality is this:  Paul Hurst has had one single period during a managerial career, dating back to 2013 as a sole manager, where he managed a club outside of the bottom tier/non-league, with any glimmer of consistency.  That of course was Shrewsbury, where predictably they fell away when it really mattered.