Paul Hurst mk II - some statistics

Quoted from Knut Anders Fosters Voles

Really? Any manager, anywhere, ever?

I could name you hundreds, if so.

Quoted from Azimuth

Go on then, name them, and bear in mind I said succesful team or manager.

Quoted from Knut Anders Fosters Voles

Virtually any Italian side from the past 60 years - that takes me past 100 already

D.Simeone
Mourinho
Benitez
Herrera
Ancelotti
Parreira
Deschamps
Emery
Ferguson post-2000

I could go on…

Quoted from Mappers

I think most recognise the part Hurst played in our promotion , cup run and relatively steady first season so kudos to him for that .

I'm unconcerned about the daft cup games and barely look at the result in truth .

I have stated many times on here I like Hurst as a manager , and he's a safe pair of hands .

Past - he's done well for us in the main so probably does deserve trust and longer to try and make hay - the massive contradiction is managers are getting sacked all over the place for doing better in many cases ; maybe it's just the way the game has gone , but I do believe managers have a shelf life to some degree - just look at Slade & Holloway for us even .

Present - doing ok in the league but style of play not to a lot of peoples liking ; with a seemingly scattergun approach to selection & formation -- is that just a case of failure to find the right blend or more worryingly the players not being good enough to play how he want's them to ? I'm not sure .

Future - Think he deserves more time based on the above , but my amount of time is probably less than some ,more than others ; depending on results .

It's all about opinions and results isn't it , we don't know ultimately what the boards expectations are , but suspect we will probably find out in the next few months . It's all a reasonable debate though whether you are pro or anti Hurst , or like me at this point leaning towards the latter but not by much .

I liked the ear cupping Hurst though , he seemed a bit more prickly and rigid back then and seemingly made the narative of it's 'everyone against me and my team,fans including (at times )' very effective . He comes over more now as a nice bloke who has not created that same togetherness as yet with this group of players .

Let's hope for 3 points on Saturday against Accrington Stanley exactly .

Quoted from AncientExiledMariner

I think the training ground is going to be more important than folk realise.

Imagine you play for a premier league youth team, going to work every day in impressive facilities on very nice fields with good equipment. Then your contract is coming up for renewal. You look around a few places, and wind up moving to Grimsby, and go to work every day, to train on a shoddy pitch, getting changed in a shed, working with dilapidated gear. How motivated are you really going to feel about that?

Going to work should be motivating. It should feel like you're representing something important. With pride, comes effort. Feeling good and proud that you represent Grimsby Town. The players see the training ground 5 times a week, and BP 23 (and a big extra) times per season.