Why Hurst Should Stay

Love it. He’s edited out the superfluous’c’ from his original spelling of ‘desck’s’, but left in the apostrophe!!! Brilliant.

Quoted from Limerick Mariner

Why should he be sacked now? We had a disappointing start, now moving into the realms of poor. The entertainment is certainly poor. But I cannot see how removing him would bring immediate improvement.

I think Penfras has it on the other thread - we haven’t signed players that run through brick walls and one like that is injured (Green). Another one, Maher ‘s training stats might have shown he wasn’t ready to play a full game yesterday. We are not party to this stuff. The current squad doesn’t provide a lot of options and PH has to take the flak for that. His recruitment has boxed us in to a 1 up front approach when we have an injury up front. No doubt he was thinking Eisa and Vernam would getting inside to support. That hasn’t worked and certainly neither of those will demolish walls. But what could another manager, that we could attract, do right now with the squad and injuries we have?

It has to change but PH knows now that surely. If he doesn’t then I’d have a different view. Unless we collapse now, he deserves at another transfer window.

I'm not yet calling for him to go now. The last time I did was after one of the most pitiful games I had seen for years when we lost to Harrogate in 2021. After that game I started a Hurst out thread saying he would take us out of the Football League and sadly he did.

I would suggest that if we were to drop into the bottom 2 at any point I would be thinking then that his time is up but certainly if we were in the bottom 4 come Christmas then I would be saying his time is up and certainly not expect him to be given another transfer window.

Quoted from arryarryarry

I'm not yet calling for him to go now. The last time I did was after one of the most pitiful games I had seen for years when we lost to Harrogate in 2021. After that game I started a Hurst out thread saying he would take us out of the Football League and sadly he did.

I would suggest that if we were to drop into the bottom 2 at any point I would be thinking then that his time is up but certainly if we were in the bottom 4 come Christmas then I would be saying his time is up and certainly not expect him to be given another transfer window.

Maybe it’s just me, but I’ve moved on from the Fenty era 22nd will do attitude.

For anyone saying we should stick with him as there’s no guarantee anyone better would come in, I’d just point out that this is the exact same attitude that kept Fenty in charge for 2 decades and look what happened the second he was replaced.

No guarantees in this life but sometimes fortune favours the brave.  

The only reason Hurst should stay is if we can't get someone else in to have us higher than 18th in league 2 on gates of 6k plus.I don't get this let's put up with it attitude from some supporters they see the same 90mins I do .Why do they think things will get better where does this optimism come from?

Quoted from GollyGTFC

Maybe it’s just me, but I’ve moved on from the Fenty era 22nd will do attitude.

I'm not saying 22nd will do. I was just pointing out to a previous poster that come Christmas at the very latest if we are near the bottom then he has go and not be given another transfer window. I would be very surprised if the Chairman gets rid before that.

As I pointed out sadly I wasn't listened to after I suggested he should be sacked in 2021 and was given plenty of grief for suggesting that.

Similarly in November 2009 I was very vociferous against the appointing of Neil Woods and given grief by many on here before he was given the permanent post and all through his leadership again saying he would take us out of the Football League and sadly I was right about that as well..

Quoted from 1mickylyons

The only reason Hurst should stay is if we can't get someone else in to have us higher than 18th in league 2 on gates of 6k plus.I don't get this let's put up with it attitude from some supporters they see the same 90mins I do .Why do they think things will get better where does this optimism come from?

They/we have seen 20 years of underachievment and worry what change will bring probably , that's hardly gone well for us either has it in that period .

He needs to go but we don't definitely know we will get better . Let's hope Pettit & Stockwood have a masterplan , not one that's us 'punching above our weight ' at 7th in the conference .

Reasons for Hurst to stay? Does he make a good cuppa? Maybe he can assistant Tea Lady

I never thought we'd be having so many different threads on here saying similar things that Paul's, time is up. I gave always, liked Hurst and was hoping we could push on like everybody else this season. I would and still would be happy with us being a top half team. Not necessarily in the playoff spots has there are many  teams that appear to have  better quality and budgets.
Watching is Saturday was truly awful. Accrington where poor and we played Rose in his own against 2 big centre backs. I thought at half time we would go 2 up top and go for it. I want Hurst to succeed but I don't see how he can turn it around.
People including myself think we have a better team than what we had the 2nd part of last season. However I know not all of them where our players but Crocombe, Emanual, Lloyd, mcatee, Smith maybe Orsi to a degree would in my opinion get into this team. So I don't think we have a better team than last season. Like I say I know 3 of them where on loan.
I will be there at Stockport hoping to get a result of some sort however it will need a polar opposite of what I've witnessed lately. Even if we go there and lose but at least look like a team playing for one another.

Quoted from ska face

For anyone saying we should stick with him as there’s no guarantee anyone better would come in, I’d just point out that this is the exact same attitude that kept Fenty in charge for 2 decades and look what happened the second he was replaced.

No guarantees in this life but sometimes fortune favours the brave.  

I agree that's not a good argument to not change.

I think a decent argument is Hurst's previous demonstration of turning things around, being a competent manager, hard worker and fostering a great team spirit. I've also always thought he's an honest fella.  I expect him to turn it round, I understand others don't.

Fenty was a flipping pudding who never demonstrated any of those qualities in his time with us.