Paul Hurst Sacked (MERGED)

Has he gone? John T says he has

Quoted from bawarmy

John T says he has

Does he?

On twitter he’s toast great news

A shame but results are awful.

It odd isn’t it . I’m actually gutted for him . Strange how emotions can change so fast

Thanks for the memories Paul

Quoted from It Bites

It odd isn’t it . I’m actually gutted for him . Strange how emotions can change so fast

Thanks for the memories Paul

It's genuinely the first time someone's been sacked and I've been more gutted than happy.

Very sad at this - not sure it’s the right call but time will tell.

There are plenty of managers out there and I have the belief that the board will employ the right man UTM

Can't say I'm surprised. I like Paul Hurst but I like EFL football too.

They had to act, no other choice.

Thanks for all your efforts Paul.

Onwards and upwards.

Utterly broken by this.

A genuinely decent and proper bloke. He didn't deserve it to end like this.

The right decision, without question. But it hurts like hell. Like a relationship you know isn't working anymore but you just can't say goodbye.

Thanks for everything Paul.

Thank you God!

Im gutted.

He has given me the most magical memories. Things i would never ever have thought I’d see Grimsby town do.

Hold your head high Paul, you’ll always be welcome back here Paul.

Proud you were our manager

Feels a little bit like a relationship break up with a really nice girl who isn’t putting out as much as you like so it’s time to part ways.

Quoted from lukeo

It's genuinely the first time someone's been sacked and I've been more gutted than happy.

I just said to my mrs that I feel very emotional and upset and she laughed and said you wanted him out an hour ago

I think it’s because he’s a good bloke

Holy moly

Good luck Paul and Chris but this had to happen

Davies caretaker?

Sad day.

Great guy.

Difficult at this point to suggest this being anything other than the correct decision.

Fingers crossed we can find someone good.

Cheers Paul

Really disappointed. I have been frustrated with recent form, like anyone, but I just wanted him to turn it around... He has been the most important manager for us in decades and I wanted to keep th faith. I just can't stomach the years nonsense we endured between Hursts tenures as manager all over again.

Thanks Paul. We owe you a lot as a club. I wish things had worked out better and you had lead us to greater successes.

👍👍

Genuinely saddened by this news I really thought that this season would be the making of a good side which might challenge for a playoff spot but sadly not to be. UTM

Never been his biggest fan but still feel sorry for him.

Not nice to lose your job but I would expect him to get another probably in the National League.

Quoted from diehardmariner

Utterly broken by this.

A genuinely decent and proper bloke. He didn't deserve it to end like this.

The right decision, without question. But it hurts like hell. Like a relationship you know isn't working anymore but you just can't say goodbye.

Thanks for everything Paul.

Wow, reign it in,  it is only football, he will walk away with a decent pay off and be back in a job before the seasons over.

You sound like you are gonna organise a vigil.

Quoted from ginnywings

Can't say I'm surprised. I like Paul Hurst but I like EFL football too.

They had to act, no other choice.

Thanks for all your efforts Paul.

Onwards and upwards.

As always, I agree with you.

Decent bloke was paul hurst gutted it didn't work but correct decision

Quoted from Wiley2405

Feels a little bit like a relationship break up with a really nice girl who isn’t putting out as much as you like so it’s time to part ways.

Sounds a bit like most women I have been out with.
No

Good luck Paul in the rest of your career. Gave Grimsby fans something that will stay long in the memory with that brilliant cup run.

Quoted from Wiley2405

Feels a little bit like a relationship break up with a really nice girl who isn’t putting out as much as you like so it’s time to part ways.

Jesus…..good contribution mate

Ultimately it was inevitable.

Jason and Andrew have given him a big budget and we’ve won 3 out of 20. That tests the patience of any club owner.

That said, the football was dull and the atmosphere at BP was toxic. Thanks for everything Paul, I’m sure you’ll bounce back.

Great news he and doig have gone a cloud has been lifted from over the club.

Two promotions from the conference on his CV, wouldn't surprise me if he walked straight into the Gateshead job

Quoted from lukeo

It's genuinely the first time someone's been sacked and I've been more gutted than happy.

AB III was the worst for me as I knew we'd never see him back in the dugout again.

Thanks for everything Paul, some great memories. However it is undoubtedly the right decision and the board now have their biggest challenge yet since coming in. Fingers crossed they’re up to the task

Was it the worst start. I can’t remember ever being in it so early in the season.

Luck run out. Shame.

Right decision but the man is a town man through and through and whenever if ever he decides to come back to our club Paul hurst should be welcomed and given the respect he deserves.

Thanks Paul hurst and Chris doing but now we move on to the next chapter.

Quoted from Yoda

Great news he and doig have gone a cloud has been lifted from over the club.

You really are a Grade A helmet

I just wished Paul could have turned things around, I really wanted him too, it’s a sad day really because Paul is a decent man and given us good times as town fans. Good luck to Paul and Chris

Correct decision but a sad day. Fitting use of droopy corner flag on the OS.

With the announcement so soon after the match it’s clear that the conversation was had before the match. It makes you wonder whether or not JS has possibly had conversations with potential replacements and maybe someone is lined up?

I doubt there will be a rush to get anyone in place before next weekend but my guess is there will definitely be someone in place before the next league match.

Nice words from the owners can feel it’s a genuine shame because there was a real relationship between them

Gutted it hasn't worked out this season, best manager we've had since Buckley. Fingers crossed we get someone decent in.

I'm not sure it's something we should celebrate as such.

Show the guy some respect, it's not worked out so far this year but Paul achieved some great things for us.

He leaves with a thank you from me.

What a relief, thanks for the memories but a change is defo required

Unlike many other of our managers of recent years, Hurst and Doig leave with nothing but best wishes from me.

UTM.

Quoted from 141269

I'm not sure it's something we should celebrate as such.

Show the guy some respect, it's not worked out so far this year but Paul achieved some great things for us.

He leaves with a thank you from me.

And from me. A very sad day but inevitable I guess. Those who are celebrating this...well it says far more about them than Paul Hurst and Chris Doig. Good luck to both of you.

Quoted from Yoda

Great news he and doig have gone a cloud has been lifted from over the club.

On the bright side this will mean you won't be fckin posting again until we the next manager has a run of bad results which will hopefuly be for some time... the longer the better!

Usually if we've sacked a manager I've felt a happy and a sense of bitter sweet feeling but with Paul even though it was the right decision I definitely don't feel happy infact it's a sad day for our club.

Just a shame he couldn't turn it around.

Totally the right decision but still no satisfaction in it. At the end of the game I went from shouting "Hurst out" (because that's what I feel was necessary) to clapping him when he came over (cos I really like and respect the guy, and respect him doing that).

Must have been a decision taken earlier as they have said they would not make the decision to sack straight after a game - I suspect either he had been told already he had to win or maybe just over a week ago he had to hit a certain points target in order to avoid the chop.

Totally the right decision, it was a dreadful interview Tuesday night were he tried to claim it was one way traffic, wed been so unlucky (despite being gifted one of the luckiest goals in nearly 40 years), refs were to blame (this is a massive tell something was wrong as he never makes much of a big deal about refs) etc. Relieved he's gone but also gutted is all I can say

Thanks for the memories hursty.

Someone has said this is a relief.

That pretty well sums up my thoughts. I didn’t want them sacked, but now it’s happened I’m ok.

It’s obviously been thought about by the Ownership over last few weeks as the statement today has been pre- prepared. I would expect nothing less of this ownership. They don’t debate in public such things, but will have been looking behind the scenes for every possible eventuality, even success.

Whilst they will not have approached anyone to replace Paul, they will have a list of up to 10 managers they could approach.

If I am on the list, I am available all of next week for a chat…..

Quoted from Teesknees

On the bright side this will mean you won't be fckin posting again until we the next manager has a run of bad results which will hopefuly be for some time... the longer the better!

Well we can hope. He should use the time wisely to go and learn how sentences work, but doubtless he’ll be back with the usual cretins once we lose two on the trot.  

*breaking news* Chris Doig still sat on the team bus waiting for PH to join him and the rest of the squad for the journey home. Nobody dares tell him

Quoted from male private Nale

Wow, reign it in,  it is only football, he will walk away with a decent pay off and be back in a job before the seasons over.

You sound like you are gonna organise a vigil.

MegaLOL!

The irony from the guy still pining for his former master nearly 3 years on.  He ditched you Nick, you don't have to keep fighting his pointless battle. I don't even think he's fighting that battle anymore.  I mean, does he even return your calls anymore?

I’m saddened but I guess on balance it’s the right decision. However it’s amazing that the apparent hatred for Hurst for the last few weeks with people screaming for his head suddenly becomes sympathy when he does get sacked. I like others only wish him the best for the future, and Chris Doig too.

It's very sad. But as I said in another thread, it was starting to resemble the Neil Woods situation which took us down in 2010.  The board didn't act on the warning signs then and we paid the price.

The board has taken a very tough but I think necessary decision. Now we have a chance to bring in a new manager in time for him to bring in players in the January window,.  It's possible a change of tactics might get better results from the players we have.

Quoted from RonMariner

It's very sad. But as I said in another thread, it was starting to resemble the Neil Woods situation which took us down in 2010.  The board didn't act on the warning signs then and we paid the price.

The board has taken a very tough but I think necessary decision. Now we have a chance to bring in a new manager in time for him to bring in players in the January window,.  It's possible a change of tactics might get better results from the players we have.

Good post, I agree with every word.

I am going to celebrate tonight because it means we have a better chance of avoiding relegation, and it is the last link with Fenty gone

Has left us with some great lifelong memories. The playoff campaign and night at Soton are up there with the best of the  Lawrie Mc, George Kerr and Alan Buckley times.

I thought the players were still playing for him today. Couldn’t fault the effort, but some are just not good enough. If 1878 had doubts about giving him another transfer window then it’s right that they acted decisively now so the new guy can assess the squad.

We all were happy that we did the business early in the summer but we seem to have lost our resilience of last season without gaining the quality we needed. That for me has been PHs downfall, not the tinkering with the formation of the last few weeks.

Quoted from diehardmariner

MegaLOL!

The irony from the guy still pining for his former master nearly 3 years on.  He ditched you Nick, you don't have to keep fighting his pointless battle. I don't even think he's fighting that battle anymore.  I mean, does he even return your calls anymore?

Jilted.

He’s a properly good National League manager but just not good enough for the EFL.

I feel like he’s left us with some decent players and I’m excited to see who we bring in next, I think whoever that is should be pretty excited too.

We all knew it was coming and he must have done . A nice man he may be but his way of playing was not what we wanted in the whole . And we are stairing down the big black hole again thanks to him so had to go.  Wish him luck in the future

Quoted from louth_in_the_south

Right decision. Seems the decision had been readied before the game judging by the swiftness of the statement.

All the best PH . I don’t think any fan of Town wont be grateful for your work. But it’s time to move on .

Feel sad it had to end this way, but probably putting both parties out of their misery with some dignity intact.  Thank you Paul and Chris and all the best for the future.  

Well handled by the board too

Quoted from realist

I am going to celebrate tonight because it means we have a better chance of avoiding relegation, and it is the last link with Fenty gone

That says more about you than them.
I won’t be celebrating. The opposite of that. Im pi$$ed off at the result today and saddened about the inevitable dismissal of Hurst. An honest and decent man who’s given his best. It had to change, but it’s not something I can imagine feeling ‘happy’ about. Im sad for us as fans, as a club, and I’m sorry for Paul. He’ll be hurting tonight.

Quoted from denni266

And we are stairing down the big black hole again thanks to him so had to go

Things can escalate quickly.

First step is to sift through the applicants.

At least i can stop sliding from one side of the fence to the other now.

I was getting a sore bum.

Thanks for all your hard work i sm sure you will be back in work soon.

As somebody else alluded to, it has looked similar to that Woods period where we just kept losing games, even when we hadn't been bad on the day.

The failings at the end of the transfer window is what has done for us. The squad is a few players short in areas and having just three strikers in the squad (one of whom doesn't really look like a striker), is a real error.

EFL survival top priority
In a season that promised much
Difficult but correct decision
Let’s now make another correct one by appointing the right person to push us up the league

Darryl Clarke, anyone? My gut instinct is “yes”, but then again I was giddy when Holloway joined, so what do I know?

Either way, as much as I liked hurst and I am saddened, this is a new start. Hurst was taking us down. Again. His main achievements were in non league, and that’s not enough for us as a club. I’m now excited about the future, onwards and upwards.

Quoted from chaos33

That says more about you than them.
I won’t be celebrating. The opposite of that. Im pi$$ed off at the result today and saddened about the inevitable dismissal of Hurst. An honest and decent man who’s given his best. It had to change, but it’s not something I can imagine feeling ‘happy’ about. Im sad for us as fans, as a club, and I’m sorry for Paul. He’ll be hurting tonight.

You are human after all

It’s the right decision but I do find how they’ve done it very odd. “It’s not a snap decision” but they’ve waited to see how we did today before making the choice. Something else about the data saying the performances were OK. I think data needs utilising myself but I can’t think of a reliable metric that you can use to determine how good ‘performances’ are.

Huge appointment coming up but the timing is OK to allow them to bed in until January.

Thanks for the memories Paul, real shame it didn’t work out.
When my time comes I’ll still be smiling gently at that night in Southampton and the play off campaign
Good luck for the future

I get the Woods comparison , afterwards today I was frustrated as hell - we have better players than Doncaster , gave 100% yet still lost ; that one that roled along the line in front of us just summed up the last few weeks . Although today Hurst  fully reverted to type , rather than trying all these new systems and formations , it seems his luck ran out ; today I did feel we were quite unlucky .

No doubt the small few who disliked Hurst from the outset will be delighted at this outcome , whereas the few on here who know Paul personally will be gutted for their mate - no doubt he's a good one , seems a genuinely solid guy .

Did he move us forward ?
Yes and no - it depends if we retain our league status this season doesn't it really - we look far too good on paper & on the pitch but points win prizes and we are not picking any up , and seemingly dropping them when they are there for the taking .

We get Stockwood's & Pettit's first big test ,  making an appointment fully of their own ; something that may well show us the level of both their short and medium term ambition .

Thanks to Paul-  IMO he can hold his head up high and should be welcome back at BP anytime (not as manager for a 3rd stint).


Over to Andrew & Jason to make sure his reign doesn't become clouded by another relegation .

As much as he appears to be an honest bloke the style of football has been a bind to watch, however I feel as has been said before he'll make a good national league manager (could be a good call for York in the future considering the position they find themselves in)

Quoted from realist

I am going to celebrate tonight because it means we have a better chance of avoiding relegation, and it is the last link with Fenty gone

What makes you think we have less chance of relegation? What are you expecting to change? Genuinely interested as for me the shortcomings of the current players will still be there. I don’t think the players have stopped playing for the manager at any point so what change are you expecting?

Quoted from spuggybridge

As much as he appears to be an honest bloke the style of football has been a bind to watch, however I feel as has been said before he'll make a good national league manager (could be a good call for York in the future considering the position they find themselves in)

It's all about opinion isn't it - I get people that didn't like the style ,especially at home . But I liked performances like today - organisation,gritty with the odd passage of good football .

My worry is league 2 in the main is so scrappy whoever is manager , to have any success the template is pretty basic unless you go down the Notts or Mansfied route ; but i assume they have hefty budgets .

Quoted from Vance Warner

What makes you think we have less chance of relegation? What are you expecting to change? Genuinely interested as for me the shortcomings of the current players will still be there. I don’t think the players have stopped playing for the manager at any point so what change are you expecting?

A change of tactics - a plan A + a plan B

Quoted from diehardmariner

Utterly broken by this.

A genuinely decent and proper bloke. He didn't deserve it to end like this.

The right decision, without question. But it hurts like hell. Like a relationship you know isn't working anymore but you just can't say goodbye.

Thanks for everything Paul.

Absolutely the right decision but can’t help thinking the owners have treated PH & CD poorly today.

The decision was clearly already made. The owners talk about taking the emotion out of decisions and waiting for the dust to settle, so I can only assume they would have been sacked even if we won today.

Surely they should have done it earlier in the week. Even if they had  given Paul & Chris the option of taking charge of the Doncaster game or not.

It just feels like they’ve used PH & CD today to avoid having a caretaker manager taking the match today.

And this finally puts to bed the idea that the owners won’t be ruthless.

Quoted from GollyGTFC

Absolutely the right decision but can’t help thinking the owners have treated PH & CD poorly today.

The decision was clearly already made. The owners talk about taking the emotion out of decisions and waiting for the dust to settle, so I can only assume they would have been sacked even if we won today.

Surely they should have done it earlier in the week. Even if they had  given Paul & Chris the option of taking charge of the Doncaster game or not.

It just feels like they’ve used PH & CD today to avoid having a caretaker manager taking the match today.

And this finally puts to bed the idea that the owners won’t be ruthless.

I think the owners have given them opportunity to turn things around and, yes, it might seem ruthless, but it’s a business that requires results.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

I think the owners have given them opportunity to turn things around and, yes, it might seem ruthless, but it’s a business that requires results.

They had longer than they deserved, but sacking him at 5PM in the tunnel at an away game is no way to treat PH & CD.

Quoted from golfer

A change of tactics - a plan A + a plan B

I would argue reverting to type and sticking with what he know's would have been the best bet for him , as he has changed tactics/formation multiple times this season and it's come over as somewhat scrambled .

But what do I know

Hoping Kieran Green gets fully fit aswell,we really need him now .

Quoted from Heisenberg

Darryl Clarke, anyone? My gut instinct is “yes”, but then again I was giddy when Holloway joined, so what do I know?

Either way, as much as I liked hurst and I am saddened, this is a new start. Hurst was taking us down. Again. His main achievements were in non league, and that’s not enough for us as a club. I’m now excited about the future, onwards and upwards.

Already in at Cheltenham, turning it round too.

The reality of being a manager is you’re prepared for the sack at some point

Be careful what you wish for. Now watch all the feeble comments of “he was a good and decent manage” “it’s a shame”. You asked for it. And now you have his head. As I say you get what you wish for.

Quoted from diehardmariner

Already in at Cheltenham, turning it round too.

Wow, I didn’t know that. The fact he got a job right away tells us everything.

Quoted from Mappers

It's all about opinion isn't it - I get people that didn't like the style ,especially at home . But I liked performances like today - organisation,gritty with the odd passage of good football .

My worry is league 2 in the main is so scrappy whoever is manager , to have any success the template is pretty basic unless you go down the Notts or Mansfied route ; but i assume they have hefty budgets .

Good point, we are now going to have to grind out some results from somewhere, hopefully then we'll be able to play more attractive (eye pleasing) football.

Quoted from Boonsy

Be careful what you wish for. Now watch all the feeble comments of “he was a good and decent manage” “it’s a shame”. You asked for it. And now you have his head. As I say you get what you wish for.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing , we don't know what Paul would have done in the next 30 league games ; fortunately/unfortunately we will never know . It's over to the owners now .

Quoted from Boonsy

Be careful what you wish for. Now watch all the feeble comments of “he was a good and decent manage” “it’s a shame”. You asked for it. And now you have his head. As I say you get what you wish for.

The trajectory he was taking us was back to the national league with very little to suggest it was turning around. So either he’s not getting enough out of the players or he’s assembled a very poor squad. Both of those would be sackable offences. As it is I believe it’s a combination of the two. A squad that has been built poorly with some glaring deficiencies but he’s also not worked out how to get a song from the decent players we do have. And he had said himself he was out of ideas. Right decision to get rid.

Sad day. I feel for Hurst. But as has been said countless times it was inevitable as the tide had turned against him and the results don't lie.

To those saying at least we won't go down now, I'd say the chance of us going down has actually increased at the present time.

Hopefully Hurst's replacement's the right one and he can get a tune out of a bunch he inherited rather than wanted and quickly plug any gaps.

My beer tonight is certainly not celebratory.

First of all I have been saying for weeks Paul Hurst should have gone, that said I am sad for Paul and do wish him the very best of luck, he is a honourable man and a very genuine guy.
Unfortunately we have come to the end of the road and GTFC and the supporters have to look at this season so far and the future, I feel that in acting swiftly the current custodians are giving the club the best opportunity to progress and survive in League 2.
Good luck Paul and Chris, thank you for your service and integrity and sorry it hasnt worked out for us all this season.

Quoted from GollyGTFC

Absolutely the right decision but can’t help thinking the owners have treated PH & CD poorly today.

The decision was clearly already made. The owners talk about taking the emotion out of decisions and waiting for the dust to settle, so I can only assume they would have been sacked even if we won today.

Surely they should have done it earlier in the week. Even if they had  given Paul & Chris the option of taking charge of the Doncaster game or not.

It just feels like they’ve used PH & CD today to avoid having a caretaker manager taking the match today.

And this finally puts to bed the idea that the owners won’t be ruthless.

I've got no issue with that. Football is a ruthless business.

I also remember a few years back Hurst (and Doig) being in charge for a home game against Cheltenham when it was clear they'd already agreed to go to Shrewsbury beforehand.

So swings and roundabouts.

Quoted from Withnail

Sad day. I feel for Hurst. But as has been said countless times it was inevitable as the tide had turned against him and the results don't lie.

To those saying at least we won't go down now, I'd say the chance of us going down has actually increased at the present time.

Hopefully Hurst's replacement's the right one and he can get a tune out of a bunch he inherited rather than wanted and quickly plug any gaps.

My beer tonight is certainly not celebratory.

You're gonna have to talk me through your logic with that one?

Seems an absolutely crazy statement to make when we're on such a bad run, have looked awful for a while and PH's answer of how he's going to turn it around was that the law of averages would level up and we'd start to win a few games (incidentally this is something Stockwood seems to allude to in his interview tonight).

Quoted from Mappers

I get the Woods comparison , afterwards today I was frustrated as hell - we have better players than Doncaster , gave 100% yet still lost ; that one that roled along the line in front of us just summed up the last few weeks . Although today Hurst  fully reverted to type , rather than trying all these new systems and formations , it seems his luck ran out ; today I did feel we were quite unlucky .

No doubt the small few who disliked Hurst from the outset will be delighted at this outcome , whereas the few on here who know Paul personally will be gutted for their mate - no doubt he's a good one , seems a genuinely solid guy .

Did he move us forward ?
Yes and no - it depends if we retain our league status this season doesn't it really - we look far too good on paper & on the pitch but points win prizes and we are not picking any up , and seemingly dropping them when they are there for the taking .

We get Stockwood's & Pettit's first big test ,  making an appointment fully of their own ; something that may well show us the level of both their short and medium term ambition .

Thanks to Paul-  IMO he can hold his head up high and should be welcome back at BP anytime (not as manager for a 3rd stint).


Over to Andrew & Jason to make sure his reign doesn't become clouded by another relegation .

Did we, really?

I've thought we have looked poor for some time especially defensively.

Quoted from Maringer

As somebody else alluded to, it has looked similar to that Woods period where we just kept losing games, even when we hadn't been bad on the day.

The failings at the end of the transfer window is what has done for us. The squad is a few players short in areas and having just three strikers in the squad (one of whom doesn't really look like a striker), is a real error.

Said that to a mate just the other day. I was one of those who could see it in 2010 calling for Woods to be sacked well before the end of the season but unfortunately the board weren't listening.

Quoted from Vance Warner

What makes you think we have less chance of relegation? What are you expecting to change? Genuinely interested as for me the shortcomings of the current players will still be there. I don’t think the players have stopped playing for the manager at any point so what change are you expecting?

Also, there’s a shock in store for those who are expecting a decent replacement. An up and coming National league manager isn’t going to want to risk moving and going back down at the end of the season, blowing their likely only chance. Expect those who’ve been screaming for his head are going to go very quiet when the replacement is announced, or a short list leaked.

I think our best chance of surviving relegation was Hurst turning it around, as unlikely as that seemed recently.
I think we’re fûcked.

Quoted from GollyGTFC

They had longer than they deserved, but sacking him at 5PM in the tunnel at an away game is no way to treat PH & CD.

There is no good time to fire anyone. People have to do the right thing for the right reasons. We are 4th from the bottom, not 4th from the top. That's a clue as to the situation that Town is in. We are in a relegation fight, and it won't be pretty. For those wringing their hands and faux crying, because you can't take it, the best thing for you is to go back to junior school and ask Miss to read you a fairy story whilst you suck your thumb on the rug.

There will be time lost in looking for a replacement, the new Manager will need time to assess the squad, make decisions which will be painful, but needed, and then dip into the January window to bolster the squad. Time isn't on our side, but the good thing it's happened now and not in December.
The question is a Paul Hurst a decent man, of course, he is a thoroughly decent man.
Was he a good manager, I just think he was out of his depth and stuck in a groove. I wish him well for the future, but now my mind is on Grimsby Town and the now. UTM

Quoted from 140381

Also, there’s a shock in store for those who are expecting a decent replacement. An up and coming National league manager isn’t going to want to risk moving and going back down at the end of the season, blowing their likely only chance. Expect those who’ve been screaming for his head are going to go very quiet when the replacement is announced, or a short list leaked.

I think our best chance of surviving relegation was Hurst turning it around, as unlikely as that seemed recently.
I think we’re fûcked.

Colchester sacked their manager a few days before they came to Blundell Park. A rubbish team with no manager hence rudderless. A dead cert 3-pointer. We lost They have now have 6 points, we have have 0.  I rest my case