Team

McKeown
Bignot
Pearson
McDonald
Fyfield
Colbeck
Kerr
Disley
Neilson
LJL
Hannah

Subs: Rodman, Hatton, Cook, Thanoj, Southwell

Interesting interview with Scott Neilson coming up on Humberside. Sounds like he feels he's more than capable of playing the full 90 minutes, but Hurst still decides to sub him off in every game for some baffling reason.

It's bloody dark here, floodlights are excrement!

Possibly our strongest 11 bar aswad

C,Mon Town, nothing less than a win tonight please!

C'mon you mariners!!

A certain Mr Brody on bench for Southport

I hope theres a change to the way we play, because if colbeck for rodman is THE change thats supposed to turn this around I give up

Prob would've chosen that too but would have had Hatton in for Bignot as he's a superior footballer and offers something for set pieces and crossing, which have both been sh1t recently.

come on town , straight into them UTM

Another bright start by Town :-/

Quoted from Chrisblor

Another bright start by Town :-/

Unlike Luton, Barnet and Kiddy, all 1 up within 3 minutes.

can we get curtis woodhouse in for a pre-match team talk

Lennie you sweetheart!!

Wooh ! Shop!

A bright start by Town (less sarcasm this time)

Get in!! 1-0 LJL

1-0 Town get in !

Feed the shop and he will score
Feed the shop and he will score!

UTM

Wahay! Tonduer sounding dejected means were 1-0 up, we can do it, right bottom side lets get a few now

I love Lennie.

Joe's turn next please.

It was a slow start again but let's hope it's all done with after 8 minutes, not the usual 20. Build up sounded very nice for the goal.

Who is doing the commentary with JT?

Sounds a bit like a morgue.

Our best striker.

Quoted from Cumbrian Mariner

Who is doing the commentary with JT?

Chris Parker, head of the Trust, also BigChris on here.

How many does he need to be top scorer?

Quoted from Tom13

Chris Parker, head of the Trust, also BigChris on here.

Thanks Tom.

How do I get commentary on an iPad

Quoted from marinette

How many does he need to be top scorer?

Only 1 or 2 more I think, despite him not being a 'natural goalscorer' like Hannah.

Quoted from marinette

How many does he need to be top scorer?

Only 1 or 2 more I think, despite him not being a 'natural goalscorer' like Hannah.

Shoulda, coulda, woulda... didn't.

Quoted from MrsMariner

How do I get commentary on an iPad

You go to this website and hope it works - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_humberside

Otherwise download the TuneIn Radio app and use it to search for Radio Humberside.

Fyfield sounding very dodgy tonight.

Quoted from Tom13

Only 1 or 2 more I think, despite him not being a 'natural goalscorer' like Hannah.

Ta.  Is it too much to hope for a hat-trick then?

Quoted from Tom13

Only 1 or 2 more I think, despite him not being a 'natural goalscorer' like Hannah.

Don't you mean "the goalmachine" as he likes to describe himself as on twitter? We'll ignore the easy chance he had from six yards on Saturday...

Quoted from LH

Don't you mean "the goalmachine" as he likes to describe himself as on twitter? We'll ignore the easy chance he had from six yards on Saturday...

Surely he must be rivalling Adrian Forbes' total of offsides soon?

Quoted from marinette

Ta.  Is it too much to hope for a hat-trick then?

Not when it comes to a goal machine like LJL  :P

Come on Town - get it by the scruff of the neck now and start banging 'em in.

Luton 3-0 up on Wrexham.

Oh urine off

Bloody hell 1-1

1-1

intercourse sake

might be because of a referee, but we havn't sounded like we've gotten control of the game since we've scored, and this is why you need to score more than one goal

ffs

Has Hannah done anything right yet?

All came about after we had a good attack which broke down due to an awful final ball. It's all a bit predictable.

for god sake town just man up and win it

And normal service is resumed.

Quoted from 137

Has Hannah done anything right yet?

Is he even playing?

This is not the performance of a team on track to win promotion.

Sounds like Fyfield`s having a blinder :(

Nearly Hannah

Quoted from Chrisblor

You go to this website and hope it works - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_humberside

Otherwise download the TuneIn Radio app and use it to search for Radio Humberside.

Thanks I normally listen to humberside on my laptop but Im in Wales an only got the iPad an humberside doesn't work I'll try the app

Quoted from 137

Has Hannah done anything right yet?

Just hit the post

Quoted from 137

Has Hannah done anything right yet?

Just hit the post  :P

Off the post. Hannah. Across goal and out for a goal kick!

LOL

Kerr doing his best to give them a goal.

Sounds so predictable listening to this.

Quoted from AdamHaddock

Just hit the post  :P

What's right about hitting the post? Is it because he wasn't offside? If so, fair dos.

Quoted from jonnyboy82

Kerr doing his best to give them a goal.

Sounds so predictable listening to this.

Predictable Spot on mate

Frustrating that we lost the lead but it sounds like we're competing and having the ball more tonight. Keep at it in the second half town and lets get a win

We need to impose ourselves second half and boss this team

2 more from town in second half utm.

Quoted from Chrisblor

Fyfield sounding very dodgy tonight.

The same as Saturday then !

Hopefully we can keep it up and eek out another valuable point against 1 win in 7, second-bottom Southport.

I'm quite sad that I mean that in more than half seriousness.

Quoted from TAGG

Predictable Spot on mate

Why I havn't bothered with the commentary or even checking the score till half time.

thanoj on for kerr

Luton haven't scored for 9 minutes. The wheels have fallen off

Something has certainly fell off at Wrexham...

FFS McDonald out for a couple of weeks then

Another injury:(

At least we have someone who can take set pieces now that Hattons on

Listening to this tonight just gets worse and worse

but

UTM

Quoted from buckstown

At least we have someone who can take set pieces now that Hattons on

thats yours and tondeurs fault, all that build up then that, don't know whether to laugh or cry

Quoted from buckstown

At least we have someone who can take set pieces now that Hattons on

;D

pearsondinho doing his best, but cmon please don't let this be anything other than a win

oooohhh Pearson hits the post with an overhead kick!

Hit the post twice. That's the post match excuses sorted. ;D

Gotta make this pressure count

flipping useless. a terrible terrible team

Shocking

Oh intercourse off

it gets worse  ??)

oh. my. god. nightmare stuff

This is not flipping acceptable

Surprised Fyfield wasn't put CB. And so it goes on...

Omg town ffs

Quoted from Hagrid

This is not flipping acceptable

Exactly :(

Been all over these second half and we just cannot finish or defend tbh.

Aside from barnet results are being kind to us too...

At least Cambridge have conceded at Braintree :-/
What a poor show Town.

Not saying he will be or should be, but how many other teams do you think would sack the manager in this situation?

Sod the other teams we need to bloody win ffs come on town.

i hate to concede defeat but this will kill the players confidence if they have any...its not been right since we lost to Huddersfield.

Whatever the outcome we need to get loan players in now

Quoted from Meza

i hate to concede defeat but this will kill the players confidence if they have any...its not been right since we lost to Huddersfield.

I know so much for using that as a benchmark for performances

Quoted from Garth

Whatever the outcome we need to get loan players in now

I can't see a few panic loan signings changing our fortunes sadly.

He's lost it I'm afraid ,Clueless and out of his depth .
Somebody give me a shout when next season starts because this fornicator just ended

FFS

Quoted from Garth

Whatever the outcome we need to get loan players in now

Well maybe, but unless we managed to get someone spectacular I can't see it changing much unless the team confidence improves, better tactics

Bignot is a fuckin joker of a player he's shite!!!! And fyfield what a joker, mid table finish ffs!!!!!

If we lose this then the midget better not come out with his deluded post match interview.

We got rid of laurel it might be time to get rid of hardy.

Rodman on.

Come on prancer, giz a goal!

Quoted from buckstown

At least we have someone who can take set pieces now that Hattons on

Ye right  ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAigdHRBQYc

Yay... Sacking our manager, a genius move...

Remember the high a few months ago, how times change !! In Hurst we trust !

Poor colbeck now been carried off.

Bunch of flipping bottling pansies.

A totally inept jan transfer window from the town management meant we didn't strengthen the squad when we needed to for the promotion run in is now starting to show . No good bleating about us being unlucky in front of goal - if we had even 1 striker who could convert and pose a threat we'd be winning games . Fooking useless

Neilson sounds poor, bet he sees out 90 mins tonight :-/

Quoted from RoboCod

Neilson sounds poor, bet he sees out 90 mins tonight :-/

well we've had 3 subs due to injury so I wouldn't be suprised either..

But we brought masses in last January and that worked really well...

If the players available wouldn't improve the team then why waste your time bringing them in...these players are more than capable of turning over anyone in this league but for whatever reason, confidence, morale whatever it may be, it hasn't happening at present...

PH is his worst enemy.....i wouldn't have changed the team for the sake of it....what signal does that send to the players not a very good one.  Keeping a settled side and change for injuries or suspensions.  Tounkara's confidence from what he gain getting an assist and a goal has been completely destroyed by being dropped.  

How long left guys

Quoted from WHYWONTYOULETMESIGNUP

well we've had 3 subs due to injury so I wouldn't be suprised either..

You know what I mean 8)  First time he stays on for the full game and he's done very little 2nd half, he's taken off when he's been doing well. Hardly the biggest problem we have right now though.

But he hasn't been dropped tonight...

Quoted from Meza

PH is his worst enemy.....i wouldn't have changed the team for the sake of it....what signal does that send to the players not a very good one.  Keeping a settled side and change for injuries or suspensions.  Tounkara's confidence from what he gain getting an assist and a goal has been completely destroyed by being dropped.  

he was not dropped he is injured 8)
UTMM

Fantastic, now Humberside has broken again

Quoted from Jarmo.Is.God

Remember the high a few months ago, how times change !! In Hurst we trust !

Yeh but as good as some of the results were, winning the match itself wise, when this season have we ever looked truely confident and dominant, some of our best performances last season were superior to the ones this season, we always look far too cautious this season in my opinion.

I mean im all for sticking with a manager, but how much time is enough? what low do we sink to, and what is there to give us encouragement right now?

Bringing fyfield in is surely a sackable offence on its own ?.

I'm sure there are fans of Cambridge having similar thoughts tonight, luckily they had that great start else they'd be with us...we are out of form, may be this year we'll hit form going into the playoffs and actually show willing etc in the playoff games...

Brodies a girl private

Quoted from aldi_01

Yay... Sacking our manager, a genius move...

i think it would be  :)

Quoted from gobby

he was not dropped he is injured 8)
UTMM

i know he is, but i meant the next game he was dropped.  

And replace him with whom???

Some people really do amaze me...

4 mins come on town

Quoted from aldi_01

I'm sure there are fans of Cambridge having similar thoughts tonight, luckily they had that great start else they'd be with us...we are out of form, may be this year we'll hit form going into the playoffs and actually show willing etc in the playoff games...

Your post are all positive, why can't you just say atm were shite, end of

Oh shaun:(

Quoted from jonnyboy82

Bringing fyfield in is surely a sackable offence on its own ?.

The pre season performances were surely a sackable offence on their own

Our finishing is hopeless

Quoted from aldi_01

And replace him with whom???

Some people really do amaze me...

I'll give you a clue - someone with the balls to sort this crap out

Town losing 2-1 after being 2-1 up! Nice one J.T! Lol! Oh, he's just added Brodie booked for a stamp on Brodie! :-)

Tondeur says Town deserve a point from this. A game at a team second from bottom of the league who we couldn't beat at home a couple of weeks ago. That is a crumb of comfort I suppose.

Hit the woodwork three times tonight.

Not sure what Hurst will say after this, same interview as 7 days ago maybe...unlucky, could have/should have got at least a draw. Ridiculous.

I wonder if Paul Hurst will suggest we were unlucky to lose, mention we hit the post 3 times and take no blame whatsoever for this shite?

Quoted from jonnyboy82

Bringing fyfield in is surely a sackable offence on its own ?.

Couldn,t agree more. He offers nothing but despair.

Play-offs??? forget it.

other teams are stringing results together. We've been shite at home for a while and now we're shite away.

So people still can't actually give an answer to the question 'who do replace the manager with'...

People really do have some odd thoughts.

We aren't good at the minute but we know it will get better...

Quoted from RoboCod

Not sure what Hurst will say after this, same interview as 7 days ago maybe...unlucky, could have/should have got at least a draw. Ridiculous.

He`s clueless!

This is disgusting. And i think thats a perfect word to describe us atm

Absolutely flipping shite!!!!

FT, disappointing after such a good start but we conceded two avoidable goals and not finished the chances we had.

Deflating, I hope Hurst has a couple of cards up his sleeve because we have a few well off the boil

Quoted from MuddyWaters

I'll give you a clue - someone with the balls to sort this crap out

Likes.

Disgusted , down and not going on saturday while this clown is in charge

We need to win sat big time if we want playoffs

What a truly awful f***ing February, only 1 win in a competition none of us cared about, 1 point in the gained in the league after playing a plyoff rival and a team in the relegation zone twice!  Feel sorry for the Town fans who were there tonight.  

We still have 5 games in hand on playoff places but it feels like i have been saying that for ages now and we are slipping further away.  Very frustrated but have to find some hope we can turn it around on Saturday, if we don't beat Sailsbury then I think I will really begin to panic.  

Quoted from aldi_01

So people still can't actually give an answer to the question 'who do replace the manager with'...

People really do have some odd thoughts.

We aren't good at the minute but we know it will get better...

We know it will get better?

How many years you been saying that.

Fenty to break the bank to get gary mills or steve burr , both cant be on big contracts.

Time to save our season or this will end like the last one

[quote=284]So people still can't actually give an answer to the question 'who do replace the manager with'...

If we dont beat Salisbury, the only reason Hurst will still be in a job is because we cant afford to sack him.
Plenty of managers to replace him with, he's hardly setting the world alight.

That said, I think we will beat Salisbury and then go on and make the play offs! After all, we all want the manager to stay.

It does make you wonder how much of Paul Hursts "form" earlier in the season actually came from some of the work Rob Scott had put into the team, and now with Rob out of the picture, Hurst is coasting? It's painful to say it as I don't necessarily believe that - but just wondering it that's actually what's happened.

Really disappointing - I really felt this was going to be the year for us to go up finally, if not automatically, in a play off thriller - but I'm starting to get cold feet frankly.

How long have we been stuck on 40 odd points? Seems like forever.

Another flagship night in the reign of King John - has anyone  won Euromillions?

From having a lot of games in hand and only a few points behind the teams above us it's not looking very good now.

Barnet 8 points behind but 5 games in hand (means we need to win at least 3 of those)
Alfreton 8 points behind and now only 4 games in hand. (again need to win at least 3)
Salisbury 4 points behind but 4 games in hand which makes Saturdays game a must-win or else they'll be looking hard to catch now too.

Quoted from jonnyboy82

We know it will get better?

How many years you been saying that.

Fenty to break the bank to get gary mills or steve burr , both cant be on big contracts.

Time to save our season or this will end like the last one

Do not think we can gamble that heavily on 'a saviour' as the turmoil would be unlikely to help.  When we are hardly in a good financial situation with almost all our squad out of contract at the end of the season think we have to be somewhat prudent.  I would rather have a club to support than no club!

That said this is becoming a big crunch time for Hurst, what started as a blip is now becoming a severe slump.  However if we can get past this and rediscover some of our earlier season form we should still be in the playoffs and as long as do not play as badly as last year in them we have a chance.  

Quoted from ginnywings

How long have we been stuck on 40 odd points? Seems like forever.

We reached the 40 point mark on december 19th when we beat kidderminster I beleive, 9 out of 24 since, so had we won all our games, we'd be sitting in second, on 64 points, 8 points behind luton, with 3 game in hand worth a potential 9 points. Obviously it we were never going to win them all, just shows how well luton have done though.

Shaun Pearson`s interview was honest and to the point, blames himself for the second goal and is determined to right it on Saturday.
Still in with a great chance but require loan bodies in now to cover injuries

Quoted from nightrider

[quote=284]

That said, I think we will beat Salisbury and then go on and make the play offs! After all, we all want the manager to stay.

Errr, I don't! He's got no energy, no ideas and no inspiration. (Unless that was sarcsm but it's lost on me tonight as I've had to much J.D. to drown my sorrows! )  8)

Big test for Paul Hurst now, in terms of dealing with pressure.  Obviously he's been through it before, but not by himself, and I expect Scott's shoulders were quite broad - it must be tough to have to deal with it alone when you're used to being in a partnership.  A test for the players too - we will soon see how much they are prepared to give of themselves in supporting their gaffer and how much of a cohesive team they really are when things aren't going to plan.  Everybody was praising their team spirit during the first half of the season, and saying that was the big difference between this year and last year - well let's see how good that spirit really is.

And a test for the fans too of course (not that we need to prove ourselves - had plenty of traumas to overcome in the last few years and come through them OK), but again we have a choice.  Continue to support the team or throw in the towel.  Let's see who does what.  

Quoted from Garth

Shaun Pearson`s interview was honest and to the point, blames himself for the second goal and is determined to right it on Saturday.
Still in with a great chance but require loan bodies in now to cover injuries

Was this the same Shaun Pearson that said we wasnt going to repeat the mistakes of last season and was looking forwards to giving Southport a wallopping in tonights Telegraph ?
Words mean nothing from this lot anymore

Quoted from marinette

Big test for Paul Hurst now, in terms of dealing with pressure.  Obviously he's been through it before, but not by himself, and I expect Scott's shoulders were quite broad - it must be tough to have to deal with it alone when you're used to being in a partnership.  A test for the players too - we will soon see how much they are prepared to give of themselves in supporting their gaffer and how much of a cohesive team they really are when things aren't going to plan.  Everybody was praising their team spirit during the first half of the season, and saying that was the big difference between this year and last year - well let's see how good that spirit really is.

And a test for the fans too of course (not that we need to prove ourselves - had plenty of traumas to overcome in the last few years and come through them OK), but again we have a choice.  Continue to support the team or throw in the towel.  Let's see who does what.  

You say that, but when? From what I know about his career he's been at two teams that were good for their league, and led them to high positions in those leagues, then he's come here which should be a similiar scenario, but theres more pressure, and you could argue looking at the tail end of last season and then now, that maybe the pressure is a bit too much. Everyones got to learn, but tonights result has got to be the tipping point, and now he can't just put another team out and hope for a better performance and a bit of luck, I think he's got to try something different, doesn't have to be drastic, but theres flaws in our system in struggling to break down opposition and being hit on the break so i'd like to see some pro-activeness from the manager and a willingness to change things.

Yep. Heard it all before and seen it all before. Tonight was utterly predictable.

Quoted from WHYWONTYOULETMESIGNUP

You say that, but when? From what I know about his career he's been at two teams that were good for their league, and led them to high positions in those leagues, then he's come here which should be a similiar scenario, but theres more pressure, and you could argue looking at the tail end of last season and then now, that maybe the pressure is a bit too much. Everyones got to learn, but tonights result has got to be the tipping point, and now he can't just put another team out and hope for a better performance and a bit of luck, I think he's got to try something different, doesn't have to be drastic, but theres flaws in our system in struggling to break down opposition and being hit on the break so i'd like to see some pro-activeness from the manager and a willingness to change things.

Obviously he's going to have to make some changes due to the injuries we've got.  We could have done without them.

Yes, he's been under pressure before .... here!  Things haven't always been a bed of roses during his time managing this club.  People have short memories, but there were some dodgy results and angry reactions, only Scott was there in the past to shoulder some of the blame and abuse (and give it back when he saw fit).

Our record against Southport in the conference make grim reading.

P8 W1 L2 D5  Never more than one goal in it, and never put more than 2 past them.

The other worry is that earlier in the season, if we went in front we didn't lose, and more often than not, we won.

Quoted from Badger57

Town losing 2-1 after being 2-1 up! Nice one J.T! Lol! Oh, he's just added Brodie booked for a stamp on Brodie! :-)

I hate listening to Tondeur commentating,he sounds so excited when the opposition are on the attack and when we are in their box you would think we were still in our own half,he shows no passion for our team. We could do with someone like Scott Dalton from Radio Lincolnshire,He commentates all the Boston United Matches and he's excellent at his job.

Quoted from nightrider

[quote=284]So people still can't actually give an answer to the question 'who do replace the manager with'...

If we dont beat Salisbury, the only reason Hurst will still be in a job is because we cant afford to sack him.
Plenty of managers to replace him with, he's hardly setting the world alight.

That said, I think we will beat Salisbury and then go on and make the play offs! After all, we all want the manager to stay.

Who are these "plenty of managers to replace him with"?

Quoted from ginnywings

The other worry is that earlier in the season, if we went in front we didn't lose, and more often than not, we won.

To be fair, this is the first game we've lost after taking the lead. The only other game we've dropped points after being in front in was Gateshead.

Then again, it's difficult to be in front if you concede early and hardly ever score more than 1 goal  :(

Quoted from Grimal

I hate listening to Tondeur commentating,he sounds so excited when the opposition are on the attack and when we are in their box you would think we were still in our own half,he shows no passion for our team. We could do with someone like Scott Dalton from Radio Lincolnshire,He commentates all the Boston United Matches and he's excellent at his job.

I think the problem is, that tonduer, an experienced town fan, is in the habit of being terrified when the opposition have the ball, and finding it hard to beleive anything will happen when we're on the attack

Like a broken record, Hurst says we should have got something from the game and seems to take no blame for the awful result; only suggesting we should be 'better', that we don't have much luck and the goals we conceded were down to poor defending. He does concede he'll have to look at loan signings, but the way he said it sounded like he doesn't have any targets in mind, which isn't very reassuring - http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/article/reaction-from-southport-1383171.aspx

It's hardly surprising John Tondeur isn't the most optimistic commentator given he's spent the last 10 years or so watching Town fall down the divisions while messing things up every time things start to look slightly promising again.

For the record I think he's an excellent broadcaster and we're lucky to have him. You only have to look back to the dark days of Fenty's fall out with Humberside leaving us with Compass FM's amateurish commentary team for a whole season to see that.

All hurst talked about in the interview was luck.

You make your own luck mr hurst

A bit of luck would only paper over the fact that we are poop. admit it Hurst

Quoted from Chrisblor

It's hardly surprising John Tondeur isn't the most optimistic commentator given he's spent the last 10 years or so watching Town fall down the divisions while messing things up every time things start to look slightly promising again.

For the record I think he's an excellent broadcaster and we're lucky to have him. You only have to look back to the dark days of Fenty's fall out with Humberside leaving us with Compass FM's amateurish commentary team for a whole season to see that.

exactly. Bad enough listening to this heartbreak week after week, year on year, knowing their first, possibly only attempt will go in, knowing we will labour and either fail dismally in front of a handful of opposition fans or offer up a glimmer of hope before sticking the knife in and still failing dismally.