Jeez do we need a win tonight:

TOWN: McKeown, Hendrie, Hewitt, Menayese, Clifton, Morais, Matete, Coke, Lamy, John-Lewis, Hanson.

Subs: Battersby, Waterfall, Rose, Adams, Jackson Jr, Green, Payne.

At least there's some consistency in selection which has been my major bug bear. Making 4 and 5 changes a game is a disaster

Looking forwardto a win, but alas it wont make any differance as we will be going down  any way  :(

Not if the win tonight gives them the confidence to go on a 10 game winning run   3 - 0 Town

Thought Adam's was off on international duties ?

Man City seem to manage resting top-class players - and still win nearly every game.

Quoted from moosey_club

Thought Adam's was off on international duties ?

Only misses the Barrow game.

Crofty not holding back on Humberside tonight.

Quoted from promotion plaice

Jeez do we need a win tonight:

TOWN: McKeown, Hendrie, Hewitt, Menayese, Clifton, Morais, Matete, Coke, Lamy, John-Lewis, Hanson.

Subs: Battersby, Waterfall, Rose, Adams, Jackson Jr, Green, Payne.

      If there are prem clubs after our youth why can't we have them on the bench, 'if they're good enough' comes to mind except for the Hurst factor.

Quoted from promotion plaice

Crofty not holding back on Humberside tonight.

Listened to him and as many have said on here where are the leaders???????

Can’t face it tonight and probably won’t watch the rest of the season. Thoroughly depressing.

Quoted from davmariner

Can’t face it tonight and probably won’t watch the rest of the season. Thoroughly depressing.

Just bought the game again, my expectations are low.

Quoted from promotion plaice

Just bought the game again, my expectations are low.

Saturday night never again
Monday you must be joking
Tuesday you what

Now  pitch doesn't look too bad   Gluttons for ............  are we.

Bit confusing this. Whenever I am this wound up, anxious, depressed and crazed, it's Tuesday.

Useless ref again, not a booking

Cautious approach from Town says Crofty FFS here we go again!

Our defence is not looking confident

Good save macca

Good save macca

Good save by Macca

Tranmere upped their game, can only see them scoring soon. Hope I'm wrong

Ref is giving Tranmere lots of free kicks from soft challenges
Why always us?

20 mins and we've never looked like scoring

These are all over us

The end of the season can’t come quick enough for me

Quoted from BenBB

These are all over us

They’re near the top of the table for a reason

The table doesn't lie, were toothless.

Poor refing again. Conned every time

Referee is poor. Tranmere get out muscled and drop to the floor holding their heads

Poor showing from them.

We need Morais, Shop or Hanson off and need some pace

Lamy looking good and Defence is very good - Clifton doing ok

This refs a tart. Every action is so OTT. Look at me sharp object

Another opponent trying to ref the game and yet another ref falling for it.

No midfield, nothing upfront why the hell did I pay my £10

The only good thing is macca is doing ok

Am I the only one thinking we are ok - just nothing up front aha

Their just playing as a team. Why can't we

It’s coming ..... just not for us! we look a relegated team.

It seems every team in this division knows how to play the ref. Apart from us.

30 mins and we haven't had 1 direct shot on target. in fact only 1 into the side netting

We are playing fantastically.................compared to the reverse fixture when we were already 4-0 down

Quoted from DB

Their just playing as a team. Why can't we

Maybe they’ve had all season to work on teamwork?

Quoted from RonMariner

It seems every team in this division knows how to play the ref. Apart from us.

Bug ger the ref every team knows how to play but us

Quoted from RonMariner

It seems every team in this division knows how to play the ref. Apart from us.

And the only time we did, we got fined for doing it!!!

I bet we could beat them at darts though  ;)  

Quoted from WayneBurnettsJockstrap

We are playing fantastically.................compared to the reverse fixture when we were already 4-0 down

There you go. And some people say Hurst hasn't improved us!

Zero creativity. Coke passing to them more than us.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Zero creativity. Coke passing to them more than us.

Maybe Coke needs some

Nothing to offer at all. Shockingly bad team. No width, no midfielders making penetrating runs, defenders just lumping to the opposition. I just can’t believe what I’m watching game after game

Can't see us scoring, absolute rubbish

Can that cross count as a shot on target?

Matete seems to be really struggling. It'll be a loss if we lose him.

No attacking threat at all playing not to lose wont get us out this hole

What the hell are they doing at Cheapside because this is dire.

Quoted from promotion plaice

What the hell are they doing at Cheapside because this is dire.

Living up to the name

Quoted from DB

The only good thing is macca is doing ok

he's had nowt to do!

Morais hooked the ball away and all our attackers in our half. Sh!t tactics from Hurst, again, again and etc.

Clifton playing well out of position.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Clifton playing well out of position.

Seems to be doing alright , getting stuck in.

45 mins our first corner, shows what a threat we aren't. Poor corner

Plenty of effort, but it’s like a cup game with Teams who are 2 divisions apart 😕

Who's JT kidding, Town working hard!!!!!

Half time and what a load of rubbish

Granted we’ve not had that much attacking threat but what on earth are Croft and JT watching? Harping on like we’re getting hammered and we’re certainly not

Poor !

Quoted from pontoonlew

Granted we’ve not had that much attacking threat but what on earth are Croft and JT watching? Harping on like we’re getting hammered and we’re certainly not

They are spot on. We aren’t imposing ourselves on the game at all

Awful, typical Hurst tactics, set up not to lose, does he not understand we need goals!..if this is what we can expect next season I really hope SSP get rid in the summer, I really do!!

HT.....0-0

Tranmere will be disappointed they haven't worked Macca more.

Come on Town let's nick it right at the end.

I think I have worked out what the problem is.

All of our attempts on goal (all the blocked ones) have been left footed shots.

Left footers are in the minority generally so there are more right footed players to block.

Maybe if we had more right footers in the team we may be able to get more shots away.

Just trying to think of another excuse!

Well we might not be losing but I can't see a goal coming for us. No midfield, 10/11 in our half defending. Tranmere play as if they need the points and we play as owt'll do. They look like professionals and we look like Sunday league.

0-0 at half time is about as much as we could have hoped for given the opposition

Holloway would have been delighted with this performance if it had come at their own place

This is not a tactical problem

This is a distinct lack of quality

Simple as that

Quoted from pontoonlew

Granted we’ve not had that much attacking threat but what on earth are Croft and JT watching? Harping on like we’re getting hammered and we’re certainly not

Well....we sort of are....hardly been in their half, dont think our strikers have touched the ball in their box, LJL has hardly touched the ball at all....midfield are weaker in every position and they have been camped in our half.

We look very second best....as yet it hasnt quite fallen for them in our box but on that display and letting them have that much time at our end of the pitch it's only a matter of time.

We will be ready to start blowing within 10mins of restart and they already looked quicker and sharper.

Very happy to survive without  conceding there but without some retained possession the pressure is going to build to breaking point.

I would take the shop off, we arent winning any physical battles in the current approach, put Jackson in who is little bit sharper into feet.

tranmere are about the best side i've seen so far, on that 45 minutes and we are doing well to hold them. coke and matete are looking ineffective coz they're battling against 3 good players in there. neither of our wide men are doing anything productive.morais is quiet, for about the 3rd or 4th game on the trot whilst lamy seems to be bamboozling himself half the time. Hanson and the shop up front are similarly outnumbered.Back 4 doing really well, again for the 3rd or 4th game on the trot.We don't look so fragile and don't like we will concede whenever they have an attack.
Wonder if Hurst will do the old Italian thing of trying to keep it tight for the third quarter and then go for it. I'd be looking at getting Ira on for Morais, just because he's a bit quicker and more of a presence (plus he's the only forward who's scored more than 1 goal all season!)
2 months ago we'd have been pleased with how we've done ,but it's too late for that now

Quoted from Fillipe Noche

This is not a tactical problem

This is a distinct lack of quality

Simple as that

Disagree! This is a poor league where any team can win a game just a Barrow proved last night.

Defended very well against a decent side. Remember they completely tore us apart first half at their place. Need to be more of an attacking threat 2nd half. Payne on for curse of the ex.

Tranmere 11/8 - YES PLEASE

Quoted from Northbank Mariner

Awful, typical Hurst tactics, set up not to lose, does he not understand we need goals!..if this is what we can expect next season I really hope SSP get rid in the summer, I really do!!

Do you really expect us to come out all guns blazing, bearing in mind they tanked us 5-0 away and given our season long track record of shipping goals left, right and centre. Realistically, we've got to try and stay in games as long as possible and hope we can nick something.

Have you ever seen Sam Allardyce go into any club he's been brought in to keep up and go out all guns blazing?

Fillipe noceed it on the head there. Pretty much all their players manage to control the ball properly first time and are comfortable with it at their feet. They always have someone available to pass to wether thats 10 yards or 30 yards. They are simply better players than most of ours.   Unfortunately, But still 0-0 so you never know we could snatch it, I mean it has been known to snow in the sahara

Talk about one foot in the grave

Quoted from Fillipe Noche

They are spot on. We aren’t imposing ourselves on the game at all

Coke having no impact. Unable to get on the ball and put a few passes together. John Lewis again lacks pace or movement. Need a more lively partner for Hanson. Either Jackson or Adams?

Quoted from Humbercod

Disagree! This is a poor league where any team can win a game just a Barrow proved last night.

that might be true, but not tonight so far. Amazed only 1 or 2 have given Tranmere any praise.They look a very good side who are playing well.lot of quality in there, they work well as a team and have quite a bit of flair,The left winger has given hendrie a hard time, and i think it was him who was the stand out player at their place if i remember correctly?
as i said before , at any other previous stage of the season we'd be chuffed with town have hung on in there

Quoted from Roast Em Bobby

Do you really expect us to come out all guns blazing bearing in mind they tanked us 5-0 away and given our season long track record of shipping goals left, right and centre. Realistically, we've got to try and stay in games as long as possible and hope we can nick something.

I didn't say we should go gung ho but at least have a go FFS, drawing games or hoping to nick a goal isn't good enough, I'd rather we try to be a bit more potent but we are giving them naff all to think about, it's like a training session for Tranmere!!.

Anyway heres the second half

Quoted from headingly_mariner

Defended very well against a decent side. Remember they completely tore us apart first half at their place. Need to be more of an attacking threat 2nd half. Payne on for curse of the ex.

You know how desperate we are when we try and look for that as some sort of hope 🤣

Quoted from Roast Em Bobby

Do you really expect us to come out all guns blazing, bearing in mind they tanked us 5-0 away and given our season long track record of shipping goals left, right and centre. Realistically, we've got to try and stay in games as long as possible and hope we can nick something.

Have you ever seen Sam Allardyce go into any club he's been brought in to keep up and go out all guns blazing?

Last time different team and manager. Attack is the best form of attack and we haven't got an attack. JT and crofty are grasping at straws.

Worst town team in my lifetime

Go 433. Rose on in centre midfield, Jackson wide. Take off Lenny and Morais. Got to do something different as only wins will make a difference.

We can't even trap a ball. Midfiedl haven't a clue. Lammy useless so far. We. can't even take a corner nevermind centre a ball.

Look who owns Tranmere . And then look who owns GTFC.
There’s your answer to our problem.

Has anyone considered that they are just better than us, which is why they are chasing promotion and we are bottom. What's the point keep posting how rubbish we are and how we can't muster an attack. It's because we are too busy trying to stop a much better side from scoring. It worked for Barrow last night as they were completely outplayed by Cheltenham.

If we go gung ho, they will pick us off. Only hope is to try nick something from a set play or bit    of luck.

Lamy and Morais are having a bad night. Sub em anybody can't be worse

Morais injured.

Morais injured........great

Lenny and Coke where is semi retirement playing at a level well; below Tranmeres how on earth did Hurst think they could save us.!

Quoted from ginnywings

Has anyone considered that they are just better than us, which is why they are chasing promotion and we are bottom. What's the point keep posting how rubbish we are and how we can't muster an attack. It's because we are too busy trying to stop a much better side from scoring. It worked for Barrow last night as they were completely outplayed by Cheltenham.

If we go gung ho, they will pick us off. Only hope is to try nick something from a set play or bit    of luck.

I pointed that out early one but got red crossed

I know this is more like an away performance from us but we are still in it coming up for the hour mark

Quoted from forza ivano

that might be true, but not tonight so far. Amazed only 1 or 2 have given Tranmere any praise.They look a very good side who are playing well.lot of quality in there, they work well as a team and have quite a bit of flair,The left winger has given hendrie a hard time, and i think it was him who was the stand out player at their place if i remember correctly?
as i said before , at any other previous stage of the season we'd be chuffed with town have hung on in there

They’re not the invincible’s, they’ve lost to Crawly and Stevenage recently, we’re just making them look good.

Desperate defending and not attack. can't see 3 points.

Nearly, for them.

60 mins, no shot on target for us.

It’s so utterly boring.

We are just not good enough  :B

Quoted from ginnywings

Has anyone considered that they are just better than us, which is why they are chasing promotion and we are bottom. What's the point keep posting how rubbish we are and how we can't muster an attack. It's because we are too busy trying to stop a much better side from scoring. It worked for Barrow last night as they were completely outplayed by Cheltenham.

If we go gung ho, they will pick us off. Only hope is to try nick something from a set play or bit    of luck.

Unfortunately there’s 23 teams in this division that are better than us

John Lewis being hilariously excrement is the only reason I’m still watching. Retro vibes.

Quoted from HerveJosse

Lenny and Coke where is semi retirement playing at a level well; below Tranmeres how on earth did Hurst think they could save us.!

Anyone who red X this comment is completely clueless.

Quoted from louth_in_the_south

Anyone who red X this comment is completely clueless.

I might have red-crossed it if I could understand what he says. But I’ve no idea what he means, so I don’t know if I agree with him or not.

Quoted from HerveJosse

Lenny and Coke where is semi retirement playing at a level well; below Tranmeres how on earth did Hurst think they could save us.!

Might come as a shock but good players aren't exactly queuing up to join utterly male masturbation sides flirting with relegation in to non-league in the January transfer window.

Tranmere looking leggy now after a long day Sunday, could be a Hurst master stroke 🤔

YOU HAVE TO BURY THAT JOHN LEWIS flipping HELL

LJL missed again

Shop should have scored

We’re not playing to badly but still can’t see where a goals coming from.......

Quoted from Chrisblor

Might come as a shock but good players aren't exactly queuing up to join utterly male masturbation sides flirting with relegation in to non-league in the January transfer window.

So why replace the team we had with this steaming pile of turd.

Lenny needs to better with chances like that 🤬

Jackson junior having another good game off the bench

Huge chance. Poor poor finish

We look better defensively  the last few games but we just can't score

Jackson has made a good improvement and Lewis fluffed his lines....

flipping cart horse
Two games on the bounce should have scored

Absolute rubbish by LJL, 2nd week he managed to miss, bet hereford are pleased he's gone

And this is why it was a strange decision to sign a has been from NLN .

Hurst might recruit players based on their perceived reputations.  What they had done in the past - not now.

Give Lennie a break he’s already scored once this month.

Oh your excrement as intercourse ref

JT

"Was that a good save"??
Dear me.

Absolute gift to a striker.

Must be in his contract to miss sitters every game. 🤧

Quoted from psgmariner

So why replace the team we had with this steaming pile of turd.

Because they were shiite.remember starting the match with only 8 players as green, bennett and preston starting? Remember having macca and russell in goal giving away a goal a game? Remember gibson up front with green? Remember taylor,rose and morton in central midfield? Remember pollock  and waterfall bring disorganised and outpaced?

Quoted from psgmariner

So why replace the team we had with this steaming pile of turd.

'Replace' ?

Most of them were underperforming loanees who only ended up here because Holloway's scouting network consisted of ringing up his mates and going 'got any players you can lend me', and they got recalled when he copulated off. Who did we lose? Preston (not very good), Gomis (shite), Morton (shite), Taylor (shite), Edwards (could be decent but often with very little end product). Tilley's probably the only player we had any say in keeping and he's clearly someone who never settled up here and wanted to go back down south.

We’re making headway......still won’t score though......

I've often wondered why this team play without guts. Now I know why. They leave them in Harrington St and collect them on the way home.

Quoted from Humbercod

Give Lennie a break he’s already scored once this month.

I’ll give you that. That did make me laugh. 😆

Tranmere are nothing special we just need belief!

I know Ira is on but why wait so long to put more subs on. We need fresh legs. Has Hurst got his blinkers on again until the 85th minute?

Please just a little piece of luck.......

Tranmere even trying to score for Town.

Can’t fault the effort, and could’ve had an og on another day 😕

You create your own luck, and we create nothing permanently.

Quoted from oochiad

Please just a little piece of luck.......

Luck??
Been gifted an absolute golden opportunity and missed it.

That strike from the shop was below sunday league standard . . If we missed a chance like that on a sunday morning you would be hung out to dry . Lewis has just about cost us 4 points in two games with his glaring misses .. Ffs at least make the keeper make a save in stead of passing it to him

Quoted from forza ivano

Because they were shiite.remember starting the match with only 8 players as green, bennett and preston starting? Remember having macca and russell in goal giving away a goal a game? Remember gibson up front with green? Remember taylor,rose and morton in central midfield? Remember pollock  and waterfall bring disorganised and outpaced?

I remember all of that and I remember our position in the league and points per game - do you?

I think even before last night's results most of us felt we were down . Last night was another nail in the coffin.

This team also seems to have accepted their fate. Most know they won't be here next season so probably not overly bothered. We look like we are going through the motions now  Not a team fighting for our lives.

The change of manager and players has had no impact.
To be honest even if this gap was 3 or 4 PTS it's hard to see hoe we would escape. Other teams are picking up wins here and to there. Hard to see where a Town win will come from.

Quoted from DB

You create your own luck, and we create nothing permanently.

You are a seriously boring person. Just have a few minutes off and give everyone a break

TBH all I’m bothered about now is going to a game down south , getting on the beers and having a laugh . Don’t care if it’s EFL or NL .

We need 3 points, bring on the subs fresh pair of legs etc. 1 point is not enough barrow are now a game in hand. What is Hurst playing at.

DB man give it a rest a minute

Played wel this second half

Credit where credit is due, they're creating good things, getting good runs in and getting the ball forward this half but every single time, it's let down by an awful touch or a mistimed pass. It's so frustrating.

intercourse it Hurst Gung Ho now, nothing to lose a draw is no good!!!!!!

Quoted from KingstonMariner

I might have red-crossed it if I could understand what he says. But I’ve no idea what he means, so I don’t know if I agree with him or not.

‘He’.
Presumptious.

Quoted from Hagrid

DB man give it a rest a minute

Played wel this second half

Sorry but we need more. If we were mid table then ok, but need a win.

Quoted from psgmariner

I remember all of that and I remember our position in the league and points per game - do you?

Yes, we were 22nd in the league when Hurst joined, and most of our wins were a result of individual performances by players who are now injured (Scannell, Wright, Pollock - still our top scorer ffs), had already departed (Windsor), or copulated off along with Holloway (Tilley, Edwards).

This idea you keep preaching that somehow we had a squad capable of keeping us in the league when Holloway left and Hurst joined is nonsense. We'd lost 5 of the last 7 when Holloway copulated off and the side had relegation written all over it. Constantly slagging off Hurst because he's not somehow managed to sign an entire new team of competent players in those circumstances is pinning the blame on the wrong target. Holloway, Fenty and the rest of the board are to blame - letting players like Vernam, Hessenthaler, Clarke and Davis leave on free transfers and telling prospective players we were going to potentially dock their wages with covid clauses when no other team were bothering with them. Those decisions were terminal and entirely on Holloway and the board.

Quoted from psgmariner

I remember all of that and I remember our position in the league and points per game - do you?

Yes but I remember dagenham and southend etc and the fact that we were getting worse and worse

90 mins and no shot on target. tells the story

3 mins come on town

Quoted from DB

90 mins and no shot on target. tells the story

Clifton just had a shot on target.

Wow . What a list of players we let go .

Quoted from HerveJosse

‘He’.
Presumptious.

I took a gamble. Odds on you are.

90 up

3 minutes added

Just one second to score

I wonder if Hurst will come on and say it could be an important point come the end of the season? 😂😂😂
(Risking a late winner for Tranmere)

Quoted from DB

90 mins and no shot on target. tells the story

I’m sure there’s been 2 shots on target today... progress

Quoted from DB

90 mins and no shot on target. tells the story

Not according to the stats.

They’ll be more pi.ssed off with a point than us I’d guess 😂😂

Quoted from DB

90 mins and no shot on target. tells the story

John Lewis kicked a sitter into the keepers chest. It was on target. Please watch the game before posting.

FT
0-0

Huffed and puffed

Could have / should have scored and it would have been 3 points

Lewis has cost us 6 points over the last two games ffs

FT....0-0

Not enough unfortunately but played well 2nd half.

Well...same team...same sort of outcome...worked hard, as units , just lack of quality in the final third again.

Played well against a good side and could’ve won it in the end. In isolation it would’ve been a good point, but we really need to start winning.

Paul Hurst will be buzzing with this result and who could blame the Yorkshire t.wat

If you look at the table that’s a point gained.

In the end was a tough ask today and we should have taken points from previous games that were there for the taking. Plenty of effort against a side with good players but as always lacking that bit of quality in their box, lack of use of subs again but I guess what did we even have on the bench that would have made a difference. We seem to have a more settled side, probably too little, too late though.

Love Lenny but if tonight’s and Saturday’s chances had fallen to a natural striker, we’d still be in with a shout.

Quoted from TAGG

Lewis has cost us 6 points over the last two games ffs

Is it 4 points for a win now?

Must have missed that coming in.

Well, our beloved leader will be pleased with that,

Clean sheet,

"Kept us shape",

Important point gained,

The fact that we are 8 points from safety seems to be irrelevant to this man !

F.....G Useless, the quicker him and Fenty are gone the better !

That was the best I've seen town play in the last 5 months. They weren't great 1st half but they hung on in there, whereas before we would have collapsed.game changed with ira coming on and we actually looked a threat for the first time in god knows how long. Loads of positives and I'm heartened by that.no lack of effort and looked much more like a team
I will add the caveat that's its probably 2-3 months too late, but let's give credit where it's due.well done hurst and the players.that was more like it

Quoted from louth_in_the_south

Paul Hurst will be buzzing with this result and who could blame the Yorkshire t.wat

Your out of order. Pauls a good bloke

BBC stats show that we had more shots and more shots on target!  You can proof anything with stats.  

We were second best.

Dare I say it, that was a great second half of football. Should've won it and we're bottom and they're 4th. Funny game, funny league. UTM.

Thought Jackson was very lively when he came on and he made a big difference

Needs to start on Saturday

If it wasn’t for the fact that we needed 3 points, I’d be all over that 2nd half in praise for endeavour and hard work

Much better team than Tranmere in the 2nd half

Players tried hard but we just don’t have the quality and I’d suggest “us shape” didn’t help.

This is still a side short of quality, JT made the point about three clean sheets which I guess is fair but once again a keeper will have a bus ride home after an easy night.

There is no way we’re getting out of this.

Shots on targets, near miss, played well. looked better, got a point and take what you want. We needed and wanted 3 points to survive in L2. it didn't happen, games running out and we are a 1 half team. Either 1st half in the last few games or 2.nd half as per tonight.

Third useless point on the bounce.

I think he has got us now where he thought he could get us and where we needed to be about 6 games ago - solid, clean sheets, harder to play against. Now we need to find a way to start turning the 0-0 draws into 1-0 wins but it's just going to be a bit too late unfortunately.

Quoted from Hagrid

Your out of order. Pauls a good bloke

no he's not. perfectly legitimate comment about a bloke that cant manage to get us a win

Its ok singling The Shop out for missing chances- all strikers do inc players like Kane, Salah etc. The difference is they get 4 or 5 chances every game and only need to score one to keep people happy, I think Shop has had 4 decent chances over 5 games and scored one. No worse than any other striker generally (Note he is exactly the sort of player we will need in the conference next season). We just lack ambition going forward. Thought Jackson did well from the bench, and our current back 4 look really good at the moment.

Quoted from forza ivano

That was the best I've seen town play in the last 5 months. They weren't great 1st half but they hung on in there, whereas before we would have collapsed.game changed with ira coming on and we actually looked a threat for the first time in god knows how long. Loads of positives and I'm heartened by that.no lack of effort and looked much more like a team
I will add the caveat that's its probably 2-3 months too late, but let's give credit where it's due.well done hurst and the players.that was more like it

You are watching a different game to me. Nowhere in the first half .Tranmere ran out of gas in second half probably because they played a Wembley final; three days ago. We had one chance in the game and fluffed
It.

Hurst’s comments a few weeks back were that we first needed to start keeping clean sheets, as Stevenage had done, and build up from there so albeit a bit late maybe we are starting to get there.

If we got this result when the game was originally planned to take place we probably would have been delighted with a point and half decent performance. Trouble is we are allowing the gap to get wider each week and games are starting to run out but hopefully a win at Mansfield on Saturday and we can all suffer for a bit longer before the inevitable happens.

Quoted from Hagrid

Your out of order. Pauls a good bloke

I don’t give a sh.it if he is . He was hired to get us out of this mess unfortunately for him and he’s failed . His signings have been shocking and his results even more so . We’ve just slid into the NL with a fooking whimper

Forza, as usual is the voice of informed reason on here.

Quoted from TAGG

Lewis has cost us 6 points over the last two games ffs

4 points actually!

Quoted from Hagrid

Your out of order. Pauls a good bloke

Paul may be a good bloke but he's not doing it for us. Played 13, 7 points out of 30 tells it as it is.

It's fine margins again. Should have won at Carlisle and had 2 great opportunities to pick up wins against Colchester and Tranmere. 1 late goal conceded and 2 good chances missed and what could have been 9 points is 3.

I doubt Barrow are playing any better than we are but are getting those crucial goals at the right time.

We now need to turn these tight games into wins as Stevenage did. I think Hurst has done as good as anyone could have expected given what he walked into. I'm not his biggest fan but I think some of the stuff posted about him tonight is out of order.

We looked a team tonight. Not a great team but a team nonetheless.

Another cautious display gets us a point against a knackered side, at least the Hurst clappers will be happy👍

Quoted from Humbercod

Another cautious display gets us a point against a knackered side, at least the Hurst clappers will be happy👍

I’m no Hurst fan but why are Tranmere knackered? No difference between playing Sat/Tues or Sun/ Wed and yeah they were in a final on Sunday but are pushing for automatic promotion so can’t believe they are not “up” for every game at present.

The result is everything in our position but tonight was hardly a walkover fixture, none are for us, and our season was perfectly summed up last night when Barrow scored twice and not sure either was from one of their shots!!

Quoted from louth_in_the_south

Paul Hurst will be buzzing with this result and who could blame the Yorkshire t.wat

That made me laugh out loud. Look I even spelt it out properly

If only we hadn't dug such a bloody big hole for ourselves we might have a chance. But it's too little too late.

Quoted from louth_in_the_south

I don’t give a sh.it if he is . He was hired to get us out of this mess unfortunately for him and he’s failed . His signings have been shocking and his results even more so . We’ve just slid into the NL with a fooking whimper

When will you and others on here realise that you can't always get what you want?  I would hazard a guess that none of Pauls top 10 picks are in our squad now.  Players don't jump for joy and say, "Whoopee, Grimsby Town want me", especially the good players available which no doubt have received better offers than we presented to them.  There are multiple reasons why players wouldn't want to come here, we just have to accept that, and take what we can get.  Do you not understand that?

My thanks to all those who corrected me about shots on target last night. Stats say 2 but they came that far apart I must have forgot about them. On the subject of goals on target in the last 630 mins ( 7games) we have managed 12, 1 shot per 52 mins.

This fact sums up why we are looking into the trap door of the NL.

Quoted from 123614

When will you and others on here realise that you can't always get what you want?  I would hazard a guess that none of Pauls top 10 picks are in our squad now.  Players don't jump for joy and say, "Whoopee, Grimsby Town want me", especially the good players available which no doubt have received better offers than we presented to them.  There are multiple reasons why players wouldn't want to come here, we just have to accept that, and take what we can get.  Do you not understand that?

Their is a reason why any player would come here. MONEY. Unfortunately the man holding the purse strings, Fenty, is still in charge.

Quoted from DB

Their is a reason why any player would come here. MONEY. Unfortunately the man holding the purse strings, Fenty, is still in charge.

Indeed. Stockport have just signed a L1 goal scorer and they are below us in the pecking order.

It really is a matter of paying the price to attract the quality. Never gonna happen under Fenty.

Quoted from louth_in_the_south

I don’t give a sh.it if he is . He was hired to get us out of this mess unfortunately for him and he’s failed . His signings have been shocking and his results even more so . We’ve just slid into the NL with a fooking whimper

you are soooo right

Eastwood - shocking goalkeeper
Menayese - shocking centre back
Matete - shocking central midfielder
Coke - shocking defensive midfielder
Harbegham - shocking left back
Lamy - shocking winger
The Shop - shocking centre forward (we'd have been so much better with gibson and green up there)

Quoted from 123614

When will you and others on here realise that you can't always get what you want?  I would hazard a guess that none of Pauls top 10 picks are in our squad now.  Players don't jump for joy and say, "Whoopee, Grimsby Town want me", especially the good players available which no doubt have received better offers than we presented to them.  There are multiple reasons why players wouldn't want to come here, we just have to accept that, and take what we can get.  Do you not understand that?

You talk (and you're not alone in this) as if no team has ever got out of a relegation battle and signed players while they were near the bottom of the league to help them stay up. It's part of a manager's job to get recruitment right, and to set up an effective team with what you've got.

I completely understand that no Manager has a 100% success rate with signings. Even the best sign some stinkers. But in our situation there was little margin for error, and judging by the points return (which is all that matters) we've actually become a worse team than the one Holloway left us with. Whether that's due to the players signed or the management of the team, that lies with the Manager unfortunately.

I didn't think Hurst was a bad appointment at all. I posted on here that I thought he'd see us safe (especially bearing in mind we weren't even in the bottom 2 when he arrived) and just had reservations about it as a long term appointment. But he's underperformed massively so far and I'm quite surprised how so many people dont apportion any blame whatsoever to him. We don't have to completely blame PH, that's not what I'm saying, but surely he doesnt get a free ride just because we were 22nd when he arrived. Other managers of other clubs in past seasons have signed players and got out of trouble, it just sounds a bit like blind faith saying he had no chance of keeping us up or signing any good players.