No Hanson?

Best line up we have given the available players.

No Hanson?

Good to see Ira getting his chance. Let's hope he can deliver the goods today. A win will keep us in with just a sniff of a chance. Any less and we'll be hearing the dulcet tones of the fat lass.

Quoted from promotion plaice

No Hanson?

Must be injured?

Quoted from Madeleymariner

No Hanson?

That's messed up a few predictions   8)

Has to be, given the bench.

Stags team news:

https://twitter.com/mansfieldtownfc/status/1373273118303690754

Still haven't decided to buy the game or not.

Any advice welcome?

Quoted from promotion plaice

Still haven't decided to buy the game or not.

Any advice welcome?

Do you have anything better to be doing on a Saturday afternoon right now? I don't in the current climate so I'll probably be buying games for the rest of the season regardless of if we stay up or not.  ;D

Quoted from Kris2

Do you have anything better to be doing on a Saturday afternoon right now? I don't in the current climate so I'll probably be buying games for the rest of the season regardless of if we stay up or not.  ;D

Done and I have been   ;D

Quoted from promotion plaice

Still haven't decided to buy the game or not.

Any advice welcome?

I'm in, can't wait to watch a victory

UTM

I wont lie I didn't even consider watching today until 5 minutes ago when I see the team sheet and logged onto here for the first time in a while 😂 UTM

  We need to win desperately but also, and I've never ever said this before, I really hope that Scunthorpe win too!

Quoted from TonySmith

  We need to win desperately but also, and I've never ever said this before, I really hope that Scunthorpe win too!

I know how much that hurt, just said the same to my lad, never thought I'd usher those words..."come on Scunny, do Grimsby a favour"...

Quoted from TonySmith

  We need to win desperately but also, and I've never ever said this before, I really hope that Scunthorpe win too!

Yup.  I hope they do us more favours than bloody Newport who let everyone but us beat them. They have beaten us twice in the last 20 odd games and almost no body else!

Come on you Iro.....

No sorry. Can't do it.

Good to see Jackson playing right wing....thats where he played last season when he scored all his goals rather than upfront.
We will win today as i have to go out and will miss it.
Good luck out there Town!

Let's hope we get some luck for once.

Oh, a decent ref who is not continuously conned by opposition cheats.

Horse racing far more interesting now . Can’t even be ars.ed to listen to it . I’ve got town in my football bet today at a touch over 4/1 so not totally given up on us . We’re due a win by the law of averages.

Quoted from promotion plaice

Still haven't decided to buy the game or not.

Any advice welcome?

£10 a go is a bit steep. Dont mind buying a game every now and then though.

Terrible free kick by Lamy FFS

Good start
UTM

Is that our team bus in the corner?  Looks quite flashy!

barrow 1 up

Don’t think I’ll ever get used to listening to football in empty stadiums. It’s bad enough that we’re rubbish without having it played in soulless echo chambers

Barrow 1 up.

Not much to report in first 15.they look to have a more attacking threat but it's even Steven's generally.working hard and closing down well

Looking forward to this.  Actually got a win last night .  First home game since January due to a small COVID outbreak.  Despite dominating the game for 45 minutes against local rivals and scumbags Saigon, we never had a shot on goal - sound familiar?  The opposition had little possession but more chances - sound familiar?  Halfway through the second period they were awarded a penalty against the run of play.  It wasn't a pen - sound familiar.  I thought oh no , here we go again. Our keeper hadn't red the script and pushed it against the bar and got to it before it crossed the line. We had a shout for an obvious penalty but it was waved away - sound familiar? Saigon resorted to gamesmanship.  Going down with cramp etc.  Five mins extra time. first minute was the Saigon players rolling around. 96th minute get the ball into the box and their defender upended our striker.  Finally, a bloody win. Come on Town.  They need to get some composure.

port vale 1 up

Load of flipping shite

Wow, what a goal. Got to ask who should be picking him up, but Macca stood now chance

Ouch. No stopping that.

Great shot to be fair, Macca didn't stand a chance.

He had so much time he could have juggled it a few times.

First shot. Not a lot you can do.


Game over....

Quoted from sapper mariner

port vale 1 up

At Colchester but won't matter anyway because we can't win a game.

Always us losing while all the others are doing OK
Time to switch to another game as this is shite!
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We could have had 2 goalkeepers but I still doubt it would have been saved.

The inevitability of us going behind after Barrow go in front is just what I expected.

Absolutely no hope in any game at any time against any opposition. Has to be the worst Town side ever and that takes some doing.

Sick to fooking death of this sh1te, game after game, season after season.

We’re the worst Town side we’re the worst at set pieces I’ve seen in 40 odd years.

don't shoot - don't score!! Come on town have ago!

Is Tondeur commentating from his living room it sounds so weird, you normally hear some background noises or players shouting

This crop make Neil Woods team look like Barca

I'm off to clean my conservatory windows. That's how bad we are.

Going to be a long afternoon

We won't score because our attacking tactic is to urine about in non-threatening positions before eventually deciding to just lump it forwards onto a defender's head. We don't have a player on the pitch capable of beating a man, so it's really simple for Mansfield just to sit deep and clear our aimless punts. The only way we will score is if we get a lucky bounce or through a defensive mistake.

We never ever score a 25 yarder.

Quoted from Garth

Going to be a long afternoon

Not many left now though, thank god .

Mansfield are on a poor run but we're making them look like Man City.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

We’re the worst Town side we’re the worst at set pieces I’ve seen in 40 odd years.

It's criminal.  It's the one thing you can practise.  Stick a dustbin in the box and get in before you get home.   That last Mansfield free kick is how it's done. Inswinger with pace, just needs helping on or changing direction.

Felt this way for a couple of seasons now, every game we look like a team from a couple of leagues below our opposition. They look stronger, faster and their football flows. Everything we do looks clumsy and is easily stopped before a move starts. Our players stumble around the field in defence or attack looking lost.

Who’s Barrow manager Bobby Robson.!!

Maybe get him next season.

Certainly missing hanson. Not sure if payne has touched the ball  certainly hasnt had any effect. Looks like all these games have caught up with coke, is looking a bit off the pace

Barrow 1-1 Crawley

Not that it will matter.

Waterfall is a flipping moron. Absolutely loves giving away stupid cheap fouls in the opposition box. We'd be better off leaving him back on the half way line whenever we get a set piece.

Why can we not cross a ball.!!!!
What do they do in training ffs.

What a crap free kick.  Even if we get a head to it , it's hard to get any power. Stop trying to convert a rugby try!!

The same garbage we've seen all season. Absolutely rubbish. No gameplan, no forward movement, can't cross a ball, can't win a tackle in the second phase. It's laughable.

Quoted from forza ivano

Certainly missing hanson. Not sure if payne has touched the ball  certainly hasnt had any effect. Looks like all these games have caught up with coke, is looking a bit off the pace

Payne reminds me of Simeon Jackson, as I recall he scored on his debut too then didn't do anything of note. Seems really lazy, won't chase a ball, gets rid of it when he gets it.

I have stopped watching as suddenly wondered why I was spending £10 or £20 a week for something that was bringing me no pleasure. Now feel surprisingly zen about the inevitable relegation and am just thinking how great it will be to go to a game next season under new owners with a properly built squad after a proper pre-season. If that's against Maidenhead so be it, it will be better than this.

This commentator doesn't even know his own players.

the decision making by these players beggars belief. Terrible passing in to dangerous areas, just inviting trouble. What a shower this lot are. I hope at season end the vast majority are shipped out

Poor.

Fenty out, Hurst out, everyone out.

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

I have stopped watching as suddenly wondered why I was spending £10 or £20 for something that was bringing me no pleasure. Now feel surprisingly zen about the inevitable relegation and am just thinking how great it will be to go to a game next season under new owners with a properly built squad after a proper pre-season. If that's against Maidenhead so be it, it will be better than this.

With you on that one! Hopefully, we can all catch up as a tribe and introduce them to the delights of National League football.

I think, and I say this with all honesty.......

Ive got more chance of scoring in Mansfield's goal.................and Im sat in my summerhouse in the back garden here in Grimsby.

37 minutes and not a single attempt at all. Do they even realise we are so far adrift at the bottom?

Barrow 2-1. Penalty

Take One of shop or Payne off, bring on adams and Williams for a touch of pace and maybe swap off coke for some pace

Quoted from smokey111

With you on that one! Hopefully, we can all catch up as a tribe and introduce them to the delights of National League football.

Definitely. Halifax on the train, meet en route in Leeds could be a good one!

I see Giles Coke has become the player rival fans warned us he would be.

I’m shocked signing players from NLN didn’t work

Garbage, zero goal threat and both central mid field players completely anonymous. The midfield look far to deep.

“Us shape” doesn’t appear to be working.

Quoted from Kris2

Payne reminds me of Simeon Jackson, as I recall he scored on his debut too then didn't do anything of note. Seems really lazy, won't chase a ball, gets rid of it when he gets it.

I know, you'd think hed be busting an absolute gut, having been left out and now getting this unexpected chance

Get rid of every single one of them all of them tosh

This team would struggle in the National League.

45 man squad and none of them wiling to fight for it

let's get a goal before half time  and win it in the second half!

Theyve looked a beaten team since kickoff
Literally nothing positive all half
After the manager telling us they're putting putting the effort in, I expected a lot more  :-/

I was just driving through Bromley this morning thinking "Well, I guess I'll be coming here next season".  I've accepted our fate...like Rodley Mariner.... it brings with it a zen-like calm.

This is the worst season I can remember - no goals, no drive....

This lot are an embarrasment

Quoted from Nutsy

Take One of shop or Payne off, bring on adams and Williams for a touch of pace and maybe swap off coke for some pace

He will.................but not until the 87th minute

Quoted from Mayaman

This commentator doesn't even know his own players.

Do our players know each other?

Oh a corner.  Shame we can't deliver

Lenny has spent more time watching the game than playing in it.

I think, I've tuned into radio Sydney.

Good corner that, right where you'd want the ball to drop, yet for some reason we had no players anywhere near it and the defender can head it away under no pressure?! What the intercourse are they doing while practicing set pieces all week?

Deja vu

Never mind.less the 4 months to the first pre season friendly!

Some changes at half time please Mr Hurst. Chuck Norris wouldn’t bag a goal in this team.

First time ever I have turned off
I cannot put up with cluelessness any more

Every game
No shots
No chances
Repeat
Honestly feel this GTFC team would be bottom six in NL

Need a boot up the arce at half time.

Quoted from forza ivano

Never mind.less the 4 months to the first pre season friendly!

Pity we didn’t try that this season

Quoted from Masirah Mariner

Some changes at half time please Mr Hurst. Chuck Norris wouldn’t bag a goal in this team.

When you look at the bench it makes you feel even worse.

I guess this lot know new owners coming in mean that the vast majority of them will soon be looking for a new club a long way down the pyramid and have thrown in the towel .

Utter disgrace to the club .

What a team this is. Laughably bad.

Hard watch that, some poor defending wide allowed the space for the goal we don’t look threatening.
Wide players and front 2 have struggled to get into the game. They’re excrement and we need a better half. Maybe a change of shape required with 3 in the middle.

Stefan Payne is offering naff all!..at least Lenny is trying to hassle the defenders but the refs favouring Mansfield.
Matete needs to move forward with the ball more, Coke not tearing any trees up and you can just what Waterfall doesn't offer anymore.
Hate to say this but Ira's been poor, was hoping for more out of him.
Needs to change it up at half time, Coke off for Spokes, Payne off for Williams.

Hate this bunch

Well pretty obvious we are suffering from injuries but without a single natural left footer on the pitch we are severely hampered defensively and attack wise.
Payne and LJL may as well not be on the pitch, limited service but when they have seen the ball they havnt retained it.
I would change to 4-5-1 and try and build through the midfield,  as the neither of the front line are winning headers, we arent playing channel balls to get them turned as we dont have any pace so absolutely pointless keeping them both on.
I would leave Payne on as he is the better finisher.

Thing is we are only 1-0 down and yet we all know we haven't got a hope in hell of turning it around and getting the win we need.

Please quote this and give me abuse if we win.

   oh well you've all said it in different ways we're excrement.

England chasing 225 in the T20 v india, its a good chase.

   oh well you've all said it in different ways we're excrement.

England chasing 225 in the T20 v india, its a good chase.

Quoted from GY1

Need a boot up the arce at half time.

You think Hurst will do that? The same man who said our players can’t be accused of not trying?

Belated advice to Prormotion Place  -  "Don't bother "

Wow, you know when things are bad when fans are calling for Williams to come on!

Based on his earlier performances he is considered by some to be one of the worst to ever wear the shirt!

Two excrement teams for me, just a shame we are the worst team in the League by a long way.

What can you say about this load of crap dressed up as a football team. They are a disgrace to the profession. the club and more importantly us.

I live in hope every pre match only to be disappointed time and time again. Whatever Hurst does, if anything, or says at half time will not be good enough. Barrow are winning and the parachute is opening up to the NL.  Apart from Macca who couldn't help the goal, the rest may as well get on that bus home and save us the agony of having to watch them.

It amazes me our non long throws are alwayus down the line to a player surrounded by three defenders and amazingly we lose possesion every time. We arev famous for giving away pointless  freekicks and conceding as a result. Mansfield have given us loads and we have not even created half an attempt out of them, but you never we might charge and win 5 - 1  ;D

In my opinion, its little wonder we have no attacking idea, we have 'keep up shape' in charge, assisted by another defender, in fact other than Woods in charge of the kids, I believe not one of our 'backroom team' were attack minded, and it shows.

Lets face it were doomed, and should the takeover happen which has gone very quiet ATM, change of mind? This club needs change root and branch in order to get back supporters

The thing is we ARE trying and showing passion
It's just a total lack of quality
Clueless

There has been a lot of people on here this week brimming with positivity and creaming their pants following interviews with Hurst, Jackson, McKeown etc etc, Its just a shame that this is not turned in to improved performance !

Talk the talk and walk the walk springs to mind !  Another 45 minutes without a shot at goal is pathetic and the players and management should hang their heads in shame.

We truly are abysmal, the worst I have seen in 50 years of watching the Mariners.

I give up !

Bunch of frauds the lot of them. It’s about time they all lived in the real world and went and got proper jobs. How the intercourse can someone find so many no hopers? It must be harder to assemble a team this bad than a good team. Most of them can’t even kick a ball and the other half can only put their foot through it at best. LJL looks like he’s marking their defender rather than the other way around. Supporting Grimsby is like having you big fat sweaty bald uncle knobhead. Pick you up from school...embarrassing. We should have DNR across our shirts. This is a professional football club ffs.

The results say we are shocking the performances back that up

Quoted from Madeleymariner

........ but you never we might charge and win 5 - 1  ;D

Over how many seasons?

Coke n lamy off for spikes n William's.
Busy but anonymous would sum us up in the first half.nobody fone anything horrendously bad but nobody was any good

It would be interesting to know after Philip Day said that money was no object in the transfer window, firstly

a) how much money was actually available for player purchases

and

b) How many players did Hurst actually try to sign for a fee

I'm going out on a limb here and saying a BIG FAT ZERO to both

Quoted from Chrisblor

Good corner that, right where you'd want the ball to drop, yet for some reason we had no players anywhere near it and the defender can head it away under no pressure?! What the intercourse are they doing while practicing set pieces all week?

Beautiful cross by Hendrie to the penalty spot.  Nobody there.

Just remembered why I think Williams is rubbish, that free kick into the stand

Admittedly I've had spells not following Town since I started in 1978 but this is the worst I have ever seen.

Breaking news...the penny pinching has caught up with us again.

I see Williams has spent a lot of time practising his set pieces during his time out of the side

2.5 million for this lot of dross Clee Town would beat them.

Free kick FFS

Payne gave up on that there, could have kept it in. Lazy mercentary, get rid.

God is Payne slow or what?

Wtf was payne doing? Didnt even chase spokes nice lite through ball. Spokes showing why he should be a regular in the aquad

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkLgR_l002U[/url] far more interesting

Dembele scored an absolute cracker today, and set up their second. We could well be quids in when he moves on.

We certainly need to splash the cash in the summer. Very few of this squad are good enough to be in a team that is serious about challenging for the NL title.

Quoted from Chrisblor

I see Williams has spent a lot of time practising his set pieces during his time out of the side

Well he has been Billy-No-Mates recently. He has had nobody to practise with so he has been 'crossing' the ball onto make believe players heads. Sadly they have all been painted 20 foot up the outside of the large storage unit at Cheapside

Quoted from WayneBurnettsJockstrap

Well he has been Billy-No-Mates recently. He has had nobody to practise with so he has been 'crossing' the ball onto make believe players heads. Sadly they have all been painted 20 foot up the outside of the large storage unit at Cheapside

It was a direct free kick he smashed 20 yards over the bar. You don't need other players to practice those.

GOALLLLL, get in there !!!
sorry , i was just trying to cheer myself up, and i havent typed that for a long long time, i,ll get me coat and buy some more beer.

The good news is we only lose by 1 goal since Hurst took over .....
We love Hursty 👏

How many times is the commentator gonna get the player's name wrong?  Anyway, I can't wait to see Kev Drinkell get on.

Relegated by Easter? 🤔
Surely a new low, even for us!

This is fukin embarrassing, this team would struggle in the National League

Just realised Hurst'y team talk at half time, Keep it up!

Payne you lazy excrement

we could go down by 20 points which is incredible.

Watching Town on me telly
Absolutely excrement.
Watching Cricket on me phone
Get the cricket on Malan & Buttler going mad with the bat, some great stuff.

every time it goes up front lenny payne or ira foul their man

Quoted from pontoonlew

You think Hurst will do that? The same man who said our players can’t be accused of not trying?

Whether he does or not, it probably wont make any difference!

Payne is so bad I'm almost wishing  that green comes on!

Quoted from Mayaman

How many times is the commentator gonna get the player's name wrong?  Anyway, I can't wait to see Kev Drinkell get on.

Don't, my favourite Town player of all time, started following Town in 1978.

It's got that feeling of inevitability about it now. Players have just accepted their fate and are waiting for the season to be over, so they can move on somewhere else. Going through the motions. No fight, no sparkle, no chance.

1-1

CAPTAIN SHOP!

Yes Lenny !!!

The shop with a glancing header!

Feck you moaners!

Fightback is on

Get in Lennie

Lockdown has ended. The Shop is open for business

I don't believe it!! Proper corner. That's what happens

Jeez I'm flabbergasted, come on Town.

Goid corner from William's tbf

Staying up

Lenny top scorer  ;D

Quoted from promotion plaice

Don't, my favourite Town player of all time, started following Town in 1978.

He’s selling cars for a living now, I’ll just go to the show room once lockdown is done to remind myself what a good Town striker looks like.

Quoted from promotion plaice

Thing is we are only 1-0 down and yet we all know we haven't got a hope in hell of turning it around and getting the win we need.

Please quote this and give me abuse if we win.

It's on  :)

Spokes is having a good game.

FFS

These players are gutless abject girl privates

And back to normal

Waterfall is a fukin Donkey 🤬

1 attack, 1 goal.as usual we concede a soft goal

intercourse off ref. Wtf was that free kick for

Normal service resumes   :-/

oh fuck off

Robbed worst free kick given I have ever seen in my life. What was the free kick for cheers ref cheating w@nker!!

And there was I waiting for Green to come on and score the winner versus his old club 😂

That lasted long :'( :'( :'(

Waterfall loses his man. No surprise there.

give 100 freekicks a game away

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Waterfall is a fukin Donkey 🤬

Have to agree he turned his back on the scorer.

and there are still people who want Hurst as manager next season

Quoted from Chrisblor

These players are gutless abject girl privates

Not a hint of an overreaction?!?!

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Waterfall is a fukin Donkey 🤬

what did he do wrong it wasn't him that gave freekick away or did i miss something

Town fans don't get much time to celebrate! We'll get another.

Williams is excrement

Quoted from GY1

Town fans don't get much time to celebrate! We'll get another.

Hopefully in the next few days.

Quoted from 123614

Feck you moaners!

Yes, we have nothing to moan about and we should be satisfied with this SH1T !!!!!!!!

Quoted from TAGG

and there are still people who want Hurst as manager next season

Yes, because it's not his fault he's got a squad full of useless shite. This idea that he simply should have signed better players in January is flipping mad, no decent player was going to sign for a basket case club at the bottom of league two, which is why we brought in a load of unproven loanees, journeymen and non-league players. Alex Ferguson would struggle to get this squad scoring goals and winning games ffs.

Green on end of chance of another comeback and Waterfall can FOFF

Quoted from Sir Matt Tease

Yes, we have nothing to moan about and we should be satisfied with this SH1T !!!!!!!!

tbh The Fishy is renown for overreacting if it's positive or negative  ;D

Quoted from Swansea_Mariner

Williams is excrement

As usual

If we were a horse we'd be put down now

As it stands - coupled with our abysmal goal difference - we are 12 points from safety.
This I now accept is unsurmountable.
We are truly awful - but then again  many have  accepted this for the best part of some time.
As has already been pointed on here  it's the hope that kills you.

Williams and Spokes have made a big difference since they’ve come on IMO

Any chance our players could be sponsored by the local sewage works.

Baring in mind matt Green has pocketed 200k over 2years, how much do you have to pay to get somebody decent??

Payne doesn't even look fit. Dread to think how much he's on.
Professional athlete. Can't run

Quoted from Abdul19

oh fuck off

How’d you get away with that?

Quoted from Chrisblor

Yes, because it's not his fault he's got a squad full of useless shite. This idea that he simply should have signed better players in January is flipping mad, no decent player was going to sign for a basket case club at the bottom of league two, which is why we brought in a load of unproven loanees, journeymen and non-league players. Alex Ferguson would struggle to get this squad scoring goals and winning games ffs.

We are worse off with Hurst's signings.

Can anyone suggest a logical reason to take Jackson off for green and leave Payne still on the pitch? For the life of me I’m staggered by that one...

Payne is rubbish best he can hope for next season is a window cleaning round.

Quoted from Yoda

Payne is rubbish best he can hope for next season is a window cleaning round.

Payne’s glass ?

Quoted from arryarryarry

Any chance our players could be sponsored by the local sewage works.

Can’t see any self respecting sewage company wanting to be associated with this shower of excrement.

Quoted from nightrider

Baring in mind matt Green has pocketed 200k over 2years, how much do you have to pay to get somebody decent??

Payne doesn't even look fit. Dread to think how much he's on.
Professional athlete. Can't run

How do you know his salary ?

We are NLS / NLN standard at best . and with hurst in charge that is where we will end up

Quoted from bawarmy

Payne’s glass ?

Well he ain’t class that’s for sure.

What's all this announcing players sponsored by all about, we don't do it.

Well unless something spectacular happens in the next few minutes, I think today is the day the unlikely became the impossible

It’s all his good for.
His payoff from town could be a nice ladder and a bike.

Was back in it for 4 minutes. Four fooking minutes. Jeez....

Quoted from mariners1

Can anyone suggest a logical reason to take Jackson off for green and leave Payne still on the pitch? For the life of me I’m staggered by that one...

It doesn't matter what he does anymore.
He could put on any variation of player, makes little difference. They're all much of a muchness

Literally though, you could put mckeown up front and he'd do no worse

Need to get Clifton pushed into mid field go 3 at the back and push a mid fielder up or something to at least go down fighting FFS

If we keep fouling them, they keep possession.

Flash score says Southend have scored.

Hurst  should be sacked or walk at 5pm today  and take his signings with him.. I hope the new  to be owners didnt aprove the new signings because god help GTFC

Southend winning

Scunthorpe has not let you down! 1-0 Southend

Quoted from arryarryarry

We are worse off with Hurst's signings.

I've already addressed this in a previous thread. It's completely revisionist and not true:

Quoted from Chrisblor

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.

We had a excrement squad when Hurst joined, we still have a excrement squad now. He's had one transfer window in dire circumstances to attempt to correct that. Who should he have signed in January with our budget, dilapidated training ground and unattractive location? Moan about Hurst all you want, but no manager was going to fix all the problems Holloway, Fenty and the outgoing board had caused in just 4 weeks in January.

Quoted from promotion plaice

What's all this announcing players sponsored by all about, we don't do it.

Because this shower is not worth sponsoring.

Scunts down to 10 men.

Quoted from bawarmy

Flash score says Southend have scored.

Why did I get a Red Cross for that. I didn’t twatting  score it

The only question now is how many games of the season will remain when we are relegated.

Can we forfeit all points and just end the season now and save some cash

Done, dusted, over  :(

Looks like Colchester could be joining us next season! Surely they are not as bad as us!

Quoted from DB

Because this shower is not worth sponsoring.

How about Green sponsored by the daft cnunts in Grimsby

Fukin get in !!!!

Oh we might get a point

Great FK

Great free kick from williams

What was someone saying about Williams?

Fair enough well done Williams, finally at long last pinged a decent free kick

no point in getting excited....we will still concede again

4 unbeaten

Great free kick. Worthless unless we get another though really.

Great goal

Quoted from 123614

What was someone saying about Williams?

Something like brilliant free kick

Great free kick but unfortunately not enough, 3 points was a must.

Just got to see the game out now  ;D

Whoever that was should've flipping buried that

Unlucky there.

Barrow drawing,

Jesus - Mansfield saved by the post.  Keeper was well beaten

All drawing now. What a difference 5 minutes make!

That was nowhere near good enough but we deserved a point if not a bit more to be honest.

Thought Spokes & Williams made a difference, despite Williams wasting the last kick of the game. Can anyone tell me why we only started playing with 20 mins to go?

Good old Scunts

Scunny equalise

We scored two!

Normally would have been happy with a point, but the damage has already been done

Quoted from Chrisblor

I've already addressed this in a previous thread. It's completely revisionist and not true:



We had a excrement squad when Hurst joined, we still have a excrement squad now. He's had one transfer window in dire circumstances to attempt to correct that. Who should he have signed in January with our budget, dilapidated training ground and unattractive location? Moan about Hurst all you want, but no manager was going to fix all the problems Holloway, Fenty and the outgoing board had caused in just 4 weeks in January.

Well sodomist me I must have dreamt we were not bottom of the League when Hurst came in.

Barrow FFS

Hahahah Barrow 96th minute we really are the unluckiest team in the history of the game its a joke

Quoted from HertsGTFC

That was nowhere near good enough but we deserved a point if not a bit more to be honest.

Thought Spokes & Williams made a difference, despite Williams wasting the last kick of the game. Can anyone tell me why we only started playing with 20 mins to go?

I'm confused, make your mind up 🙄

Good 2nd half - fighting spirit - well done Town

Ffs barrow score again.

Quoted from Wrights35

Hahahah Barrow 96th minute we really are the unluckiest team in the history of the game its a joke

We get the luck we deserve.

Quoted from arryarryarry

Well sodomist me I must have dreamt we were not bottom of the League when Hurst came in.

Well sodomist me read the post I quoted which explains the context Hurst joined in, our form and the availability of the players who drove the few decent results Holloway eked out at the start of the season.

Quoted from Abdul19

We get the luck we deserve.

No we dont

Maybe we should limit Town's games to five minutes, we looked ok over the last five !

Never mind, another pointless point, should be good enough to get Hurst a new 25 yr contract !

Effectively 11 points from safety with 11 games left.

Need to win 7 from 11 I think.

Quoted from Wrights35

No we dont

We've played 35 games. We haven't picked up a pathetic 28 points because of a lack of luck.

Hurst had impossible job
He knew (and 99% on here would agree) that squad he inherited was shite
So he had to do something
This squad/team is obviously playing for him
They have passion and fight  - but very little quality
He was never going to attract 5/6 quality players...but players who would care and fight for the club/him

4 unbeaten

It's not good enough for position we are in though

We have so little quality - whether it's Holloway or PH
That's what has killed us

Quoted from Abdul19

We've played 35 games. We haven't picked up a pathetic 28 points because of a lack of luck.

WHS

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Waterfall is a fukin Donkey 🤬

That's insulting to a donkey,at least they give people enjoyment in Cleethorpes.(knight) ;)

Another match of 2 half's again. Too little far too late.

Quoted from Chrisblor

Well sodomist me read the post I quoted which explains the context Hurst joined in, our form and the availability of the players who drove the few decent results Holloway eked out at the start of the season.

I couldn't be arsed.

By the way we looked a better side today when two of Hurst's signings were replaced by two of Holloway's signings.

Quoted from devs

Hurst had impossible job
He knew (and 99% on here would agree) that squad he inherited was shite
So he had to do something
This squad/team is obviously playing for him
They have passion and fight  - but very little quality
He was never going to attract 5/6 quality players...but players who would care and fight for the club/him

4 unbeaten

It's not good enough for position we are in though

We have so little quality - whether it's Holloway or PH
That's what has killed us

Payne is playing with passion and fight, you're having a laugh.

Difference having a footballer like Spokes on the pitch getting stuck in and showing the ability to pass a ball. Could have won in the end but all too late as usual, Hurst scared to attack till we are losing as usual. At least a few of our players put up a bit of fight, but Waterfall his usual lose a player in the area giving a goal away. Coke just not up to playing twice a week, Green didn't need to come on (did he even touch the ball) and those who moaned about The Shop, he might not have had the best of games but 2 goals from 5 chances aint a bad return so far. Ira never given a pass facing the opposing goal, and laztboy Payne needs paying off now but being an ex Hurst player get the feeling he will still be here next season. Still going down but at least a bit of fight from some players.

Quoted from arryarryarry

Payne is playing with passion and fight, you're having a laugh.

51st minute,

Not a goal scoring opportunity but this happened.

Ball was played forward into the area, left hand side of goal and 6 yards area.

Ball wasn’t travelling fast, but Payne showed no interest to chase the ball to keep it live, or possibly make something out of it. Either that or he wasn’t fit enough to move his lazy behind backside

I was fuming as he just watched the Mansfield defender trot along under no pressure to shepherd the ball out for a goal kick.

Payne is the waste of a shirt

I thought Mansfield looked poor and that result added to other results against some of the bottom sides as well as coming up against some of the better sides who were on poor runs and our abject failure to beat those teams sums up Paul Hurst's tenure so far.

If we go down he has to go.

Quoted from Fillipe Noche

51st minute,

Not a goal scoring opportunity but this happened.

Ball was played forward into the area, left hand side of goal and 6 yards area.

Ball wasn’t travelling fast, but Payne showed no interest to chase the ball to keep it live, or possibly make something out of it. Either that or he wasn’t fit enough to move his lazy behind backside

I was fuming as he just watched the Mansfield defender trot along under no pressure to shepherd the ball out for a goal kick.

Payne is the waste of a shirt

I commented on that to the wife, clearly not bothered.

We would be better off playing one of the juniors.

Quoted from RonMariner

Effectively 11 points from safety with 11 games left.

Need to win 7 from 11 I think.

We've won 1 in 14 so far under Hurst.

Hurst is an anagram of hurts.

It sure does right now.

Well some good performances, impressed with Williams and Spokes. We fought back from being behind twice. UTM.

Quoted from Garth

How about Green sponsored by the daft cnunts in Grimsby

Is this supposed to be funny. Have I missed the joke.

Quoted from Chrisblor

Well sodomist me read the post I quoted which explains the context Hurst joined in, our form and the availability of the players who drove the few decent results Holloway eked out at the start of the season.

We don't want the facts to get in the way of a good story.

Ian Holloway (a complete buffoon signed a load of excrement players) last 14 games of his tenure = 12 points

Paul Hurst (signed 11 new players) first 14 games = 8 points.

However you try to sugar coat it Hursts not changed our fortunes, the 2 best players today were Holloway signings and what makes it worse is they won't start again
Williams and Spokes showed passion and ability in that second half whilst Payne needs booting out this club, awful signing imo.
Really annoyed me how he hung Williams out to dry about missing that header yet didn't berate LJL for missing from 1 yard out last week.
Today I saw certain players giving their all but it's all too little too late.
I can even bring myself to talk about Waterfall.....

Quoted from Northbank Mariner

However you try to sugar coat it Hursts not changed our fortunes, the 2 best players today were Holloway signings and what makes it worse is they won't start again
Williams and Spokes showed passion and ability in that second half whilst Payne needs booting out this club, awful signing imo.
Really annoyed me how he hung Williams out to dry about missing that header yet didn't berate LJL for missing from 1 yard out last week.
Today I saw certain players giving their all but it's all too little too late.
I can even bring myself to talk about Waterfall.....

Hardly the way to go about building squad harmony is it, when one player gets such blatant and public different treatment, for what was actually a less straight-forward chance than LJL's.

Another abysmal display from town. The first half was dire and when the goal went in they got worse, no fighting spirit, just the same crap. Second half one or two good points but far too little effort too late in the game, It was Mansfield's game to win and they didn't, thank goodness.

Of the 4 substituted 3 were Hurst's men, replaced by 4 of Holloway's men. Not defending Holloway in any sense but shows how bad Hurst is when he takes his own signings off! Let's not forget that these signings were to replace the mess Hurst said he inherited.

Both Hurst and Holloway did not have a preseason so a comparison is relatively easy and both brought in their own teams, in other words both had a fresh start to the respective periods in charge.

Holloway  P14, W4, D3, L7 Goals 13 Pts 15
Hurst   P14, W1, D5, L8 Goals 8 Pts 8

Holloway's teams was very poor, the Tranmere defeat 5 - 0 was worse than bad.
Hurst was brought in to steady the ship. replace the mess caused by Holloway. He hasn't. If anything we have now gone backwards and downwards. To replace his chosen men in a game with Holloways shows just how bad Hurst's judgement was in January. His men by Hurst's own actions were not better, not the same but worse than Holloways.

This is not in way heaping any praise on Holloway but shows another bad judgement by Fenty bringing Hurst in, and how bad Hurst is. As someone posted he criticised Williams for his header today but failed to do the same to LJL in the previous 2 games. Hurst has already picked his favourites for next season and it's not based on merit.

From RH we learn from Hurst the consortium are discussing next season with him. I would love Town to stay up, if we go down then I would love Town to return in the first season. At the minute I can't see that happening with Hurst. Many have said we needed the consortium to brush away the past, it appears they're using a soft brush.  

Quoted from Tommy

Hardly the way to go about building squad harmony is it, when one player gets such blatant and public different treatment, for what was actually a less straight-forward chance than LJL's.

Can remember him doing the same to Amond after he missed a similar header away at Altrincham in 15/16. Then benched him in the next game home to Torquay before he came on and scored a header.

Quoted from arryarryarry

We don't want the facts to get in the way of a good story.

Ian Holloway (a complete buffoon signed a load of excrement players) last 14 games of his tenure = 12 points

Paul Hurst (signed 11 new players) first 14 games = 8 points.

You can't compare really.  At that point the team was already on the slide and everybody at the club and the newcomers feel it.  There's more pressure. Surely, they all feel the negativity and that doesn't do wonders for confidence. Any team needs time to gel. (forming, storming, norming and performing.)  - presume you want IH back.

Quoted from arryarryarry

I thought Mansfield looked poor and that result added to other results against some of the bottom sides as well as coming up against some of the better sides who were on poor runs and our abject failure to beat those teams sums up Paul Hurst's tenure so far.

If we go down he has to go.

No he doesn't, and he won't.

Interesting to hear some of the comments about Williams without a doubt he made a difference with his corner for Lenny’s goal and an excellent free kick.

The trigger for him to impact the game was when Clifton moved into midfield prior to that he did ok.

I think Spokes is a long way off being ready and the player some big him up to be but I do think he has good potential, can pick a pass and is worth sticking with & developing. When I say this I’m not being sarcastic but I could see him making a real difference in the National League.

Back to Williams, if I was to be brutal in reality it’s only took him 3/4 of the season to make an impact and as for being “Holloway’s man” under Holloway he looked like a right fanny dancer.

Quoted from ska face

Can remember him doing the same to Amond after he missed a similar header away at Altrincham in 15/16. Then benched him in the next game home to Torquay before he came on and scored a header.

People find motivation in different ways. Hurst has spent the last 3 months with Williams. In that time I'm sure he's learnt how to and to not motivate him. It might seem harsh but maybe its what Williams needs. Let's be honest at times he's looked a cut above this level but unfortunately a lot more often he's looked anonymous in games.

Quoted from Mayaman

You can't compare really.  At that point the team was already on the slide and everybody at the club and the newcomers feel it.  There's more pressure. Surely, they all feel the negativity and that doesn't do wonders for confidence. Any team needs time to gel. (forming, storming, norming and performing.)  - presume you want IH back.

I seem to recall the mood of this site was that the new signings would not bring negativity with them, as they were new to the club. Also they had nothing to prove from the past results as they weren't here and many believed it was hey ho up the league we go.

Quoted from Mayaman

You can't compare really.  At that point the team was already on the slide and everybody at the club and the newcomers feel it.  There's more pressure. Surely, they all feel the negativity and that doesn't do wonders for confidence. Any team needs time to gel. (forming, storming, norming and performing.)  - presume you want IH back.

Not sure if you are a wind up merchant or just a bit dim but why would I want Holloway back, did you not see my comment about him Ian Holloway (a complete buffoon signed a load of excrement players)

Holloway would likely have taken us down and I was just pointing out that Hurst has not improved our points per game total to the extent that we are in a worse position than when he came.

Quoted from Northbank Mariner

whilst Payne needs booting out this club, awful signing imo.
Really annoyed me how he hung Williams out to dry about missing that header yet didn't berate LJL for missing from 1 yard out last week.
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Yes I dont like to read that. I use to see that sort of thing going on when playing football at collage. Hierarchical thing usually. If your friends with them of the pitch or they have done something in the game eg played for the county there less likely to pick on you  /in this instance Williams is younger than John Lewis and Payne  may have seen him as a weak touch and took more liberties with him.

Hope Williams has a word with Payne about it. Tell him to sort it.

Quoted from Northbank Mariner

Really annoyed me how he hung Williams out to dry about missing that header yet didn't berate LJL for missing from 1 yard out last week.

Just listened to that. Comes over as a pretty snide comment but doesn't make similar comments when his love child has a glaring miss, "it was a save by the keeper or it bounced up and hit his knee".

We didn't hear the question that preceded the Williams comment and i would also give Hurst a bit of leeway in that he must have been really p1ssed off after several games where we have come close to a win but luck hasn't gone our way. He was most likely extra peeved that Barrow had once again got that rub of the green that has eluded us. How many of us make rash comments straight after a disappointing result, only to temper our comments after we have calmed down ?

I also note that those having a go at Hurst for his comments are the same posters who think Hurst should be sacked. Surprise!

Quoted from ginnywings

We didn't hear the question that preceded the Williams comment and i would also give Hurst a bit of leeway in that he must have been really p1ssed off after several games where we have come close to a win but luck hasn't gone our way. He was most likely extra peeved that Barrow had once again got that rub of the green that has eluded us. How many of us make rash comments straight after a disappointing result, only to temper our comments after we have calmed down ?

I also note that those having a go at Hurst for his comments are the same posters who think Hurst should be sacked. Surprise!

I'm guilty of that but as I posted on the 'Hurst Consortium thread' Hurst is the consortiums man for the job, making whatever we may say at present superfluous. Like him or not we have to accept him. May he reign long, get us promoted and not have too many defeats.

Quoted from ginnywings

We didn't hear the question that preceded the Williams comment and i would also give Hurst a bit of leeway in that he must have been really p1ssed off after several games where we have come close to a win but luck hasn't gone our way. He was most likely extra peeved that Barrow had once again got that rub of the green that has eluded us. How many of us make rash comments straight after a disappointing result, only to temper our comments after we have calmed down ?

I also note that those having a go at Hurst for his comments are the same posters who think Hurst should be sacked.

Surprise!

Or those that are defending him want him to stay................Surprise!

Quoted from arryarryarry

Or those that are defending him want him to stay................Surprise!

Nope!

I couldn't care less if he was sacked tomorrow. Equally, I'm not going to throw a paddy if he is kept on for now and the coming season. Nobody knows who is and isn't going to be a success and if the consortium see him as the man they are pinning their hopes on and have a plan with him going forward, then so be it.

Someone has to make those decisions and constantly sacking managers doesn't work. We keep doing it and we keep getting worse.

I personally think he has made us a better team, but I'm sure you will point out for the hundredth time that he has taken less points than IH in the same amount of games.

Crikey, why do people see it as black and white. A bit of nuance never hurt anyone.

Quoted from ginnywings

Nope!

I couldn't care less if he was sacked tomorrow. Equally, I'm not going to throw a paddy if he is kept on for now and the coming season. Nobody knows who is and isn't going to be a success and if the consortium see him as the man they are pinning their hopes on and have a plan with him going forward, then so be it.

Someone has to make those decisions and constantly sacking managers doesn't work. We keep doing it and we keep getting worse.

I personally think he has made us a better team, but I'm sure you will point out for the hundredth time that he has taken less points than IH in the same amount of games.

Like I have said before, don't let facts spoil your arguments.

As for sacking or not sacking managers well we didn't sack Woods and that ended well.