Hursty

Quoted from Maringer

Really? He's not been able to hold down a place for the last 18 months and has only scored a handful of goals since he left us.

Toto and Nolan have been regulars at League One level and Watkins was a regular at Championship level last season. In comparison, I don't think Bogle has done anything to indicate he's worth more than we reportedly received.

Yes really. Strikers command higher prices than other players. Bogle's not had a lucky time what with changes to managers, loans etc.

Plus you're looking at it with hindsight. When Bogle was sold he was in blistering form, which is what is relevant when the decision was made.

Quoted from jaygy

That Halifax 7-1 game was just a reaction from the players after Hurst had stupidly dropped Amond and Bogle for the previous games and played some random loan player in their place iirc

Worked then, didn’t it?

People giving different reasons for why Hurst actually isn’t  that good are a bit embarrassing, for me. The guys record speaks for itself, he’s now two tiers above us, and there’s a good chance we wouldn’t be back in the league without him.

Yeah but he cupped his ears in my general direction

Quoted from sam gy

Worked then, didn’t it?

People giving different reasons for why Hurst actually isn’t  that good are a bit embarrassing, for me. The guys record speaks for itself, he’s now two tiers above us,[/b] and there’s a good chance we wouldn’t be back in the league without him.[b]

So you are saying that Hursty was the ONLY manager to get us out of the conference, maybe our stay might had been less with a manager that went all out for top spot, rather than gambling on winning the play-offs.

He got us out of the conference, but now he is history, its the future with MJ that I am focused on now.

You can only go so far with the way he sets up his teams to play, no way Ipswich will be up there, the Championship is a different ball game to the League 1, 2 & conference.

Good luck to the bloke, get what you can while his stock is high, before the slide down the leagues.

Look foward and upwards with MJ

UTM

Lets look at thing about Hurst from every ones  point of view,


Hurst did not want to be here so he is happy,


The ones that did not like him  are    Happy he went,


The ones that thought he was great are Happy because they can say I told you so.


So we are all happy,


End of thread.

Quoted from The Yard Dog

So you are saying that Hursty was the ONLY manager to get us out of the conference, maybe our stay might had been less with a manager that went all out for top spot, rather than gambling on winning the play-offs.

Nope, I didn’t say that at all. I said there’s a good chance. I think he did the best he could with the players he had available to him....not sure whether we ever had a squad as good as any of the ones who won the league when we were down there.

Anyway, it doesn’t matter, i just find it strange that some people are so hell bent on trying to prove he’s not very good, when they guy got us promoted, has a brilliant win record and by all accounts is doing pretty good for himself.

As the song goes, “we hate it when our friends become successful”.

He’s a championship manager that in its self is a huge achievement ,and at least financially I’d have thought he’s well sorted.  This appointment guarantees him more work even if it doesn’t go well at Ipswich and I’m certain he’ll manage one of the Sheff clubs at some point so all and all he’s doing pretty good

Quoted from dapperz fun pub

He’s a championship manager

Yet to be proven

He should be a hero here. Lifted us out of the toughest league to get out of in English professional football. Completely changed the culture of the playing staff from unprofessional, half arsed jokers to squads of professsionals that always gave it everything.

Bleating about the spoilt comment and ear cupping is embarrassing. It’s just a shame he never really got the backing he deserved when he got us up.

Quoted from sam gy

Nope, I didn’t say that at all. I said there’s a good chance. I think he did the best he could with the players he had available to him...[/b].not sure whether we ever had a squad as good as any of the ones who won the league when we were down there[b].

Anyway, it doesn’t matter, i just find it strange that some people are so hell bent on trying to prove he’s not very good, when they guy got us promoted, has a brilliant win record and by all accounts is doing pretty good for himself.

As the song goes, “we hate it when our friends become successful”.

Starting XI for the playoff final

James McKeown - League 2, GTFC
Richard Tait - Scottish Premiership, Motherwell
Toto Nsiala - Championship, Ipswich
Josh Gowling - Torquay
Gregor Robertson - retired
Nathan Arnold - retired won conference with Lincoln
Craig Disley - Cleethorpes Town, club legend
Craig Clay - Leyton Orient
Jon Nolan - Championship, Ipswich
Padraig Amond - League 2, Newport
Omar Bogle - Championship, loan Birmingham

Other squad players

Pittman - Truro
Hoban - Dunalk
East - ?
Marshall - loan Hyde
Monkhouse - playoff winner
Pearson - Wrexham

Thats a good squad assembled that should have won the conference, apart from Crawley and Fleetwood, this side were as good as the other winners (Mansfield, Luton, Barnet & Cheltenham), the difference being the managers of these teams.