Harrogate (A) Match Thread

All hopes gone for me now , I think it’s much easier when you finally accept that we’re going down .
It’s a little less painful now all  hopes gone

Quoted from cannylad68

Well that's ruined my Saturday night again.

When you support someone like town this is simply a recurring theme. It’s unlikely they won’t ruin your Saturday...

Dreadful performance, disastrous result.

Today was an opportunity to make up ground on teams above us. We blew it.

We have signed a complete new team, and still can't compete.

I thought when we gifted Stevenage the winner that we were doomed. I felt that more so when we allowed a dreadfully out of form Newport with 10 ten to beat us. (not sure they havebeaten anyone else since?).  We fluked a win on Tuesday despite playing shite. Today we were well beaten.

Today is the final straw for me. We had had it. We are going down.  To keep hoping in the face of all of the evidence to the contrary, is simply torturing yourself.

Us and Barrow are going down.  

Every game you start off with (false) optimism to then be dumped on the floor again. Does both your head in and your blood pressure.
Best to expect relegation. I just do not have the nervous energy to invest in this team. No good blaming Hurst, the damage was already done. Failure to build on the small improvement we saw last season. Lower mid-table, wow. This season has never got going. Covid issues to begin with and now postponed games. Never had any momentum and I cannot see it starting now.
I won't have Hurst blamed. He was a saint to come back and give it a go. A manager is only as good as the players and I am sorry to say that these lads are.not good enough.
At the moment the club has problems from top to bottom and the rotten bits need cutting out and thrown in the bin. Otherwise we may not have a team at all.
I used to laugh at Donny and Lincoln when they were relegated to the Conference. I look at them now and marvel at the way they have bounced back. There used to be a time when I thought Lincoln were easy meat. Not any more.
I'll never support any other team but this is killing us.

Quoted from aldi_01

Was the only game you saw under Holloway the win at scunny last March?

If you think this is worse than under Holloway you clearly bobbed off during those games...

Anyway, see ya Tuesday...

Sorry, you are right. That was a cracking performance today and I'm sure we are all very proud tonight.

PS, you will not see me on Tuesday, I have more important things to do, like ironing my socks !

Quoted from hampshiremariner

Every game you start off with (false) optimism to then be dumped on the floor again. Does both your head in and your blood pressure.
Best to expect relegation. I just do not have the nervous energy to invest in this team. No good blaming Hurst, the damage was already done. Failure to build on the small improvement we saw last season. Lower mid-table, wow. This season has never got going. Covid issues to begin with and now postponed games. Never had any momentum and I cannot see it starting now.
I won't have Hurst blamed. He was a saint to come back and give it a go. A manager is only as good as the players and I am sorry to say that these lads are.not good enough.
At the moment the club has problems from top to bottom and the rotten bits need cutting out and thrown in the bin. Otherwise we may not have a team at all.
I used to laugh at Donny and Lincoln when they were relegated to the Conference. I look at them now and marvel at the way they have bounced back. There used to be a time when I thought Lincoln were easy meat. Not any more.
I'll never support any other team but this is killing us.

I absolutely blame Hurst.

We were not in the relegation zone when he arrived, let alone rock bottom.

It was obvious he did not want to work with what he inherited, so that was a month or so lost.

He has signed a whole new team who he is "familiar with" who have proved to be as poor if not worse than the previous lot.

He had the fact that the takeover was going through, and the May saga had ended whilst Holloway was embroiled in it so he had a clean start there. He did not make the previous team any better and has signed a new team that cannot defend, cannot create and cannot score.

It was blindingly obvious from the other night that despite the win, we were absolutely atrocious, and the pattern was repeated today. What is he trying to do, and what are they working on in training?

N0 bite in midfield - seem scared to try to do anything Why do we always pass to a man who is marked. I am not blaming individuals just their fking pitch  

The pitch, the rain, the wind, the ref, there is always an excuse. Even 'they had a man sent off'.

But the truth is that we are still, despite a dozen new players, not competitive.  

I know we are poor, yes i know we are bottom, but we are not yet relegated (close it may be) . Why do some people come on the Fishy only after we have lost just to slag off the team and PH  etc etc.  Is it because they get some weird pleasure from it  and are they just waiting for the defeat to make comment. Our football may be boring  but not as boring  as the slaggers.  I will keep faith untill the bitter end, then We go again  next season  in this league or not. It's my /our team. UTM.     rant over.

Quoted from promotion plaice

Shush, can we we all make out we've won when Ginny gets back with his walk with the dog/s  

Too late PP.

Had a lovely countryside walk with the pooch today. 11 miles in the sunshine.

Always spoiled by GTFC result of course.