Saturday

The highest position Town have been in since Paul Hurst became manager was the day before he got the job, its been down hill all the way since, in fact don't count out the fact that we on present form will be closer to relegation than promotion soon, & as for the owners !  watch the crowd on Saturday and weep, that's probably going to be the lowest crowd of the season & it's his management that  is costing you a fortune in lost revenue. before you blast me with loads of X's, tell me i am wrong.

No it’s not unreasonable OC,  and I suspect everyone agrees on that. The notion that we just get rid and start again though is flawed in my view, and oversimplifies the challenge that faces us. You want to be in control of decisions and react to circumstances calmly and with perspective. A few more games with poor results and the owners will lose their grip of that, and then we’re reacting and operating in crisis mode. Nobody wants that. A win on Saturday will set things a little more satisfactorily.

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I wonder how much longer the owners will give Hurst before the continual poor form means his position is untenable.

I'm not saying I want him to go, far from it, but just how much more can the owners take before they have to act.

Already been more than enough reason to get rid of him and they haven’t yet. Starting to think he’s got a job for life, regardless of his performance

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No it’s not unreasonable OC,  and I suspect everyone agrees on that. The notion that we just get rid and start again though is flawed in my view, and oversimplifies the challenge that faces us. You want to be in control of decisions and react to circumstances calmly and with perspective. A few more games with poor results and the owners will lose their grip of that, and then we’re reacting and operating in crisis mode. Nobody wants that. A win on Saturday will set things a little more satisfactorily.

I’m not prone to gold stars but you’ve got one.

I’m not sure that re-employing managers is the right thing to do. Sure, it worked with Buckley mark 2 but failed miserably with mark 3 and subsequently with Slade. I’m afraid that I see a squad that has talent but not consistency and a manager that is, again, struggling to cope with the expectation that the new owners (probably without meaning to) have created.

I’m really concerned that the business of running a football club isn’t what JS/AP thought it would be as so much of it isn’t within their control. But that’s another thing entirely.

I don’t think the owners would have had any intention of sacking Hurst this season, within all conceivable circumstances. This club has gained a reputation as a graveyard for managers (and also players to a degree) and it’s in our long-term interest to address that.

The trouble is, 1 win and 9 defeats in 11 games wasn’t frankly conceivable at the start of this season, and now we have a further issue whereby we’re having an impromptu clear out of players and a sudden need for numbers. This isn’t usually the kind of environment that breeds sound recruitment, and if we can’t get the players that we want, then what? What choice to we have but to panic buy on short-term deals. Again.

The harsh reality is that fans will soon start to become restless, if they aren’t already, and a small but vocal faction are soon going to vent their frustration at the owners if form continues and Hurst remains in situ. I’m not condoning that kind of approach, but that’s what happens in football, not just Grimsby Town.

I know Jason spoke recently on the podcast about his surprise and disappointment of the reaction of some fans on social media over the flag, so it will be interesting how long the owners can keep their cool and their finger off the trigger if the winds of discontent start blowing in their direction.

I hope upon hope that we turn this around. I’d love Hurst to succeed here, not least because I want us to succeed and because I don’t have the appetite for another round of total rebuilding. And there are some mitigating circumstances and some nuances to our run of form.

But few people on here would argue otherwise; 1 win and 9 defeats in 11 at this level is unacceptable. 10th and dropping like a stone is unacceptable. The current state and size of the squad is unacceptable, as is the need to add so many players in January.

This season has quickly descended from the happiest of beginnings into an utter mess. I don’t think we can afford to write off this season, nor do I think the level of anger and discontent would be tolerable if we sunk into the bottom half of the National League, territory we’ve never really been in, even in our darkest, Serge Makofo-mix-up moments.

I think we have sensible, reasonable owners and by and large I think the fans have been reasonable thus far. But it would be foolish to suggest that the clock isn’t ticking in terms of an urgent need to see an uptick in results.

Personally i can see JS & AP selling up if the fans continue to moan like F*ck (and i wouldn't even blame them) simply because of their unrealistic yes UNREALISTIC expectations of winning the league.  

It has nothing to do with 1 win in 11 or what ever it is that you use to justify your moaning. I've had enough, every post is negative nothing positive or even a balanced argument, too many old knuckle draggers stubborn as f*ck its boring.

Good Night!!

And someone else can do that Prediction Thread ive had enough too many male masturbation*rs on here for me.

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Personally i can see JS & AP selling up if the fans continue to moan like F*ck (and i wouldn't even blame them) simply because of their unrealistic yes UNREALISTIC expectations of winning the league.  

It has nothing to do with 1 win in 11 or what ever it is that you use to justify your moaning. I've had enough, every post is negative nothing positive or even a balanced argument, too many old knuckle draggers stubborn as f*ck its boring.

Good Night!!

There's not hundreds of people saying they expect to win the league though, but I do think its realistic to expect to finish in the top half of division 5 the owners must understand that.

As for 1 win in 11 thats unacceptable at any level.

The distribution of wins & losses won’t do him any favours, whilst ultimately delivering a final result which will probably be enough to keep his job.

10 wins, 8 losses so far but clustered together which probably gives a skewed view of the overall picture when you’re the in the middle of one of these runs. If we’d won one, lost one, drawn one all season long then it would be frustrating, but not earth shattering. If the board, and Hurst, were expecting mid table then he’ll probably deliver.

It’ll be interesting to see if our form starts to level off in the second half of the season or follows the peaks & troughs we’ve seen so far. We might end up with 4/5 more experienced signings who’ll give you 6 or 7 out of 10 every week rather than the youngsters who are a bit more unpredictable.

Can’t see there being any decision until March at the absolute earliest

Will be shopping with the wife instead, get more value, no signings, no me, the way it is.