Rob Scott Gone

Left the club. On the O.S now.

Hell, that was out of the blue! I know there's always tittle-tattle on here regarding Scott in particular, I guess the slow easing him out of interviews and the like of recent weeks had something a bit more to it.
Just wonder how this leaves the two as a duo? I'd have thought they came as a package.
Not sure what to make of it, it's surely a bust up or Fenty's patience has been eroding for a while now and somethings had to give.

Can't say I'm disappointed . Bye bye nutbar .

Given that him and Hurst do everything together I can't see Paul remaining in charge on his own for too long (unless the two of them have fallen out?).

Jesus, can we just have one nice season without a flipping implosion for once?

I don't think Fenty is to blame this time. Maybe he has just got bored of the fan at the club slagging him off for showing that he cares although alot of the time it was unprofessionalin the manner he displayed his emotions. I honestly thought we were going to turn it around and it didn't take that much to do. The last thing we needed was change in September and now we have got it. UTM...

I wonder if hurst is strong enough for the job, can't say am too surprised thought Scott had become a bit of a loose cannon lately

total guesswork here - scott and hurst have grown apart ; possibly now had  a fundamental disagreement over tactics etc and scott ,having throughly piissed off everybody at the club, was the man that fenty chose to get rid of.
sounds like hurst has been consulted and presumably wants to give it a go.
further guessing that he'll bring in someone to be his assistant

Just heard about this myself

First thing I assumed is a bust up with the board (ok the majority share holder) but then again it might be a falling out with Hurst

Doubt if it were the latter though that you'd leave your job, especially as Scott's not the type to back down in an argument  

I'd say Scott has been dismissed and Hurst is contractually obliged to take the next game or two, failure to do so would mean he's resigned which leaves him without a claim for compo.
I really think Hurst will leave within the next 2-3 games and rejoin Scott. Which would leave us looking through the CV's again. And Gary Mills just joined Gateshead

Not surprised, I posted this on Just Back 5 days ago, regarding one of my earlier posts, seems to me that the guy had more mouth than sense and it seems that my so called yes man was not


I predicted about four weeks ago that RS would go before Christmas leaving Hurst to manage on his own if he required, I can`t see anything yet that would change this way of thinking, one tries to manage the other one bullys.

If twin management is so successful every team would be at it, truth is with two of them every decision turns into a committee meeting, what we need is a leader at the helm not a dictator and his yes man

I would like to see a hurst give it a go riding solo!! But as other state think he will leave in a few weeks time. The players really need to pull together and show everyone they want to succeed with Hurst!!!

Can't say I'm too fussed about RS going if I'm honest, seems like he tried to dictate too much and finally snapped.

Very shocked by this, Especially with it being so soon, Would love to know what has actually happened.

Agreed CM, the club shouldn't put what they did out in the public domain without a reasonable explanation to go alongside it. Once again Poor PR in my opinion.

Quoted from topuphere666

I would like to see a hurst give it a go riding solo!! But as other state think he will leave in a few weeks time. The players really need to pull together and show everyone they want to succeed with Hurst!!!

Can't say I'm too fussed about RS going if I'm honest, seems like he tried to dictate too much and finally snapped.

Agree with that. Never warmed to Scott or his methods but the timing isn't great and we are back to square 1 and rebuilding etc if the little one leaves as well.

Time for Buckey mk viiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Ironically - Slade won manager of the month today!!!

Apart from being shocked I don't really have any other feeling about this news.

Could this be as a result of what happened on the side lines against Nuneaton?

Who would want Buckley back?

Quoted from cmackenzie4

Who would want Buckley back?

Big no no from me. Way too much time out the game! Things have changed too much.

Quoted from cmackenzie4

Who would want Buckley back?

I'd be happy of he came back. I think he'd get this inherited team playing some cracking football..

Quoted from cmackenzie4

Who would want Buckley back?

My heart shouts YES but my mind says can we have him on the interview board vetting possible new managers should Hurst go or if Hurst is only managing until we find someone.

Is AB still involved with the club as earlier reported?

i think hurst will give it a go alone and bring in someone to be his assistant.

mind you i'm feckin useless at predicting stuff, so put your money on hurst leaving next week!

Should think Doig will be assistant or Moore for the time being.

I have a few die hard mariners fans who are good friends of mine and they swear by him and would love him back. I don't know if i would if i am honest!  There is no doubting his knowledge of football but like the above poster said things have changed since Alan was in the game.

Quoted from Marinerz93

Apart from being shocked I don't really have any other feeling about this news.

Could this be as a result of what happened on the side lines against Nuneaton?

I do feel that incident was the last straw. Apart from being embarrassing it shows a manager more concerned with the oppositions bench and what they're saying than the problems on the pitch (of which there were MANY)

I think Hurst will give it a go solo. He has, in my opinion, always seemed the more sensible of the two and perhaps Scott leaving was due to Hurst becoming sick of him and Fenty deciding he'd rather keep Hurst than Scott? Pure guesswork but I reckon I'd have got sick of working with RS after about a fortnight.

Quoted from mariner91

I think Hurst will give it a go solo. He has, in my opinion, always seemed the more sensible of the two and perhaps Scott leaving was due to Hurst becoming sick of him and Fenty deciding he'd rather keep Hurst than Scott? Pure guesswork but I reckon I'd have got sick of working with RS after about a fortnight.

sums up my thoughts exactly

A week earlier and we could have got Mills. We have half his York squad here so he would have been ideal.

Quoted from psgmariner

A week earlier and we could have got Mills. We have half his York squad here so he would have been ideal.

We still have a manager. For now.

Am I missing something? What happened on the touchline vs Nuneaton?

Quoted from psgmariner

A week earlier and we could have got Mills. We have half his York squad here so he would have been ideal.

Of course Fenty could always whip the chequebook out and poach lure Mr Mills away As you say, half his team are here and Towns setup and footballing pedigree suit his background, pity he couldn't hold on for a week or so.

We might be crap, but it's never dull supporting THE TOWN.

We'll never know the real reason he's gone, just like so many others, only us long suffering fans remain year in, year out and some of us are thinking of leaving!

WOW, was not expected, more concerned now about wtf do we do- goodness knows what has happened- dont like scott but i am concerned about what is going to happen next

Did he offer out someone on their bench ?

Quoted from dapperz fun pub

Did he offer out someone on their bench ?

That was a weekly occurrence wasn't it?

I heard tondeur say on radio ull that he was offering someone outside, i wasnt there so cant confirm tbh

Quoted from dapperz fun pub

I heard tondeur say on radio ull that he was offering someone outside, i wasnt there so cant confirm tbh

As he would have been commentating, I guess it wasn't Tondeur himself then who was offered out?  

[quote=353]Did he offer out someone on their bench ?[/quote


Apparently when they refused, he then offered the bench out, you can`t run a club like that

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

As he would have been commentating, I guess it wasn't Tondeur himself then who was offered out?  

Someone on nuneatons bench , a player a coach ill tweet jt and get him to clarify this

Quoted from forza ivano

i think hurst will give it a go alone and bring in someone to be his assistant.

mind you i'm feckin useless at predicting stuff, so put your money on hurst leaving next week!

I think if its a case of loyalty between the two or a [i]secure[/i] job with a team he had a lot to do with picking, he would be foolish not to carry on, afterall how easy is it to get another job with a similar club, applying as a twosome

Quoted from cmackenzie4

Who would want Buckley back?

No way! He had his time and his last spell proved utterly fruitless, it showed how clueless he was about his knowledge of players at the time, the majority of players he brought in weren't great and if he hadn't of gone Im sure we would have ended up going down with him at some point. I love the guy for what he did for us in his first and second spells but there is no way we could appoint him again and expect him to lead us up. The game has changed too much for Mr Buckley.

The merry go round continues! Not surprised by the Buckley suggestions, even though it would be utterly ridiculous

Intrigue rules!

Interesting to hear what will be revealed in due course, both officially by the Club and on the grapevine (who on the 'new Fishy' has an inside link?). Being patient for news isn't easy though - hence the rush to speculate!

There's various posts about possible new managers....but at the moment we still have one!

I guess contractually now Scott has gone, Town would need to go through the process of making a "new" managerial appointment

Scott might well want Hurst to go with him at some stage but if the latter intends to stay and be a candidate in his own right, do you think that when interviews are being arranged, he'd go straight on to the short list?  

I heard Scott will be back as Pauls assistant haha

Hope we get someone to assist Hurst who knows his stuff at this level rather than someone like Macca who mainly played in much higher divisions and some time ago. Be gutted if we get rid of Hurst as well, you might as well forget about the next two years.

Crass bullyboy.
Novelty of his petulance wore off big time over the past six months. Obviously he's done something particuarly unsavory this time.

Really not bothered about keeping the stumpy one either tbh. Reckon he'll struggle to 'keep' the dressing room over this. Far too big of a change. Bit of a Judas thing to do to his mate as well.

Clean slate please.

If Hurst is in sole charge then that might suggest a disagreement between the pair especially as Hurst has been doing most if not all of the Telewag interviews for the past week or more. Possibly the spat with Tondeur has something to do with it as well.

I think it's a pity it hasn't worked out but we will never know the full story. It always seemed to me that RS was trying to be a bit of a Cloughie but the only definite similarity is the mouth. It's understandable that they sat down after last year and looked at the York example but it was a big mistake. The one factor in their favour for most of last year was team spirit and that looks to be lacking in players who don't really look sure about what they are meant to be doing. We shall see which one really wanted 4-3-3 in tomorrow's team selection, won't we?

Did it go to a boardroom vote? How did the two Trust member vote?

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

If Hurst is in sole charge then that might suggest a disagreement between the pair especially as Hurst has been doing most if not all of the Telewag interviews for the past week or more. Possibly the spat with Tondeur has something to do with it as well.

I think it's a pity it hasn't worked out but we will never know the full story. It always seemed to me that RS was trying to be a bit of a Cloughie but the only definite similarity is the mouth. It's understandable that they sat down after last year and looked at the York example but it was a big mistake. The one factor in their favour for most of last year was team spirit and that looks to be lacking in players who don't really look sure about what they are meant to be doing. We shall see which one really wanted 4-3-3 in tomorrow's team selection, won't we?

OS just states :


Paul Hurst will take sole charge of team matters at this time.

The club will make a further statement in due course.

Read more at http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/article/club-statement-1039140.aspx#W7JcHvLkGCE0WVsV.99

Guess we'll have to wait and see what comes out...if anything ever does?

Quoted from GrimRob

Did it go to a boardroom vote? How did the two Trust member vote?

I think the trust would have voted to have a vote

I think Hurst will stay for a while then we will appoint a  new manager,

Hurst has no option but to stay because he will lose his payoff if he walks out,

I would not mind him having a few games by himself  to see what happens,

He might even get the job full time as long as he does not insist that his assistant is Rob Scott.

Somebody says in the GT that Scott is going to Gillingham? True or not?

I'd say keep Shorty as manager and get Buckley in as Director of Football.

He hasn't left the club.

Fenty saying on Telegraph website that there discussions now ongoing as to how we progress. And nowhere does it say Scott has left GTFC. Possibly suspended pending a decision or further action???

Quoted from Tommy

He hasn't left the club.

Fenty saying on Telegraph website that there discussions now ongoing as to how we progress. And nowhere does it say Scott has left GTFC. Possibly suspended pending a decision or further action???

gardening leave maybe?

Gillingham rumours seem to be steam rolling on twitter!

Quoted from Alfie

Crass bullyboy.
Novelty of his petulance wore off big time over the past six months. Obviously he's done something particuarly unsavory this time.

Really not bothered about keeping the stumpy one either tbh. Reckon he'll struggle to 'keep' the dressing room over this. Far too big of a change. Bit of a Judas thing to do to his mate as well.

Clean slate please.

A bit previous is that Alfie. Don't you think we should wait to find out exactly what's gone on before making statements like that?

What's this about Gillingham?

tondour on twitter saying adam smith YT coach has gone too!

If Scott is still at the club then Town need to clarify it and post another update for the fans AND the press: Currently on the BBC footy site;
"Paul Hurst takes sole charge as Rob Scott departs"

Quoted from Hagrid

tondour on twitter saying adam smith YT coach has gone too!

Not related to rob Scott leaving tho.

Quoted from Neilo83

Not related to rob Scott leaving tho.

bit of a big coincedince then! but sorry if that is what it said- was just a quick glance

And on sky sports news!

So it must be right

Quoted from RoboCod

If Scott is still at the club then Town need to clarify it and post another update for the fans AND the press: Currently on the BBC footy site;
"Paul Hurst takes sole charge as Rob Scott departs"

Think that's more a case of Radio Humberside jumping to a (perhaps reasonable) conclusion from the info posted on the town website. Think they've just assumed RS has left and reported it as such.

As BigChris said on the other thread, the club may be unable to comment further as yet due to having to carefully follow procedures and do everything right, legally.

Quoted from Neilo83

Not related to rob Scott leaving tho.

Very strange timing for the youth coach to be going

Sure its just coincidence that Adam Smith is leaving.

Probably just found a better paid job at a higher grade academy.

I'm only going on what jt put on twitter.

Everyone including myself when I wrote it up for the Fishy assumed RS had gone because that's the way things normally work. But "once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth".

Why can't we be normal?

Quoted from GrimRob

Everyone including myself when I wrote it up for the Fishy assumed RS had gone because that's the way things normally work. But "once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth".

Why can't we be normal?

So you have heard the Newell rumours as well eh?

btw what are the gillingham rumours?

Maybe Deputy Doig will become the new No 2?

Just trying to find out some stuff now....

Just read on Twitter that it's to do with an alleged incident with a player... Not going to post what it is as I'm not sure how true it is and wouldn't want to get Rob into any bother. I'm sure it could probably be seen if you put #gtfc into Twitter.

I don't think there are any Gillingham rumours forza. Someone commented on the telegraph website that they'd seen on the bbc website about him going to Gillingham. There's nothing on the bbc site saying anything like that, but it probably hasn't stopped a load of people believing the comment and passing it on to people they know.... "oh have you heard mate, Scott's off to Gillingham" then so many people get to hear it that people think it must be true.

Baffles me when people think there must be some truth to a rumour just because a lot of people have heard it.

Quoted from davmariner

Just read on Twitter that it's to do with an alleged incident with a player... Not going to post what it is as I'm not sure how true it is and wouldn't want to get Rob into any bother. I'm sure it could probably be seen if you put #gtfc into Twitter.

IF true, oh dear me

Quoted from davmariner

Just read on Twitter that it's to do with an alleged incident with a player... Not going to post what it is as I'm not sure how true it is and wouldn't want to get Rob into any bother. I'm sure it could probably be seen if you put #gtfc into Twitter.

Someone tweeted he headbutted aswad at half time against nuneaton, obviously unconfirmed and probably bollox who knows ?

Quoted from Tommy

I don't think there are any Gillingham rumours forza. Someone commented on the telegraph website that they'd seen on the bbc website about him going to Gillingham. There's nothing on the bbc site saying anything like that, but it probably hasn't stopped a load of people believing the comment and passing it on to people they know.... "oh have you heard mate, Scott's off to Gillingham" then so many people get to hear it that people think it must be true.

Baffles me when people think there must be some truth to a rumour just because a lot of people have heard it.

We just have the same #gtfc

Quoted from dapperz fun pub

Someone tweeted he headbutted aswad at half time against nuneaton, obviously unconfirmed and probably bollox who knows ?

If that was true he would have gone the same day, bolloxs if you ask me

Quoted from dapperz fun pub

I heard tondeur say on radio ull that he was offering someone outside, i wasnt there so cant confirm tbh

What did JT say?? about Nuneaton??

Quoted from GrimRob

Hope we get someone to assist Hurst who knows his stuff at this level rather than someone like Macca who mainly played in much higher divisions and some time ago. Be gutted if we get rid of Hurst as well, you might as well forget about the next two years.

Agreed with that

Quoted from Garth

If that was true he would have gone the same day, bolloxs if you ask me

Rumour mill going into over drive maybe

Will he have to hand his Reliant Robin back, or does it automatically go to Hurst?

Quoted from dapperz fun pub

Someone tweeted he headbutted aswad at half time against nuneaton, obviously unconfirmed and probably bollox who knows ?

Did he do it naked, Tony Pulis-style?!

Surely it's got to be be about an accumulation of issues relating to attitude and conduct which, IMO, have been appalling for some time.

John Fenty: Rob Scott's apparent Grimsby Town departure not performance related

http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.....07-detail/story.html

Read in to it what you will....until we get a formal statement it's all speculation

Quoted from Abdul19

Did he do it naked, Tony Pulis-style?!

I have no idea why dont you ask on twitter # gtfc

I'd have Buckley for coach not manager

Suspended pending an investigation apparently.

Bring back Shankly.

Quoted from mariner91

That was a weekly occurrence wasn't it?

It was for me when I was managing PFC

Quoted from Theimperialcoroner

It was for me when I was managing PFC

That club is on the up now!!

Quoted from topuphere666

That club is on the up now!!

It sure is Sam.

I'm staking a claim for the maddest new manager suggestion;
Daryl Clare assisted by a yoda-like Buckkers.

Quoted from Theimperialcoroner

I'm staking a claim for the maddest new manager suggestion;
Daryl Clare assisted by a yoda-like Buckkers.

I will go with Buckley and his assistant McDermott  

The woman who just served me in the bookies said it is money related. Anybody else heard that one?