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LH
August 19, 2014, 10:21pm

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Quoted from ginnywings
Despite me thinking PH should have gone at some point last season, i accepted the fact that he had been given the green light to carry on and i think having made that decision, he has to be given at least 12 games to get some momentum going.

I'm not a fan but he may get us firing yet.


This is my opinion too. Give the players time to come back from injury and get playing before we make any decisions.
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August 20, 2014, 8:18am
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Quoted from StiggsGTFC


And that includes all the 25% who voted for Hurst to stay.  

Personally I'd give till his full squad is available. Still believe he runs a far too defensive set up at home.
Too deep, no width upfront, no taking on full backs, no pulled back balls for theforwards, not enough shots on goal.....and so on.


To be fair to Hurst the main players he has available for that (Nielson, Macreth and Arnold) have all been unavailable so far!


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I assume Denni266 is referencing the poll on the homepage which has 75% of the 677 'votes' in favour of sacking Hurst, it's not some number that he's just decided to pluck out of the air.

With regard to BigChris's comment "The Trust board discuss various matters on a regular basis so that the representatives are armed with the general view but i cannot see a way the Trust would be canvassing its members to decide to sack the manager"  

The point I was attempting to get across was if the Trust are there to represent the views of Trust members then how can they represent those views if they don't ask for them?  

If there comes a day when the board have to vote re retaining PH or going another route, how can the 2 Trust reps represent the views of Trust members if they don't have that information to hand?


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Since when did The Fishy (or the members of The Fishy) represent all GTFC fans? I suspect the vast majority of Town fans neither use this website or have probably even heard of it. 75% of people who voted in a survey, which is easily rigged, is meaningless.

Supporters will vote with their feet, not with their keyboards.
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August 20, 2014, 11:02am
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Quoted from bax
Since when did The Fishy (or the members of The Fishy) represent all GTFC fans? I suspect the vast majority of Town fans neither use this website or have probably even heard of it. 75% of people who voted in a survey, which is easily rigged, is meaningless.

Supporters will vote with their feet, not with their keyboards.


No:- THIS!!! Denni226


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But it's not three games barra is it?

We've been going downhill from last Christmas , that's when myself and the other six or seven planks have been calling for change.

I do think that we've got a better squad this season than last, but paul hurst hasn't got a clue on how to get the best out of these players.

So it's not just three games, it's been a lot longer as you know


He hasn't had his full squad to work with yet. Until that point, we can't fully judge. Admittedly, he's not made the best, in my opinion, of what he's had to work with so far and has seemed to be tactically naive at best but I will reserve judgement until he gets his best XI out.



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In 2008 did we not sack Alan Buckley after only a handful of games - and look where we went from then!  Was that not the start of fall towards eventually ended up where we are, an ex Football League club.
We have to be more patient and take stock again after 10 games, given the injuries, suspensions and being able to get that vital striker so far, it's been hard.  What it showed me is that without our pace players it's very difficult to get through defence minded teams.  Surely with 2 of our wide men back and having Pitman to pick when he's fully fit things will get better.  I too feel that the squad is better than last season and we went close last season, so expect us to end higher.

We all must realise that we are not a centrally located club and many players do not want to come here and that's why we have not got that striker yet.  Maybe PH has decided to wait until the right striker will consider Grimsby on the East Coast and feels that he can make do with what we have until then.  TBF I was happy with him keeping hold of our key players  and the signings of Brown, Toto, Arnold and Jack the lad, but had hoped for another striker but it clearly isn't that easy these days.

What is clear that after ten games we don't need to be top as last year I believe Luton only won 2 of their first 10 games ( think I heard that somewhere) so I think it's far too early to consider sacking PH.  I'm sure things will improve and as a fan I for one will be getting behind my team!
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Quoted from mariner91


He hasn't had his full squad to work with yet. Until that point, we can't fully judge. Admittedly, he's not made the best, in my opinion, of what he's had to work with so far and has seemed to be tactically naive at best but I will reserve judgement until he gets his best XI out.



This!  whatever has gone on before (positives) playoffs etc,  or (negatives) failure to win said playoffs and players sent off or suspended when required at the seasons start, the truth is we are where we are three games into the season with no losses fielding a depleted team.

I share the thoughts quoted above and think it would simply be a knee jerk reaction to risk a change of manager now
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August 21, 2014, 11:27am

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Quoted from gtfc98


To be fair to Hurst the main players he has available for that (Nielson, Macreth and Arnold) have all been unavailable so far!


Hi GtFC,   agree that we need to have all players back before judgement is made, I still fear though that the managers inclination is "not to concede" rather than "get two or three goals in front"......

Still playing far too deep at home for me......lets the opposing back four have far too much time on the ball, rather than us pushing on and closing all the space down....
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Quoted from StiggsGTFC


Hi GtFC,   agree that we need to have all players back before judgement is made, I still fear though that the managers inclination is "not to concede" rather than "get two or three goals in front"......

Still playing far too deep at home for me......lets the opposing back four have far too much time on the ball, rather than us pushing on and closing all the space down....


Playing too deep? We were camped in Nuneaton's half most of the game and had long periods of forward possession against Dover just didn't have the nous or skill in wide areas to break through.  
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