Why?

Agreed.

This punting of the ball up to Monkhouse is getting tiresome now.  We did it the 2 previous season with Lenny, and it didnt work, so why persist with a game plan like that?  When we play the ball on the floor, we outplay most teams.  Something Hurst should look at

We were doing that weren't we - passing it. It looked great in pre season and early season, and we were scoring goals even though we were missing chances. Are we deviating from this now?
I haven't seen the game today, but Monkhouse has been very lucky to keep his place for me - he must have had 4 or 5 consecutive very average performances. Meanwhile, we've got cracking players who can't get in the team, or who are given 10-20 minutes to do something.

Quoted from Mighty_Mariner

So what we're saying is..... If Paul had selected Arnold, Bogle and Amond and we'd lost then we'd all be praising him for he correct team selection??

What message would that send to the team that you can win 4-0 but still be dropped the following week?

If anyone thinks PH picks a team he doesn't think can win the game then they're delusional!!!! He has more on the line than any of us do to ensure Grimsby Town are successful!

This sentence sums it up for me. Anybody who says the "Why change a winning team" wouldn't have been trotted out is either delusional or a hypocrite...

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

If he had changed the team to include the best striking partnership the club has and it didn't work, I think people would more likely have blamed the players more than the manager.

His selection last week was for an away game and was to some extent forced on him. This week it was entirely his own choice so I'm afraid he has to carry the can for that one.

Sorry Ron but you make the assumption that all posters on here are as balanced as you are in your opinions. The hatred for Hurst in some quarters on here knows no bounds

Quoted from barralad

Sorry Ron but you make the assumption that all posters on here are as balanced as you are in your opinions. The hatred for Hurst in some quarters on here knows no bounds

Turn it the other way too

The love for Hurst in some quarters on here knows no bounds

Yeah I agree Barra and it does spoil the debate. However, I would say that an away game at Southport and a home game with FGR are very different challenges, and you'd expect the manager to pick and set up the side accordingly. I think it's an oversimplification when people talk about 'not changing a winning team'.

I agree with your comments on another thread about JPP - fully deserved to keep his place and proved that with another goal, but I am very frustrated by the selection of Tomlinson - a loan player that you could even argue we don't actually need ahead of Bogle or Amond, both of whom have been fantastic for us so far. And, the favouritism shown to Monkhouse (I know you don't agree), at the expense of Marshall or Arnold. I'm also pretty sick of late substitutions, especially when it's fairly evident that the original selection isn't quite working.
I do think that Hurst's pigheadedness and fundamentally cautious approach does cost us vital points at times. Just an opinion. Last week he got it right. Maybe today he didn't.

Quoted from ackomariner

Turn it the other way too

The love for Hurst in some quarters on here knows no bounds

  

Monkhouse is shocking

Quoted from ackomariner

Turn it the other way too

The love for Hurst in some quarters on here knows no bounds

Well I've read just about everything on here tonight (sad but at my age...) and whilst there has been some criticism from a lot of people who were at the game of the manager's role in today's events who I'd class as being firmly in the pro-Hurst camp, the usual subjects cannot find it within themselves to say anything remotely positive about the manager.