How Far Have We Come..........

in the past three seasons !!!   I really don't know to be honest.  I am certainly not anti-Hurst at all, but still wonder how the likes of Macclesfield with hardly any fans and a very small budget have performed not far short of us over the past few seasons.  Is it the fact that so many teams are cannon fodder in this league that we win so many games which possibly distorts PH's achievements and makes him possibly look better than he actually is.  Given a choice between PH and an established manager with pedigree such as Gary Johnson, I would certainly opt for the latter.  If we do not go up this season, I personally would make a change at managerial level.  Not because PH has done a bad job, but more because things will probably need freshening up.  On a plus note crowds have been awesome this season, so that massively goes in PH's favour.  Sadly sometimes certain things in life do not happen, and maybe success and promotion for GTFC is not meant to be for PH.  I would love to see us go up this season, but if we don't, then Fenty has a huge decision to make for the start of the 2016-2017 season.  We have to get back where we belong ASAP.

UTM

We have much better players than 3 years ago. That side was McKeown, Hatton, Pearson, Miller, Thomas, Colbeck, Diz, Niven, Marshall, Cook, Hannah. No we have players such as Arnold, Podge, Bogle and SP can't get in the side. You can't criticise Hurst on the recruitment front. Hurst' man management also seems to be good. You never here of any rumblings or unrest. Hurst' downfall is possibly his in game management, sometimes we need an inspired substitution, not just a player, but maybe a formation change too. We also never seem to be able to dig out results when we play poorly, like Saturday. But Cheltenham and Forest Green can. Cheltenham did courtesy of Aswad Thomas. I know we got a one nil against Kiddy but apart from that we haven't done that this season or before that. If we don't go up I would stick with Hurst as I believe persistence will eventually win through so long as Hurst improves these little things I've suggested.

Great post
Being ultra critical the only criteria to judge Hurst on is promotion - at the moment he has failed, obviously
I like Hurst the man a lot - full of passion, integrity and extremely dignified in the face of criticism
He has brought in players with a desire to play for GTFC, created great club spirit, got his team to play some really good stuff this season and very nearly got us promoted last season...it makes me proud to support a great club.
So what's not to be happy about?

Just a feeling that with another manager we might take the extra step to glory?

Sack Hurst at end of season...get next appointment hopelessly wrong... and it might be a whole lot worse

I've got a mate, season ticket holder, who is convinced PH is the nearly man and we should move on... who knows?

I am 99% certain we won;t get the automatic spot - incidentally how many managers have that sort of pressure?
Chasing FGR down would be hard enough let alone two clubs as we have to do

Cool heads, calm thinking needed before a decision is made...and I haven't got a clue!

Stick with Hurst so long as we always in with a sniff of the title and nailed on for playoffs, no matter how long it takes.

Sorry but fenty doesnt have a hard decision to make if we dont go up..

Its quite a straight forward one to make and it involves thanks for the hard work and good luck at your new club.

Quoted from Mariner_09

We have much better players than 3 years ago. That side was McKeown, Hatton, Pearson, Miller, Thomas, Colbeck, Diz, Niven, Marshall, Cook, Hannah. No we have players such as Arnold, Podge, Bogle and SP can't get in the side. You can't criticise Hurst on the recruitment front. Hurst' man management also seems to be good. You never here of any rumblings or unrest. Hurst' downfall is possibly his in game management, sometimes we need an inspired substitution, not just a player, but maybe a formation change too. We also never seem to be able to dig out results when we play poorly, like Saturday. But Cheltenham and Forest Green can. Cheltenham did courtesy of Aswad Thomas. I know we got a one nil against Kiddy but apart from that we haven't done that this season or before that. If we don't go up I would stick with Hurst as I believe persistence will eventually win through so long as Hurst improves these little things I've suggested.

Yet here we are looking like automatic promotion has passed us by again.

Quoted from Rik e B

Stick with Hurst so long as we always in with a sniff of the title and nailed on for playoffs, no matter how long it takes.

Personally I would like to see us promoted before I shuffle off this mortal coil.

The "we have better players than last year" line gets trotted out every year.

No doubt it will next year whatever division we are in. People always favour current players over those who have gone on to pastures new.

Quoted from arryarryarry

Personally I would like to see us promoted before I shuffle off this mortal coil.

And as for a new stadium that seems to be dead in the water again. I see Eastleigh and now Torquay are in talks over moving to a new stadium.

Quoted from arryarryarry

Personally I would like to see us promoted before I shuffle off this mortal coil.

Stick with PH then! We'll always be challenging near the top with a good chance of going up. Every season we have probably around a 1 in 4 chance of going up with him in charge I reckon - and the current budget or similar. Doubt many could better that