The biggest concern...

Quoted from dapperz fun pub

I'm sure he will pm later regarding this matter

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Quoted from MuddyWaters

Boring bollox from Hurst, but clearly doing an "adequate enough" job to keep him employed. Fentys former trigger happy finger has not been itchy for some time, but surely he must have some sense of anger about the number of draws we've had against pub teams this season.

I do agree with the sentiment behind this but I wish fans wouldn't describe teams like Borehamwood as " pub teams" !! This expression may have been appropriate many years ago when we had the old Midland League below the Football League but now we have automatic promotion thoughout the league I find it disengenous to the clubs involved. They won the right to be at this level and although it maybe the pinnacle of their aspirations, if they can survive at this level by whatever their tactics then good for them.

Quoted from rancido

I do agree with the sentiment behind this but I wish fans wouldn't describe teams like Borehamwood as " pub teams" !! This expression may have been appropriate many years ago when we had the old Midland League below the Football League but now we have automatic promotion thoughout the league I find it disengenous to the clubs involved. They won the right to be at this level and although it maybe the pinnacle of their aspirations, if they can survive at this level by whatever their tactics then good for them.

Disingenuous maybe, just sums up where we were when we were truly spoiled, when playing in the FA Trophy was what pub teams did and now our vertically challenged manager bases his seasons excuses on it. Being out of the title race in Feb is a step backwards and criticising the fans a step too far.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Boring bollox from Hurst, but clearly doing an "adequate enough" job to keep him employed. Fentys former trigger happy finger has not been itchy for some time, but surely he must have some sense of anger about the number of draws we've had against pub teams this season.

Could describe every season he has been in charge.

For me, the writing was on the wall after the first game at Kidderminster.
All this crap about "its only the first game" "I'll judge after 10 games"
Plain to see after that one game. A club in turmoil, struggling to field a team, 1000+ Town fans and we fail to get a win. Gave an idea of how things would pan out. I know you can get an exception, ala Mansfield who were mid table for half a season, but to struggle against so many relegation fodder teams cant be good for one that expects to win the title.
The introduction of Townsend changed things, as it did with Palmer last season, but normal service has now resumed

THE BIGGEST CONCERN......
We apparantly did our homework,
we knew they had the best defensive away record,
we knew how they would approach the game,

yet we didnt look like we had any idea on how to beat them. we struggled with the conditions, actually played better against the wind but the subs didnt work, the final sub in particular, i imagine Horwood took a knock but to put two square pegs in for that very poor, we needed to win so why not revert to 3 at the back, lose Horwood and slip Henderson or Clay in to make up a 5 in the middle which may have combatted their sitting No4, or bring Pearson on and put him or Toto up top for the high balls...just something a little more flexible than the 4-4-2 which didnt work.

Quoted from moosey_club

THE BIGGEST CONCERN......
We apparantly did our homework,
we knew they had the best defensive away record,
we knew how they would approach the game,

yet we didnt look like we had any idea on how to beat them. we struggled with the conditions, actually played better against the wind but the subs didnt work, the final sub in particular, i imagine Horwood took a knock but to put two square pegs in for that very poor, we needed to win so why not revert to 3 at the back, lose Horwood and slip Henderson or Clay in to make up a 5 in the middle which may have combatted their sitting No4, or bring Pearson on and put him or Toto up top for the high balls...just something a little more flexible than the 4-4-2 which didnt work.

That is a fair point. You simply have to try something different if it is blatantly obvious it is not working. Why didn't Hurst come to the touchline in the first half and change one or two things when he could see we were making no progress at all? Thinking about it, why does he spend the first half of every home game in the stands if he then doesn't alter anything to combat anything?

I am a Hurst fan, but he did my nut in yesterday.

Quoted from moosey_club

THE BIGGEST CONCERN......
We apparantly did our homework,
we knew they had the best defensive away record,
we knew how they would approach the game,

yet we didnt look like we had any idea on how to beat them. we struggled with the conditions, actually played better against the wind but the subs didnt work, the final sub in particular, i imagine Horwood took a knock but to put two square pegs in for that very poor, we needed to win so why not revert to 3 at the back, lose Horwood and slip Henderson or Clay in to make up a 5 in the middle which may have combatted their sitting No4, or bring Pearson on and put him or Toto up top for the high balls...just something a little more flexible than the 4-4-2 which didnt work.

Because Hurst won't gamble 1 point to gain 2 more. Losing yesterday in trying to win would have made no difference in the grand scheme of things but our manager doesn't think that way which is why we draw more games than just about any other team every season.

Seriously, my biggest concern is that every year we stay down here, we are digging ourselves a bigger hole to get out of. By that, I mean financially as well as on the pitch and with regard to the stadium.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Seriously, my biggest concern is that every year we stay down here, we are digging ourselves a bigger hole to get out of. By that, I mean financially as well as on the pitch and with regard to the stadium.

We've discussed this before on here and I agree entirely with the highlighted part. It is why I joined The Trust Board because I firmly believe that we shouldn't be reliant on one persons patronage (which is in effect what we have here). Where I would differ is (if you still feel that way) is that I believe the stadium must happen regardless of the division we are playing in because all being well it should offer us sufficient financial impetus to reduce considerably the need to constantly bail us out.
I said the other week that I believed we had two seasons down here before the financial constraints started to bite properly and although hindsight is a wonderful thing the damage was done in the "misuse" by the incumbent manager at the time of the "Parachute" payments.