Newport bench warmer

Dont think podge would come back here now . but boy could we do with him or simular now

Quoted from Tommy

He got plenty wrong.

He got plenty right and he got plenty wrong. Which is what you'd expect of any manager. Even the best.

I don't mean to be negative and I'm not being critical of the appointment, but this picture that's painted now of Hurst being a recruitment specialist is a bit off the mark for me.

Yeah he signed good players, and he also signed some terrible ones.
Brodie, C.Taylor, G.Pearson, Spencer, Hoban, Tomlinson, Straker, Fyfield etc.

He did have a decent record but was far from perfect. I'm not trying to say he was poor in the market, just that I think the views towards this should be a bit more balanced.

i am loath to disagree with your knowledge Tommy but i'd argue that some of them were loan/short term/back up players.
And i'd definitely take issue with pat Hoban, who someone else mentioned as a poor signing. OK he might not have pulled up any trees with us but i'd definitely say that Hurst spotted a decent player. Top scorer in Eire 2 seasons ago , he's score over 100 goals in nearly 200 games, winning the following honours, plus he's playing European football every year, & don't forget they've been in the Europa League group stage this year, where he's scored goals
   League of Ireland Premier Division: 2014,[7] 2018,[29] 2019[33]
    League of Ireland Cup: 2014,[9] 2019[41]
    FAI Cup: 2018,[42] 2020
Champions Cup: 2019[36]
President's Cup: 2019[31]  

I'd look back on that and said i'd had a pretty decent career
    

It was Hoban's shot which led to Nathan's third goal in the playoff final.

Quoted from Tommy

He got plenty wrong.

He got plenty right and he got plenty wrong. Which is what you'd expect of any manager. Even the best.

I don't mean to be negative and I'm not being critical of the appointment, but this picture that's painted now of Hurst being a recruitment specialist is a bit off the mark for me.

Yeah he signed good players, and he also signed some terrible ones.
Brodie, C.Taylor, G.Pearson, Spencer, Hoban, Tomlinson, Straker, Fyfield etc.

He did have a decent record but was far from perfect. I'm not trying to say he was poor in the market, just that I think the views towards this should be a bit more balanced.

Some forgettable names in that list, and indeed some I had forgotten. In particular C. Taylor - I honestly can’t place that name, can you help me out?

Hurst has managed 3 other clubs since returning.  Grimsby was his first managerial appointment.

It seems reasonable that his judgement of players has improved with greater and varied experience.

Quoted from Poojah

Some forgettable names in that list, and indeed some I had forgotten. In particular C. Taylor - I honestly can’t place that name, can you help me out?

Forget that, Cleveland Taylor, I’ve got it. All I remember from him was an angry, shirtless celebration towards the end of one season. Don’t really remember anything else, good, bad or indifferent.

Quoted from Poojah

Some forgettable names in that list, and indeed some I had forgotten. In particular C. Taylor - I honestly can’t place that name, can you help me out?

Cleveland, Ex Scunny at one point i believe

Taylor was that the young winger who went back homesick?

In an era when incomings and outgoings seem to be higher than previous decades all managers will get some right and some wrong.

The one year contract thing didn't help Hurst as it didn't other managers as it can force you to trade higher numbers which increases the chances of success or failure. Again having to use the loan market doesn't help sometimes.

I sense that you don't truly know what a signing is going to be like until they get a run in the side, which may explain why a number of Holloway's mid field and attacking signings look like duffers as the poor f*****rs never played 3 games in a row within a stable fist choice 11. The again it might be just that they aren't good enough,    

    

Quoted from MarinerRob

It was Hoban's shot which led to Nathan's third goal in the playoff final.

Wasn't it cheeky Pat who was said to have fornicated with a female staff member we had for a little while - I seem to recall she was a physio or something?!