Hurst v Holloway (In the dugout)

Holloway only stayed to make lots of money when the fraudster was rumbled he did a runner and left us in the poo let's just be thankful we still have a club even though PH is having a tough time I wouldn't want media seeking Kuss  back even if he saved us abs W

Quoted from Fillipe Noche

I didn’t include the first game as it was practically on the day he joined

I get fed up of excuses.

Quoted from TownSNAFU5

When you are in a lifeboat, having escaped the Titanic, it matters not a jot why the Titanic sank.  Whether an iceberg or rocks.  The outcome is the same.

You have lost me......seagulls, trawlers etc.

Quoted from TownSNAFU5

When you are in a lifeboat, having escaped the Titanic, it matters not a jot why the Titanic sank.  Whether an iceberg or rocks.  The outcome is the same.

I can be deep but this is Barry White bass-baritoning from the bottom of the Mariana Trench.

Quoted from Knut Anders Fosters Voles

I can be deep but this is Barry White bass-baritoning from the bottom of the Mariana Trench.

As deep as JF's pockets......



if only he didnt have such short arms  

Quoted from Knut Anders Fosters Voles

I can be deep but this is Barry White bass-baritoning from the bottom of the Mariana Trench.

I can just imagine the scenario as Holloway steps up to the oche in the training room.....

Luke Waterfall - Boss, can I pick your brains?

IH - Can't it wait, after this quick game of round the clock I am meeting Fenty and a pal of his at a Travelodge on the M62.

LW - Well I have run my musings by young Pollock and the lesser spotted Scannell and I still remain troubled.

IH - Spit it out, the 2 for 1 offer on mains finishes at 2pm and it is my turn to buy Fenty lunch. Plus I have got a scam going with a big plate. (IH pats his lap top case and grins knowingly)

Dave Moore - Boss. Hanson has managed to complete a 4 minute mile for the 5th day running!

IH - Make him do it again.

LW - If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

IH - Fu**ed if I know. I will ask the Quest production team on Saturday.

LW - I thought we were playing Bradford on Saturday?

IH - I can spin more than one plate Luke! (IH gives him a manic smile and doffs his cloth cap)

Personally I have started judging Hurst's results/team/performance after the 17 day gap caused by several postponements.

So I've excused him the first 7 matches he had (W0 D2 L5 F2 A11 GD-9 Pts2) as he was working with and sorting out the dross that Holloway left him and bringing in new players.

Since the gap we've had 7 matches and seen...
W1 D3 L3 F4 A6 GD-2 Pts6

That might not seem particularly good, but he's trebled the league points achieved, doubled the goals we score & nearly halved the goals we concede in those 7 matches compared the previous 7 matches when he was working with the shite left to him.

I'm not happy we are where we are in the league, but Hurst is turning it around. Sadly it's probably not going to be enough to get us out of the bottom 2 by 5PM on 8th May, but he's doing a good job under very difficult circumstances and I think he's earned the right to be manager next season.

We know from experience that Hurst (given time) can assemble a proper team (rather than 11 individuals) and if he is given the resources I think he might well lead us straight back up next season should we be relegated this season.

Look how well Hurst did last time with only him, deputy Doig and a GK coach as first team coaching staff. This time he'll have a Strength & Conditioning coach & the newly appointed Performance Analyst. We are set-up like a proper professional football club now.

That's looking at it through incredibly rose-tinted glasses Golly IMO.

Excuse Hurst of his first 7 games in charge and not judge him on them? Surely he was brought in for his ability to manage the team as well as bring his own players in. He did worse with Holloways players than the much-criticised Holloway did.

Forgive me for not celebrating the fact that Hurst has trebled his own pitiful points total from his first half a dozen games, as it's still a poor return and we still don't look capable of taking 3 points off anyone.

I know he got us promoted 5/6 years ago but I honestly can't believe so many fans are unwilling to criticise or admit Hursts failings just because they were a fan of his in his previous spell here.

Quoted from Tommy

That's looking at it through incredibly rose-tinted glasses Golly IMO.

Excuse Hurst of his first 7 games in charge and not judge him on them? Surely he was brought in for his ability to manage the team as well as bring his own players in. He did worse with Holloways players than the much-criticised Holloway did.

Forgive me for not celebrating the fact that Hurst has trebled his own pitiful points total from his first half a dozen games, as it's still a poor return and we still don't look capable of taking 3 points off anyone.

I know he got us promoted 5/6 years ago but I honestly can't believe so many fans are unwilling to criticise or admit Hursts failings just because they were a fan of his in his previous spell here.

Spot on Tommy. I don't get the blind allegiance some people have to him with all the evidence stacking up.

Quoted from Tommy

I know he got us promoted 5/6 years ago but I honestly can't believe so many fans are unwilling to criticise or admit Hursts failings just because they were a fan of his in his previous spell here.

I was far from a huge fan of his for his previous spell. I called for him to be replaced after the Gateshead play-off defeat and after the Bristol Rovers final defeat. And I would have done the same if we had not finally got promoted in 2016.

When you consider what he ultimately achieved working under Fenty's penny pinching regime he did a great job even if it was frustrating that it took him 5 attempts to win promotion. With more resources at his disposal and a full summer to build his squad I have faith that he will build a good squad and be successful next season which ever level we are playing at.