pontoonlew
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Currently favourite for the Notts County job.
Also missed his media duties today....
Also missed his media duties today....
Currently favourite for the Notts County job.
Also missed his media duties today....
Probably still speechless after Saturday![]()
No doubt, he saw his side draw 1-1 after seeing his side booted off the pitch by a side who managed one shot on goal in 90 mins.
AwwwwwNo doubt, he saw his side draw 1-1 after seeing his side booted off the pitch by a side who managed one shot on goal in 90 mins.
That makes a former manager of ours, who is a wizard on Microsoft Powerpoint, a shoe-in. Enjoy, Grimsby.If Hurst does go, Hockaday clearly knows the area having been used as a pundit on BBC Humberside in the recent past, can use a computer (which is key according to Fenty) and has managed in the Championship. He also has a lot of contacts.
#hockforgrimsby
John Fenty isn't chairman.Notts County reporter Leigh Curtis has just tweeted: "Notts are very impressed with Hurst's record at Grimsby. They also like John Sheridan a lot. Sense it will be between those two.
"Sheridan is on a rolling contract so a lot easier to get out of. Hurst situation more difficult especially with John Fenty as chairman."
Does this Hurst chap actually know what he's doing, then?
Bare in mind that we aren't looking for miracles, just someone to turn up and show our very expensively assembled squad how to concede less than three goals in a game and win the occasional away match.
He certainly likes having tight defences. We've had one of the best defences (GA column wise) in the division for the past 3 or 4 seasons now. As a result, we've done pretty well on the road under him. He is prone to dropping a tactical/selection clanger, but in fairness to him he does seem to be doing that less frequently now than he was over the last few years. One of his strengths has been his activity in the transfer market. He seems to be able to spot potential when it's not necessarily on the radar of other managers. Likes to keep his cards close to his chest when being interviewed about this too, which I quite like personally. Not scared to kick first teamers out of the squad for acting up too, which is kind of annoying when he releases arguably your best attacking player in the second half of the season however he seems to instill a sense of harmony within his squads. The general opinion seems to be that he is respected by the players.Does this Hurst chap actually know what he's doing, then?
Bare in mind that we aren't looking for miracles, just someone to turn up and show our very expensively assembled squad how to concede less than three goals in a game and win the occasional away match.
If you're after a guy to just do those two things then honestly, he's your ideal man.
He will win you away games and he will tighten you up. In fact he's an absolute expert at the away win.
However he'll also have you pretty one dimensional and unlikely to change a game around if it's not going your way. I did some research last season, the amount of times we'd rescued anything from conceding the first goal was quite frankly pathetic. We're forever having teams park the bus here and he's still yet to find a way round it. You'll go on a good run, then he'll drop a couple of your better players. You'll bring in a good striker, he'll score goals then Hurst will get him to totally change his style because he likes them to defend too. The striker stops scoring so Hurst has him out the door.
He's effectively been surpassed by a number of better managers at this league and we've stuck with him. More fool us IMO, he's had a good budget and we've just bimbled into the play offs 3 times. Putting on a good showing in those once. A lot of our fans like him, they tend to be the ones who willingly accept second best just because it's what we're used to by now. I personally think he's very very lucky to still be the manager after effectively failing 3 seasons in a row now.
All that said, he may do a decent job. He'll probably stabilise you and address the problems you need. But he's not ruthless nor tactically savvy enough to break his negative mould and drag a side to a league title IMO.
To go back on this, you mention a number of better managers however most of them have not only been predominantly Southern based but have deep roots in Southern Non-League football and therefore were not really viable options for us due to location. Perhaps the only one of those who has beaten Hurst to promotion that might have been an option for us is now managing a club lower than us in the table. For me it's not a case of accpeting second, it's more to do with whether or not there is a realistic and better alternative available.He's effectively been surpassed by a number of better managers at this league and we've stuck with him. More fool us IMO, he's had a good budget and we've just bimbled into the play offs 3 times. Putting on a good showing in those once. A lot of our fans like him, they tend to be the ones who willingly accept second best just because it's what we're used to by now. I personally think he's very very lucky to still be the manager after effectively failing 3 seasons in a row now.
I don't get your constant animosity towards Hurst.Fenty isn't surprised he's getting attention after the success we've had....
Fucking hell.