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Quoted from barralad

Shame the thread gets turned into another anti Hurst thread.

No intent to do so on my part - just tried to point out that money helps but is no guarantee.

Hurst is the man to take us up. my opinion will never change on this

Quoted from MuddyWaters

No intent to do so on my part - just tried to point out that money helps but is no guarantee.

Pretentious? Moi?

Quoted from jonnyboy82

Yet we are still tenth.

And if we had one more point, we'd be in 7th and two more points we'd be in 5th. It's very close at the moment - probably the closest we've seen the top half of the table since we were relegated to this level. We'll have a better idea of where things stand in this division at the turn of the year.

When you think how many points daft defensive blunders have cost us already, you can see why our improved defensive record in the past few games has been so important.

A bit better at the back over the past couple of weeks but just need to get the balance right and stick one or two in at the other end as well now. Hopefully, the return of Arnold and Marshall will help pep up our attacking options at bit more.

Quoted from mariner91

We probably could have closed the gap more but our fixtures have been quite difficult, it's not been terrible and seven points is a lot better than it was. I also don't think (hope) that we'll see at least one of Bogle and Amond played from now on but I guess we'll see. I still think we'll be there or thereabouts this season but equally I still think we're lacking a dominating, mobile midfielder.

Agree with the midfielder  

Quoted from Maringer

And if we had one more point, we'd be in 7th and two more points we'd be in 5th. It's very close at the moment - probably the closest we've seen the top half of the table since we were relegated to this level. We'll have a better idea of where things stand in this division at the turn of the year.

When you think how many points daft defensive blunders have cost us already, you can see why our improved defensive record in the past few games has been so important.

A bit better at the back over the past couple of weeks but just need to get the balance right and stick one or two in at the other end as well now. Hopefully, the return of Arnold and Marshall will help pep up our attacking options at bit more.

With ph hell bent with clean sheets are the attacking intentions going to suffer though. I've noticed the last few games just how deep the midfield are sitting and are miles away from the forwards, hence the full backs now hitting the channels in the hope of a willing runner

Quoted from ackomariner

With ph hell bent with clean sheets are the attacking intentions going to suffer though. I've noticed the last few games just how deep the midfield are sitting and are miles away from the forwards, hence the full backs now hitting the channels in the hope of a willing runner

This isn't aimed at you because to be honest I've no real idea where you stand on the issue but earlier in the season despite scoring goals for fun there were a group of posters on here who obsessed about the lack of a "clean sheet". There were even whole threads dedicated to the subject. Now it looks like Hurst is looking more critically at the way the team is set up defensively people are still not happy. I'd prefer to see 4-1 wins at home rather than scrambled 1-0s or draws because I see that home fans deserve to see their team attacking but I can also see the virtue in playing it tight and being very difficult to beat. It isn't and never has been a "one fits all" way to achieve the desired aim of promotion and I will never understand why some cannot see that.

Quoted from Maringer

And if we had one more point, we'd be in 7th and two more points we'd be in 5th.

If my aunt had spherical objects she'd be my uncle.

We are where we are. People keep saying that when others complain about us being a conference side so now let's admit we are where we are. Tenth place, playing like a mid-table side, happy to put 4 past a defence with more holes than a colander, happy to take one point off the leaders who were more than happy to deny us two.

The OP wanted to know about the money, I want to know about the effect of that money and the support of the fans pre-season on team performance now. So far it seems there has been precious little evidence it has made one iota of difference.

We've got more than two thirds of the season remaining! We've played well in fits and starts this season and poorly in fits and starts yet we're only 2 points behind a play-off place, 7 points off top place and we've got another 96 points to play for!

From the way some were speaking on here, you would think that we were doomed with absolutely no chance of promotion this season. Utter nonsense, of course.

I think the squad we have this season quite capable of putting together a really good run of form (more capable that the one we had last year which managed it). Just waiting for it to begin now.

Hopefully, I'm right.  

You would think that the ones that are not happy with our position want Town to fail,

Well surprise surprise we don't,

We want Town to win just as much if not more than the happy clappers,

If Town win tomorrow and at Braintree I would be over the moon,

Even if it means Hurst keeps his job a while longer,

I do not want Hurst sacked I would rather he got us promoted.