Any sniff of team news? It's usually pretty tight. C'mon the Mariners.

Tait in at RB
Mackreth, Marshall Clay and Robinson in midfield
Bogle and Amond up front

Hurst on RH now

Confused by the changes of Diz, Monkhouse and Arnold.

Wow, no Dizza!

Here we go again  :-/

Confused by the changes coz you haven't engaged your brain. Did you not see the amount of ground these 3 players covered Saturday, still gutted mackreth is in though..

Too many changes for me again. Hope it doesn't backfire on us.

I shall see shortly, just about to leave.

UTM.

Lets stay united give the players our support and a positive result to match.  C'mon you mighty marineeeeeeers.

2-0 win in front of 3978

Hope the rotation works, we did play 60mins with 10 men on Saturday (against 12 too)...

The changes aren't particularly surprising, the midfield 3 at Lincoln put in a big shift and if they're feeling tired at all, then they shouldn't start

too many changes again for me

The changes make complete sense they were all dead on their feat by the time 70 minutes were up never mind by the end of the match

Thought Diz would start, understandable if he didn't make it through the 90 mins. All 3 dropped players can make impact as subs, but we need a fast start and goals to show for it today.

Anyway, it's Town, anything can, and probably will happen...

Quoted from Balthazar Bullitt

Tait in at RB
Mackreth, Marshall Clay and Robinson in midfield
Bogle and Amond up front

Hurst on RH now

happy with most of that but i just don't rate Mackreth. Unless Arnold is knackered i'd have liked to have seen him stay there

I know how some feel about Mackreth i don't think he is crap just sometimes frustrates people by not taking on his fullback enough but playing against his old club how many times have we seen ex players come to haunt them.

Good luck Mackreth this your opportunity so i hope you take it.

Sir Alan not happy with the number of changes, time will tell! Decent crowd by the looks of it.

He doesn't make it easy for himself does he? If we don't win today he'll get slated.

I just want 3pts.  Its a damned if you do damned if you dont scenario for PH.  

Why do other sides not need these wholesale changes? Why is it seemingly just Hurst who dreams up this shite in this league?

One thing is for sure it's going to be interesting!! Is this the first start of the season for MM??

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Looks a good set up for me, though Robinson has a lot to do to convince and JackMack has to bomb forward. Ok with it otherwise.

Eastleigh 1-0 up!

FGR 1 up  :-/

Clay doing the work of two men in midfield 👍

2: Tait, Bogle and Mackreth link up well on the right. Mackreth's cross cleared for a corner 

3: Town keep the corner going but Mackreth's low cross is well claimed by Jalal

10: Great move by Town releases Mackreth on the right but his cross is marginally too high for Bogle

18: Big shout for a penalty as Bogle goes down as he looks to latch onto a rebound from Amond's effort

19: Great 80-yard run by Pearson to set up Bogle who lays off for Amond but the final shot is over the bar

OOoooo......I've got a good feeling about this :D I rate Marshall, he is a very similar player to Arnold....maybe if we played those two together we would have a real handful on the wings ;) hmmmm anyway c'om TOWN!!!!

27: Town keep a corner going but Mackreth's cross is marginally too high for Nsiala 

If McKeown doesn't get sorted hes gona cost us a lot this season

34: Pearson rises highest to meet a Mackreth free kick but Jalal gets enough to the header to divert it over

37: Town again keep a corner going and Pearson nods down for Marshall to lash a half volley inches wide of the target 

We keep failing to get shots on target, and Macc are doing nothingas yet, just get that horrible worrying feeling about this game. :-/

Same old story.  Need to capitalise and make chances count against these bunch of cloggers.  Another poor poor team.  We are all over them like a cheap suit.  But I bet if Macc get a sniff - only if we make a mistake - they'll take it.

Its coming boys i can feel it

43: Rowe tries one from distance for the visitors but it's always curling away from the target 

Good bench, can see the pressure paying off second half!

1-0 to Macc

You. Are.Joking.

How...

WTF   !!???   1 - 0 to MACC  ??????

And there it is .
Hurst out !

Macca's feckin' hopeless lately. He has roughly 3 things a game to deal with and he usually fails with all 3.

Crap

45+1: GOAL! A deep cross to the far post works its way back across for Dennis to tap in from close range

Ffs punished again macca should deal with it better, think even the defence are losing confidence in him.

HT 0-1

Once again, sounds like Alty away. Concede a poor goal and fail to take our chances

FFS....  Mariners player is about 2 minutes behind the game then........

Massive second half to come.

All the other front runners are winning.

Quoted from TAGG

If McKeown doesn't get sorted hes gona cost us a lot this season

You were saying?

Champions?

FFS what a farce

Pathetic

Dominated the half and 1-0 down. excrement from macca

McKeowns weakness a cross.

C'mon town

He should of left the ball but put it right into there man again.

Sounds as though Robinson is anonymous again - as he was against Torquay. Only Vance Warner has put in a less effective performance in a Town game that I've seen.

He was 'deliberately' finding himself marked until their keeper fumbled his seventh touch of the match towards the last quarter and Torquay became stretched.

Tondeur has just described what sounds to be the exact same phenomenon occurring today - Robinson never in space to receive - though Buckley did try to mitigate that it was Macc cb and cm affecting this. Hmmm.

We need eleven men; this guy is a kid - and a scared one - at that...

EDIT - Macc just scored and we're up against it despite having 80% of the play again. Not sure what's going on this season but it's beginning to look more than just variance...Gutted  :B

Let's turn this around! Cmon Town! UTM

Quoted from grimps

And there it is .
Hurst out !

What's hurst got to do with it !
Maccas fault entirely.... Once again
Ball going out of play and he fu@kin keeps it in
He needs competition.....and a long rest ffs

Just no reason AT ALL to be 1-0 down. A clean sheet looks impossible this season.

But...how can Hurst be even brought into this? His strikers have missed chances and his keeper has fumbled about with no danger present.

Wow. The curse continues.

He's never commanded his box but made up for that with shot stopping ability, surely if you're unsure you just stay on your line?

Bossed that half and concede at 45+1 absolute jokes.

Macca's been a disaster since this new goalkeeping coach arrived.

Get Diz and Arnold on now

Ffs

Saw that coming a mile off. Was just saying to my dad they were due a dodgy goal given our dominance and inept finishing. flipping hopeless this back 5.

We've been all over them.  A total sucker punch blow by Macc.  They've offered nothing at all, but, once again, a team that has been outplayed capitalises on a bloody awful error on our behalf.

I'm a big fan of McKeown's, but his level of performance this season has been exceptionally poor.  If he isn't 100% right, he should not be playing.  His kicking and judgement this season so far has been woeful.  I don't know what's up: he's better than this.

Quoted from Chrisblor

Saw that coming a mile off. Was just saying to my dad they were due a dodgy goal given our dominance and inept finishing. flipping hopeless this back 5.

Macca at fault
END OFF

Quoted from MidnightMariner

What's hurst got to do with it !
Maccas fault entirely.... Once again
Ball going out of play and he fu@kin keeps it in
He needs competition.....and a long rest ffs

I'd say having four and a half years failing to assemble a championship winning side is his fault , five changes again today against a team of no hopers and we're losing .

Fail to win today and this season is copulated

Quoted from grimps

I'd say having four and a half years failing to assemble a championship winning side is his fault , five changes again today against a team of no hopers and we're losing .

Fail to win today and this season is copulated

You re a glass half empty kind of guy hey Grimps ;)

Quoted from RoboCod

The curse continues.

Curses don't come into it we are simply not good enough                  

Am I the only one who thinks it was a good cross and there was very little mckeown could do apart from try to get any contact on it which he did

C'mon town we need to be more clinical when on top ee wouldn't be losing

Quoted from Mariner93er

Am I the only one who thinks it was a good cross and there was very little mckeown could do apart from try to get any contact on it which he did

Alan Buckley says it was a shocker of a cross...

Even better second half needed now, early goal...

Quoted from Mariner93er

Am I the only one who thinks it was a good cross and there was very little mckeown could do apart from try to get any contact on it which he did

Yeah. As a goalkeeper you should never knock the ball into dangerous areas like that. Sensible thing would have been to help it out for a corner.

Quoted from grimps

I'd say having four and a half years failing to assemble a championship winning side is his fault , five changes again today against a team of no hopers and we're losing .

Fail to win today and this season is copulated

But grimps the team has played well, fair enough we have had several chances already and should be minimum 2 up before their goal ( maccas mistake!)
How can hurst be at fault for individual errors  ffs

No way is that Maccas fault and if you think it then you are deluded. He has flown through the air superbly to nick the ball off the head of an attacker.

If you want to blame anyone then blame the outfield players defending for not cleaning up after what was an excellent keepers palming away of the ball in the air. The outfield players were then slow to react and/or block.

I think one or two people on here are guilty of jumping on an anti Macca bandwagon including the idiot sat in seat P6 in the Upper Findus right now

Quoted from Ipswin

Curses don't come into it we are simply not good enough                  

Don't talk rubbish. Dominate a game, you're good enough. One error and you concede, it's down to that one player and his error. Just need Bogle to score and your miserable day will be complete.

Quoted from Madeleymariner

We keep failing to get shots on target, and Macc are doing nothingas yet, just get that horrible worrying feeling about this game. :-/

And there it is, lets hope we can get going 2nd half and put real pressure on. PS get Monkey or Dis on in the midfield in place of Robinson.

Mckeon looks nervous the defenders look nervous involving him in anything , time to bring in a loan.  Even if we turn this around new keeper needed

Quoted from Mariner93er

Am I the only one who thinks it was a good cross and there was very little mckeown could do apart from try to get any contact on it which he did

Just watched highlights and had two defenders behind him going out for a GK anyway then palms it to there bloke.
That was his third mistake in the first half and hes had nothing to do ffs

Quoted from dapperz fun pub

Mckeon looks nervous the defenders look nervous involving him in anything , time to bring in a loan.  Even if we turn this around new keeper needed

This

Quoted from RoboCod

Don't talk rubbish. Dominate a game, you're good enough. One error and you concede, it's down to that one player and his error. Just need Bogle to score and your miserable day will be complete.

Sorry I didn't know they gave out points for 'dominating' a game I thought you had to score more than the other team

Oh and Mr Bogle now has to score two

Quoted from 935

You re a glass half empty kind of guy hey Grimps ;)

No he is a realist,, wish some would smell the coffee

No changes at h/t

Quoted from denni266

No he is a realist,, wish some would smell the coffee

This

Would have thought Diz (Robinson) would be a given at half time?

49: Bogle with a long range free kick that is well claimed by Jalal

51: Patient build up from Robertson, Marshall and Bogle releases Amond who is denied by a superb save from Jalal

Good save by there keeper from amond

52: Bogle flashes a header over from Tait's deep cross 

Quoted from denni266

No he is a realist,, wish some would smell the coffee

i think you mean that you wish everyone just agreed with you buddy! :)

Didn't know saves were allowed?  :'(

59: Marshall gets to the byline and whips in a cross that Arnold sends whizzing over

60: # Sub: Arnold for Marshall

Sick un dead of keepers having stormers

63: Mackreth turns on the edge of the area but Jalal is equal to the shot

Come on Town!

2.0 down.

2 shots on target to goals

0-2 Jeez

FFS.  Don't know whether to laugh of cry.  A proper smash and grab.

Ffs

Getting embarrassing!

We need some Arnold magic, It sounds very flat this game.

Quoted from zorro_is_a_Mariner

2 shots on target to goals

Stunning. Must be some record made by Town on number of chances conceded. Law of averages goes out the window with this lot.

2-0 Macc

Quoted from Ipswin

Sorry I didn't know they gave out points for 'dominating' a game I thought you had to score more than the other team

Oh and Mr Bogle now has to score two

Make that three as we are now dominating 0-2!

FFS what is going to happen when we don't dominate a game?

It's like FM bullcrap you dominate a game and you end up losing.  Im logging off otherwise i wont in a good mood.

12 behind FGR after 7? Need nothing short of a miracle from here...

Bloody rubbish

Everything we've worked hard for all summer is undone by captain tinker man !
another two bit team has come here and done a number on us , the same as the last four seasons .

The stupid happy clappers on here was still saying give Woods more time after his 20 odd games without a win , if we'd have given someone like Gary Mills the backing that this clown has had over the years we'd be two divisions higher by now

Perhaps Alan Alger was right along!

Average position of the losing playoff finalists in the next season is 9th.

Almost 3-0...

If that ends up to be true psg then bye bye hurst

So hard to stay hopeful...another GTFC season! We'll do well if this one ends in penalties...

hurst out

I dont understand do the defenders show that they have lost confidence in McKeown.  Why so many mistakes, why why why.

Oh and he still hasn't used all the money why?  Thats what its raised for.  

Wrong subs again at wrong time. sounded like marshall was ok so why replace him, Is it in Robinsons loan contract he must start every game? Amond as good as he is does not sound like he is having the best of games could have been replaced by JPP. 15 mins ago.
I just dont get his thinking.

Blow the bloody whistle.  This is a dead rubber now.

So a poor start to the season turns into a excrement one. Same old, same old. Not even played anyone half decent. Seriously copulated off with them.....AGAIN! Will the nightmare ever end?  :-(

Hurst never ever flipping learns.

Quoted from Badger57

So a poor start to the season turns into a excrement one. Same old, same old. Not even played anyone half decent. Seriously copulated off with them.....AGAIN! Will the nightmare ever end?  :-(

Not until this clown has copulated off

Quoted from Madeleymariner

Wrong subs again at wrong time. sounded like marshall was ok so why replace him, Is it in Robinsons loan contract he must start every game? Amond as good as he is does not sound like he is having the best of games could have been replaced by JPP. 15 mins ago.
I just dont get his thinking.

Irrelevant for me, really. Once we miss those 2-3 chances in the opening 20 minutes it goes to form. We've never started games well under Hurst, my one main criticism of him.

Perpetual nightmare!

Quoted from pontoonlew

Hurst never ever flipping learns.

no he does not, we need new leadership this is my last match I'm sick of wasting money and watching the same rubbish all over again

Why are we still comparing our points tally and difference from Forrest Green.. It's cringey, we're a million miles away and performing with the consistency of a lower mid table team.  We play well often but don't get the results required that our fantastic fan base, history and club deserve. We are the non league Leeds so far.

Good game from Danny East on Saturday - Tait in today WHY?

Hurst must go tonight. he just cannot do the job,, alwase changing players  for no reason.. how can they be tired this early in the season

It sounds like we've missed too many chances (again) and too many changes (again) No disrespect to Macclesfield but we should be beating them at home (especially with the run they are on)

I'd love to hear a detailed footballing analysis of why the team isn't performing, from someone like Buckley or to hear some of what other teams' scouts are saying about us.

I'd imagine the following would appear:

"They'll give you chances"
"Prone to mistakes"
"Complacent"
"Susceptible to deep crosses"
"Lose concentration or discipline"

I can see why Hurst wants to change the team after a gruelling derby, but surely the squad needs some consistency for partnerships and understandings to develop.  Perhaps we've been so spoiled with supposedly decent signings we've got a squad of individuals, to be interchanged on a whim?

Quoted from MarinerGaz

Getting embarrassing!

Embarrassed
Nuff said

Quoted from HackneyHaddock

I'd love to hear a detailed footballing analysis of why the team isn't performing, from someone like Buckley or to hear some of what other teams' scouts are saying about us.

I'd imagine the following would appear:

"They'll give you chances"
"Prone to mistakes"
"Complacent"
"Susceptible to deep crosses"
"Lose concentration or discipline"

I can see why Hurst wants to change the team after a gruelling derby, but surely the squad needs some consistency for partnerships and understandings to develop.  Perhaps we've been so spoiled with supposedly decent signings we've got a squad of individuals, to be interchanged on a whim?

Well, they'll give you just one or two chances but you WILL take them. They give you no choice. Other than that, and our lack of belief in pushing forward in the last minutes, you're right.

You must all shut up and keep your opinions to yourselves. You are not at the game.

Unless you want to say positive things.

0-2 FT

Operation Promotion - the operation was a success but the patient died

That's Kiddy, Alty and Macc fans all unbelievably grateful for our generosity (the 2 comebacks are no consolation either)! Don't think we can be ruthless like our "rivals" are showing to be! Won't give up hope in this setup, but very difficult right now!

Mckreth just got mom lol fuckinnn lol

I've always liked Hurst and have never called for his head like a lot of others, I like the signings he's made and how he plucks good players that some people haven't heard of etc, but he has had an absolutely shocking start and even I am starting to loose confidence in him.  Lots of chopping and changing, players playing out of position .. When you have a decent pro right back that has played higher than this level in re team, bringing in a centre mid and dropping the best centre mid so far this pre and season, dropping your top scorer and playing a winger up front just because of what he did pre season, dropping that same winger and playing Mackreth... Who any manager worth his salt would surely have said "for fks sakes Jack Attack your man, take him on, if you lose the ball who cares, I just want tonsee what  you can offer attacking"! But clearly never has.. The list is endless.

Quoted from Ipswin

Operation Promotion - the operation was a success but the patient died

'kin hell! You must have inherited my dad's joke book after he died.  :)

Do you do the snooker one? "For those of you with B&W sets its the one behind the red ball."

Utterly flipping wasteful in front of goal!

we are one less team for  FGR to worry about

How many changes did Macc make from Saturday? I'm fuming.

Quoted from denni266

we are one less team for  FGR to worry about

We'll take 4 points off them.

It won't make any difference though.

Quoted from headingly_mariner

Utterly flipping wasteful in front of goal!

For the umpteenth season. First time we've not scored?

2 shots 2 goals from the opposition. For the umpteenth time. Almost surreal.

Quoted from Theimperialcoroner

How many changes did Macc make from Saturday? I'm fuming.

One !
They don't have captain Tinkerman as their manager though do they ?

How many times have we looked at the team sheet before the match , seen all of his tinkering and just knew we was gonna get stuffed ?
He just can't help himself and I hope he's unemployed by Monday

It didn't look promising against Kidderminster. We had 32mins to score against Lincoln before going down to 10. I don't think we would have done any better with 11
We've had such an easy start but Its looking worse than last season.
8 games in and I'd happily take playoffs. FFS we haven't played any of the top ten yet
This team was top 3 last season. Alan Alger was right....

Quoted from KingstonMariner

We'll take 4 points off them.

It won't make any difference though.

Hope so, but we'll have to be a lot tighter first...damn, the goals have dried up as well!  :(

Sorry but i have no time anymore for PH.  He's had a bad start but personally for me its time to go whilst the season is still young and atleast half the operation promotion money available.  He hasn't learnt anything, is adament about changing the team, his subs are baffling.  I really dont know what he can do to save himself.  He needs a winning run and quick.

The only small positive note is that we are (still) creating more chances in games than opposition, but not cashing in on relatively easy chances.  We're over elaborating at times in trying to walk the ball in.  The strikers need to be more ruthless especially with simple headed chances presented.  They can score spectacular goals, but need to start doing the bread and butter stuff first.

Lose or draw at Boreham Wood and we are bottom half.  

That's it for me hurst can stick the play offs up his bottom, was going to borehamwood next week but intercourse that now absolutely no chance whilst the tinkerman remains.

Quoted from Grim74

That's it for me hurst can stick the play offs up his bottom, was going to borehamwood next week but intercourse that now absolutely no chance whilst the tinkerman remains.

To be quite honest I used to sit on the fence where hurst was concerned, sadly I have to report I've fallen off and landed on the dark side
HURST OUT !

Hurst is not at fault for below-par finishing; the defense needs sorting out as McKeown could not do a fat lot with the goals.

If we kick Hurst, who would replace him? Nobody good enough to bother replacing him! It's early doors, so stop moaning and get behind the team!

Quoted from Meza

Sorry but i have no time anymore for PH.  He's had a bad start but personally for me its time to go whilst the season is still young and atleast half the operation promotion money available.  He hasn't learnt anything, is adament about changing the team, his subs are baffling.  I really dont know what he can do to save himself.  He needs a winning run and quick.

Sorry. Invalid post. Not allowed. (Unless you got home from the match quickly).

Quoted from MARINERSMAN22

Hurst is not at fault for below-par finishing; the defense needs sorting out as McKeown could not do a fat lot with the goals.

If we kick Hurst, who would replace him? Nobody good enough to bother replacing him! It's early doors, so stop moaning and get behind the team!

Heard all this before over the last four seasons !
Why don't you face reality like the rest of us ?

Quoted from MARINERSMAN22

Hurst is not at fault for below-par finishing; the defense needs sorting out as McKeown could not do a fat lot with the goals.

If we kick Hurst, who would replace him? Nobody good enough to bother replacing him! It's early doors, so stop moaning and get behind the team!

that's  an insult to the man currently speaking on humberside, he urine this league now.

Face reality?

Mate, I am facing WHO WOULD REPLACE HIM?!

I look at it this way:

We got to the play offs last term, played very well and lost out due to questionable refereeing.
I want to finish first. Hurst has that ambition, he is tiding all the team together and we will hit a run; get a new GK coach in and a new GK to challenge Macca. Bogle will develop well.

I agree he shouldn't have mucked around with the team, and Robinson is awful but once we find our stride and put our confidence in Hurst then we will see a result.

Quoted from MARINERSMAN22

Face reality?

Mate, I am facing WHO WOULD REPLACE HIM?!

I look at it this way:

We got to the play offs last term, played very well and lost out due to questionable refereeing.
I want to finish first. Hurst has that ambition, he is tiding all the team together and we will hit a run; get a new GK coach in and a new GK to challenge Macca. Bogle will develop well.

I agree he shouldn't have mucked around with the team, and Robinson is awful but once we find our stride and put our confidence in Hurst then we will see a result.

You could argue that but for mistakes throughout the season he made we could have gone up automatically. Quality of this league last year was not that good, so missed a golden chance.

I see the new scapegoat Robinson is getting slated again. Suppose nobody noticed the few killer balls he played behind their defence?

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Sorry. Invalid post. Not allowed. (Unless you got home from the match quickly).

True i wasn't at the game but im commenting on the result not the performance its a results business at the end of the day.  Also it sounds that those that dont want to let hurst go are scared incase of another woods appointment then i guess we will never know.  The pressure is mounting on ph.

Quoted from ginnywings

I see the new scapegoat Robinson is getting slated again. Suppose nobody noticed the few killer balls he played behind their defence?

😂 😂 😂

TAGG, no he wasn't great but i hate scapegoating of new players, just like.....................now let's see.................oh yeah, Clay last season. Now the new lad is getting slated for taking his place. He played 2 or 3 incisive passes into the box that we should have done better with and i think there is a good player in there somewhere. At least John Still thought so but what does he know?

Quoted from ginnywings

TAGG, no he wasn't great but i hate scapegoating of new players, just like.....................now let's see.................oh yeah, Clay last season. Now the new lad is getting slated for taking his place. He played 2 or 3 incisive passes into the box that we should have done better with and i think there is a good player in there somewhere. At least John Still thought so but what does he know?

Not scapegoating. Seen him twice and he was crap both times. I can only give my opinion on what I see, I'm not saying it's all his fault that we lost today. He gives us nothing that one of our young lads wouldn't give us.
If Still thought that much of he wouldn't have booted him out the door 👍

Quoted from KingstonMariner

'kin hell! You must have inherited my dad's joke book after he died.  :)

Do you do the snooker one? "For those of you with B&W sets its the one behind the red ball."

Not yet sonny

Operation Relegation anyone? they could sell deflated Harrys and broken rose tinted specs

Absolutely shocking!
Absolutely gutted!
Absolutely shite manager!
Absolutely total waste of money!

Never felt so low!
And after all the pre season hype!
What the hell is going on?

That is all !

Quoted from TAGG

Not scapegoating. Seen him twice and he was crap both times. I can only give my opinion on what I see, I'm not saying it's all his fault that we lost today. He gives us nothing that one of our young lads wouldn't give us.
If Still thought that much of he wouldn't have booted him out the door 👍

Thought Robinson was actually better than clay today who was anonymous.  robinson is a bit weak in challenges and can go missing a bit himself like clay did, but he can certainly pick a pass if he is given time and space, but that is a luxury he wont get all that often.

Quoted from Meza

True i wasn't at the game but im commenting on the result not the performance its a results business at the end of the day.  Also it sounds that those that dont want to let hurst go are scared incase of another woods appointment then i guess we will never know.  The pressure is mounting on ph.

Sorry I not having a pop at you. Just a sarky remark about those who seem to say if you weren't there you can't comment.