Banks in goal and jäger bombs/ aftershock flying down

1 change Cook for Shop

Made my day with Cook starting  :)

Go on cook stick a few away

No place in squad for Paddy.

Quoted from chaos33

No place in squad for Paddy.

I would have liked to seen him start today in place of kerr.

Quoted from ackomariner

Made my day with Cook starting  :)

Go on cook stick a few away

Glad hes starting today but he has to take his chance.

Good to see Cook in starting line up. Just has to go and prove a point, bit of pressure on the lad.

Quoted from jonnyboy82

I would have liked to seen him start today in place of kerr.

Me too. Colbeck back in the squad though, who's less skilful and less versatile. Pah.

Anyone got the full team and subs line-up ?

Quoted from bluebottle

Good to see Cook in starting line up. Just has to go and prove a point, bit of pressure on the lad.

Yes he does, but if he doesn't, does that prove Hurst right in constantly playing LJL, and will he be back in again next week?

Quoted from jonnyboy82

Glad hes starting today but he has to take his chance.

Yeah he does and I'm sure he will score, well hope he does.

Hope cook and Jennings play well together too

Quoted from grimsbyjack

Anyone got the full team and subs line-up ?

McKeown
Pearson
Hatton
Thomas
Boyce
Rodman
Neilson
Disley
Kerr
Cook
Jennings

Hannah
John-Lewis
McDonald
Colbeck
Thanoj

Smack em Hedgey, not that i'm promoting violence in any shape or form :).  For those not listening to R.H ground staff very unhappy with town warming up in the goalmouth, and the handbags came out  ;D

Quoted from Sigone

Smack em Hedgey, not that i'm promoting violence in any shape or form :).  For those not listening to R.H ground staff very unhappy with town warming up in the goalmouth, and the handbags came out  ;D

Hereford groundsman acting like a big girl according to a mate at the match.

Really hope cook does well today, hopefully we play it to him on the ground, get him doing some of those clever little turns that he did last season

Good start hoof it uo to Cook all game-quality

Quoted from Quagmire

McKeown
Pearson
Hatton
Thomas
Boyce
Rodman
Neilson
Disley
Kerr
Cook
Jennings

Hannah
John-Lewis
McDonald
Colbeck
Thanoj

Thanks.

C, Mon Town lets get a goal and get some belief, Doesn't sound a very good start by Town.

Sounds like we have made our customary slow predictable start.

Another sleepy start and hardly had a kick against the mighty force that is Hereford. Have we learned anything?

Is that Rhod Gilbert commentating with Tondeur?   ;D

Not one single goal scored yet in the conference after twenty minutes.

Quoted from mariner tommy

Not one single goal scored yet in the conference after twenty minutes.

Halifax one up against Luton now.

Quoted from chaos33

Another sleepy start and hardly had a kick against the mighty force that is Hereford. Have we learned anything?

Same day, different ineffective strike force.

Quoted from chaos33

Another sleepy start and hardly had a kick against the mighty force that is Hereford. Have we learned anything?

If we don't win today then I seriously doubt we'll make the play offs.

Cambridge one up

Kerr needs to get his finger out now ffs.

Too many times caught in posession and then fouls his man.

What were we saying about Paddy?

Quoted from chaos33

What were we saying about Paddy?

Quite amazing he cant get a game in his best position.

Not on the left.

Alfreton 1 up

Kerr's playing very recklessly...

Quoted from Chrisblor

Kerr's playing very recklessly...

According to John Tondeur, He's lucky to still be on the pitch.

UTM

Get in there Aswad Thomas

Is disley on the pitch?

Sounds like we want this playoff spot so bad dont it.

urine poor 45 mins.

WOW! scintillating.

Rubbish

Sounds like two very poor teams.

Shithole of a ground

And the football is even worse!

Not the best first half I have ever listened too, but, its still 0-0 and all to play for.  I'm just hoping that the players come out and work put a performance in that earns us the 3 points that we really need.  Don't care how we score or who scores for town, just want town to score.  

Kerr for me needs to be changed before we go down to 10 men.

Come on Town.

UTM

Quoted from Madeleymariner

Is disley on the pitch?

His supporters will say he's scored a lot of goals this season

His detractors will say he spends the majority of games as a non-entity barely imposing himself on the midfield

This is where Hurst needs to be stronger. Sounds like we've had a poor half with Kerr playing poor and Disley not offering much so why not change it now instead of after 70 minutes?

Quoted from Mariners_15

This is where Hurst needs to be stronger. Sounds like we've had a poor half with Kerr playing poor and Disley not offering much so why not change it now instead of after 70 minutes?

You're kidding. He never shakes it up at half time. That would invovle making a pro active decision before the 70 minute mark.

LJL will come on for Cook and Hannah for Jennings. Neilson will be subbed at some point.

Quoted from ginnywings

You're kidding. He never shakes it up at half time. That would invovle making a pro active decision before the 70 minute mark.

LJL will come on for Cook and Hannah for Jennings. Neilson will be subbed at some point.

Absolutely!

Come on town, we seem to still be struggling to get in this game.

UTM

Getting outworked and outplayed in midfield by one of the worst form teams in the league.

Great stuff..

Hesitating on the ball again just like the other night. We seem to be clueless and uninspiring. All the opposition have to do is press on us. Poor and fed up of listening/watching it week in week out

Hereford have not won in the last eleven games and we cannot even muster a shot to test their keeper.

Very poor.

Ageing midfield suffering in the last quarter of the season, need young legs in there

If we don't win this game then Paul has to go for me!!!

How many times has "artus comes away with the ball" he was average for us so shows how poor midfielders have been, come on town get a goal ffs

Scruffy, lucky win anyone...... is that grinding out a result or just papering over the cracks?

Jobling: "Needs someone to put their foot on the ball.."

Thanoj: Overhears from the bench, stares at his own foot

No passion from town at all,need to get hold of this game by the scruff of the neck.

UTM

Get thw intercourse in yesss  

Rodders you beauty

Just as I say scruffy win  ;D

flipping come on!!!!

And breath.

Wow, Rodman either runs with it into a dead end or scores goal of the season contender.

Quoted from Mighty_Mariner

If we don't win this game then Paul has to go for me!!!

He might have just lasted another week.

Tondeur sounds disappointed.

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooalllllllllllllllll 1-0 Rodman with a cracking goal by the sounds of it.

Hurst now makes a double sub SHOP for Cookie and Jennings off for Hannah

UTM

Quoted from RoboCod

Wow, Rodman either runs with it into a dead end or scores goal of the season contender.

Lol, been our best player since christmas and thats not saying much.

Quoted from zorro_is_a_Mariner

How many times has "artus comes away with the ball" he was average for us so shows how poor midfielders have been, come on town get a goal ffs

I think that comment is very harsh on Artus. Too often he was played out on the left wing, which is not his natural position. If he had been played in centre-midfield then I think he would have had more of a chance to show his ability.

come on town!!!!!! :)

Cummon you Marinerssssssssssssss!!!!
Whoooohooo!!!

Rodman seems to have greatly improved recently!

Quoted from Cumbrian Mariner

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooalllllllllllllllll 1-0 Rodman with a cracking goal by the sounds of it.

Hurst now makes a double sub SHOP for Cookie and Jennings off for Hannah

UTM

2 of my 3 predicted subs ticked off. Just Colbeck for Neilson now.

Great chance to bury the game but Neilson doesn't pick out an unmarked Hannah. We have to turn the screw when we have thechance.

May be it for Cook. Didnt take his chance today.

Quoted from rancido

I think that comment is very harsh on Artus. Too often he was played out on the left wing, which is not his natural position. If he had been played in centre-midfield then I think he would have had more of a chance to show his ability.

I would say average at best just what we have in midfield at moment, imo of course :)

Quoted from rancido

I think that comment is very harsh on Artus. Too often he was played out on the left wing, which is not his natural position. If he had been played in centre-midfield then I think he would have had more of a chance to show his ability.

MOM at Wembley for us IMO

as it stands we're back in the playoffs :)

Quoted from Garth

MOM at Wembley for us IMO

Played well at wembely yes but mckweon was mine  

Corner from us sounded semi-dangerous

Stupidity from Hurst to leave Kerr on. That was coming.

Fs keer.

Idiot Hurst...why leave Kerr on ????

Hurst you plonker!! How obvious was that!

Plenty of opportunity to take Kerr off but no he just swaps the front two

Silly stupid idiotic challenge

Cost us 2 points at least

And now were down to 10 men - bloody stupid, ridiculous by Kerr

UTM

Red card for Kerr, blame Hurst for that should have been subbed

And now were down to 10 men - bloody stupid, ridiculous by Kerr

UTM

Well done kerr you stupid stupid div.

On the brightside thats him out the team for at least 3 games.

Reckless!  That will give Hereford belief, Why isn't Paddy playing or at least on the bench?????

They were down and out and we give them a massive lift.

Hurst is flipping useless with substitutions.

Quoted from Garth

Red card for Kerr, blame Hurst for that should have been subbed

Exactly.

Playing poor and was on a yellow.

Quoted from jonnyboy82

Well done kerr you stupid stupid div.

On the brightside thats him out the team for at least 3 games.

It's a 1 game ban for two yellow cards.

Cook shouldn't have come off...He needs full games to give him a chance...

And as everyone else has said sounds like Kerr should have been off at half time. :-/

Quoted from Chrisblor

It's a 1 game ban for two yellow cards.

Can we appeal? ::)

Thanoj will keep his place hopefully

How on earth is that Hursts fault?

Kerr out for the Wrexham game. No great loss IMHO.

Boycie you plonker!!!  8)

Kerr is a useful player but he is getting too old now and that's when the fouls creep in to your game. You can't keep pace with the game.

As frustrated as i am with hurst, he can hardly be blamed for Kerr getting sent off FFS get a grip.

Quoted from Chrisblor

It's a 1 game ban for two yellow cards.

Ah right cheers.

Quoted from Southernboy

How on earth is that Hursts fault?

Directly it's obviously Kerr's fault for being a reckless idiot. Indirectly it's Hurst's fault since Kerr was lucky to still be on the pitch, had been fouling people far too often after being booked and our astute manager didn't think to substitute him to prevent what many of us could see happening.

Quoted from highcliff mariner

As frustrated as i am with hurst, he can hardly be blamed for Kerr getting sent off FFS get a grip.

Of course he can. He has made several rash challenges after getting booked early. Plenty of managers would ahve taken him off as a precautionary measure. Happens all the time.

Thanoj should have been on regardless, because we were creating intercourse all.

Ref has been shocking 2nd half!

Discipline! Daft free kicks given away by far too often.

UTM

Quoted from highcliff mariner

As frustrated as i am with hurst, he can hardley be blamed for Kerr getting sent off FFS get a grip.

Why?

Its down to the manager to see he is playing poor and still lucky to be on the pitch from an earlier badtackle.

Its what being a manager is all about.

Quoted from Southernboy

How on earth is that Hursts fault?

If everyone and his dog could see the danger, how is it that the man being paid to see it was clueless

C,Mon Town hold out for the win.

Don't see why he needed to take both strikers off, I didnt get the impression we were missing too many chances, change the style of play not just the strikers all the time

Thanoj for Kerr isn't the most obvious sub when you're 1-0 with 20 mins left. Maybe Hurst could've anticipated it but I understand why he'd want to keep him on. As a senior pro Kerr dhould've known better - he deserves far more criticism.

JT is deff a LJL fan ;D

Good play from rodders again

I think we're doing pretty well here, much more lively on the attack, even with 10 men.

Alfreton/ Nuneaton and Cambridge/Barnet drawing.

Quoted from RoboCod

I think we're doing pretty well here, much more lively on the attack, even with 10 men.

Thats what we need to do keep it in their half, they won`t score from there like Beckham

Last minute of normal time....

Come on Town!!

Quoted from mariner tommy

Alfreton/ Nuneaton and Cambridge/Barnet drawing.

Shhh !

HOLD ON TOWN.

Quoted from Garth

If everyone and his dog could see the danger, how is it that the man being paid to see it was clueless

It's interesting to note how many games you may see the danger but forget about it because the second yellow never happens. People only remember when it does.

Got to win this. Halifax now 2 up against Luton. The rest mostly going our way.

Stoppage time now....nervous moments as they seem to be coming on to us

Just need to keep it tight now and that's another 3 points in the bag

Rodman's tormented them today, more please.

Hold on Town!!!

FFS 90th minute Gateshead winner

Well done Rodders....that's three away games I can think of with the 1-0 score in our favour that he's got the winning goal   :)

Scrappy win by the sound of it!  But its another 3 points in the bag, Good result considering Herefords circumstances.

Yes !!

Get in - 3 points in the bag thankfully. Now let's build on this!

UTM

Quoted from jonnyboy82

Why?

Its down to the manager to see he is playing poor and still lucky to be on the pitch from an earlier badtackle.

Its what being a manager is all about.

yea ok my bad, he must be excrement cos half the fishy can judge it better by listen to it on the radio :)

Hurst out NOW , there is heaps on here that could do a better job.

3 points will do, hard to listen to tho.                  
  UTM

Yesssssssssssssss!!!!
Well done you Mariners!!!!
Onwards and Upwards!!!
(clap)

What about having rodman as a second striker, so he's not wasted going back, can pick up the ball from deeper and run with it at the opposition defence, jennings or hannah might be more effective that way

Quoted from Chrisblor

FFS 90th minute Gateshead winner

That's ok as it keeps Braintree at arms length

Quoted from Chrisblor

FFS 90th minute Gateshead winner

Against Braintree though.

Good win for us that though clearly not that much of a  performance.

Well done Rodman. 6th at the moment but we could go third on Tuesday with a win. UTM

Great result for us that as all the other results mainly went our way. Salisbury got a late goal against Kiddy. But for that late Heed goal it would have bee the perfect day, but it was against Braintree, so not toobad.

Halifax are now looking more dangerous than Cambridge IMO and have a goalscorer on fire.

Salisbury equalise 5 minutes into injury time against Kidderminster. Some great results for us today.

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

Against Braintree though.

Good win for us that though clearly not that much of a  performance.

also gateshead have played more games so would rather have them win than braintree,

get in town!! :):)

Hereford must be bad or our defence good because McKweon did not have to make a save in 96 mins

Quoted from Madeleymariner

Hereford must be bad or our defence good because McKweon did not have to make a save in 96 mins

don't think hereford had a shot on target all game

Quoted from Madeleymariner

Hereford must be bad or our defence good because McKweon did not have to make a save in 96 mins

After today Hereford have scored 4 goals in their last 12 games - and we think we have goalscoring problems!

Wins a win! Up to 6th, kiddy will have one of there better players suspended for their game with us too

Quoted from Hagrid

Wins a win! Up to 6th, kiddy will have one of there better players suspended for their game with us too

who's that hagrid?

Have to say a decent win even though it didn't sound like the best of games.

Great result as well for Halifax beating Luton, they are the real form team at the minute especially at their place but having a look at all the teams fixtures in and around the play-off's they have the toughest run in by far. Certain I saw a few people say ours was on of the easiest too? Ours is pretty difficult looking at it.

It's important not to get too wrapped up looking at all the fixture lists etc but it's going to be really tight this year...

The last three games have been like this,

In two of them we played poor and won,

In the other we played well but lost,

Who cares how we play, three points is three points.

UTM !!!!!!!

Quoted from Garth

JT is deff a LJL fan ;D

I was at my Dad's house during the game and missed most of the commentary - in and out of the room most of the time, but I think I caught JT saying 'John Lewis' and 'excellent' in the same sentence?  Could someone confirm that please?  Don't think Tondeur is particularly a LJL fan - have heard him criticise on quite a number of occasions previously.

Will be interesting to hear what the Just Back experts (Big Chris and Barra if he's there) have to say.

PH said after the game he thought we looked better after Lennie came on. A subtle dig at the Shop haters methinks.

Quoted from oldun

PH said after the game he thought we looked better after Lennie came on. A subtle dig at the Shop haters methinks.

:)  Good.

I'm not a hater by any means but even his biggest fan would've struggled before today's short spell on the pitch to support his dismal displays of late...

Quoted from oldun

PH said after the game he thought we looked better after Lennie came on. A subtle dig at the Shop haters methinks.

To call people 'haters' is a bit insulting really. Does any fan on here genuinely 'hate' any of their own players? I hope not. There are many who are critical of him and others, but justifiably so I think. Equally, credit where it is due I think - sounds like he did well when he came on, and that Cook didn't do anything particularly special to advance his own cause. Let's be fair and balanced.

Thing is though, LJL should be playing well because he's had plenty of first team exposure this season. It's hard to judge Cook when he never gets more than 2 starts.

Yes, of course. It's another day when out strikers have failed to score though, but we got 3 points so there's something to be pleased with. PH didn't think we played particularly well, saying we lacked 'urgency'. I don't know if I'm glad or furious to hear him finally admit that. There's no excuse for this and it's been a feature of our play for weeks and weeks. I was saying that after the 0-0 draw at home to Southport but it's the first time I've heard Hurst acknowledge it. Why is this?

Quoted from chaos33

Yes, of course. It's another day when out strikers have failed to score though, but we got 3 points so there's something to be pleased with. PH didn't think we played particularly well, saying we lacked 'urgency'. I don't know if I'm glad or furious to hear him finally admit that. There's no excuse for this and it's been a feature of our play for weeks and weeks. I was saying that after the 0-0 draw at home to Southport but it's the first time I've heard Hurst acknowledge it. Why is this?

Hurst said the players looked tired. Poor buggers, must be a nightmare being a footballer.

Marinette- Tondeur was full of praise for LJL when he came on. After Kerr was dismissed, he had to plough a lonely furrow up front on his own. Took a couple of big hits but ran his proverbials off. I'm not a fan of LJL and he shouldn't be first choice in my opinion, but having someone like him to come on in a game like that is invaluable. Good squad player for circumstances like today, and that's how he should be used i think.

Totally agree on LJL.

Think LJL showed his worth today. And that's the point for me, he is the right fit for certain games but he shouldn't be first striker on the team sheet for every game. Bringing him off the bench today seemed a much better move, let someone run their socks off in the striking role then stick Shop on for the last 20-25 and tell him to put himself about.
Perhaps a more pressing concern will now be how to get Jennings integrated into our play more effectively?

Quoted from RoboCod

Think LJL showed his worth today. And that's the point for me, he is the right fit for certain games but he shouldn't be first striker on the team sheet for every game. Bringing him off the bench today seemed a much better move, let someone run their socks off in the striking role then stick Shop on for the last 20-25 and tell him to put himself about.
Perhaps a more pressing concern will now be how to get Jennings integrated into our play more effectively?

Would think he will be going back soon  

I can't remember who wrote it, or on which thread, but someone very recently wrote that all this focus on our 'misfiring' strikers was actually drawing attention away from our recent poor defensive record.  Not that I want Shaun Pearson (hell, no!) or any of our other defenders to become the new scapegoat, but that comment about our defence did plant a question in my mind.  Are we really struggling as a team to score goals this season?  Does it actually matter who scores our goals, as long as they get scored?  Paul Hurst said he wasn't too bothered as long as the goals come from somewhere.

Obviously we don't have a prolific striker like Hearn or Connell, but is that necessarily a bad thing, if other players manage to chip in and do their bit?  If we were relying mainly on Hearn this season to score our goals, wouldn't we be totally in the s**t as soon as he got injured?  

It doesn't feel like we've had a goal drought to me, and I don't remember coming away from many games without having seen us score at least once, but I thought I'd better have a quick look at Rob's wonderful stats, just to confirm.  Interesting to compare this year's 'goal-less games' record to date with that of previous seasons.    

Season           Number of league games (before April 1st) where we failed to score
2004-5              14
2005-6              8
2006-7              16
2007-8              6
2008-9              13
2009-10            13
2010-11            8
2011-12            9
2012-13            11
2013-14            7

Quoted from marinette

I can't remember who wrote it, or on which thread, but someone very recently wrote that all this focus on our 'misfiring' strikers was actually drawing attention away from our recent poor defensive record.  Not that I want Shaun Pearson (hell, no!) or any of our other defenders to become the new scapegoat, but that comment about our defence did plant a question in my mind.  Are we really struggling as a team to score goals this season?  Does it actually matter who scores our goals, as long as they get scored?  Paul Hurst said he wasn't too bothered as long as the goals come from somewhere.

Obviously we don't have a prolific striker like Hearn or Connell, but is that necessarily a bad thing, if other players manage to chip in and do their bit?  If we were relying mainly on Hearn this season to score our goals, wouldn't we be totally in the s**t as soon as he got injured?  

It doesn't feel like we've had a goal drought to me, and I don't remember coming away from many games without having seen us score at least once, but I thought I'd better have a quick look at Rob's wonderful stats, just to confirm.  Interesting to compare this year's 'goal-less games' record to date with that of previous seasons.    

Season           Number of league games (before April 1st) where we failed to score
2004-5              14
2005-6              8
2006-7              16
2007-8              6
2008-9              13
2009-10            13
2010-11            8
2011-12            9
2012-13            11
2013-14            7

We don't have too bad a defensive record, but the problem is that when strikers don't score, it's puts more pressure on the rest of the team to keep a clean sheet. We have drawn many games we should have won and lost games we should have drawn because of a lack of goals. Someone finishing our chances like Gregory at Halifax would not only have secured a play off spot long ago, we'd still be in with a chance of the title.

In 98 we scored intercourse all, but we had a great back five and goals all through the team. IIRC Davison kept a record number of clean sheets that year and yet Donovan excepted, our strikers only just got into double figures.
The point is, if we continue to keep clean sheets we will go up almost in spite of how many we score.

Does anyone know what the problem was with Rodman at the start of the second half ? I only managed to listen to parts of the commentary today and JT said he was going to ask Hurst but it appears he didn't. Any ideas ?

(In response to Ginny and Imp Coroner)
I don't think we were anywhere near top spot with either Liam Hearn or Alan Connell in the team, and I think it's fair to say that we considered them both to be quite prolific.

We came 4th last season.  Last year, after 37 league games we had scored 54 goals.  We have scored 55 so far this season.  That would suggest our goal-scoring skills might be marginally better now.

Our defensive record doesn't seem to have improved, however.  Someone else had probably check the stats as I may have got it wrong, but as far as I can tell, last season after 37 league games we had conceded 30 goals.  This season we have conceded 38.

I am now wondering why everyone is so obsessed with who is scoring goals and how many, and completely ignoring the fact that it might be our defence that is not quite up to scratch.  

Totally agree there Marinette. Last season you felt confident in our defence holding out a 1-0 lead but with this seasons defence you always feel there is an error waiting to happen. Personally I am not concerned who scores but right now we look like having 3 midfielders who have or will potentially hit double figures which is a fantastic return.

Nobody is saying the strikers aren't good enough. They aren't scoring enough, granted.
I don't get how some of you get off on the fact we haven't actually won this league. To win the league it you need aa good pair of strikers scoring goals.
This isnt the third division. One team goes up. One team is guaranteed promotion. We aren't that team, therefore we've failed. The playoffs will give us a lifeline, hopefully well get into them.
The fact is, people are drunk off by the fact that after 3 years the midfield has still not been addressed and the football that's been played this season hasn't been helping the strikers. It was obvious even when we were top last season that the midfield wasn't up to scratch.
The strikers at the club can and will score goals, just not in this team.

Quoted from chaos33

To call people 'haters' is a bit insulting really. Does any fan on here genuinely 'hate' any of their own players? I hope not. There are many who are critical of him and others, but justifiably so I think. Equally, credit where it is due I think - sounds like he did well when he came on, and that Cook didn't do anything particularly special to advance his own cause. Let's be fair and balanced.

Tell that to the people who boo when LJL's name is read out before kick-off and cheer when he goes off!

i was there today, attendance was 193, but i dont know if that included me and my mate as we were 25 minutes late and had to be escorted round...

Quoted from marinette

(In response to Ginny and Imp Coroner)
I don't think we were anywhere near top spot with either Liam Hearn or Alan Connell in the team, and I think it's fair to say that we considered them both to be quite prolific.

We came 4th last season.  Last year, after 37 league games we had scored 54 goals.  We have scored 55 so far this season.  That would suggest our goal-scoring skills might be marginally better now.

Our defensive record doesn't seem to have improved, however.  Someone else had probably check the stats as I may have got it wrong, but as far as I can tell, last season after 37 league games we had conceded 30 goals.  This season we have conceded 38.

I am now wondering why everyone is so obsessed with who is scoring goals and how many, and completely ignoring the fact that it might be our defence that is not quite up to scratch.  

That's the problem though. In the seasons when we have had a prolific striker, the defence hasn't been as tight. Last year, we had a very good defence and a not so prolific striker as previous seasons, which enabled us to top the league for a while. This year, the defence isn't quite as good and the strikers are not really performing either. The midfield players are the ones keeping us in touch with their goals. Rodman has scored winners in each of our last 2 away games. We can't seem to get it right at both ends at the same time. I wonder how we would have fared this season and last with a fit and firing Hearn?

Quoted from ginnywings

That's the problem though. In the seasons when we have had a prolific striker, the defence hasn't been as tight. Last year, we had a very good defence and a not so prolific striker as previous seasons, which enabled us to top the league for a while. This year, the defence isn't quite as good and the strikers are not really performing either. The midfield players are the ones keeping us in touch with their goals. Rodman has scored winners in each of our last 2 away games. We can't seem to get it right at both ends at the same time. I wonder how we would have fared this season and last with a fit and firing Hearn?

We'd probably be at the top of League 2 now if Hearn continued his incredible 2011-12 form through to 2012-13 and then this year (admittedly a very big if to sustain such performance without anyone coming in for him!).