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Hill stated many weeks ago that his focus is the rebuild for next season.
I fully applaud this logical thinking.
Results, at the moment, are of zero consequence. If we lose every game by six – it just doesn’t matter. Let him experiment with what he’s got – especially where the youngsters are concerned.
I refuse to criticise until I see that this incredibly capable manager is unable to make this rebuild work. (Even then … can we pretend that restraints from on high have not stymied him?)
I really detest folks getting on the back of people doing their best in impossible circumstances.I completely disagree with this. Relegation can happen, it nearly did to us in 2004. Had we gone down that season, I firmly believe we’d have been back within a couple of years, we had a decent squad and good crowds.
What is different this time is that to the fans it appears that since January everyone has just given up on trying to stay up. There have been some appalling performances and results. We hardly ever score goals and we’ve only won 4 games all season. It’s incredibly corrosive and there will be consequences to it, driving away fans, many of whom won’t return perhaps ever. At a time when fans are looking for some rays of light and reasons for hope, the club is offering them nothing. The only thing we’re seeing more of at GP is goons with handcuffs.
What building for next season are we seeing anyway? Playing youngsters who may leave anyway? Getting rid of first-team players who would have been useful next season?
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A few people have mentioned his signings in January, I can’t go along with criticising Hill for that, although for the most part they have not been good, they were probably the best available to him thanks to Swann.
I understand where you’re coming from but why get rid of Loft & Hippolyte and not replace them with improvements? We didn’t have to get rid of those two players. Yes, I know we had to sell players to bring others in but if the net effect is making the squad weaker, why bother?
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Who had a light on their shin?
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You’re going to organise a protest against a man who has said he is in talks with 3/4 parties about selling the club?
Thick as…. all it will do is put off any potential owners. As Simon Elliott said on Facebook the club have already lost sponsors because of some ‘fans’ actions.
Protests might put off potential owners? Give over. If such potential owners are put off by fans expressing their views, then they’re not the sort of owners we want.
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Compare and contrast:
Keith Hill P26, W2, D7, L17
Nick Daws, P25, W10, D10, L5
One is apparently the right man to take us forward next season, the other was sacked in August of his first season in charge.
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Very unprofessional to announce his exit on Facebook.
We are a complete embarrassment.Presumably you realise he won’t have resigned via Facebook? He’ll have notified the board of his resignation in the proper way. Facebook is just his way of then notifying the fans which seems perfectly reasonable to me.
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I cannot believe anyone could watch the current Scunthorpe side and think that the goalkeeper is the priority position for a replacement.
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Based on Saturday yes, but, at the moment, he’s the same as many of the squad.They have ability but show it one game in 3,4 or 5 and can also ruin one of their good days with a ridiculous, avoidable error.
Maybe I didn’t explain myself very well, I was trying to say that I don’t think it’s great for players to be playing every single game at that age. I’m all for investing in youth and developing our own players but we have to be careful with them, especially when they’re in such a terrible team.
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I think he’s been a massive disappointment. His record is considerably worse than Cox’s! How is that even possible? None of his new signings look any good, he sounds completely disconnected in every interview and the team appears to have given up after the Oldham away win. It’s shocking and he should be on his way with the rest of the players in the summer.
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I’m not comfortable with him being played every week. A few games ago, Hill was saying that Burns had to be managed carefully and basically couldn’t play every week, yet a 16 year-old is being asked to play every game in our midfield. It doesn’t feel ideal to me for his development.
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Once upon a time….
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Yeah, like I mentioned before, there must have been some old boy networks involved to keep out the arrivistes from non-league, otherwise how would Hartlepool have survived all those votes?
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I originally had us to be officially relegated at Easter based on being 12-15 points behind but I now wonder whether it might come as early as the Mansfield game. I never expected us to apparently just give up so early. 2 points from the last 24 on offer, 5 from the last 48. Pathetic.
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you answered your own question about the Hockey Stadium Ferrite
How so?
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