Match Thread Mansfield Town (H) @ 15:00 26 Feb

No booing from me. Mainly because we packed full of average players and no shape to the squad or the team. Let’s see if the injury list starts to shorten.

 

Shimla at Shipley get a taxi.

 

To me it depends what messages we are given from the club. If it’s a back Hughes with what he wants behind the scenes and a chance to redevelop the clubs infrastructure footballing wise I’d be willing to be patient.

However if he’s come in with the sole task of promotion at all costs and sod the club as a whole, like adams then defeats will start to see me and I imagine the fans turn their backs again. And rightly so. We must get promotion as soon as possible as a club but if we are ripping it apart and starting again with Hughes knowledge then we would need to be a little more patient than normal?

The proof once again will be in the pudding. If we Hughes is made to work with Kiwomya and Trueman and Adams UK scouting network then we know nothings changed. however if he brings in his own coaches and back room team then we know Sparks is sticking to his word.
right now we can only go off of the press release that says hr will be backed in that respect. It’s all hot air so far from Sparks so I’m a wait and see type of mood currently.
I certainly won’t back us to win Saturday. Our squads crap and Hughes has one day with them tomorrow, I think we will likely get beat.
But if we have a coaching team in places over the next few weeks and can see a new style of play and better results before the season end then we can look forward again

 

Put it this way I’m gonna listen to Hughes’ words more in the press over the coming days than Sparks Brent style sound bites.
Adams as much as I despised him had it right with the club in his post match interviews. If Hughes starts making the same noises before the summer we know nothings changed

 

Well edited.

 

Sheesh Mahal is a good bet. About 10-15 walk from the ground back into the top end of town. I think it opens about 17.00, so time for a couple of beers on North Parade.

 

If they're puddles behind him, the groundsman as got a job and half on his hands before Saturday.

 

The thing is, we’ve all accepted this season is over. Players are out of contract. Now instead of the players not giving a toss because their being managed by a deluded scot or a youth coach, They now know that they are playing for the best experienced manager in the league (technically a fact, nobody has as much experience as Hughes, as a player or as a manager)

That may give them the boost needed to actually pull their socks up an put a shift in, like we saw against Harrogate in the first half but with a bit more quality

As we know; this league aint all that. its fine margins. the good teams are the ones well drilled and organised. As long as Hughes gets the team organised, which he will, im sure we’l be okay

hopefully we also get rid of that ideology of sitting back on one goal leads. Thats the sole reason for dropping points throughout this season. We score a goal, an seem to be cruising but then decide to switch tactics an sit back an invite pressure for the rest of the game. at this level, the result is inevitable

 

I hope the fans turn up in numbers on saturday. Im the last person who is willing to give Sparks an Co a free pass (well actually that would probably go to Fordy) but at least its a step in a very good direction. An experienced manager who lets be honest, nobody could of expected to join a league two team, let alone us.

Lets get behind the manager, show Hughes the potential this club can achieve if handled correctly. And I sincerely hope that Sparks has learnt his lesson here. Give the man what he wants. If he wants to bring in new coaches for everything, do it. If he wants to restructure the training setup, let him do it. If he wants to shape up the recruitment structure of the club, let him do it. He deserves the chance to show what he can do

 

Boycots and Banners. Only feasible option of getting Rupp out of the club. The rest of the issues will follow suit once he realises he’s fecked it up

 

Don't see Rupp as the main problem though. He's agreed a deal to back MH with backing for what it takes to move everything forward. For now it's all about the new gaffer and giving him a great VP welcome on Saturday. No one can be sure how things will work out, but for now it offers hope and a change of approach football wise..much needed imo.

 

I think the hope had been lost. We found again this morning.

 

Don't look any further than the Kashmir on Morley street if you want authentic Bratfud rather than posh overpriced generic that is becoming the norm. If you want a decent pub for afters then the fighting *@?$ on Preston street or The Lord Clyde on Thornton Rd. Non of your craft ale shite, just good old fashioned hand pulled quality.

 

Shimla is good, but it's pretty much a chain curry. You can walk into any city in the UK and get a Shimlaish curry. Go trad. Kashmir or Karachi.

 

All the curry places are going down that route these days. Akbars and Aargrah have that feel to them.

 

Only go Kashmir if youve had a bucket load of ale. Karachi is a good call.