| I was a big supporter of Hurst, his appointment and signings... 17:42 - Oct 25 with 819 views | SPEX_Blue |
... but he had to go. Anyone who went to the QPR game could see that - one of the worst performances I have seen from a town side (old enough to remember the end of Royle's era so has seen some absolute tosh since then). I haven't commented on the forum this season but I think Hurst's main issue was he was tactically way out of his depth. A number of things have been obvious for a while:
1. One up front wasn't working - the lone man was extremely isolated. Lately, it seemed the service up to the striker was essentially 'hit it long to the channels'. And when Freddie or Jackson managed to retain the ball, the midfield was slow to get up in support.
2. Skuse and Chalobah in the midfield, doing exactly the same job. A lack of endeavour to get forward from both contributed to lone striker's isolation. If you are going to play the two sitting midfielders, one has to get forward and Skuse was never going to fill that role. Chalobah is a good, young, inexperienced centre-half playing at CM and a tough ask for him. This probably also contributed to Nolan's poor form, as it made it difficult to play off others.
3. Consistently playing 3CBs (Pennington at RB) and then Donacien, a right back, at left back. Square pegs, round holes etc. that we've seen under Keane and McCarthy. Playing a CB at fullback really impacts the team's balance and attacking capabilities going forward.
4. Dropping Bart. Gerks did well initially but since making the error at Birmingham, has been on the slide. Even before the calamity corner, we almost conceded from another vs QPR.
I feel sorry for Hurst and think he was unlucky at the start of the season with some results, like Rotherham and Norwich. However, I think Evans, who should not go uncriticised, is doing the right thing - we need to act now otherwise it will be too late. When it worked e.g. First half vs Brum, particularly Nolan's goal (into the channel for Jackson to chase, Nolan arriving on edge, first time finish) it was exciting and I think fans could see what Hurst was trying to do. But the football has slowly got worse and worse and town fans can see that. Selling our best players and brining in so many (undoubtably talented) but raw, inexperienced, lower league players in such a short space of time was a mistake. Having said that, I think Hurst's signing are all potentially good players.
At the end of the day MM had to go. It was time. But Hurst turned out to be the wrong appointment. We need to move on. I'm not sure what to make of Lambert. Following Norwich, he had a fairly poor time of it. But he got Norwich promoted from Lg 1 with a group of hungry, lower league players, so hopefully he can galvanise the squad. |  | | |  |
| I was a big supporter of Hurst, his appointment and signings... on 17:46 - Oct 25 with 773 views | eddiespearitt03 |
I think the players simply stopped playing for him. | | | |
| I was a big supporter of Hurst, his appointment and signings... on 17:53 - Oct 25 with 741 views | SPEX_Blue |
| I was a big supporter of Hurst, his appointment and signings... on 17:46 - Oct 25 by eddiespearitt03 |
I think the players simply stopped playing for him. |
You're probably right there. There has been less and less fight. | | | |
| I was a big supporter of Hurst, his appointment and signings... on 19:18 - Oct 25 with 698 views | RegencyBlue |
Everyone wanted him to succeed. He ticked all the right boxes but something has obviously gone seriously wrong.
As far as Lambert is concerned it’s not the Norwich connection which bothers me but the fact his recent record isn’t that great. |  | | |
| I was a big supporter of Hurst, his appointment and signings... on 19:37 - Oct 25 with 635 views | TractorCraigo |
Agree with all of you. I really wanted Hurst to do well, but I have never seen Ipswich play as bad as the match against QPR, in 30 years of watching town. It was a huge ask for all his signings to click, and we should never have let those senior players go. I hope the next manager has something about him in the way of man management, or someone who can turn anything into gold! | | | |
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