New Hyde Boss Furore !

Well it was the best kept (non) secret of the season - but it was finally advertised, interviews have taken place and ex-Curzon Ashton boss Gary Lowe now has the "hot seat" at Ewen Fields ...

... HOWEVER - the backlash (yes that's the right word) on the Hyde United Forum (check out here) is quite unbelievable !!! Frith only knows what the fans were expecting (Mourinho, Avram Grant, Graham Heathcote ?), but they've certainly (in the majority anyway) seen this appointment as "not good" ...

Here's a club who've been flirting with relegation for more than one season; a club with "money problems" (to say the least !); and they get Gary Lowe - a manager who's done wonders at Curzon Ashton (a team that struggle for support - therefore money) for several years - I reckon Hyde have got themselves a bargain ! Obviously I'm not in the know about playing budgets etc. (either at Hyde or Curzon) but if you look at what Curzon have achieved over the last five years (with quite obviously "not a lot"), these guys (as in the Hyde "Internet Moaners") should be bloody grateful - a new Manager arrives and is met with a "welcome" like what you can read on that thread above ... crazy !!! Fairly sure that this sort of talk will not "faze" someone like Gary Lowe - certainly a man unto himself !!! It will be interesting to see if any Curzon players "follow the boss" (a typical happening when non-league managers change) - but if they do they'll see this as their chance to prove themselves at a higher level - just like Gary Lowe himself.

I wish him luck ... just as I wish the new Curzon boss John Flanagan the same ...
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