The problem as I see it is the material Grayson will have to work with.
The chances of recruiting players as good as the ones out of contract are rather slim so avoiding relegation would be a success for me. However, Raj will probably show him the door if, as is highly probable, playoffs are off the menu.

The new level of success.
5th bottom of the 5th division.

Tremendous
Super.
Marvelous

The majority of Boro fans on their forum reckon this is an outstanding appointment.

This is where we belong. A hundred years of history tells us so .THIS is our level. We have the most applications for re-election to avoid the drop from the EFL. We are just ONE division from where we would normally be. I cannot believe we have managed to hang on. Others have gone bust or gone lower. Oldham from the Premiership to our level...now that really is a move. Yet reading some of the back stuff on here, you continually year after year spout off about "success" and where we should be ??
Sorry..but you talk such absolute shite mate.

You have a very thinly veiled Raj centric approach to matters, surprised such an opinionated poster has only just discovered the board.

Fuck off back under your rock.
You absolute Bellend.
And don't call me mate

Tell you we're we shouldn't be in this shit hole of a division, struggling to beat part time rubbish and teams who travel hundreds of miles on the day of games rocking up and making us look like mugs. We shouldn't be owned by a man who is starting to appear a bit of a crank, we shouldn't be going through managers after every 3 or 4 month, we shouldn't be appointing useless people in the club who have no clue and lastly we shouldn't be turning down offers off wealthy people because of pure greed.

Get the fuck out of our club your not welcome anymore.

F/Y/I Billy...

Luton town have played in this "shit hole of a division." [5th tier]
So have Notts County
So have Oldham
So have Grimsby Town
So have Chesterfield
So have Wrexham
So have Torquay
So have Scunthorpe
So have Stockport County
So have Doncaster Rovers
So have Oxford United
So have Leyton Orient
So have Cambridge United
Currently Southend are playing in this "shit hole of a division"
So are York city
So are Carlisle
So are Halifax
So are Rochdale
So are Aldershot

All these clubs have a long EFL history just like us.
Yet you would have us believe it is totally unacceptable for a "massive " club like Hartlepool to be among them?
You and your mates are living in a false reality..deluded beyond belief.
And you have been banging the same drum for well over a decade or more on here as far as i can see.
Even calling IOR out cos it wasn't good enough for you.
For gods sake go get some help...it may not be too late.
Or take up another hobby perhaps cos constant whining is just no good for your mental or physical well being.
Fact check me..go Google it?

I agree with Billingham, shove your propaganda up your arse and fuck off.

What identity are you this week….?
The rather obvious new poster shouting about everything but the bleedin obvious.
Another cheap wind up merchant on the stir hoping to deflect the subject away from the glaringly incandescent problem.
You’re not very good at the old starting multiple deflection posts are you…..go back for fresh instructions from HQ… this is fooling no one and just plain embarrassing .

Yes but in doing so you are sustaining the clubs misery whether you like or or not.

Anyway, I do get it. You're a poolie and your intentions are purely driven by that. Can't really condemn that I suppose!

Embarrassing 100%

Outstandingly bad?

Wether I'm sustaining the clubs misery or not is purely subjective when my view is that Admin or starting afresh would cause a lot more misery than the present.
Raj has obviously taken us as far as he wants or is capable of, hopefully the next move is new owners starting at this level and taking us forward and upwards rather than having to start a division or more lower.
Still hopeful that given the non announcement that all deals are dead that something is still happening.
Limbrick like Philips has been shat upon big style, Grayson being given a 2 year deal is not Raj's style so wondering if Herd Group have had an input into this appointment?

Fair one. I hope there are enough stay aways to send a message but enough in the stands to ensure survival (but sending a vocal message too).

There's a couple of reliable sources saying the appointment was nothing to do with Herd. Very worrying.

I don't know how these people hold their heads up around town. They must be getting some perks or smoke blown up their arses.

Like I said somewhere else, the numbers that count aren’t the season ticket holders, it’s the casuals …because they are the people who give you the numbers that count…when it comes to giving an indicator of satisfaction with the club……season ticket holders in general can be counted on to turn up regardless.

only aldershot, rochdale, halifax and torquay have given there fans less or as much as pools have given us. some like notts and oldham have reached the top flight of football. at least now we still have a chance of getting back into the league. if we had been voted out we,d become another workington at best or just a memory like the defunct new brighton. know the outlook at the minute looks gloomy but its not as if this has not happened before.

know some will say its different but do anybody swerve blackpool pleasure beach or other places they want to visit because they think its owners are nobs. more or less you are paying your money for the possibility of enjoyment you get and where or who the money goes to is secondary. since the day i first walked into the vic win, lose or draw i never give the club owners a second thought and its not as if the club has been well run either in all those years that startd with the rumour pools could not afford promotion back to the old league div.2 from the 3rd div. north.

But it's all connected. What you are seeing on the pitch, the quality, the results, the size of the crowd around you, the level of atmosphere (if any), it's all connected to the owner and what he does. If you tell me that none of things matter to you, I think you're fibbing. Plus don't you feel a sense of ownership about the club, not in the sense of some document or deed but something deeper than that?

How many managers has Featherstone had at his time at Pools

Reading Borer forum

Absolutely right, Agree totally about the greed, The debts are HIS, Not the clubs no matter which way its twisted.

About Pinkerton, I think he is the agent Raj mentioned, He knows the procedure regarding a takeover (pelters incoming) of the club.
The Gateshead takeover failed not because of him, But the buyers could not meet the Football authorities criteria.

Its not just a case of meeting the sellers demands.

And Darlo n Sunderland.
Cudent find the Stockton one.

The HERD group have had NO input with this appointment, Posted elsewhere.

For Kevin, Boost the numbers, On Face ache book.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/264662185169466/

And they’re real experts when it comes to picking managers

Aldershot n Halifax have won the FA Trophy at Wembley, so I'd say only Rochdale and Torquay are on a par with us.

Afraid both Dale and Torquay have played at Wembley at least twice, so below them too, for me