of Leeds signs on loan

The fact that he has signed a central midfielder (which Thompson is I believe?) on an emergency loan implies that either Boland or Liddle are being held at least partly responsible for last weeks debacle. I suspect it would be Boland as he is the more defensive of the two. As most, if not all, of Cheltenhams attacks came through the middle of the field last week Wilson obviously feels the need to put a competent defensive midfielder in front of the two central defenders.

Seems like a reasonable move - lets hope it works tonight

What's happened to Stephen Turnbull? Have I missed something?

recently came back from injury, plays along the floor rather than long ball and they've signed a few midfielders this month

He made a diffrence when he came on for them against us.

He was gash when he played against us.

I wouldn't be even slightly surprised if Wilson played Thompson, Boland, Nelson, Barker and even Barron tonight.

He's obviously deluded enough to think that he doesn't need any pace whatsoever in the team.

Same could of been said about Monkehouse

Moan when we do moan when we don't.......................

What exactly is emergency loan???

How is it different to any other loan?

Oh, and Elliott too.

Musn't forget about the last star studded bastad we signed from Leeds reserves.

They happen when your managers arse is going: sixpence, shilling, half a crown.......

3 goals in 13 games for leeds this season.

Better than Liddle, boland and sweeny.

It means I have to do something 'cause if I don 't win tonight I'm foooked

Might be like emergy goalies he can pop back to Leeds when he wants.

cracking loan signing for me like. He's a narky worky ticket midfielder who can pass a bit and takes good set pieces.as long as he doesn't get himself sent off .
anyone think he's a sweetener for a deal involving james Brown?

Fool

Andy Monkhouse is going to Leeds, haven't you heard? Oh and Brownie will complete that switch to Norwich any minute now.

He changed the game when he came on against us. He saw more of the ball than any other of the Leeds midfielders and rarely wasted it. In fact the Leeds fan who we met for a pint before and after the game described Thompson as the best player at Leeds. Wise obviously doesn't share that thought even though he was still in the 16 on Saturday. He's never had any pace that's why he never got more than one England cap, what he does have is absolute quality in his left foot and from what I saw on Boxing he hasn't lost that. We'll obviously wait and see how he does, but think some are in a mode were Wilson will be get flack for whatever he does.

There is no chance Boland will play he was hauled off on Friday wasn't he?

We only used to get half an orange.......

Sorry but im in agreement with Ripper. He was crap against us,
Lucky to get away without been sent off booked then did another bad foul then mouthed off to the referee.

What is wrong with Sweeney & Liddle in the middle ?? The last time they played together at home they were awesome.

Like Ripper says i'm more scared for tonight than i was before.
Looks like Barker up front with Moore Porter on bench again.......

A common view on WACCOE board is that Wise has lost his mind some are even calling for his head most think it's a strange one. They obviously don't think he's shite apart from the ones who do, who for me are wrong

http://www.waccoe.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=114481

Poolypaul you have no idea what the team is going to be unless you are Danny boy

Some Pools fans would be pessimistic about signing Cristiano Ronaldo, they'd site his diving as a negative and the fact he's Portuguese. He hasn't kicked a ball for Pools yet FFS give the bloke a chance

From the linked thread on waccoe




Quality description

If he does that for us tonight I won't be complaining. Our set pieces have been worse than woeful of late.

After watching on Boxing Day he's more likely to be giving free kicks away.

So you basing this vitriol on the fact he gave away two free kicks away on Boxing day, I thought you'd like the fella he had to be restrained from lamping Richie Barker at one stage

Vitriol?

Nowt like it.

More the fact that I'm refusing to get carried away just cos we've signed an old left sided player from Leeds reserves.

Again.




Now who wants to tell me how much success we had when we last went down that route.




In fact, let's go back a bit further.


Did Russell Doig play on the left too?

Well why dont we just wait and see how he does tonight.

Vitriol was said jest. who's getting carried away though? I'm just saying lets actually see the bloke in a blue and white shirt then make a judgment. He's Leeds captain, hardly from the reserves

Why not.




But he hasn't made me even think about doing any cartwheels.

don't be ridiculous. ripper has spoken. even of he has a blinder, he's still over the hill

didn't you listen to the oracle about arran lee-barrett ?

oh, hang on a minute.......

Err, did we sign Ian Moore from Leeds before or after Robbie Elliott? Anyone think he's a bad signing?

Not sure how I feel about Thompson coming in, let's see how and where he plays. He's been a pretty decent player in his time, and let's face it - the fact that Wise doesn't rate him doesn't tell us a thing, especially now Poyet has gone. Could work, might not, let's see.

Here we go, the world according to aido.

I said Budtz needed to be dropped.

Just cos Lee-Barrett has started off averagely doesn't suddenly make Budtz good.

Budtz is cack. He's 28. He's going to remain cack. He's not good enough.

And Daly wasn't good enough either, and comparing him to Barker doesn't turn him into a good player.

It is possible to have more than one crap player in a position you know.

Moore is quite a bit younger than Elliott and Thompson.





And he doesn't play on the left.

the world according to aido ? er, this is a message board......for opinions. you had a go at budtz at every single opportunity, regardless of how he's actually played. now we've seen your solution, and its shite. as is what you're saying about thompson before he's kicked a ball for us

I'm that there's a large slice of contradiction in your posts there somewhere Mr Aido.

Hang on a sec, saying Budtz isn't good enough doesn't say Lee-Barrett is.... otherwise going back a few years we'd be saying that because Glen Davies wasn't good enough we should have played Denny Ingram.....

The solution is to have a keeper who is up to the job. If neither Budtz or Lee-Barrett are, then it reflects very badly on Wilson who signed both of them.....

I'm prepared to see how Thompson does, he may not be the guy to get us shooting up the table but lets face it, as things stand we do need to grind results out and make sure we don't get deeper in the claggy. It could and should be different, and I do wonder if it will be come the end of the season, but I don't think KH will be getting shot yet no matter how obvious it is that Wilson is too bloody-minded to drop certain players even when it isn't working..... the first target now is staying up, and if Thompson can help us do that then good.

Aido's right though, He writes for rivals doesn't he!!

Band wagon bunkerite

Choosing who'll play in nets for Pools at the moment is like choosing who'll be dictator of your country between Saddam Hussein and Pol Pot.

As bad as the choice that Steve McLaren had against Croatia?

But even worse!

The last time they played together at home was against Leyton Orient. Sweeney was anonymous and looked like little boy lost.

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er, no there isn't. you slated budtz, even when he was MOM. you've not exactly been on trumpeting the benefits of your choice for keeper. where's the contradiction ? you gave your opinion, i gave mine. the fact that they're different is the whole point of the board

Big surprise this one I have to say - Wise reckons he has a cunning plan. Thommo helps you beat teams around us in the play off places

Wise is in the process of building his third team in 12 months - looks like Thommo doesn't fit although Wise held out an olive branch. Play games, get fit and we'll see

What you get with Thommo is a cultured left foot and the best deadball specialist in this or any other league. What you don't get is PACE. He was slowing us down and we were playing deeper and deeper on the pitch hence more and more hoofball.

That said our form is cack - I did say it was a good time to play us at Christmas. We are on the slide (I may have mentioned this before). Wise's response is yoof, a bit more pace and an attempt to introduce passing to feet (hence Bertie as number 2 )

We like Thommo and wish him well BUT truly he was holding us back a bit although we have yet to see any signs of moving forward other than a massive hike in season ticket prices from Bates

he'll get 88 minutes for us.Joel will get the rest

Any signing excites me, the football is stale and we're struggling.

Mind he did look a fat bounder when he played here a few weeks back and unless he's been shagging Natalie Cassidy for the last few weeks I cant see him being any slimmer!!!

Must be on a good whack in wages as well, but i'll be there tonight and hopefuly he'll do the biz.

I thought he changed the game.but in dennis wise style.Leeds were showing nothing and he came on and kicked and moaned at everyone getting stuck in as it used to be called,he did seemed to fire up many of his teammates,mainly he was just delivering a message from the manager.
there's a few on here complained about lack of passion,I thought he showed that on boxing day

Not in my lifetime chip - he is carrying an injury from which he may never recover imo. That said it looks like he did the trick and Wise's cunning plan is working

One of my first comments was going to be was if the guy is three clem overweight what would he look like

He made a difference tonight I thought and got stuck in an encouraging display. The emergency loan thing has happened already this transfer window when Andy Gray moved from Burnley to Charlton. It was so he could play on that day and the permanent transfer went through the day after........

He is in a different league to Boland in terms of ability though. Willie has done a good job for us but his time is up at this level, but hopefully if Thompson stays injury free he'll only get better. Surely he could be an asset in our current predicament he'll maybe buy us a couple form nothing from set pieces. I bet many of the fans from clubs in the bottom half were envious of our bit of business today.

That's something to look forward to.