FC Halifax Town Official Thread and Predictions

Hartleblue · **Posted:** Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:45 pm

monkeybutt wrote:

Hartleblue wrote:

I thought everybody played well tonight and a few were outstanding. clappp

Edit. got to start same team saturday.

Using my brain, I would start Adeloye who was excellent when he came on, quick feet and skillful over the average Rodney who I thought put in one decent cross and doesn`t read the game well which limits his involvement.

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ptbap · **Posted:** Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:47 pm

Smithy1 wrote:

Well id take that 4-0 win over a 4-0 loss anyday I think if we would of got beat tonight I think people would of been calling for Harrisons Head (that's if they wernt already) I think tonight's performance saved his job in all honesty, Halifax were very poor in my opinion just goes to show you how piss poor this league actually is.

I think Craig Harrison is a 1000 miles off getting the sack, continually sacking managers is never ever ever going to get us out of this division.

yloop · **Posted:** Wed Nov 22, 2017 12:15 am

Their centre forward was fucking awful like.

RichyHpool · **Posted:** Wed Nov 22, 2017 12:39 am

Credit where it's due that was a much much improved performance although the opposition were well below Aldershot on quality, only tactic was to aim for the big plank up front who was an absolute carthorse, but you can only beat what's in front of you. It is amazing what an early goal can do for confidence as we really went at them off the back of it. I wasn't particularly confident when I saw the line up but to a man I was pleased to be proven wrong. Thought it was a very exciting first half and comfortable second yet a few people around me were still complaining when we just kept possession, yes we all want to see loads of goals and I do think we could have scored more if we really went for it in the second but booing about going backwards when your 3 up if just plain ridiculous. Was much better with deverdics at left back, laing had a very good game, the midfield 3 dominated the game which was lovely to see,woods makes a big difference with his attitude alone and it was nice to see what newton can offer, Featherstone was great to watch, he's capable of controlling games in this league and hopefully we can see more of this. Special mention for oates who ran his nuts off all game and scored a great goal. Also lovely to see Loach run up and celebrate the 4th goal, really like this lad and always shows he cares. More of the same and we can do well but I'm not going to get carried away quite yet.

derwent · **Joined:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:59 pm **Posts:** 12368

What a pleasant evening in balmy Hartlepool. Shots on target, ball passed around on the deck, more urgency ( at least for a while until the foot came of the gas), four well taken goals, Newton showing what he is capable of etc etc etc.
Even Scott Harrison played some decent passes.
What pleased me the most was the fact players were showing for the ball, which eradicated the urge to hoof it.
Featherstone was superb and underlined the point I made some time ago when I said he was in danger of becoming anonymous because of the hoofball we were playing. Tonight we played football which suits our Nicky resulting in the fact that he was involved in everything.
Halifax were very ordinary but they still managed to carve out some chances for their man mountain Benny, who could have had a hat trick.
I am not getting carried away but that display was light years better than the performances at Boreham Wood and last Saturday against Aldershot.
CH has finally read the "how to play football" book he got in last year's stocking but he took a real gamble with leaving Cassidy on as long as he did.
Finally I must mention Donnelly. He is still only 21 and I think he is developing into a real asset.
We need to have a real go at this league now. We can play football. We can keep the ball on the floor. We can score goals. Can we keep it up? Why not????

PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

People but too much emphasis on the manager and ‘tactics’ Of course players were showing for the ball and passing it around but we were 2-0 up in six minutes. Confidence is a huge thing, on Saturday people were booing after 15 minutes and shock horror players go for the easier option and knock it long last night a weight is taken off the shoulders with early goals. The manager doesn’t send them out to play ‘hoofball’ or not create anything but if you don’t do the basics well at this level it’s what happens. We need a mentality were the same players want the ball at 1-0 down at home which comes with confidence and belief.

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

I enjoyed the pools line up news on facebook and all the usual moaners replying whinging about Rodney, Newton, Laing, Harrison, moving Deverdics to left back, Donnelly to right back, playing Oates etc etc and how clueless Harrison is and how he doesnt know his arse from his elbow and that we will get stuffed.

Id usually say its about time Mark Simpson stopped replies being enabled to certain Club posts but I enjoyed them last night.

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

Wonder if Smoking Joe will be making an appearance today?

Bramstein · **Joined:** Sun Nov 08, 2009 1:49 pm **Posts:** 1526

A very satisfying evening.

I had hoped Saturday might provide a bit of a kick up the behind and it seems it did, certainly in terms of going forward. We're still coughing up far too many clear cut chances for the opposition, though. As long as that remains the case it's difficult to get too carried away.

Still, there are worse ways to lift the mood than a 4-0 win.

Malcolm Dawes Knew My Father · **Joined:** Wed May 11, 2011 4:25 pm **Posts:** 4198

Just annoyed with myself that I didn't go.

Still, the crowd being down by a thousand from Saturday is a reminder to the club hierarchy and the coaching staff that football is an entertainment business.
2,700 turning up after Saturday's dross is amazing really; hope Pam, Craig and co. are asking themselves how many they could get along to the Vic if the team were winning well at home most games.

PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

I didn’t say they aren’t important I’m just saying the emphasis was too much on them and the manager. I’ve said plenty of times that I wouldn’t ever play 4-4-2 with the players we have available my point was that more people wanting and showing for the ball was surely helped massively by two early goals which settled everyone after Saturdays dissapointment. We’ve laboured and struggled in games this season playing exactly the same system as last night. It’s the same system as the manager has been slaughtered for in certain quarters for being massively negative. The biggest change to me sounded like in attitude and tempo. We should be starting every home game with that sort of mentality. What’s positive is that the players responded.

RAY52 · **Joined:** Sat Aug 11, 2007 7:36 pm **Posts:** 932

Chip Fireball wrote:

Sorry PJ but management, formation, and tactics ARE massively important, clubs wouldn't pay huge salaries to the top managers and coaches if they weren't.

Saturday we played a 4-4-2 with 2 holding midfield players and essentially allowed the opposition to play the ball out from the back. Our general play was slow and tedious to watch. Far too many players playing in roles which were duplicated, or ones they were not comfortable in. The manager for some reason chose to change key personnel and formation which had served him so well in October.

Last night Halifax kicked off the game, they played a ball out to a lad on the right of their midfield, Oates sprinted 15 yards, took the ball off the lad before he even knew he had it, then looked to get at them. We won more tackles in the first 5 minutes last night than we had all game on Saturday. It was back to the 3 lads in midfield pressing the opposition every time they got the ball forcing them into mistake after mistake, and then Oates and Rodney running at their full backs whenever we got it.

You could argue that Oates and Woods were on fire for the opening 30 minutes because the manager had fired them up by dropping them. There may be something in that. However given how limited a lot of our players are, I think the only way we will have continued success in this League is by picking players that can play a high tempo pressing game that gives the opposition no time to settle on the ball. It was noticeable last night that as soon as we stopped playing that way the opposition started getting chances to score.

Totally agree Chip,
The fact is before last night there were only two teams who had scored less than us. As we now know the top half of this league is very tight and come the end of the season goals difference (worth a point maybe?) can mean the difference between going up and spending at least another season in this league. Last night, I know we scored 4 goals but we had a great chance to make a massive, massive difference to our goals tally and score a lot more against a shit team. These opportunities don't come along very often. As you say our tempo dropped and we sort of let them edge back into the game in the second half, IF they nicked one who knows what would have happened, we've seen it before, when we really could have finished the game as we started and scored more to build confidence for Saturday

PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

Only the bottom three have scored less than Wrexham, how are they doing? If one stat summed up this League it’s that!

ptbap · **Posted:** Wed Nov 22, 2017 11:42 am

At what point is a game killed off?

And Wrexham are top, yet low scorers, but low in goals against, horses for courses.

Newcastle outscoring the opposition or 1-0 to the Arsenal?

Bramstein · **Joined:** Sun Nov 08, 2009 1:49 pm **Posts:** 1526

I certainly agree that we look better when we've had 3 in the middle of the pitch. With the central defence still looking as shaky as ever we need to try and maximise the protection they're getting and this will, in theory, be better in a 4-3-3 or some variant of 4-5-1.

I don't necessarily agree with the "don't change a winning team" mantra but on the basis of what happened last night he surely has to go with this line-up and formation for the game on Saturday? Particularly as it's against another team who would appear, on paper, to be in a similar position to Halifax.

paulus the woodgnome and a side salad · **Posted:** Wed Nov 22, 2017 12:53 pm

I enjoyed watching Laing bombing forward with the ball, it pulls defenders out of position, wish we would do it more often particularly our midfield, we're far too static and ponderous compared to other teams when we go back into our shell.

paulus the woodgnome and a side salad · **Posted:** Wed Nov 22, 2017 1:30 pm

What was the H/T draw number last night?, can't remember it being announced. Also the O/S said summit about tickets being sold for one of the Remembrance shirts at Saturdays game, I saw no evidence in the Millhouse side.

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Wed Nov 22, 2017 1:34 pm

1204, I missed it by 20 sadx

Joe Mac · **Posted:** Wed Nov 22, 2017 1:38 pm

yloop wrote:

Their centre forward was fucking awful like.

You never even seen the game, you left after 15 minutes.

Joe Mac · **Posted:** Wed Nov 22, 2017 2:18 pm

He was then spotted running across the pitch offering the entire Cyril Knowles stand out...

yloop · **Posted:** Wed Nov 22, 2017 3:57 pm

Not my greatest night it seems...

no6bus · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:55 pm **Posts:** 5096

BillinghamPoolie wrote:

1204, I missed it by 20 sadx

I didn’t miss it, however the payout was a respectable £300.
Not to be sniffed at

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Smokin Joe · **Joined:** Sun Apr 14, 2013 7:13 pm **Posts:** 1127

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER wrote:

Wonder if Smoking Joe will be making an appearance today?

Aww it seems that Tree has been missing me......here you are fella......

Firstly, credit where it is due to Harrison for his seemingly weird and wonderful team selection and to his players for finally giving the home fans something to shout about. No-one can seriously argue with the overall performance or result - but even the most crimson-faced of the red spex brigade cannot possibly have seen that one coming.

Let us put this in perspective however, Halifax are a very poor side on the strength of this display and Pools still failed to secure anywhere near the points target set by Harrison for the last three games.

The challenge over the next three games is a much more daunting one and if Harrison is serious about mounting a promotion challenge his side is going to have to break into the playoff places the hard way against Ebbsfleet and Dover away - with a tough looking home game against Macclesfield sandwiched between the two.

The side has flattered to deceive far too often this season for me to get carried away by a single half-decent performance but at least some hope has been restored after the pathetic display of Saturday last.

I will start to believe in Harrison (and Santa Claus) when we finally break into the play-off places - and remain there.

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

What the hells the red specs brigade

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PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

I asked him last time what red specs are.

I think they are even more optimistic than rose tinted specs. Either that or he means rose tinted specs and he’s not very bright.

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

I think hes genuinely a little bit gutted that we've won.

I feel a bit sorry for him.

derwent · **Joined:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:59 pm **Posts:** 12368

The guy can't win.
His whereabouts was enquired after and he's responded.
Most people I have spoken to, that's people who were actually at the match, have said much of the same thing about being pleased by the result and performance but weren't getting carried away, me included.
I'm surprised at the lack of knowledge of the term "red spex".
If you look up twatapedia you will see that it stands for "people who sit in an armchair, eating a bag of salt and vinegar, don't attend matches but usually have the most to say"

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

Am sure he will be on within seconds of our next defeat to answer about "red spex"

Joe Mac · **Posted:** Thu Nov 23, 2017 1:24 pm

To be honest I agree with Smokin Joe and he has made some good points.

TalbotAvenger · **Posted:** Thu Nov 23, 2017 1:47 pm

Yubep wrote:

What the hells the red specs brigade

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Montpoolier · **Posted:** Thu Nov 23, 2017 3:25 pm

Yubep wrote:

What the hells the red specs brigade
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I think he meant red specks., like you see in your eyes when you look at something for too long.

pittingtonone · **Joined:** Sat Jan 03, 2009 9:03 pm **Posts:** 130

Smokin Joe you missed the dominant second half performance against a team suggested on the radio hadn't won since early September. The performance was very refreshing and for once entertaining. Hope to see it lots more before I change all my children's names to Craig even the daughters. Remember you only watch them try listening on something like a radio it's inspiring.

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