Based on who is in /injuries etc..

Gk Dixon … ffs
RB dodds
LB fergie
CB Parkes
CB waterfall
Mid Sheron
Mid Hunter
Mid Feather …ffs
Cf Mani D
Rw Campbell
LW …. Fuck knows

Subs
Mani O, the kids

Likely injured / not fit to start, Grey, charman Mancini, Slogget

We are on the bones of our arse/will have to use kids to fill the bench based on how things stand now….not good

Let’s hope some of our injured/not fit wide fwds shape up sharpish

We actually have a decent first 11 (not including goalie) when people fit but the squad depth is laughable

You picked them…no good waving the old ‘ffs’ about.

Picked them as no other options, when you lost out who we have currently we are going to end up with a bunch of youth lads as cover, hopefully a few injured now get fit but reasonable to assume others will get injured
Anyone who thinks we are being serious about challenging without several additional players is deluded

Yes Loyal Fan it is a very thin squad and i am concerned.

Just a joke sunshine…I’m on the bench.

Replacing Lennie! and Ratboy the 7th sub.

At least Ratboy would give the midfield a bit more bite.

I think that you're all forgetting our Summer marquee signing - we're promised at least one each year and perhaps we'll get two this year.

Please state who and when we were going to make a marquee signing.

Lottery Nos for Saturday please, Not wednesday cant buy pools with winnings from wednesday.

Enjoy the ride ffs.

Thought it was that midget who scores about 6 goals a season on 5k a week.

Once again it’s the fans being ridden

Doris, when you've sorted out Grey's lottery numbers can I have a tip for the Grand National?

Wouldn't say we've been taken for a ride, but we've been let down badly and hugely dissappointed. If I actually thought the club were just taking me for a ride that would be me finished. 2000 ST sales would indicate that they too don't think they're being taken for a ride either.
Besides which we don't know if there'll be any new signings coming in before Aug 10th, we don't know what the injury situation will be, predicting the future in football is never easy otherwise we'd all be able to make a fortune at the bookies.

Of course we don't - this thread is a hopeless case of premature ejaculation - should have saved it for the Monday before the Yeovil game at least.

over 10 days to go and without any news coming from the club nobody has a clue who will not be available for our opening game. lets leave the moans and groans until we have something positive to go on. was feeling upbeat till i read this.

How many of the trialists were recommended by Ronnie Moore Pools Chief Scout appointed in April, is he even still with the club ?

There is reason to be optimistic.

We almost certainly know Dixon is starting, it's possible Onaraise and Featherstone may be needed to start vs Yeovil.

These players aren't top NL players but they're experienced and have won NL games.

Combine them with Tumilty, Patterson, Niang, Murray, Ndjoli, Letheran and Hamilton and we would get battered off decent NL teams.

Combine them with Dodds, Parkes, Hunter, Campbell, Sheron, Mancini and Mani D and we are very strong.

We don't need to panic, there is no disaster. Just a work in progress. Sarll knows he needs 4 more and must be confident of the finances otherwise he wouldn't be so open. He doesn't want a 20 year old from the Boro he wants trialists to prove themselves over a few weeks or proven players at this level.

Very different approach to the last 5-6 transfer Windows.

more reasons to be optimistic as dixon, featherstone and onarise have had good games as well as bad ones for us but some fans always expect nightmares and mistakes from them rather than supporting these lads. its not to say i,d want all 3 starting games regularly but we have seen far worse recently.

Agree Bosh - we 100% are in a much healthier position to start this season than what we have been over the years. There isnt one player who id class as deadwood now amongst the squad - everyone is at least a half decent NL player. Given we have injuries now and will get more its evident to sustain where we need to be for the first few months whilst team finds its feet there needs to be more lads on the bench and also pushing for a start. These players may come within the next few weeks but i can only see really a new GK and maybe this Davies lad being signed up. Henry given he has a good game tonight may also find himself with a contract. But id still go as far as saying we need another winger / striker / LB and CB cover. Hoping the young lads come on as good as Stephenson has this season as those are freebies and should they all take to mens football we should be laughing.

Feaths wont start at Yeovil unless something happens to both Sheron and Hunter.

Same with Mani O - both will be available off the bench.

Its a very professional approach this time round with the recruitment and i dont think we will see a single player come in who looks out of place or shouldnt be playing at this level. Just a shame the season is getting closer and any new faces into the side need to get upto speed sharpish and also get fit enough if not already !

I think we play 3 in the middle and 3 up, so if feath doesn’t start and sloggins injured not sure who does ??

Think we have a decent side but v weak squad depth wise, worried we end up like last year when our first choice never gets on the pitch and the drop
Off in quality below that is big

You keep asking so I'll try to be helpful - there's no evidence that he is.

He's not listed under Staff or anything else on the OS. Sarll has never mentioned him once in all the interviews and statements he's given about player recruitment. Maybe Phillips was ok with the idea and the new gaffer isn't? We can only speculate.

Raj or Peason can answer your question definitively if they choose to. Or Ronnie might care to chip in

Similarly Walter Mitty Shithead and the other guy are not listed as Directors on the OS.

They are just not under 'The Board' they're on the 'Who's who' section under the board tab on there.
I'm convinced Ronnie Moore used to be on Club Staff but might be misremembering, he still lists himself as Chief Scout on his twitter. I guess with not many games going on he won't really be involved in scouting, I don't see Ronnie as being the type to sit at a laptop and watch Wyscout reports on players rather he'd prefer to be watching them in person. Equally he could've left and they haven't told us...

Thanks for that but they are not listed at Companies House either. I reckon they've fallen for Raj bullshit!!. On his X profile, Ronnie calls himself Hartlepool United chief scout.

Other than those who want to keep finding reasons to complain about the club does anyone give a flying f*ck wether Ronnie Moore is still at the club or where Mr Walter Mitty Shithead is at any given time?

When your going into a season and your looking for players and your chief scout dissapears off the face of the earth it might make finding players a little more difficult. As for Walter Mitty Shithead doesnt matter what he is doing because he will have very little say in anything, its a ticking boxes exercise.

If Walter Mitty Shithead does have a say in anything recruitment based then we know we are fooked ! He wont though and i doubt DS would be here if a man off the street as such did ! His input will lie in other areas - hopefully its getting in sponsors and other cash (as rumours suggested before he knows a man or 2 with a few bob).

You can't miss what you never had. Ronnie wasn't appointed till the beginning of April, when last season was almost done. According to the manager all the new signings, starting with Luke Charman, are down to him and Joe Monks.

Either Ronnie isn't involved or it's as Krampesh suggests - he'll start scouting when there are competitive games to watch.

These excuses are going to be worth book marking come October…

Or Loyal you could write a book about the " Future predictions of Hartlepool United " and call it " Move over Nostradamus "

Is he our new left winger ?

No but he could be in the future

Don't ever recall anyone questioning if our previous Chief Scout(s) were still at the club, in fact I don't know who any of them ever were?

Based on last season I'd have agreed with this, lack of squad depth would be really concerning.

But this season it seems players actually want to play. From your prediction we had Grey, Charman and Mancini all play who previously had knocks.

Waterfall and Parkes picked up knocks yesterday but I guarantee they'll be playing next Saturday, they want to win.

If you get the right players and right mentality, you can make a small squad work. Sloggett may well be back next week too, probably a place on the bench but he improves our squad significantly.

might have hit on something there with players doing there best to find excuses to play rather than any old excuse not doing and the saturday morning sick notes coming out.

Definitely seemed to be a lot who cried off on matchdays last season.

Will they be printed on IZAL or fluffy toilet paper…..?

might have hit on something there with players doing there best to find excuses to play rather than any old excuse not doing and the saturday morning sick notes coming out.[/quote]


Steady on chaps. It was the first game of the season - of course everybody wanted to play!

No doubt motivation is a big factor and players will be more inclined to try to ignore minor injuries when the side is on a good run - the prospect of win bonuses wil see to that.

You get no extras for sitting on the sidelines and I don't believe there are that many at all who will duck out of games at the drop of a hat. Josh Umerah was accused of not wanting to play for the club last season - turned out he needed an operation. The same goes for Wallace and Lacey.

Lacey still isn't fixed up with another club and neither is that 'sick note' we had loan - Otis Khan. The truth is if you don't play regularly you've not got much of a future in lower league football.

Steady on chaps. It was the first game of the season - of course everybody wanted to play!

No doubt motivation is a big factor and players will be more inclined to try to ignore minor injuries when the side is on a good run - the prospect of win bonuses wil see to that.

You get no extras for sitting on the sidelines and I don't believe there are that many at all who will duck out of games at the drop of a hat. Josh Umerah was accused of not wanting to play for the club last season - turned out he needed an operation. The same goes for Wallace and Lacey.

Lacey still isn't fixed up with another club and neither is that 'sick note' we had loan - Otis Khan. The truth is if you don't play regularly you've not got much of a future in lower league football.[/quote]
if they do duck out of games itsbetter than being available to play then try to hide for 90 minutes where if you got their match warn shirt it would not need a wash.

Ta-dah! One down and another one coming?