Despite finding a formula that works in 2nd half at Boston.
I reckon Sarly will resort back to the shit clunk ball tactics.

But expect anutha narrow win.
UTP.

Surely though Kev its working with 3 wins from 4 ( should be 4 ). I honestly don't give a flying monkeys what system he plays if we keep winning away from home. At home we simply have to adjust things and play proper football.

I go for a 0-3 or 0-4 keep the faith UTP

Just think we should play our strongest best system both home n away.
Maximise our skillful players not hinder them.
It's clear to see MannyD ain't happy with his poor service.
Only way your prediction ov automatic promotion is to pass our way to the title.

UTP.

I really 100% believe we will get promoted this season. Yes it would be brilliant to play good attacking play home & away. But when was the last time we won 3 of the first 4 away games and should be 4. I want out of this swamp and this season is a last chance saloon. You could ask when was the last time we drew 4 out of the first home games. But the way I see it we will be getting a record number of away wins this season, and more than other team this season. At home we MUST inprove drastically and quickly and get in those top positions:wink: If I am wrong please send the white van with the special white coat with buckles on the back. Keep the faith because like you say
the Proof will be in the pudding. UTP

In our promotion season 2020/21, we won our first 3 away matches in the league.

Tues 06 Oct 2020
Chesterfield 1 - 2 Hartlepool

Sat 10 Oct 2020
Maidenhead 0 - 4 Hartlepool

Sat 21 Nov 2020
Yeovil 1 - 3 Hartlepool

Thanks for that information Mctee1908 That goes to show what a great job D.S. is doing away. And it should have been 4 from 4 now that would have taken some beating. I would be interested to know the record away wins for Pools in one season because I am convinced we will top that this season. When we get the home form right and we will this team will pull away at the top.

I also think we're going to do well, I totally have faith in Sarll.
I get the feeling that very shortly everything will click into place and we will just bulldoze teams. I could quite well be absolutely wrong about that I know, I just have a good feeling about this season.
Weve got a very good squad for this level, it's just a bit of fine tuning going on

I think the team is starting to gel.Seeing as we have virtually started afresh personnel wise, there was always going to be a period of finding our best formation and players understanding each other.
For now, all that matters is getting points on the board, because we have a decent squad with good options on the bench.
We live in interesting times.

Ebbsfleet United are pleased to announce the appointment of Harry Watling as the club’s manager ahead of our home match against Hartlepool United on Saturday.
https://ebbsfleetunited.co.uk/fleet-ann ... w-manager/

Ebbsfleet will win then. New manager syndrome and also we haven't got a good record against the North Kent team.

If the ship sinks and you have to get into the lifeboat…give mine a miss, you’re gonna drown….

clunk ball As in 'clunk click every trip'? A whole season of narrow away wins would do very nicely

sarll already is putting him in a good light and bumming up their chances. there is a big difference respecting your opponents to making out we are playing a real madrid every single game. this new manager bounce is blown out of all proportion as you only hear of a team winning when that happens. Lets hope we get a result in our favour like stockport did when curle was revealed to us at the vic.

think you are correct but hope we are both wrong. tuesdays system was forced onto him and doubt that we,d have seen it if we had come off a goal up at half time instead of having to chase the game.

Pools were trying to keep the ball on the deck more all game - 60% possession 1st half - but Sloggett played like he had 2 left feet. He probably would have stayed on longer if Pools were in front, so from the point of view of anyone watching it was a blessing that we were chasing the game and Mancini got on early rather than for the last 15 minutes.

sloggett was supposed to be injured but how injured was he and how much of it was the lad just having his first bad game for us.

Probably be a new manager bounce of sorts.
The new guy does not seem to have much experience at this level though.

Major make or break game for sure.
No excuses for this game.
UTP.

its not really given our away record and a shock defeat for us is hardly going to be a season changing event. dag and red at the vic a week later is a much more important game for us both with results and performance in mind. sarll made a good comment as lower the leagues the more the results are unpredictable and ebbsfleet could just click on the day and everything coming off like oxford did last year.

It certainly isent a banker but you slightly underating the importance of this game.
The win will breed confidence and give us a week to plan how we cure the never ending home sickness.
I thought we going for Promotion.
UTP.

Ebbsfleet have a new manager and signed a couple new players but are still very weak.

One of the signings they are pleased with but the manager has zero NL management experience so is a big risk.

Their fans think they need another 4-5 decent signings to stay up, they remain favourites to go down.

Sarll needs to play 4231 as everyone has mentioned, we don't need the 3 warriors in midfield, Ebbsfleet have not scored in 4 games and have a terrible defence, we can really attack them. Their fitness is awful and if we really stretch them we will get a hatfull when they tire around 60 minutes, we can bring our ridiculous attacking options on and really hammer them.

its not really given our away record and a shock defeat for us is hardly going to be a season changing event. dag and red at the vic a week later is a much more important game for us both with results and performance in mind. sarll made a good comment as lower the leagues the more the results are unpredictable and ebbsfleet could just click on the day and everything coming off like oxford did last year.[/quote]

It certainly isent a banker but you slightly underating the importance of this game.
The win will breed confidence and give us a week to plan how we cure the never ending home sickness.
I thought we going for Promotion.
UTP.[/quote]


I personally think if we win tomorrow its time for everyone to start believing ( not u 2 ). If we are to challenge for promotion we need all the fans on board all the time. If we don't win tomorrow I expect the same game after game whining that we has become the norm this season. My mate supports Luton Town and came up last weekend. He couldn’t believe the comments on our board and said the negativity will poison any chance our team have of success.

Bad runs for teams like Ebbsfleet at present have to end sometime…..just not tomorrow.

yes this exactly--every team we play Sarll has a story in his head which invariably leads to us having to play all the ball winners and none of the playmakers in order to 'weather the storm'--Some people think when we play someone half decent it will stand us in good stead, I have my doubts but with Rochdale, Forest Green and Sutton coming up soon all will be revealed.....

I always think of Sarll's interviews as him using them to talk to players as much as talking to fans. If he comes out and says that Ebbsfleet are rubbish and Saturday's game should be one we're expected to win, then it would make our players complacent and would fire up the opposition, making the game more difficult.

The new manager bounce will not make them a better team, but it will mean that Ebbsfleet will work a bit harder than they would have previously. However that means that they will be knackered after about an hour. I think that if we score early, their heads will go down and we'll come out with our biggest win of the season. If we don't and are still 0-0 after an hour, we'll bring on more pace from the bench and go all-out attack for the last 30 against their tired legs.

If we concede early, it could become difficult.

its not the talk, its the team he picks that worries me--apparently Boston were going to be some fired up juggernaut after their last win, so he picked a ridiculously negative team to try and survive that....forget we conceded after 4 mins, which basically fucked up that tactic, what are we doing cowering into our shell against the likes of Boston and Wealdstone---he's been backed with some good signings, for the love of good try and use them from the start as oppose to a last resort when getting bent over by part time teams who were playing regional level football last year.

Well I reckon your on the money Mctee

Not too worried if Pools go behind early because the squad is much stronger than the one we started the season with - barring loads of injuries we'll always have potential game changers on the bench.

Somehow I doubt that the teams Sarll puts out will run riot very often, then again history shows that isn't always necessary.

Been looking at Macclesfield's results in 2017-18 when they won the National League. Askey's side rarely won a game by more than the odd goal or at most two, but they were incredibly consistent. They only won big a couple of times but only got thrashed a coup of times too, the worst a 6-0 by Fylde when some bloke called Challinor was managing them...

They only lost twice in the entire second half of the season, which is some record - but in their first 8 games they won 3, lost 3, drew 2 and were on 11 points, 2 less than Pools have got now

It certainly isent a banker but you slightly underating the importance of this game.
The win will breed confidence and give us a week to plan how we cure the never ending home sickness.
I thought we going for Promotion.
UTP.[/quote]


I personally think if we win tomorrow its time for everyone to start believing ( not u 2 ). If we are to challenge for promotion we need all the fans on board all the time. If we don't win tomorrow I expect the same game after game whining that we has become the norm this season. My mate supports Luton Town and came up last weekend. He couldn’t believe the comments on our board and said the negativity will poison any change our team have of success. [/quote]

Wow superfan alert
What a Luton fan thinks or me or you or Accy or everybody else's self opinion has no bearing on our results.
Makeing a negative reply when theirs no negative to reply to.
No bite. Just stating the obvious.
UTP.

It certainly isent a banker but you slightly underating the importance of this game.
The win will breed confidence and give us a week to plan how we cure the never ending home sickness.
I thought we going for Promotion.
UTP.[/quote]


I personally think if we win tomorrow its time for everyone to start believing ( not u 2 ). If we are to challenge for promotion we need all the fans on board all the time. If we don't win tomorrow I expect the same game after game whining that we has become the norm this season. My mate supports Luton Town and came up last weekend. He couldn’t believe the comments on our board and said the negativity will poison any change our team have of success. [/quote]

Wow superfan alert
What a Luton fan thinks or me or you or Accy or everybody else's self opinion has no bearing on our results.
Makeing a negative reply when theirs no negative to reply to.
No bite. Just stating the obvious.
UTP.[/quote]


Just a good mate who made a honest assessment of a football related topic.

We won at Ebbsfleet last season 1-0 thanks to a great goal by Mancini.

In that game Ebbsfleet spent most of the second half trying to attack down their right wing having sensed a possible weakness. I'm not sure that won't happen again tomorrow.

We must be aware that the Ebbsfleet players will be busting a gut to impress the new manager so the game may not be the walk over some are expecting.

That Rochdale game imo will be a huge test of if we've got what it takes to go for and maintain a serious push for Promotion.
Injuries n suspensions should of calmed down by then.
UTP.

Apart from Mancini (for Slogget) and Dodds (if fit) what other changes could we expect from Boston or who to drop out. Only other change could be Charman for the loanee winger.

What's Sarll to do then come out and say yes they're a shite team with a shite manager and a shite ground and we're going to murder them?
He won't do that because it'll mean he'll have egg on his face if we don't, but it would wind them up and probably encourage them to play better, and he'd probably end up with a fine from the NL.
It doesn't matter what mind games or press statements are made all that matters is results and points on the board.

0-1 win Mani D

175 poolies

its not what he says its what he does---if he starts with a midfield of Feather, Hunter and Sheron, we'll know he's shit himself again at the prospect of an Ebbsfleet onslaught !

Don't mind at all if he starts defensively in any away game as long as we win.
I'd prefer a bit more attacking football at home though.

All I want are the three points, how they are achieved is neither here no4 there as long as we get out of this footballing minefield of a league.

Agreed

Harry Watling……

close but a letter out. Reminds me of a former Seattle Sounders goalkeeper.

https://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/W/Watling.Barry.htm

It certainly isent a banker but you slightly underating the importance of this game.
The win will breed confidence and give us a week to plan how we cure the never ending home sickness.
I thought we going for Promotion.
UTP.[/quote]


I personally think if we win tomorrow its time for everyone to start believing ( not u 2 ). If we are to challenge for promotion we need all the fans on board all the time. If we don't win tomorrow I expect the same game after game whining that we has become the norm this season. My mate supports Luton Town and came up last weekend. He couldn’t believe the comments on our board and said the negativity will poison any chance our team have of success. [/quote]

Crikey if we cant beat ebbsfleet then what chances have we of winning the league? Should be no excuses tommorow, as good as the second half was Tuesday i think fans are forgetting how bloody awful we were before it.

Sarll has shown that he has a preferred style of play and that is primarily to win the ball and get it out of our own half where we won't concede. He's also shown though that he's not too rigid in his tactics during games, 4 subs on the hour against Halifax, Mancini for Slogget when he could have gone like for like against Boston.
I'm sure we'll evolve into a better team to watch as the season progresses but a strong start in terms of results has to be the priority and we've had that.
I don't expect Ebbsfleet to make things easy for us today, but do expect 3 points. Hopefully see more and better service to Mani & Joe and a comfortable win.

there are no easy games especially in a league thats a much of a muchness. a lot could depend on how ebbsfleet themselves feel about the game. in their position another draw and a clean sheet is another little stepping stone they can use for improvement. they are not going to go all gung ho and feel it could be a long afternoon with both teams trying not to lose rather than win. a lot could depend on our starting 11 and the tactics we use to make us look a top 7 side instead of a bang average workmanlike outfit.

i,ll start to believe once the team gives me something to believe in which is more than a second half against boston and twenty minutes against woking. actually is promotion worth it if we have to endure games at the vic like the halifax one throughout the season with a rinse and repeat back in the efl next term. some fans like me want to be entertained as well as picking up 3 points in a game you,ll have forgotton by the time you get to seaton after watching it. at the moment the team isn,t going to get the lost fans back or any new ones giving pools a go with whats on offer.

I'd take far worse spectacles at the Vic than we've seen so far to get us back into the efl.
As for something to believe in, the league table will do for me.

Spot on we have witnessed 4 pretty dreadful home games, we were dreadful tuesday for 45 minutes some are getting a little carried away by winning a couple of games against pretty mediocre teams. Lets go out and comfortably beat ebbsfleet back it up with a good performance and win against Daggenham then i might start believing. Im still not convinced by this manager i think we may get a little shock by the yorks and gatesheads if we continue to play the way he wants too.

Well I am one who is not getting carried away by wins or defeats. I have said from day one we win promotion and I will continue to believe that until / if results start turning against us big time.

People keep saying this, do you think that when we hoof it aimlessly upfield, then that is what Sarll wants them to do, and when they keep the ball on the floor, they are defying his orders?

Every time we’ve had a patch of crap football, Sarll has made changes because he wasn’t happy with it. When we started resorting to hoofball last Saturday, Sarll quickly made 4 subs because it wasn’t good enough, and brought on wingers because he wanted us to run with the ball more.

If hoofball was what he wanted, Featherstone and Mancini would be nowhere near the side, and he would be leaving things as they are when are in patches of the game where we are just playing kick and rush.

Good point Mctee1908

Why are we crap every first half then? Does the manager not learn?