…and got a grip of things, you have to wonder. well we’re in the siding approaching the buffers now.
End of journey.

Lets see how many points we get from our last 4 games unless forest green play their youth team I suspect we won’t win any of them

Thats unfair Loyal. The manager give us a little hope against all the odds despite only getting his chance when the season was over. He has clearly got the backing of the players and deserves some respect at least.

Just saying recent fixtures have been very kind and we were v lucky against ebbsfleet…next 4 will be a good barometer of if he’s really ‘turned it around’

To hold on for 65+ minutes with 10 men and the Dagger fighting for they lives, I thought we did well and Six games unbeaten is good in my eyes. Who cares about the playoffs.
I personally think Limbrick deserves a full season next year. In My Opinion....

Well I am not sure recent fixtures have been very kind. We outplayed Altrincham and Maidenhead missed a bag full of easy chances and should have won them both easily. And we deserve the 2 of the 3 wins after. Yes we got really lucky against Ebbsfleet but today we would have won easily if not for a silly young lad getting sent off by a totally biased referee. Well thats my take on things loyal.

And, why not just bin Limbrick and bring in (yet) another new manager, undoubtedly who'll be an unknown or a has-been, and hope for the best again.
He's a young bloke with lots to learn, but he does seem to have instilled a good team spirit, and seems to prefer positive tactics. At least we know we won't be getting the dull, boring football of Sarll or Lennie.
I'd give him the job and judge him after a decent number of games next season.

Something wrong with Stevo today, Early doors.
Their lad taking him on, And Stevo trying to tackle with his left leg more than once.
Did not look comfortable at all.

Going to go along with that, If we get taken over by Money then we could end up with Mark Hughes

I went today poor penalty by Manni did not understand taking Madine off although they did well with 10 men Parkes to me mom. In 2nd half too defensive with no focal point up front to ease the pressure. Linesman with yellow flag did not have a clue on one occasion ball went out clearly from a Dagenham player he gave throw in to them and the ref shook and corrected it.

We didn’t hold on though did we ? We dropped points to a side getting relegated

If limpy wasn’t already here no one would want us to get him, and he hasn’t done anything imo ti suggest he’s the answer
If he’s still around next season will get my backing but if we get new owners and are serious about getting out of this hell hole then we should be looking for a new manager

Who?

I never really understand why the loss of one man makes so many teams act as though a defence attitude is the only option.

Agree he needs a clean sheet to sign his own players and at least a contract till Christmas.

I totally agree. Today a win was the only acceptable result. Lose or draw and the outside chance of playoffs was gone. I do not know if Smith is any good at heading a ball but if he is, would he have gone up into the Dagger's penalty area for a last minute corner? I very much doubt it as preserving a useless draw always comes first when it shouldn't!

Agree,I don't understand why being down to 10 men against a shit side means we need to sit everyone behind the ball and attempt to see it out. If you just sit back and invite pressure on for 70 mins then the opposition are bound to score. We pretty much had nothing to lose today so why not just go for it. Typical pools though, should be 2 up then have a man sent off and make it way more difficult than it should be!.

We did drop points against a relegation side, who are fighting for their lives.

So all the points we picked up against the good teams under R.Moore, don't worry about a thing, everything will be alright season.

Don't you think all the opposition side were saying the same thing as you. We dropped points against a relegation side...
So we've been there, on a number of occasions and got the T-shirts.
It's footie at the end of the day and by the sounds of it we did hold on for a point. Dagenham would have won that match 4-1 today if past managers were in charge of us.

Short them memory loss for some fans

If you want to crack one out at a 1-1 draw at a soon to be relegated Dagenham good luck to you

As for the opening post , broke through ? I wouldn’t trust Skippy to break wind without shitting himself !

My opening post was asking a question….NOT making a point…..but valid none the less.
Your expectation of champagne football on lemonade money defies the reality of where we are in the clubs history…and until this chapter closes …..expect little in the way of positivity.
I stopped having unrealistic temper tantrums about the many players, managers, owners and fellow unrealistic ‘supporters’ a looooong time ago.

I am warming to him, the results have been a mixed bag, which is an improvement on what went before, and his interviews have steadily improved, from initially talking bullshit to a lot of measured talking sense. From being a manager I saw as only a stop gap until the end of the season, I think he has done enough to warrant getting a chance of proving what he can do with his own team next season. Would still like to see him finish the season strongly, but I envisage more of the usual mixed bag of results. One thing that has improved as the season has progressed, is that Pools are now physically stronger, no longer the pushovers they once were.

I'll ask again then Loyal, who should we get as manager then? Reality tells us we're an average NL team so it's doubtful well attract anyone who's already in work at a higher level, so it's probably going to be a punt on someone who's currently unemployed or from a lower level.
Easy to say get rid of Limbrick, but who's your preferred alternative. Instead of just criticising how about actually a bit of a suggestion as to improving things?

Is that you with yet another new user name Mr.Walter Mitty Shithead It certainly looks the same way you normally post with your boardroom / pretend caring supporters hat on.

thing is we need some continuity from one season to the next. its hardly likely someone will come in with a blank cheque book where we can buy ourselves out of this league. both steve evans and john coleman are out of work and have done it in non league football but thats not to say either would with pools.

Wasn't Limbrick brought in to learn and take over next season, so why not stick with that plan?
Gatesheads success seems to be built around continuity and a fair few players and managers have come and gone but they're doing better than us. Why keep trying to reinvent the wheel?

its not as if our past is something that others would copy in a hurry. more or less if pools do it one way then do the opposite would be the better option.

Constant churn of managers isn't working that's for sure.

Thing is CJ.
Putting a shift in is a BASIC requirement.
Putting your body on the line is a Basic requirement.
Closing down and harrying is expected

A player came on the pitch yesterday and tried to kick anyone near them, Poor man management.
We had 2 forwards yesterday who caused havoc, And meant D&R had to keep players back.
And as soon as you remove 1 and defend from the halfway line, Then you get what you deserve, Very naive.

Does Feathers actually TRAIN during the week, Or stand and observe.
And i have always been a supporter of him, But the body is showing him up.

the sad thing for feathers is i used to support him as well but his lasting memory of him might be his sub appearances this season where he has become a joke. just wonder what opposition fans actually think of him.

He's been here 3 or 4 seasons too long. Surely he won't get another playing contract here, people praise his professionalism but have you seen how much beef he's put on this season? Spends as much time tugging at his own shirt to stretch it as he does playing football.
The midfield has to be built around Miley and Sherron for next season.

Let's see how we get on in the last 4 matches, see if we really have improved. Skippy got a lot of stick and rightly so at the start, but he has done really well of late. I have a feeling we might fall short against the better teams still but at least we have shown some fight of late. Real shame we aren't going to Oldham looking for 5 wins on the bounce, would of made it a really interesting game.

Outed ! Nowt gets past you Leggie

Mr Smithers deserves a summer to recruit and put his own stamp on things for next season.

Though should the axe fall, and he departs (ruling nothing out, given that this is Pools) then only one man for the job, whose currently available as far as I'm aware and that is Darrell 'Trigger' Clarke

If he goes….according to Pools present formula, the replacement will Fanny about try ing to fit his new signings into the present set up leading to misfiring performances and if we do get sorted we’re well behind the leaders.
You need a manager in place with a good Idea of what’s needed for the coming season to hopefully hit the ground running for a change.

Yep

We give Askey a 3 year contract.
We've tried everything.
Problem is the chairman.
Thank Goodness he's finally seen the light.

A few fans absolutely shitting their pants now because this will upset him.

It is what it will be.

Absolutely spot on.

He would be one hell of a manager here in my opinion. He loves the club and supporters and often talks about is time at Pools. He totally understands whats needed here and has already been succesful in this league and the one above. He would actually be my 1ST CHOICE. I have already said Mr.Smithers deserves a chance but had totally forgotten about Trigger being available so will be delighted to get him instead. Having said that maybe Smithers could be his no2. One ex player who would probably get a role would be Boydie because him n Trigger best of mates. Great shout Kettering I applaud you.

I cant help it Colin Jack formally Mr.Walter Mitty Shithead. Its probaby down to my last life on this shit hole earth when I was detective Sherlock Holmes.

They’d better invest in some nappies then.

And big sugar dummies

if we had continued into this season with even phillips i feel we would have had a better squad even if he also might have gone before christmas. was never the ideal appointment but far better than sarll and the points we threw away in his time. the play offs now might have been closer than they now are with first lenny and skippy later.

Considering the results (excluding Gateshead) Philips did exceptionally well with other managers mistakes and last ditch loaners so it's reasonable to think that we may well have been better off keeping him.
Sarll was an unmitigated disaster and Lenny steadied the ship but only to the point of drifting aimlessly instead of driving us forward. Skippy knew it was shit or bust and went all out for wins but too little too late (also think a few coffee the players downed tools early).

Who's Mr.Smithers?? I thought Smithers was Lawrence.

L.L. is Mr.Burns but Smithers is the current manager Skippy.

feel phillips was judged by too many on that single result at gateshead. a game where everything just went right for them on the night and they, have scored the goals even if they were blindfolded. nobody ever remembers being trashed at the vic by torquay under challinor. for me we have over the last two years only had two real disasters as managers who have caused us to be where we are now. sarll and murray. others were either sacked too early or not around long enough to cause more damage or improve things.

Ah yes...my mistake.

Not sure where the love in with Phillips come from. The football was mind numbing the defeat at Gateshead was one of the worst results in our history. He then goes to fylde and again was found out. If it wasn't for his name in football he would of got pelters.

could say the same about players where reputations from the past gets them a longer career than it should as a player or a club manager. it cannot be a coincidence that some of the better managers about have had really average careers at best as players.

Fylde were a basket case before KP joined them and still are under the new bloke. Nailed on for relegation. 3 managers in a season, rinse and repeat.

Not a love in, just saying he did quite well overall with other people's signings and emergency loanees. He went to Fylde mid season to manage someone else's signings and it didn't work as well - the life and times of a football coach / manager.