Aha..........great minds think alike......I put a bottle in the fridge an hour ago.

Some bizarre comments.

I have been pretty vocal in my feelings about RH featuring so heavily over the last few years when it was so abundantly clear he wasn't up to the standard but some of the bile being directed at him here is staggering.

We have bigger problems than Richie Humphreys still remaining at the club, he wouldn't even make the top 5.

Bizarre but laughably predictable!

Derwent , Mr I - raising a glass, I would have thought, to drink to Ritchie's memory & the many happy times he gave us as well as being a great servant for the club.

Ritchie,

thanks for two promotions, for Cardiff, for Tranmere, for the victories over Darlo, for that snowy night at Port Vale, for many great performances. Best of luck in whatever you do next.
For those that didn't see you in your prime they missed out.

thanks for the memories & your service to the club.

Mr Tupling..............I will be raising a glass to Humps and I really do wish him well in his future career, wherever that may be.
I will also raising a glass to a realisation by the club that the past is the past and we need to move on.
It is for the best.
Onwards and upwards..................I hope...............

2 great moves by the club this summer to move us forward.

Cant say i agree with the collins n monky decisions but they are at least getting some things right

The ironic thing about Mr I popping the champagne corks at Ritchies departure after a sustained 7 year online bile tirade about one overheard comment about Neale Cooper is that it happened in the same week as we retained Sam Collins and Andy Monkhouse.

You ask Neale Cooper who he thinks more of, I think you'd get a pretty empathetic and instant reply!

The retention of Collins and Monkhouse is my fault. I forgot to mention them in my advisory capacity...........sorry everyone.

Damn you Derwent!

Can't you win the lottery again?

I have sent an e-mail to Russ, informing him that I will not be renewing my season ticket unless Bovril is returned to it`s price of 1.50 and the same with the pop, gotta strike while he is listening to people named after Lakes, signed D.Ullswater

So does Elvis have a different version on what was said?

Elvis friends with him, he's probably not gunna slag him off cos of that.

Most people are friends with Ritchie which is probably why no one ever dared slag him off as they were all his Bessie's.

I'm trying to win it mate, believe me. Next time I'll write everything down before I go in.

Lakes are out of fashion now, mate. Try television series like Howards Way................................

The bloke give 12 years service to Pools in this day and age of football that's commendable. He may have had bad games towards the end of those 12 years but he was at times Pools best player in some games , even over the last 2 poor seasons that could be said.

I agree with Bob, to devote so much time to pools for tuppence a week was commendable.

One of my all time favourite players because he cared. Yes we can go on about a few great individual strikes, but his best every performance came when he played cntre of midfield and passed the ball no more than 10 metres in our first ever away game at Leeds United - I drove back to kent that night with BBC Leeds ringing in me ears of non other than Eddie Gray describing his performance as a master class against now premier league Johnny Howson. He never gave a ball away all day in a brillaint performance yet we lost 2-0 and I also saw his second half at Millwall when we lost 1-0 which rather balances up procceedings.

He cried becuase he cared ...................... take note others! Best wishes to a true gentleman I hope he gets 12 months deal elsewhere and I bet he oges on to be a top manager I would have takne him as manager but the boo boys would not have this was ultimately his downfall at Pools.

7 posts NEWBIE......Bless - slag off a POOLIE legend...why don't you |!

Sounds like somebody is a bit jealous of not being in the Ritchie Friend Elite

we have players a lot shiter than Humpheries and players who cared a lot less, some of the overall abuse he has had is laughable, unfortunately he has become a bit of a lightning rod for Pools fans general discontentman with the club.

This is the thing, everybody has a different opinion, RH had the passion and heart the others don`t possess, tenacity however wanes a little when you are pushing a boulder up a hill with a teaspoon, you have to know when to say, " I can no longer achieve what I used to achieve and it is affecting my performance"!

Look at Scholes, he retired, missed the game and came back, played a few games at best and showed signs of his old self, but not all the signs and he knew himself when enough is enough.

Memories are a great thing, don`t tarnish them

If I was in Humphreys position I would have done exactly the same and drained every last penny out of a career that is relatively short.

Scholes will be a multi millionaire. It's a bit different isn't it?

Wow. Is that it?

For the last 8 years I had assumed Humphreys had been shagging your Grandma or something.

So are you really saying that you HATE Humphreys because of one alleged conversation which he bragged about helping to get Cooper removed?

Even though years later Cooper admitted he needed to go?

There has to be more for such hatred surely?

http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/sport/f ... -1-5693696

Apparantly told in the middle of the night whilst on holiday. If true, it seems a very strange way to do it to Ritchie.

They seem to be doing it that way to everyone else so he's no different.

Just thought might have been done a bit different due to his service etc.. Wonder if Maureen made that call aswell.

The cynical way that the club are getting rid of people seems a fair reflection of the incompetence of Laurel and Hardy. Whether a player/coach has performed well or not and whether they deserved a new contract or not is irrelevant, it is simply common decency to handle any sacking in as professional and humane way as possible. The club were relegated before the end of the season. We were told weeks before the end of the season that plans were in place. Yet people have been released by telephone when away on holiday. It simply stinks. We have lost two of the longest serving club men in recent days. There has been no video tribute on the official site, no interview, just a cold/hard statement.

Do Laurel and Hardy think this kind of treatment will encourage the better players to stay? Do they think it will help attract the best new players? Do they think it engenders team spirit? A few years ago our club had a reputation as a family club where team spirit took us beyond the level that the resources of the club warranted. Players, fans and management had smiles on their faces. We moan when players look as if they are simply here for the wage and not playing with pride and passion. If we are to get back to those times the management team need to have a long hard look at themselves and their recent performance and think on.

The guy must be seriously deluded if he thinks he can still play for next season and beyond.

Northern Echo reports Humps was dumped without even as much as a phone call.

hope from the mail seemed to know about it monday night.

The Mail says there will be no shortage of suitors so you're wrong.

You clearly know his body than better him!?

I doubt he's expecting to get a contract in League One but he did enough at times last year to suggest he could still do a job a couple of levels down.

He wasn't told in the middle of the night. Pools announced it publicly here at 8am (??) Which was the middle of the night over in America, so loads of people started phoning him. I say it's his own fault for having his phone on.

On how Barron, Humphreys and others are finding out this news.

It doesn't really reflect well on our club, it suggests the two people running it doubt have much class, integrity or courage. Surely the least these people deserve is the news face to face like men? Why couldn't this all have been dealt with in the days after the season? Or is it Colin Cooper making these decisions, if so I'm more comfortable with it all but still....

Phone calls in the middle of the night when the bloke is on holiday!? Fuck me...... Or even worse not told at all!?

They will probably offer Cooper the job by text

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About sums it up he'll be an asset wherever he goes.

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Hear hear.

No way in gods earth will humps be an asset if he's signed as a player. His playing days are over, he's good for 1 in every 10 games.

We got the best out of him and over the years he's been a good player but to suggest he's still an asset is just taking the piss if we're being honest. Just watch the brentford game again and please explain how that is an asset to anybody?? That game was 1 of many lacklustre performances last season. His legs have gone and he's no longer good enough.

Non league maybe but even then he'll probably struggle. All careers have to come to an end regardless of what they have achieved for there clubs

Or perhaps they made him manager last week but haven't yet had the courage to let him know.

Very best wishes to Mr Humphreys, though.

Facebook is full of disrespectful tripe like this from kids who know nowt about nowt. You really should join in...

At least those kids know the difference between "their" and "there"

Ritchie Humphreys will walk into the likes of York Citys first team, probably as Captain, and will be a major asset to any League Two club. Hard to argue with that, yet there are plenty who are, as usual.

I don't think any of that is disrespectful. It's more truth than anything, he isn't good enough to play for us and I don't give 2 fucks if he's been here 12 years or 12 minutes I only want people here good enough n he is not.

I watched him glug and prance around centre mid too much last season.

There is no shame in releasing someone for no longer being able to do a job, it happens to every player at some point.

You stick to darlo bashing n we'll talk footy.

Agree entirely. Hasnt been good enough for this level for 3 or 4 years now. Far too slow for the game at whatever level.

Yes he will pick up another club based on reputation. He might get away with a 'Walton' role for a bit if he has pace around him but otherwise doubt he will be in the starting line up for long.

Always make me laugh how peoples opinions suddenly change because he is released etc and they get all misty eyed.

Great character, personality, passion etc etc but theres no doubting that but age caught up with him long ago.

How is it disrespectful?? Iv spoke as I see it. I feel age has caught up with him. If you watched him week in week out you would maybe have a different opinion.

Wonder if they know the difference between ...[snip]
... tread carefully Mr B
MJ

I watch him week in week out and I'm sorry but I'll repeat that he will WALK into another League Two side. Time will tell. Some of the treatment of Humphreys on here, Twitter, FB etc has been quite frankly embarrassing. From grown men....