Thought he played well today, best I've seen him play probably. Couple of times he didn't shoot when he should of done and should probably have done better with his chance late on but his hold up play was excellent and won more than his fair share of headers.

agree, thought he was very good when he came on. should have pulled the trigger earlier tho.

It was a great save that one before half time as well.

He did play well but his first thought seems to be square it or pass it rather than shoot. He had had a headed chance not long after he came on that he put back across the box rather than powering at goal.

He's been a bobbins singing but I don't actually think you can fault him as a bloke or his attitude. It's weird for such an experienced player who has scored goals at the highest level he's seems to lack self confidence in front of goal.

i'll take that as an epitaph.

At times he seems to hide as though he doesnt want the ball. Prefers to flick the ball on for someone else to score, which seems strange for a bloke of his size and career record. Works hard and most of what he did today came off for a change, some fancy footwork on view anarl, which was impressive, but like has been said doesnt look like he will score in a month of Sundays. Whats the betting he will get the winner at Carlisle?

My worry is that it will be Wyke doing just that!!


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Did he get kicked off X Factor as well

Yeah be typical of our luck that

To be fair some of his biggest contributions have involved cheerleadingand trying to get the crowd going!

As has been said, he didn't look like scoring but I think today wasn't far from the most he will be offering us. A good game for him, brought other people into play a far bit. Lets hope he gives it his all and wants to go out on a high for what is very possibly his last few games in professional football.

Thought it was a hard working performance with some decent hold up play but he was done for the last 20 mins. He should have put his boot through that chance in second half!!

Bang average today. It's saying something that bang average is a vast improvement innit.

I thought he played well first half but second half I thought he was his normal self. I thought he drifted. He never truly imposes himself for me. Will always be an enigma.

Harewood did well. Franks though had a stinker. No harm giving
Connor Smith a run from the bench surely when Franks is having an off game?

Err no.

You get an 'Appearance fee' if it's in your contract for being named in the 18, you don't need to get on the pitch.

I remember a Tranmere fan on here saying when Moore first got the job that he's not a big one for making subs.

I'm basing it on a conversation with an ex Pools player last season.

They get the appearance fee as soon as they are named on the match day team sheet whether get on the pitch or not.

Back to the original point i thought Marlons hold up play was good he won a decent amount of headers brought others in to play and nearly scored i would give him 7.5 out of 10.

Harewood had a decent overall game but isnt a finisher really, in saying that his contribution yesterday was good.

In the Town End we were treated to a spectacular performance of someone who lets just say isn't Marlon's biggest fan. It was hard to decide whether to laugh or be horrified. Let's just say I don't think the guy is the Professor of Astrophysics at Durham University.

The whole half was spent shouting "fuck off Harewood you useless wanker" even when the ball was nowhere near him, his personal motivations summed up more neatly with the "fuck off Harewood you black 'lovely lovely person'" shout near the end.

The funniest quote was "I'm sick of coming here and shouting 'wanker' at you Harewood". Errrrr well don't shout it then.....

Then again having seen the fans FB page last night he fits in nicely on there with the majority!!!!

On the other hand Marlon always gets a great reception from the majority of fans when he comes on which (to put it mildly) his performances haven't always deserved. And the fans giving Tish his own song is quality.

I thought it was Franksy who was shot shy yesterday - strange cause in every interview he bangs on about how he wants to score more goals.

Marlon's best game in a Pools shirt, and he was still by far and away the worst player on the pitch. Much worse thank Franks who also had an absolute stinker.

If one of Hugill/Fenwick are not fit for every game for the rest of the season, I fear the worst

Im no Marlon fan but sorry thats utter horse shit.

Ronnie can only work with the players hes inherited plus a few loanies.
With the injury situation hes got to bull marlon up and hope like we all do he hits the onion bag at york.
I think we all know hes getting scattered in may along with a few others but thats a thread for when tbe season finishes!

At this stage of the season, if Harewoods the only striker the manager has, we all get behind him and the rest of the team. I can think of no player being inspired by being constantly abused by some gobshite who probably has difficulty chewing a sweet and walking at the same time,
If you're adtift at sea and a battered rubber dinghy is all there is, you make the best of it, it may save you, ...... so don't slash it with a knife because it doesn't meet your standards.
In other words, we're in the shit, so get behind all the team.

Each to their own.

I'm not a fan of players with no movement. It's essentially like playing with 10 players, unless someone makes a very good pass to him. He offers absolutely nothing going forward. He's mediocre at holding the ball up and far from mediocre at taking players on. He can't shoot either. His only contribution is to slow the pace of the game up, and give the opposition time to regroup. I could play the roll he does with ease. It's little wonder we didn't score..

But, as long as he half attempts to win a header once every 10 minutes..

I do fear for our league status if he's going to lead the line in to the end of the season

I would probably still call the rubber dinghy shit and I would definitely still wish I had a better, more powerful and quicker means of getting back to land.

All whilst chewing a sweet AND swimming.

Or you could praise the rubber dinghy whilst slowly running out of gas at the last minute, only to sink all the way to the bottom. Praising the dinghy will also make the captain think the dinghy will be good enough next time round, when the ship is again sinking into oblivion.

Or instead of slowing the pace down to let them regroup, you could argue the whole idea of a target man is to hold the ball up so your own team can get into position for an attack? Of course he will slow the game down.

Of all the players in our squad, the one who appears the more determined and effective when encouraged and the fans get behind him (maybe due to previously playing in front of big crowds?), is Harewood.

If you think calling him shit or 'Deadwood' as you probably call him on that god awful Facebook page then its a good job you aint the manager.

Hell, it works for Fellaini and Man Utd, why would it not work for the team who have scored the least goals in the worst division in England?

When you score as little goals as we do, I think it's safe to say that creating goals through good football isn't quite what we are all about.

Our fans really do have little ambition. Didn't Walton get slated for something similair?

Yup, im not saying its a good trait but its clearly evident.

Slagging him of from the stands will only be counter productive.

Its as simple as that.

He will have my full support tomorrow if he plays. I can still disapprove of his inclusion whilst chewing my sweets though.

I'm sure he's been called a lot worse than mediocre at football from the stands.

The analogy of the battered dinghy is .... when you're desperate and there's nothing else, you try and get the best out of what you've got, or drown. You'd drown

You could use the battered dinghy that you know probably won't save your life, and will probably end in you dropping to the bottom, or you could try one of the newer, untested dinghys who may just have enough in them to get you to safety.

You would drown, no one knows how I would fair.

We'll keep it really simple. In the analogy you have one battered old dinghy, nothing else, no other options. You have to get the best out of what you've got... that's the whole point.

you're getting on my fucking tits now. good time to shut up.

I'm glad you said that.

To suggest he was the worst player on the pitch last Saturday is absolute horse shit.

I wouldn't say it was his best game for Pools either that was against Morecambe bizarrely which was also on Easter Monday last season.

We need to tell him that tomorrow is Easter Monday.

We can bring him some Easter eggs.

We do have other options though. Your point is pretty redundant...

If you, me and five other survivors were sat in that battered old dinghy, I can guarantee you'd be the first to be eaten.
Trying to explain a simple point to you is like a short sighted woodpecker having a go at a lamp post, a pointless exercise.