Pools: Carson, Richards, Bates, Jackson, Carroll, Walker, Laurent, Woods, Gray, Thomas, Bingham.

Pools Subs: Bartlett, R Jones, Magnay, Featherstone, James, Oates, Nelson-Addy

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Chance for Bingham, Walker and Richards to prove themselves.

Still the same shape I suppose and the lads getting an opportunity should be up for it but I'm not sure I agree with making changes. I'm not sure Accrington's promotion rivals will either! Play our best team see how we do, we have four games left they can all have a rest then.

It could be a indication of who Hignett isn't sure about for next season as well. It still a decent team on paper.

The midfield worries me more than those two.

And Harrison can't even make the bench

Unless he's injured of course.

Glad I never backed us even at 7/2!

I've gone for both teams to score in a 5 fold instead.

Well Stanleys keeping their part of the bargain in already.

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3 fooking minutes in...

Well foo-hook me!!!

Well done Bings! Should give him some confidence.

Just in time for him being released...

I see Cambridge beating Morecambe 4 nowt after 30 mins!

We clearing broke their will last week!

And York beating Portsmouth 2-0 as well.

Hignett must be good pals with Coleman because he gifted Accrington three points with that starting line up tonight. He's done a great job but that all felt a bit needless tonight we have three games left now all on Saturdays nobody needs 'resting'

The positive was Laurent, he looks a footballer to me. I don't think Walker was appalling but I could have told you before the kick off we were going to miss Featherstone's presence on current form and Hawkins energy against a team who press and play as a high a tempo as them.

Richards was poor, that could be the last we see of him in a Pools shirt. Defensively especially first half he was all over.

All a bit pointless and a waste of an opportunity to see how far we've come in the last couple of months.

It was very bizarre of their number 5 to start screaming like a complete bell end at the end. A few of the other players applauded and put their hands up to say sorry. What a twat of the highest order. That dive was pathetic, forget yellows divers should be shown an instant red, it's absolutely embarrassing.
Thought we done well at times but Richards, Walker and Bingham have done themselves no favours in trying to win a contract, the three floors of them were dreadful. Josh Laurent looked decent and slotted in nicely.

Only bright spot was Laurent (plus usual impressive performances from Bates and Jackson) imo. Grew into the game and has plenty of energy and constantly wanting the ball. Did well for his first ever start was it?

We rely massively on Featherstone if we want to play it out from the back.

Presume it could well be the last we see of Richards, Bingham and Walker. Gray was poor again in my opinion, suppose it ain't his position but seems to have lost his edge and his control seems to have gone missing.

Oh and how the fuck did their defender not get booked for pulling James down? It was laughable.

Harrison in Cyril Knowles stand on crutches.

Need to do all we can to sign Jackson, him and bates have formed a cracking partnership.

I thought laurent had a decent game but some lad behind me in the town end must disagree as he did nothing but slate him all game. Walker is a waste of space tho and Richards is dreadful, non league player in my opinion. Also think gray has completely ran out of steam.

I can see Richards ending up at Gateshead or Scotland.

Does look like the boss is happy, from the Northern Echo

"I've learned an awful lot about players, an awful lot. I wanted to see other players and I'm surprised and disappointed"

He's far too good to play for Scotland.

Laurent isn't as good as what we have in our 1st team? What have you been watching all season? The boy looked decent and was a lot better than what we saw until Hignett was brought in. Hawkins, Woods and Featherstone were given plenty of time under Hignett and so has Walker, so to say he's not as good after one game is ludicrous, judge him after a few more.

I think he will only get better.

We all haven't seen enough of him to make that call. The players who have started the most under Hignett have been given time to bed in. Hawkins was extremely poor against Luton, he huffed and puffed but showed no quality, but started the following game and the game after that and pushed on from there. This can be said for Gray and some others. The beauty of where we are right now is that we don't need to win on Saturday. Give the kid the final 3 games then we may be a little nearer in answering that question. He played in a team with a number of changes, with a centre midfield player in Walker and a forward in Bingham that did very little in front or behind him.

You are making a judgement on 90 minutes, let's talk about what we did see tonight in him: some of his one touch play was good, he gets around the pitch very well, better in my opinion then anyone else in our midfield, he made some very good forward runs off the ball, box to box, something we don't have at the moment and if you know the game at all, he pressed very well which made a decent passing team play backwards a lot.

I get you are not writing him off, but for me it's impossible to say if he's better or not. To make that call when he has not been given the game time that others have had when they were poor, is unfair.

As soon as I saw the team I knew we'd get beat with the team that selected.

I've tried to defend Brad Walker over the last couple of seasons but it's getting hard to keep doing it. Last night he was neat and tidy enough in possession the rare times he did see the ball but he coasts around like its pre season. Against a team who are a high tempo and have runners flying all over from midfield you can't do that. I don't know whether it's that he's lazy or that he's just not fit enough or mobile enough to play in midfield in The Football League. It's sad to see but his body language doesn't give off the feeling of someone who's career is on the line, keep going the way he is and he'll be following wasters like Nathan Luscombe to the Northern League.

I've also tried defending Walker but it's getting harder and harder to. The lad is still only young but last night he looked unfit and very clumsy on the ball. He had a cracking debut season in which he was called up to England youth, but he signed a new contract in August 2014 and has went down hill.

How do, Theolonius.

Do you, by any chance, ever watch The Big Bang Theory?

If you do, remember that 'Aawww' expression Leonard gets on his face whenever someone says something that's guaranteed to set Sheldon off on one?

You just did that. You, a newbie, challenged Chip's judgement of a player.


Aawww!

I agree. He could have got at least 4 more players in. I don't think much of his potential at all.

I wonder if he is going to dick about with the team on Saturday?

the long drive to Oxford seems less attractive if he is

I think there will be more changes, because the waistcoated one is a man of his word. He's on record as saying that the fringe players would get their chance once Pools' league status was safe.

It is safe, there's only 3 games left and some of these guys might literally be playing for their future at the club. in my book that's got to be more important than whether pools finish 15th, 16th or 17th.

Sounds like Fenwick for one will be starting the next game.

I think we should be trying to finish as well as we can and build confidence and momentum going into next season. Let the players who are confident and flying keep going, don't disrupt the flow with pointless changes. We are playing teams in the top six for the integrity of the division we should be fielding our strongest team. Hignett is in his second spell at the club what is someone like Jordan Richards going to do in a couple of games that is going to change his fate? He's either good enough or he isn't.

I couldn't disagree more with Hignett on this one.

Fenwick is back at the club, doesn't look good for him like, barely got a look in at Tranmere. Think Higgy will give him a start on Saturday to have one last look at him before he is inevitably released and signs for Gateshead.

What's the point?

He obviously doesn't rate him, why give him an opportunity to score a hat trick? He's gone to a team outside of the conference play offs and couldn't get a sniff.

Probably no point at all but I can see it happening.

I think Pools already have 'momentum' for next season in the sense that Hignett and Fleming have shown they are no mugs and can produce a decent side that plays to a system. Behind the scenes at the Vic appears to be pretty solid and there should be some useful additions to the squad in close season.

Not saying that Pools should go out of their way to lose the last 3 games (and agree that Hignett is too competitive to let that happen) but as far as Pools are concerned the really important games start on 6th August.

If we play fringe players in all of the last three games we will lose them all, our fringe players are not good enough it's an utterly pointless excercise. What is somebody going to do in a couple of games that will earn them a new deal!?

I think his mind will be made up on Fenwick since he's been watching pools most this season. Can only assume he's tried to coach Bingham and wanted to see how much he's taken on board. Be very suprised if either are still here next season.

Has Conner Smith dropped off the face of the planet again? Can't seem to remember him making the bench under Hignett