To settle an argument, can anybody please provide the win percentage of all the games that Featherstone has started?

The main statistic regards featherstone is he's a excellent footballer who would do so much better with better players around him. He's first class in not tackling or heading or even challenging in a holding protective back four position. He creates almost nothing going forward but can find a full back or goal keeper from almost anywhere it's been even suggested the changing room. He also saves on having to wash his strip due to his lack of effort which the previous regime especially liked with accelerating laundry costs. But for anyone who doesn't realise his truth worth you no nothing about football. He's one of a extremely poor lot who if possible should all be chased there professional loses.

using stats from InTheMadCrowd, and just looking at last season as Mad John the lazy f**ker hasn't updated this woeful season yet, I have calculated the following (league matches only)

with Featherstone 9 out of 43, giving a percentage win ratio of 20.9%
without Featherstone 2 out of 3, giving a win ratio of 66.7%

some ammunition there for the Featherstone haters.

I couldn't be arsed to do the 2 earlier seasons, as it might not have proved to be so conclusive.

He isn’t the reason we are so bad though, he’s PART of the reason. For every Featherstone performance, what does Hawkins offer? What does Scott Harrison Offer? What do the others offer?

The team itself is shite, and any of them with some sort of ability are sold. Imagine Donnelly might get bought for some cash and woods just simply cos of the goals in a dreadful team will get him noticed. Other than that, you’d have to give them away

The vast majority of our players are shite. They can't help that. The main problem is the idiots who keep employing these so called footballers. Hopefully Raj n Craig can finally put an end to it.

Part time clubs on sub 1000 crowds showing us how it should be done.

Get a DVD out of the season 2004/5 and watch and compare.
Weep.
Then realise we've been buying shite. But, ask who is buying these players, is it the manager?

It is ludicrous to make Featherstone the scapegoat. In his defence, how many bad games does he have? I would say very few if any. I would argue he is our most consistent performer apart from Loach, okay that may only get him an average mark of 6 out of 10, but that's how bad things are with us. On the other hand though, he rarely has a great game, an 8 out of 10 performance, and therein lies the problem of the last few years at least. The position of central midfielder is the most important in a team, all the successful teams have a good one, we haven't had a good central midfielder for donkeys years, and this is probably why Featherstone gets a lot of flak, a good CM has to not only break up opposition attacks, but create chances and get in the opposition box himself and weigh in with a few goals. A really good CM will also be a good dead ball specialist, free kicks and corners etc. This is the area of the team that needs to be addressing immediately , otherwise its going to be more of the same I'm afraid. We need a player in there doing the job Darren Carter did for Solihull on Saturday, a player far too good for the National League. A player like that will cost, and that is where we will see if Raj and Hignett really do mean business. Whether we have the money or not, just attracting a player of that calibre to the current clusterfook of a club will be a job in itself.

Are you related to this Darren Carter lad Mr Horden you've been going on about him for weeks!?

According to every line up I have read he played right back, he's being playing non league for years after not being able to get a regular game for Northampton in League Two and I doubt he's on much money at Solihull they are part time.

Pools need to change root and branch. The full metality at the club needs to change. You wonder that after five games unbeaten and especially three wins in a row we have a few he think 'job done' and started to pack for their summer holidays, the two absolutely pathetic home results that have followed suggest that. Fetherstone is a tidy footballer but does that actually win you games at this level? We need winners, leaders and men. A few of our squad Featherstone included are proven losers and surely these last few games we'll see of them at the Vic and thank God because even with all the off the field issues personal pride alone means some of these players should be doing better than they are.

It could be a blessing, the last two games, that Hignett has been there to see them as I don't think a situation were people started to say we should be retaining players like Featherstone, Oates, Hawkins ext becuase we ended on a good run.

We need a mass clear our, we need to bring in the right man to lead a brand new team. Next season or any season after can't feel like the last few seasons have. Even if it takes bringing in more 'agricultural' players and even manager more suited to getting out of this league then so be it, but I am sick of losers and losing we need to win at all costs.

Carter was the best player on the pitch Saturday.

I used to defend Hawkins but the mist from my eyes has cleared and I can see the big picture, he is turd.

Not related, and I think I may of mentioned him around 3 times this season. He would be in my National League team of the season, he could still play in lge 2, yes I rate him, he is exactly the sort of player we need for next couple of seasons, he is dead ball specialist, experienced, tough and weighs in with odd goal. Only at Solihull cos its his hometown.

PJ stood on a pile of dead Nepalese workers and had a great view of the Vic.

Carter stood out in the game at their place. Looked a decent footballer for me.


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Who even are you, you sanctimonious prick and what is your issue with me? That is an embarrassing post your only involvement in this forum appears to be to have petty and personal digs at people that you don't know.

He might have been the best player on the pitch Mr Horden and I was of course only joking as he's a player you have mentioned a bit but I doubt he's the type of player who's beyond our finances like I said he's playing for a part time club my serious point is about us recruiting the right type of people as well as players and how important it is to get rid of nearly all of the losers currently on books, we should have a competitive budget and we certainly should be outperforming clubs like Solihull and Guisley at home. The last two home games have compounded how badly the club have been mismanaged on and off the field and how much things need to change. Get rid of the losers, Featherstone being one of the main ones.

You've just described 99% of bunkerites. It's why I'm here. You doyle.

New bunker stickers coming soon featuring PJ's slogan.

"Come to the bunker and have petty digs against people you dont know. PS Fuck the bunker."

Owway PJ you've got to admit that it was funny. You aren't the only person Unruly has poked fun at.

I thought the whole purpose of this board was to take the piss, with food, music and warm milk second? With a bit of Pools thrown in?

I did work this one on the other board at some point in the last year. Can't remember the exact figure now but the percentage of wins with Featherstone was slightly better than without (about 8% better if I remember correctly). One of few players (who'd played more than a handful of game) to be in that position. I think Donnelly had highest percentage of the previous few seasons.

Carter was a decent player and be decent with others around him, but not exactly stand out like some making out.

They were just bigger and stronger all over the pitch. Hate to say it but look at their 2 centre backs, they were fucking massive

How many under 6ft? not many. I got laughed out of the bank, for suggesting that a couple of years ago. As grim as it is, that is the currency in this league, and unless you are minted, that is the route you follow.

Pools wins this year with Bates as manager: 3
Pools wins this year with Diego Simeone as manager: 0

We really need to get rid of that Argie Bargie git.

Aye, Solihull are flying.

You're turning into a parody of yourself.

They seem to have turned round since Yates took over and they looked good on Saturday, but presumably been worse than we have across the season and that performance probably isn’t seen every week.

Every week we play someone you notice just how pedestrian, slow and unfit we are. God knows what full time training consists of