Thank you Jamie.
I like what I’m hearing, the one word that pleased me was when he referred to the ‘culture’ he wants at the club.

They make Dave Challinor sound tongue tied, never mind the last incumbents. Can't wait for the new season.

Very Very good first Interviews !

Both talk the talk and sound very confident - Love the passion Gordon has already for the club. Cant wait for the NWC to be chanting PH's Blue & White Army

Key points for me to take from that:

- Both Sounded Professional and knows what the team need
- Spoke with Feaths in detail about the team and last years performances
- Knows the players the club is missing and what we need
- Will bring that no nonsense attitude
- Fitness and determination is key with them both
- Both know what the club means to the fans and want to work for the team and supporters
- Lastly both sounded very confident and excited to be here (genuinely believed every word they both said too)

Cant wait to see who they bring in

and hartley was at the last match of the season...from 01.18...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH-AJvvWjPA

Reminded me of Cooper’s fire when he came, they made Lee and Nelson sound like thoughts from a donkey sanctuary.
They’d have intimidated Challinor.

A very confident and uplifting interview from both guys. Now lets get them the players they want and let them get on with it. The way they both came across can not see them putting up with any nonsense from the players or letting anyone interfering with how they want to do things.

I think Hartley will be the ‘hard’ man and take no s*** Young is the fatherly figure who will calm things down and will know when players need reassuring.

Pretty sure Young mentions in his interview that hes the bad cop and PH the good - but both rightly so have standards and expectations no matter what - and its something this football club has lacked since DCs departure and lacked again before DC arrived

They sound like they’re a proper team from a manager/assistant point of view who know each other well and gel together which should all bode well. When was the last time, if ever, that we’ve had a new manager who’s brought his own existing team in rather than have to make do with hand-me-downs from within the club or mates who were out of a job?

Er, Challinor? He brought his own assistant manager. Tony Sweeney was kept on and to be fair DC seemed to genuinely rate him.

I'm not convinced there'll be a place for him in Team Hartley - but fair enough if that's the case. There's no such thing as a job for life in football.

I hope and expect him to be associated with the youth set up.

“Er, Challinor? He brought his own assistant manager. Tony Sweeney was kept on and to be fair DC seemed to genuinely rate him.”

Yes, Challinor brought in Joe Parkinson as his assistant but JP had only been the academy coach under DC at Fylde and had then moved on to Shrewsbury for a couple of years so not the same as the Hartley/Young existing partnership.

well they both said stuff i think all of us want to hear. although its easy to talk i do feel there is hope for the team next season. lot will depend on recruitment as usual, but i doubt we will see players with sick notes at the ready joining the club. pools hopefully will be more boot camp than butlins from now on. roll on the end of july.

Press conference, I wish they would fix that squeaky dooor or chair
https://youtu.be/XOsHB9J2P3c

Very impressed with both interviews and in particular Gordon Youngs. Like the way he talks about wanting to have an impact on players both on and off the pitch and his comments on the academy. Clearly puts to bed any worries anyone may have had after all the Falkirk fans blaming Hartley for shutting their academy and not caring about youth players.
Also interesting that Raj has mentioned increasing the budget further for Hartley in particular.

I would imagine Hartley gave Raj the true baring of what it takes to get actual quality in - he probably told him straight that the budget he first outlined wouldnt bring him and Gordon south of the border. Raj realises a mangement team of this ilk needs to be backed - no more paying peanuts and getting monkeys etc... another master stroke by Raj - hes learning and learning from his mistakes - im glad we have an owner whos like this tbh - very well done mr Singh

its always much easier to give money to someone you trust fully than someone you have doubts about. Raj must have known more about the lee/nelson duo than we did last january. as it turned out it probebly was a good move by him to keep the money away from them as goodness knows who they might have signed and the length of contracts given out.

basically any former Boro or Gateshead/Blyth player over 33 - 2.5 year contracts on the sick bench

Raj knew the score - these lads are here to mean business and sign quality and get us out this league !

Cook wont last a week training with this new regime - His contract offer will be rescinded on the grounds of player not being fit

mind you he might realise his career may be on the line and buckle down because he has to. would not be the first in any form of life that suddenly buckles down and stops pissing their lives away. everyone is lazy if they can get away with it. could be where this change of culture may come in. instead of doing the minimum to get through they now have to do the maximum.

Boyd was a typical example Neale Cooper sent him out on loan to Boston, different player after that.

I think if you did enough research - even at Prem level there is evidence of this all across the game. Hence why Loans exist - Timori of AC for example.

id like to think some of our players really buckle down and become the best versions of themselves for this upcoming campaign under PH. Crawford on his day is one of the best technically gifted players in the middle of the park. He will flourish under the guidance of hard working no nonsense managers ! Ive seen it myself with lads further down the leagues. Worked with them in fact (some now playing still in Oz).
Shelton ... not sure on him - maybe a player in there ! Just think we need better if we are to compete in this league just now. Probably the strongest this division has been in a long time ! Grimsby and County both big clubs back where they belong (pains me to say it like). Both will be looking to more than just survive too.

Agree. The standards - or lack of - set by Lee and Nelson were dismal. Only slight concern with these managers cut from the ilk of DC/Hartley is that sometimes their 'no-nonsense' approach can negatively affect a player's confidence and ability to turn up on a Saturday. Perhaps the case with Crawford and DC…?

Will be interesting to see who shines and who crumbles.

Don't think there's any basis to assume that Jordan Cook might be a malingerer. His problem is far worse - he's crocked and has hardly played for 2 seasons. He's 32 now and you'd say (if you're anybody but Micky Nelson) that his chances of returning to full fitness and playing all next season are very slim.

You'd think he'd have had Pools hand off when he was offered a contract extension, but I haven't seen it confirmed anywhere that he's actually signed up.

Its seems the ability to take a group of men (part time lets add) form a team and have them subsequently promoted season after season over a period of 4 years is by any means an incredible feat (at any level) - i have full confidence that this regime will sort the wheat from the Chaf- i dont care if Feaths is deemed not good enough and a suitable replacement is brought through the door ! This club is a sleeping giant as the new man put it - lets see this Giant awake and piss this league for once ! dont care how its done - just want to see us as successful as possible


Regarding Cook - maybe he cant sign his contract until say the new manager assess' his fitness - there may be a clause as i really cant see why a Striker whos played less than 30 mins of football over the space of 18 months plus wouldnt take the hand off a league club like Pools offering him another chance at 32 year old. Im thinking its perhaps a pay as you play contract ?

One of the first things scrapped from DC's reign was Terror Tuesday, because the players didn't like it.
Boo fecking hoo.
Like it or not,it had them the fittest i'd seen them in years & helped them batter teams into submission.
Hopefully its reintroduced.

imagine how worse the team would have remained under their rule ? the fact they got the team into a comfort zone and coached them like kids shows the level of the blokes - absolutely shocking.

be none of that under the new management id imagine - the bulk of the team looks to be made up of new players id imagine, ones which are only being signed on their ability and attitude it looks too.

out of last seasons starting players id go as far as saying these are the names on the team sheet come the 30th July.

Sterry
Byrne
Ferguson

Feaths
Crawford (possibly)

Bogle

Thats half a team missing - plus decent subs now we have the rule of 5 - changes the dynamics a bit that now - id go as far as saying you need at least 4 first team quality players on the bench - not just the usual spare GK - Impact Sub - emergency Defenders

If they can’t cope with the ‘no nonsense approach’ they’re in the wrong job.
Nelson and Lee were running it like a youth club, any post match interviews screamed at you that they were never going to inspire anyone.

another reason to look forward to next season. like when teams get promoted there is usually one that shines more whilst another more or less are finished at the club. sometimes its not the ones you,d expect to be in both catogaries. one reason i,m saying nothing about shelton re signing.