https://youtu.be/0LLnZghrHgs?si=IV2R6eGs7oJJzvrQ

This guy is just so intelligent. All of his loanees are fantastic. Everyone just wants to play for him. He manages like he plays. He said actually what I was thinking throughout the match. Not playing the ball quick enough and not getting enough bodies in the box. Glad he mentioned the back 5 too. Dixon has been immense and waterfalls and parkes are real tough bastards which give confidence to the likes of Featherstone. Thought Brendan Dickinson was immense. Mani ironically was poor offensively but magnificent defensively. I love Waterfall when their strikers try to pull him around. He just laughs at them. Love the passion from him and Parkes and making Featherstone play better with their organisational skills. Boreham wood just play tough. Their players are massive and just put it about. As said in my post last night my only Criticism please cookie once in the box just shoot on sight . Make the goaly save or parry and have to big fuckers run in and scare the keeper. Mani and waterfalls could do it .

Of his signings

Waterfall - v good
Dickerson- like a lot
Senior - not impressed
Khan - too early to say
Cooper - too early to say

I do think he deserves credit for improvement in the full back areas but like his predecessors hasn’t worked out the midfield yet

So who does deserve credit for FB areas, Just asking.

I dont know anymore than anyone else but it must give the full backs confidence knowing that the lads in the midddle are solid. Dixon has improved and folks are saying it is because he has confidence in his defenders, maybe the same with full backs?

Have you been talking to Fergie recently by any chance Mr Oz?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0hc3chp

Just listened to Fergy and he says we need around 65 to 70 points to make the playoffs. We have 12 games so 36 points on offer. We have 44 points so going by Fergy we need 2 points per game on average and that would probably be enough. looked at the 12 games left and I reckon we might get 25 points from the 36. Home form is going to be crucial and out of 6 games I reckon we could win 5 draw 1 ( Barnet ) the 6 away games I reckon will get us 9 points ( 2 wins and 3 draws 1 defeat ) making a season total of 69 Interestingly I only have us getting 4 points from next 3 games ( win Altrincham Draw Barnet Lose Solihull ) If we get anything more from these 3 it would definitely make this a real target.

Solihull are an excellent away side but ordinary at home so if we can field a strong side (feckin injuries!!) we could get something out of the game.

71 pts got Bromley into play offs last season.

12 wins gives us 80
Unless 2 or 3 teams implode we Gunna need at least 10 wins and a draw for 75.

If we can close the gap to 5 pts after 41 games then it's game on for me.

Basic Mathematics but realistically no chance.

I think we’re getting ahead of ourselves.
Making the playoffs would be nice, but realistically I think that this is that golden time for getting the foundations in place for next season and hitting it running with a drilled team who know each other.
I’m all for optimism, but let’s not get carried away with unrealistic expectations.
As I said, great if we could do it, but time to to look at the long term future.

What's your ambitions for future?.

I'm 100% against consolidation in this division for 3 or 4 seasons.
Which I read on here not long back just can't remember who posted it.
UTP.

The issue being unless Raj wants to put in an extra £200,000 next year, our budget will be cut. We may as well try everything this year to get into the playoffs (no matter how unlikely it is) because next year we might not be able to afford players of the same quality

We would probobly have to win 4 of the next 5 to have a chance of the play offs, even then your relying on teams dropping a fair few points.

Lets just keep picking up the points, starting by winning two games on the bounce at home.

i am but not after last season and no back up players this.

Just treat each game as a cup final and see where it takes us.

Wasn't Saturday 2 home wins in a row?

I’m definitely against consolidation in this division, what would be the point.
What I’m saying is, the playoffs are a possibility that, if it came off I’d be over the moon with.
But, put our collective sensible heads on and use what’s left of this season to prepare ourselves for next season wherever we are.

Obviously we try for this season, but you need a back up plan and if we did get promoted we’d still need to make preparations regardless of what happens at the end of the season.

Good reply Snowy.
It wasn't you then

That sum is chicken feed to Super Raj.
He knocked back a mega million quid Takeover.
We gunnar smash the Vanarama up next season.
UTP.

Regarding squads and budgets I think we will probably have a smaller squad next season but hopefully of better quality.
This season we've had a large number of players on the books and a fair few of them were legacy of Hartley and Curle and most of them signed for div 2 but not good enough even for NL.

Just got to love you Kev

think we have all learned that this league is as unforgiving as ever ! - Plastic pitches, bad refs - stupid commutes on tuesday night games. Long fixture list - the list goes on. But all contributes to needing a big squad in my eyes ! look how bad we where under JA when we had a crap bench. KP has changed the game due to subs a few times now so it shows its massive at this level to have game changing lads on the bench. Plus i dont think ive seen a Pools side suffer this many injuries in the last 20 years !

Well that's 3 more points 22 to go

On the subject of stupid commutes: I felt a tiny bit sorry for Boreham Wood. They travelled to Oldham last Tuesday night, then to us on Saturday and would have played at Rochdale this evening but for a waterlogged pitch. Thats some milage.

I hope they let them know it was waterlogged before they set off. That would be an M1, M6 waste of time otherwise (and I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy).

65
Won’t cut it, we are at least playing a few teams above us so a chance to take points
Off them starting Saturday

Have a feeling that debacle v kiddy will cost us

But it works both ways and generally speaking most of the teams are based in the south east so generally have it pretty east travelling wise.

One game…..nah.

We could easily have been on 5 wins in a row, if it wasnt for that sucker punch against woking. Think we would all take 4 points out of the next 6. Get the 6 and things will start getting interesting.

Last night first half they were awesome the best half from an away side I've seen but we were always in a good shape and never got pulled around by their movement. Second half was polar opposites KP didn't panic I think he knew what he was doing .The blokes a class act.
Cooke will keep manccini out with displays like that.

need a minimum of averaging 2 points a game to give us a fighting chance. do not think anyone above us have taken more points than us over the last 5 games as well. once everyone has played catch up in their rearranged games we,ll get a better picture of things.

Gateshead are tied with us over the last 5 games (both picking up 13 points) so you're correct. Our next 2 games are against Solihull, 8 points in the last 5, and Barnet, 4 points in the last 5. Barnet will have played an extra game than us when we play them next Saturday too.

Waterfalls excellent
Parkes excellent
Khan good
Cooper good
Senior not bad

Not sure how you can rate the last 3, based on game time so far ?

Not even one game! And Duffer seems like a ……….

My points tally is 69 not 65

The real problem at Woking was we scored two good goals but was robbed of one by officials

Never seen Cooke move so fast

He looks quick and strong at times to go along with his undoubted skill on the ball and his vision. Where was it all hiding for so long?