Well done guys, Gary Madine scores as well. Great night all round.

Deserves credit for the changes, in a couple of games now as well.

I keep on saying I never though Mr.Burns would be able to contribute after 20 years out of management enjoying retirement in Rajs old people's home but boy was I wrong. Go Lenny go go go

I think it sometimes wise for some people not to comment till after the match, because this topic must have had more word eating than a library canteen…..frantic comments in the heat of a match never work out well.

That's very true Snowy.

Agreed, we could see the lack of quality that Fylde possessed and first half was really scrappy. What I was watching was really frustrating but could sense in moments that we had more quality. It came in the second half and although not smooth at all there were pockets of play that on another day could have resulted in a convincing win. As it is back to back for Mr Burns et al and with a fully fit squad there is no reason why we can't go on a bit of a run towards the top 7. Shape was good, what is needed now is more pace at home and to find a way of getting Mancini into the team without losing the solidity. I'm more optimistic now and the Snarll ball is only evident in the odd moment, hopefully the new younger coaches will help Mr Burns totally extinguish it in the weeks to come. UTP, PTID

No, it's a fair point. I wasn't sure what was going on with Campbell all game. First half he's upfront with Manni while 2 goal Joe Grey plays on the left side of midfield... That didn't work at all. Then he spends most of the second half strolling around just in front of Featherstone while we let Fylde come on to us... I don't get it. He's a quality footballer but there were better options than him off the bench for at least the last 30 minutes.

Pools struggled a bit to put a workmanlike side with very little goal threat away. Still, the win's the thing and we were singing about the Football League by the end.

The announcer said there was 2,900-odd in including 25 from Fylde. Definitely no more than 2,500 in reality - but it will be bouncing on Saturday.

Only a cameo but Madine looks like a proper centre forward. He could be a massive plus point playing in a Lennie team

What does Manni D look like then

It wasn't a criticism of Mani, he's a great player. I was praising Madine, he impressed me.

That's a good post to be fair, at times in the game there were too many players seemingly in space in the final third but with the ball bouncing around without any fluidity. For me at home Campbell has to be closer to Mani D and not wandering around in a fantasy no 10 position. That would press the opposition more into mistakes, it happened a few times but not often enough. When Mani presses, Campbell has to go as well, as I say it happened a few times and against poor teams will bring success.

You’re right…it is possible to praise two players at the same time.

I agree and he was genuinely good tonight but dropped 2 massive clangers we got away with

He won mom, he’s defintely a great work ethic and wears down the oppo, just think lacking in a a little quality

Flip side is if you wait for the result you can be somewhat revisionist in what you say to fit the score

We were poor for a lot of the first half vs a team there for the taking, but improved second half and were worth the win

Lawrence growing on me in the general realistic approach he has, seems he also
Agreed with me Fylde the better team in the first half , so good to see he’s paying attention

Fair enough. Great to have 2 strong options for a key position, though Sarll's experiment of playing them together was just a licence for hoofball.

Madine's interview on Tees is worth a listen - what a genuine bloke! None of the big 'I am' at all.

Revisionism is another word for getting it wrong and going to extremes of the spectrum.
We were not actually poor in the first half…. we chose the wrong tactics, revised them at half time and succeeded.
It’s not the battles that count it’s who wins the war …..we won this little war
Constantly commentating throughout the match about fault or error is a pointless exercise, try watching the match and enjoying it instead constantly highlighting every players faults continuously …..just enjoy the moment.

His reaction to the goal showed a genuine joy at being back in the business of scoring goals and his physical strength could cause some defenders nightmares.

Freedom of speech entitles LF to give his own opinion.
Ya can obviously disagree but should never preach to what other posters think to suit your views..

Wordtwistery on its way

Thought the ref had a decent game overall, wasn't close enough to see why their 2nd disallowed goal was ruled out but the first was spot on a clear dive and booking.
We were definitely not as good as we were Saturday imo, but how many times have we failed to turn it on against weaker teams after playing well against the better ones.
Big test now in the next handful of games, can we keep the momentum up?

NO…..just doing what YOU said ….Using Freedom of Speech to express my opinion.
Players have to put up with it, so surely fans can’t be beyond comment and reproach……Kevin.

If sarll had been in charge we would of drawn or lost that against awful opposition. Kevin Phillips is not going to last two minutes there. Wasnt the best of games, but we won and thats all that matters. One things for certain we will need to play better and for longer against Barnet.

We commit a lot of players forward when we attack which is great to see versus the Sarll tactics. Only issue last night in the 1st half was the ball get kept turned over and we got counter attacked and relied heavily on Waterfall and Parkes been so tight to the forwards.

A better team would have punished us in that first half. Fair play, LL must’ve switched something as second half was a lot more solid bar a 15 minute spell after we scored where Fylde battered us for a bit.

We weren’t vintage but it was pretty comfortable. Saturday is going to be a real litmus test for where we are but it’s great to be excited for home games again!

and after a defeat commenting on it at the end of the game. after sleeping on it sometimes views can be less destructive and negative.

how he won that was beyond me. correct about his enthusiasm and work rate but his balls into the box were abismal and never looked like scoring in open play against a poor defence.

His reaction to the goal showed a genuine joy at being back in the business of scoring goals and his physical strength could cause some defenders nightmares.[/quote]
not his biggest fan by a long way but was more pleased he scored our second than anyone else on the pitch. he has broke his duck now and could give him more confidence now and another yard of pace. strikers live off one thing goals scored and even assists are not thought of as highly as a midfielder will do. like defenders where its all about clean sheets for them and guess they were all more happy about last night than they were at solihull.

it will be a different challenge for sure but 5 defeats show they are not invincible. no excuse now for us going into this game lacking confidence. i,d be surprised if they have players as good as lua lua, mancini and a more confident madine to come on to change the game. great to have a strong bench and not just names to fill it who get 2 minutes at the end of a game. unless LL knows something about them thats needs to change the team i hope to see the same starting 11 and subs on saturday.

Phillips in his post match interview complaining about the officials and decisions going against them ?
https://youtu.be/UcCkEYEeDk8?si=ujfD2QiNrNTgo777

No1 in the Managers excuse book…’we wuz robbed’…they need to update their excuse manual.

Fylde weren't 'awful' - they were still in the game till the 88th minute. They were well organised defensively and made Pools work for the win. if their finishing had been better it could have been an embarrassing night.

Ifs and buts, their finishing was poor and the keeper really had very little work to do.
Our composure particularly in the final 3rd was very poor at times and on another night we'd have scored more.
3 points in the bag and hopefully another 3 on Saturday. Barnet have a tough away game tonight before coming up here too.

It was a frustrating watch at times with the final ball never finding another pools shirt but we found a way! I think a bit of a higher press for longer would have yielded more success. They tried playing out from the back and weren't very convincing, especially when we did press a bit in the second half. I'd have taken a workmanlike performance and 2-0 win before the game though. Pleased for madine to get off the mark, hopefully he can stay fit now.
Saturday is a winnable game, Barnet are mid table in the away form so we need to get at them from the off!.

It's the online equivalent of chuntering away to the bloke next to you during a game. Not a patch on the real thing unfortunately.

Fairplay.
Quite like his updates

Not a criticism of LL but nice to get the tactics right from minute 1 on Saturday.
Instead of half time Rectification.

This is the acid test to whether Radio Tees pundits are correct about our promotion in waiting team.

Lets hope so.
3pts Saturday and I join in the plaudits.

And Leggie knows when me boycott mode ends.

UTP.

taking everything into consideration from both teams points of view we were worthy winners on the night. we might of got a break for once from the ref late on before we scored our second and they missed good chances. however we were wasteful with the ball first half and the final ball into the box was very poor and needs looking at for the future in home games against packed defences.

That’s a good analogy, stress reliever as well

Lawrence disagrees and said himself we were v poor first half
Delighted we won but put a first half like that in on Saturday and Barnet will be out of sight by halftime

On Charman, I agree that he does often makes the wrong decision, he is good at getting the ball and driving forward, but once he gets close to goal he can often just shoot in desperation rather than recognising that he’s not in a good position to trouble the keeper, and it can often clear the stand. Improving that decision making would make him a much more effective player. However, as soon as he went off, Fylde were no longer worried about his fast breaks down his wing and were able to push their left side forward to support their attack, leading to their spell of pressure towards the end.

Lots of calls for Mancini to be in the side, but I’m not sure where he would fit in the current setup. Hunter & Featherstone’s positions are too deep for Mancini, and needs positional discipline, which isn’t Mancini’s strength. Campbell covers a lot of ground between the defensive midfield and then gets forward enough to support and even get in front of Dieseruvwe. When Mancini is brought on for Campbell, Mani always looks a bit more isolated. I think the ideal position would be in Featherstone’s role but sitting a bit further forward. But he needs to improve his ball retention to make it work

On their disallowed goals, for the first one, the free kick seems to have been given for Ustabaşı being offside, not for the dive, as it was taken from inside the box, but both were offences. For the second, Haughton had lost control of the ball in the box, slid in and wiped out Ferguson (and LuaLua), leaving their winger (Bardell) free to score. Ferguson would have had the winger covered if he hadn’t been wiped out, so was a definite foul.

Barnet are well beatable. They get exposed down the flanks and get caught out on the break in away games. I expect a high scoring game of 4-2 to us.

I think if we can build on that - and really put the small issues to bed. We really have found a system and formation that might just carry us to the playoffs - my only worry is... Injuries and suspensions. Finally all the cogs are working - the bench has some great talent on it (Hell when was the last time Pools could boast about 2 Former really good promotion winning players just warming the bench ?)! just hope it all stays as is and we dont suffer too many mishaps or unfortunate events where again we see key players out. Still think we need a CM who can either push Feaths out his position (has to be really good obviously) or comes on and does all the tidying up and dirty work. I thought we could of had someone on Haughton last night as they piled the pressure on but again our tactics worked and like Clark said on radio tees, the defence although it looked ugly and not what fans want to see, its tactics and it worked !

NO…..just doing what YOU said ….Using Freedom of Speech to express my opinion.
Players have to put up with it, so surely fans can’t be beyond comment and reproach……Kevin.[/quote]


Fairplay.
Quite like his updates [/quote]

If it suits you Kev, no problem…but I just like to watch the game and moan or praise according to what I’m looking at to those around me.

Regarding Mancini, he had some lovely moves at times but I justwonder if he’s match fit

Charman v Mancini is our mount v Grealish debate
Managers love charman as he does what he is told and always puts a shift in , but Mancini created more in 5 mins that charman did all game

I do agree charman tires players out and makes it easier for Mancini but he also messes up a lot of good chances by just keeping his head down
I think luanlua will be starting anyway soon if he stays fit

Charmans strength is he keeps running and wears people out, his weakness is his final ball is poor

We got the win which is important but we should be clear eyed , we were up against a relegation candidate who are managed by someone we know isn’t particularly good

It's the same for every club in this league. No real moneybags outfit like Wrexham distorting things. Think we're still a bit light in midfield but otherwise it's a big squad with decent cover in most areas.

I too like his updates and indeed, comments from anyone who is able to watch the game. I follow every Pools game via the oficial HUFC twitter account and vidprinter from Sporting Life. The Twitter guy rarely gives a sense of the overall match ("Pools on the back foot," "Pools dominating", etc)prefering to describe incidents but offers no opinion. For example he says second Fylde goal disallowed but didnt say why or what he thought about the decision. In short, I like to read fellow Poolies opinions on the game as it takes place so I hope Loyal and any others will continue to do what they do.

Personally I’d say any criticism of Charman is harsh, particularly after providing a hat trick of assists on Saturday! He put a lot of crosses in last night as well, I’d accept that every cross wasn’t perfect but he gave their left back a torrid time. He has been improving game on game recently and finally seems to be getting over that bad tackle he was on the end of in our first home game.

Well done Luke!

True, but they also beat Gateshead 3-0 recently, so they do pose a threat. We have been crying out for routine 2-0 wins against lower opposition, so it’s pleasing that we were able to grind it out when we weren’t at our best. Barnet will be a different proposition on Saturday, they should be more attack-minded, and there should be a bit more space in behind for us to exploit.