Sing Out.
Anyone in.

Limbrick has his excuse ready about 2 weeks ago. The state of the pitch. Blaming the pitch after all the home games.

Nothing to with the other teams who played on it and found it easy to score.

2-1 good cross from Charman but too little too late

1-2 featherstone

Knew it was only going to be one result when the line up was announced. I don’t understand Limbrick’s insistence on forcing the team into this shape when it means playing so many out of position.

The pitch is atrocious and everything comes back to Singh running the club into the ground. The season is over now for definite, no glimmer of hope that existed before these 3 games so it’ll just fizzle out and do it all over again next season.

Is it to early to sack another manager? These home games have been an utter embarrassment. I don't see no hope for next season. Pitch is a joke managerial set up has been a joke, teams a joke and we have jokers on here blaming fans for not being positive.

What in Earth could we possibly be negative about?

Limberick is out of his depth which you could have predicted by looking at his record in mens football

2 goals were from abject defending by Hunter and Ferguson, neither of which are center backs by trade as their first position (though they still should have done better)

This is the worst team and set up I can remember--even Hartleys mob would likely have beaten this lot--not sure where we go from here--in some ways the defeats are better than if we'd take 4 points from the 3 home games as it stops people trying to claim we are something that we arent

utter shit show this club

So now it’s back to worrying whether we might get relegated. Sorry to be negative . Applaud the manager for trying different formations . But! Said it a million time not enough quality. And the club just run on a shoe string . Where do we go from this?

All the ingredients there for NLN in 2 years or tthe big A.
Anything better ain't happening under this clown.

What was the real crowd.
Certainly wasn't 3300ish.

We wont go down... this year

bloke has no chance of being around next season---will be a new manager and same old shite spouted as an attempt to sell season tickets which will be down yet again year on year--coupled with the parachute money going next year has the potential to be really ugly--I dont see us being back in the league without a reboot/further relegation first and change of ownership

2 points from 3 home games were we expected at least 7 points ! Dire
I feel sorry for all the fans who have paid to watch such utter tripe
After 47 years I am on the point of giving up and it is so frustrating because this is not the worst team we have had in living memory but the management and team set up is dire. A good manager like DC with this team would be able to grind out results and would probably have us in the top 3. Arghhhhh
Drink drink drink

Leave DC out of this…

I am only trying to make the point that I think a better manager could do ok with this squad

So that’s that, the 2024/25 season over before the end of winter, apart from a potential late season relegation battle - and on current form that is more likely than would appear at the present time, there are old timers who have seen it happen in several occasions in the past. Whoever decided to allow Skippy to take the reins at such a critical phase of the season wants bloody shooting - as the late, great Brian Clough would have said. It appears that Loyal and Leggie were right all along, HUFC is a rudderless ship heading for the rocks with a deck hand at the helm and the captain and first mate swilling rum in the galley.

Not meant to offend,it’s sad to see pools struggling in this league. I went to Boundary park tonight with an Oldham mate and it was absolute dross, brought back memories of County’s struggles against Histon , Colwyn Bay ,VauxhallMotors, Rushall….i could go on and on .Money is required to get out of this league, if you don’t have it your down the pecking order and it’s so sad to see traditional ex league clubs falling on hard times.We were so lucky to have had the money to tempt DC away.I wish you well.

Enjoy ya freeish money.
Ya should have plenty more from now to May.

Sing
Walter Mitty Shithead
Lennie Lawrence.

What a quality boardroom that is.
A bit like Thames Water n Birmingham Council.

Why blame the pitch, it gets repeated over and over again it’s the same for both teams, look at the pitches in the 70/80s never relaid during the season and it didn’t stop the players perform. If you have a decent pitch it suits both teams, Pools need a decent squad before spending money on the pitch.

I agree Jamie, the opposition seem to cope with it no problem, so that excuse is bollocks…it could be better.
Why did he start with that team he put out, I have no idea whatsoever……everyone seemed to have had the confidence trashed, we looked like Road Runner when he didn’t feel very well.
There is something seriously wrong in the dressing room, they are a team falling apart ….we’re a club who seems to be cracking up, bits are falling off, run down and running out of pride, a team about to capsize.

Never confident of Pools winning if Parkes not playing, not very confident when he is playing, but when he is not, our chances go down from 40 to 10%.

Knew as soon as I saw the starting eleven last night, it was going to be a long night. The pitch hampered Altrincham more than Pools, hence they turned in one of their worst performances of the season, culminating in Pools still being in the game until late on. Why would Madine, Grey, Featherstone, even Charman not be starting in a game like this? the mind boggles at the incompetence of some of our managers, clueless.

So there we have it, season over, smack bang in mid table, if you consider most of the other teams around us have at least a couple of games in hand. 2 points out of 9 from 3 home games, whilst Altrincham get 7 out of 9 from 3 away games, that is the difference between genuine play off contenders and a inconsistent mid table team lacking in any real quality.

Time for Featherstone, if anyone should be able to get a tune out of this lot, its him, but similarly he could take Pools into the NLN. The reality is though, many of the current squad won't be here next season, it will be the usual clear out, deadwood replaced by more deadwood on the cheap, rinse and repeat.

exactly but a lot cannot or will not get it. if the boot had been on the other foot we could have easily been in your position and you,d have your derbys with curzon ashton still.

exactly but a lot cannot or will not get it. if the boot had been on the other foot we could have easily been in your position and you,d have your derbys with curzon ashton still.

Just listened to a long interview with Phil Parkinson and he never mentioned the state of the pitch at all. He might have done if Pools had turned more of their chances into goals What he did do was talk about how he set his team up to counter the way he knew Pools were going to play. 4 games in and Limbrickball is already sussed.

really expected better than what we got last night. know both teams had players out and the pitch was just an excuse. cannot imagine there pitch being a bowling green and that much better than ours given the weather down there. the biggest shock was their attitude by copying many other sides with the diving, falling over and pretend injuries. it was just a carry over from saturday with what surely was the leagues worst ref in charge falling for everything. is it a case in this league that if you cannot beat em join em. about time we do as it seems to work for the rest. if sarll had turned us into shithouses instead of thugs the results might have mean he would afraid be still in the job with pools.

he did not need to be a football genious though did he. just our previous two recent home games were enough to show him what he was up against. really from skippy,s point of view what really were his alternatives with only one fit central defender and another on the bench that the previous two in the job loathed to play. surely all three cannot be wrong about one single player no matter what some fans think.

I vowed after going to Pools for over 60 years if we ever go back down to the National league I will never set foot in the ground and suffer that crap again and I am so glad I made that decision. I now spend Saturday afternoons in the pub where I know that I am going to get what I paid for and enjoy it every time. Hartlepool united are finished and that's a fact and I hate saying it.

They didn't win because our managers style or team selection was sussed. The last 3 games have seen different team selection and tactics changes. He's full of shit and not a tactical genius as he's making himself out to be.
Our downfall was our finishing compared to theirs.

doubt you are on your own but have just joined the majority of the town who have always stayed away from the vic and at best only show interest in the towns football club in the odd good days they are given. football might be our national sport but more are interested in other activities to fill a few hours.

I'm a joker for pointing out people being negative? At least have the balls to name me you gutless 'lovely lovely person'.
It's people like you who contribute to the malaise, you don't go to the games and soon as we get beat or things go against us you pop up online and whinge like a bitch.
Most people, believe it or not , like to go to the match and just enjoy it or get disappointed and hope to see a win. That's all it is.
If I was psychiatrist I'd be asking you if everything is ok at home, it's pathological your gloom, despair and moaning.

Edit: I didn't call you a lovely lovely person, I called you a c**t

The personnel changed but the formation and tactics didn't.

That said, poor finishing was Pools' downfall in all 3 games. There's no argument about that.

It 's not even a temporary aberration - Pools are averaging just over a goal a game this season. It's the main reason we're going nowhere.

The tactics did change, 1st game was 4-4-2 from the off, 2nd game was 3 at the back with the 2 big lads up top, last night was 3 at the back but only 1 big striker.
We've created boatloads of chances, over half being on target but no end product.
We're definitely going nowhere, a top half finish is most likely outcome imo but only just.

Give over man First game was 3 at the back same as the other two - Dodds, Waterfall and Parks.

He played 3 at the back, 2 wingbacks, 2 in midfield and Campbell in the hole behind a front 2 every game. The only change was Madine got a rest in the last game becuse Limbrick didn''t think he could manage 4 starts in 10 days.

Hope he really does try something different at Aldershot - not that it matters much at this point.

After tonight’s games Aldershot are 4th bottom, 14 points behind Pools with three games in hand. Every club below us has at least one game in hand except rock bottom Ebbsfleet who’s only win to date was against Pools remember- although they did hold Forest Green (our final day opponents) to a goalless draw yesterday.

Pools have just 13 games remaining which represents a 39 point haul. Of the 13 games we will be facing all of the sides currently in the relegation places and five of the seven sides currently sitting in the promotion/play off places.

And - not that it matters much at this point, Pools are now 8 points behind the play-off places, with all of the sides above us having at least one game in hand except current league leaders Barnet who have played the same number of games.

I appreciate that the above stats have been posted here in a different format recently but the above serves to focus the mind given that Pools have just amassed two points from a possible 9 - all from home fixtures.

Interesting-we likely have enough points as it stands to stay up or fairly close--but interesting 8 of our last games are against teams who def have something to play for (I am discounting Ebssfleet but no doubt they will beat us again just for the statistical quirk)

Interesting game on Sat--wouldn't be surprised if we lost again given Aldershot have something to play for though they gave us our easiest game of the season when we last played them

Basically we were watching junior school football….get the ball and everyone runs up the pitch, lose the ball everyone runs back down the pitch.
Altrincham I found a niggly side, but never felt really threatened ….only for Pools to decide to put the kettle on 10 minutes before the final whistle and brew up.
Seems it’s been a life time of premature brew ups.

Well said Bobby I totally agree with you especially about some of our Loyal fans who do not contribute a penny to the club, they do not attend matches, prefereing to watch every game using a dodgy stick then constantly complain about the team and lack of investment.

at the moment our league position is far too high seeing how the team is performing. in some ways we need to keep it or push on but in others the lower we finish the less likely that the club can paper over the cracks that we can see.

The only alterative to 'papering over the cracks' is Raj selling up to a new owner or owners with more money and ambition than he is able to put into the club. There's not a single Poolie who wouldn't welcome that, but at the same time there's not a thing that any individual fan, stay aways or still going, can do to bring it about.

I wonder how many of the stay aways are even members of the Trust? Not many would be my guess.

Seems like for some people picking away at the scab of the club's ownership (or manager or players) is just a perverse hobby.

Mr Lemonade.....don't be too hasty in accusing Mr Billingham of being negative. He did say "I don't see no hope for next season"
So he clearly has a positive view for next season, something most of us don't have

even if fans think they have the total facts about the club which i seriously doubt its far too early to be predicting next season when this one still has over a quarter of it left. we could book the trend of finding some real talent in the summer or things could get even worse. time will tell but not at this moment it will.