As a fan i just want to be entertained with some hope of success and to be able to go to the pub and say "yes i enjoyed that". I agree with your point and statement "have a football identity and style of play which doesn't change as personnel (managers and players) come and go". If we were to have that and it be expansive play i would be more than happy whatever the result.

going right back to the 50.s and pre cloughie days pools did have a double identity. decent or good at home depending on the season but totally crap looking soft touch away where they seemed just waiting for the inevatable defeat.

Up to the 90’s …..for me, a draw away was great…but a win away was magnificent…easy pleased, but you were when that’s all you had to go by.

I started going away in the early 80s, the first away win I saw was in 1984 when les mutrie got the winner at feethams. Three years to see an away win, trying telling kids that these days

You were lucky. When I were a lad we had to wait three years for a Pools home win!