From Justin:
Mani Goals

They ain't div 5 stats.

Different gravy altogether.

Joe Allon in his first stint with us must have a canny record, ditto Paul Baker

And Les Mutrie.

Yet they aren't moving heaven and earth to try and keep him

Genuine question, how do you know they aren't?

Cos it's the Raj regime. Anyway we don't need to move heaven and Earth , just Raj..... out.

Kevin Stato

Bobby have you been out in the sun

Ah Bisto

Well he clearly wasn't too keen to get away as surely he'd have signed for somebody else by now, same as Joe- neither can be short of an offer or two.

That suggests that either he wants more money/ security of a longer contract/ new ownership or a combination of ALL three. Maybe he also waiting to see who we sign and whether or not he thinks
we'll have a chance of challenging under the new manager.

Realistically we're not going to be able to replace a striker with almost a goal every other game without shelling out serious money (which ain't going to happen under the current regime)
So why not give him what he wants- and then everyone's a winner?!

Quick look at In The Mad Crowd shows Joe Allon scored 47 goals in 92 league games in 2 seasons from 1989-91 - more than a goal every other game (not counting cup goals).

That record got Pools a promotion and Joe a transfer to Chelsea, not feckin' Harrogate or Rochdale

Doesn't take away from the fact that Mani's goals should have been worth one play-off run to Pools at the very least

You and I can see the logic in that but this is the regime that thought Darren Sarll and Paul Hartley were good ideas.

plus others were also chipping in.