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aido87 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:13 pm

agree wholeheartedly for once chip. they're in my acca for all four divisions and on that showing i might lump a bit more on.

did feel however that we deserved some reward for our efforts. we played some decent stuff and their second and third goals were somewhat suspect (dodgy throw in and good shout for offside respectively), and also the standard of officials at this level is laughable.

overall tho they were very worthy winners although i'm taking heart from good displays from robson and brown, and the fact that we natched them for the first 45.

katcha · **Posted:** Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:15 pm

aido87 wrote:

agree wholeheartedly for once chip. they're in my acca for all four divisions and on that showing i might lump a bit more on.

did feel however that we deserved some reward for our efforts. we played some decent stuff and their second and third goals were somewhat suspect (dodgy throw in and good shout for offside respectively), and also the standard of officials at this level is laughable.

overall tho they were very worthy winners although i'm taking heart from good displays from robson and brown, and the fact that we natched them for the first 45.

yep

if you can get any odds on em at all then take it

champions by march

aido87 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:20 pm

bet 365 says 5/6 to be promoted and 11/4 to win it !!! thrilled

might sell one of the kids to fund a punt on that :shock:

misterb2001 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:22 am

chip fireball wrote:

they went up a gear when dickov went off. alb made some good saves to keep it respectable, but it shows how strong they are when they have campbell and fryatt on the bench.

i like their attitude. unlike some of the big clubs that have come down, sheff wed, forrest, leeds, they look up for this league. they took tonight seriously, they clearly want to win every game they play.

they have a lot of big strong players, they have pace, but as i said most of all they have the right attitude.

and fair play to stevie howard, he is gonna cause defenders at this level nightmares.

spoke to a few of their fans on the way out who reckoned thats the worst they have played this season. :shock:

not many teams come to pools and put the cleaners through them.

no real shame in getting beat off that team.

the likes of leeds, carlisle, oldham and bristol rovers might give them a game but cant see them dropping many points on tonights showing.

i agree with what your saying to an extent, but you can't really go off that performance when we had pretty much our 2nd string midfield playing. i believe the league matches will be MUCH closer.

parmopooly · **Posted:** Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:56 am

I disagree with the feeling about the harshness of the score - I think if their front men had checked their runs a bit more not to get caught offside about 10 times in the 2nd half, that could quite easily have been a six or a seven. They are far better than us in every department, having people like Chris Powell in the team who obviously still has a great attitude, we're never going to be able to compete against them for quality.
We'll do ok against most sides with our best XI out, but Leicester already look better than any Forest or Sheff Wed or Leeds who have "graced" this division in the past.
I think it will at least focus the Pools players and management on the task at Leicester at the end of the month, in terms of working hard in that game like they've never worked before - that way we'll keep the score down to maybe a two goal defeat!!!

Mr Creosote · **Joined:** Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:05 pm **Posts:** 1887

I have to agree. We got hammered. Maybe it was because we played a severely weakened side or maybe it would have made no difference. The way some on here talk though, you would have to believe we gave them a good game and got close to winning. All I saw was a team that stepped up the pace when they needed to and tore us to pieces. It was quite humbling actually.

poolymadandstupid · **Posted:** Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:19 pm

chip fireball wrote:

they went up a gear when dickov went off. alb made some good saves to keep it respectable, but it shows how strong they are when they have campbell and fryatt on the bench.

i like their attitude. unlike some of the big clubs that have come down, sheff wed, forrest, leeds, they look up for this league. they took tonight seriously, they clearly want to win every game they play.

they have a lot of big strong players, they have pace, but as i said most of all they have the right attitude.

and fair play to stevie howard, he is gonna cause defenders at this level nightmares.

spoke to a few of their fans on the way out who reckoned thats the worst they have played this season. :shock:

not many teams come to pools and put the cleaners through them.

no real shame in getting beat off that team.

the likes of leeds, carlisle, oldham and bristol rovers might give them a game but cant see them dropping many points on tonights showing.

Well said that man,hope the league game will be a tad different though or we will come back from their place with our tails between our legs. sadx

parmopooly · **Posted:** Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:38 pm

I'm pleased we played them as it won't come as such a shock to our systems when we go there at the end of the month. The players are certainly under no illusions as to how hard it's going to be down there - and last night "should" stand them in good stead for the next match. Obviuosly we should have a midfield in place more capable of competing with them, and Porter starting - who showed he could live with that kind of company when he came on.

ptbap · **Posted:** Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:15 pm

I too was very impressed with Leicester last night, although on paper their four forwards look too good for League One, I went to the game not really knowing what to expect from them. They certainly wouldn't be the first Championship side to come down and struggle to adapt to League One. Okay they are top currently, but with only a handful of games played that's not much of an indication of how successful they will be over the whole season.

First half they looked okay, the game was even and it looked like a first goal the winner type of match. Second half they were different gravy though. Having Campbell and Fryatt on the bench is some fire power.

I've had a look at their odds to win the division, I'm fancying a sizeable bet, could well go along way to paying for my season ticket next year.

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:53 pm

They're not the first club to make us look out of our depth in this division. Even in our two play-off seasons there were sides who put us to shame.

parmopooly · **Posted:** Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:26 pm

not wrong - I suspect Leeds will come 2nd behind Leicester, I don't see Oldham staying up there for long. Maybe MK Dons will challenge, I think they're a good bet to win the play offs

Spender · **Posted:** Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:32 pm

poolymad wrote:

Well said that man,hope the league game will be a tad different though or we will come back from their place with our tails between our legs. sadx

I sincerely hope that's usually where yours is Mr Mad, otherwise when Kylie comes a-knocking she'll be playing find the thimble instead of hide the sausage......
:laugh:

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37440

I suspect that if things were as straightforward as basing the outcome of the season on the result of one match, there'd be no point in going to any more matches. The joy of of football is that anything can happen, it went their way last night...but that was last night...another day, another attitude, another result.

parmopooly · **Posted:** Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:47 pm

the thing is Snowy, you know when you've seen a class side, even if it's only once.

EddTheDuck · **Joined:** Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:07 pm **Posts:** 96

I didn't see the Leicester game. Last season I saw the game at Leyton Orient. It was quite early in the season, perhaps only 6 games in, but they were top of the table. We went there and totally outclassed them, 4-2. Afterwards I recall reading some online comments from Orient fans about how good Pools were and how we were clearly going to finish as one of the top teams in League One.

Good luck to Leicester. Even better luck to Pools! :grin:

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37440

But it's history now, the important thing is they learn something from it and I don't just mean the players. :wink:

ronaldo · **Joined:** Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:53 pm **Posts:** 861

I reckon Leicester on that showing could be the best team to go up from div 1 or the old div 3 since Sunderland in 88. They can play either direct or passing game and will beat many teams 3 or 4 nil at the Walkers.

As for ourselves it looks like we need a couple of more players just to have a chance of making the play offs. Saw enough to suggest we will stay up no problem. Finishing mid table will not bring back the crowds though and the decline will continue.

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:59 pm

chip fireball wrote:

Richard M. Head wrote:

They're not the first club to make us look out of our depth in this division. Even in our two play-off seasons there were sides who put us to shame.

yeah but often ( cheltenham and blackpool spring to mind ) it was as a result of pools seriously underperforming. you couldnt say pools played really badly last night or that the team werent up for it.

I was thinking more of QPR and Plymouth.
We just weren't at the same match as them.

mouldy old dough · **Posted:** Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:01 pm

Bring it on we will do ourselves proud at the Walker Stadium on and off the pitch.

Sing up poolies.

Tax Paying Poolie · **Joined:** Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:18 am **Posts:** 9053

chip fireball wrote:

how good is that mark davies btw ????? why cant we get someone like that in on loan ????

Just saw the highlights and he looked excellent. Had never heard of him before, where's he from?

Stevie Howard isn't really going to claim that first one is he? confised

parmopooly · **Posted:** Tue Jan 20, 2009 11:29 am

if that's a player deemed not good enough to play in the Championship just now, it shows how big a step up it is from L1 to that division.

Tax Paying Poolie · **Joined:** Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:18 am **Posts:** 9053

parmopooly wrote:

if that's a player deemed not good enough to play in the Championship just now, it shows how big a step up it is from L1 to that division.

In fairness though, Wolves are 5 points clear at the top and have a foot in the Premiership

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