what a fooking bad decision this will turn out to be. ..the only way is down.you have been warned.

you should change your name then?

good point i think i will

Please don't take my reply as any term of endearment

it was heading that way anyhow - IOR will be keen to make sure we stop flirting with relegation in League One as we have done in our last two seasons in this division, and seem to be doing so again this time (please don't anyone say we didn't flirt with relegation last season because we definitely did - we only got 4 more points than the season we actually went down)

what should we really expect of our little club,we get gates of 3500 we cannot compete with the big city clubs,in my opinion we are doing as well as we are expected to.its the same in all the leagues the more the money the better the club...m utd chelsea... birmingham wolves ..leicester millwall.we cannot compete with these clubs end of.;

Not with that attitude we can't.

Since wilson been in charge the gates have dropped, as soon as the regulars saw the tactical "genious" in action, We averaged slightly higher than that previously and correct me if i am wrong but our last 5 or 6 games were about 3100

You're offit you man...... it's not attitude..... he's pretty much right!

i knew someone would come up with that one..you remind me of that allister brownlie that daft boro fooking stupid rarf can only see what he wants.

so that explains how we got to the play offs twice in a row under Neale Cooper then......... I'm sure we finished above several clubs in both those seasons who are now in the Championship........
Anyway, that aim low philosophy only gets you relegated.
I expect a mid table finish, because that is based on where I believe the ability of these players lies. We were heading for trouble, that is a fact

I'm going to kill myself.

I'd rather you compared me to a shoe bomber than that patronising smoggie rarf.

During Neale Coopers 2 seasons we had the same resources yet we got the crowds well up over the 3500 and we did compete at the top end of this division,thats why most of us dont agree that we have reached our limit.

My aim every season is to win the league, no less.

it may never happen like but there we go...

that is your opinion and are entitled to it as i am mine.

no you're not. It's the bunker and you're not allowed an opinion. End of.

what league position do you believe these players should get at the end of the season?

Bury are doing great with crowds of 2,000 on a good day, Crewe did well in the Championship for a fair few seasons and teams like Burnley are a small town with the team doing well.

if football boiled down to crowds and money, then we might as well print the final league tables now

20th will do for me, start again next season with a new manager and a new slate. (and a new team)

that is mine too matty and youre in the same boat as all of us,i work with a lot of boro lunies and when you talk to them they are gonna win the champions league.the premiership everything.but in the real world it will never happen.

so how do you rate the ability of the current Pools squad regardless of crowds or manager?

No no no no no NO!!!!

I said it MAY not happen, you said WILL not happen.

So, its not the same as mine, man.

I'm very happy. Wilson's style of football was ball00cks.

The team didn't show committment or energy.

Some of the players we have now would have walked into Neal Coopers 1st eleven. IMO Neal Coopers motivational skills were head and shoulders above Danny Wilson's and that was one of the reason we as a club did so well in those two seasons.

I can't believe I'm being so controversial.

...so you start off a defeatist then, I'm beginning to see why Wilson was the manager of your dreams.

i expected them to finish a respectable mid table but now i have changed my mind.

Yes, they should have waited till we were already relegated before sacking him

Ffs now is the right time to do it before its too late. Well done IOR.

if it is based on a fear of relegation, then now was as good a time as any to sack him

Exactly! Its nice to see IOR being proactive instead of reactive.

Well done IOR. Im looking forward to fridays game now. (Even with Tubby in charge!)

I thought Scotty was left in charge for too long as the plane was falling from the sky.....he kept getting the odd result here and there to keep saving his bacon, maybe the club ghave learned from that?

happy' more than words can say 'just hope the next managers one that will be able to communicate with the squad he has and bring more players thru the youth system' after all thats what it was set up for.

I think a lot of people aere barking up the wrong tree. After listening carefully to Hodcroft at the AGM I can confirm that he was quite happy with the progress being made under Wilson. Results were not an issue in this dismissal and nor wqas league position which is still quite healthy. Crowds were down but they are down everywhere, so again not the issue.

For what its worth, my theory is that Wilson has made his views clear about the squad being down to the bones and sought some assurance about funds being made available. IOR have made it clear that this was not going to happen. Something therefore had to give - hence the parting of the ways.

Turner is already being paid a salary - so why not get him to "do a bit more" and take over team affairs. This seems to be an option that would appeal when money is so tight.

well he has hardly done himself any favours with regards to making himself marketable, if he is going to insist on not being able to continue in a job if money is tight. There are blokes out there who would relish managing our squad and getting the best out of them.

Yeah, cos we don't exactly get it home games, as it is now, do we.....

That's bad if we only get atmosphere after our manager has left.

POK im starting to agree your a grade A

you know exactly what chip means a TEAM playing as a TEAM in right positions will entertain

What was the last home game that you attended like spactard?

POK,I think Chip was on about us needing some atmosphere at The Vic,not in your bedroom with Poolsworld on.

i think we should take a leaf from Bristol Rovers where Lenny Lawrence is director of sport then paul trollope looks after team affairs but Lawrence oversees all decisions he makes. so i think bring in a good coach and then have turner in his same role as he is now and have turner overlooking the management decisions made by the coach. Maybe could even be Colin West as the coach and then turner overseeing his decisions. they worked wonders last time they were in charge of the pools. or if not west then someone similar who will do all the day to day training and then turner will help with team selection etc????

the Lenny Lawrence bit was sensible but then Colin West got mentioned............

Well him and Turner seemed to work well together last time they were at pools. Taking us from a relegation battle to a promotion winning side? in the play offs each full season in charge and then left us top of the table by a few clear points? so i cant see the problem any would have with that. was only an example anyways and he first sprung to mind as he was turner's asisstant at pools.

Top post, upthepools.



I went to a special school you know.

I fully concur with both of you.




PS. I'm an idiot you know.

Well then, let's generate some atmosphere on Friday, get behind Chris YTurner and the lads, so that we can start a new era with a bang...please don't wait until 'Pools are playing well before you start making some noise. Get behind them.

Whoever's writing on my posts, please stop it NOW.

How the fuck can you agree with two people who are disagreeing with each other? He's saying we can't compete and I'm saying we can with the right attitude, we have completely conflicting points of view.

Because I agree with what both of you are saying.

Monty Python have missed out on a hell of a character is all I can say. This bloke has come along 40 years too late!!!