Until April

It's a start...

hope he is better than the last henderson we had up front,

Kev was a good player and a good lad.

We have all forgot Damian.

well done who??

see who broke it first??

Is he cup tied.

No, but they're still in the cup so they might not want him cup-tied...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 803340.stm

Although I doubt they'll still be in the cup in April like!

Why have we signed a untried youngster when we already have a good one at the club who isn't getting a chance. Why not just give Matty Tymon a go

because we only have 16 players at the moment and godforbid one gets injured..

there is always 1

We have bolstered our numbers with a Striker.. granted untested but people have been crying out for a striker, He used to be part of our cente of excellence setup too so im guessing his family is local too, Good for the player and good for us.

19 years old
5 sub apperances for watford, 1st apperance against darloid
from gateshead
no goals

what position does he play?

Hooker, I heard.

For Saracens.

Turner heard there was a young promising forward at Vicarage Road.

Well it’s a start… I can’t see him giving us much more than Foley and Mckay though to be honest.

striker..

http://www.watfordfc.com/page/ProfilesD ... 75,00.html

and he's beaten darloid.....

http://www.watfordfcpics.co.uk/pictures ... ction.html

Im the first to congratulate turner for bolstering the squad but sorry to upset a few people on here but this untried kid isn' the answer. We need someone for now not the future, you dont throw an untried youngster into a team lacking in confidence and facing a relegation dogfight, especially a forward who is expected to score goals - we could have done that with Tymon. Turner says ' well have a look at him' sorry we havent the time to spend 3 month and salary to look at someone for the future which is as it sounds, which is what I guess Watford see him as, if not then they dont think hes that good judging by his first team opportunities at Watford Ok he did 3 in 3 on loan to a Ryeman league team (I think) but Mackay did ok non league didn't he. I'm not convinced and hope Im wrong and will give the kid every support as I do every Pools player wearing the shirt and I hope he can come here and do a Duffy but I just cant see it.

Hes costing us salalry, ok probably not much, for 3 months but surely that could have been better spent on bring someone with some decent league experience and goals behind them.

Guess I'll get shot down by all the rose tinted spectacle crew out there, (who are the fist to call Brownlee for see everything in hues of red) I know some of you see it more like I do and credit to them for being realistic and going public on here with their vieew but for everyone else sorry guys this isnt the second coming and doesnt excite me that much - lets hope Turner next 2 singings offer a little more.

I wish people would let go of this Tymon obsession. The people who watch him on a regular basis have their doubts over him yet those who don't watch him seem to think he is the next Pele.

I'll shoot you down on your first sentence, how the fook do you know he isn't he isn't the answer!?! Have you scouted him like Pools have before they signed the lad? I'll answer for you, NO. FFS some people, if we signed someone else you'd be scrutinising his goalscoring record or suggesting he's injury prone or shite.

'lets hope Turner next two signings offer a little more' Hilarious, you have no idea what this lad has to offer yet!!!!

If that makes me a member of the rose tinted spectacle crew fair enough, I like to actually watch somebody over a period of games before making a judgment, that's all.... you know actually give them a chance God forbid.....

Is that all the people who watch the reserves and youth games or just you and your mates

Spot on PJ

*Puts on his Rose Tinted Specs*

Watford fans seem to have high hopes for him. Cant be worse than the two who started the other night which will do me.

'sorry guys this isnt the second coming and doesnt excite me that much'

At

It's the general consensus of those who write on here that go to regular reserve games. I've seen him in the reserves a number of times too and I can't say I am overly excited. He's also been overlooked by the two sets of management who prefer Mackay and Foley too him so it would seem the majority of people don't feel he is ready for League One football.

ive also got to agree with this comment, we need a proven goalscorer for the scrap that we are in, but who knows, the kid may bang in the goals (hope he does) but i need we need a bit of experience up there at the minute

Realistically though, where are we going to get an experienced and proven goalscorer half way through a season without paying a huge fee and having to fight off competition from loads of other teams?

and yes I will give him a chance and time will tell but to me smacks of the signing Scotty made when he took that forrest reserve team player on loan then kept him warming the bench as he wasnt good enough

This lad has played in the Championship this season, at the time Jon Paul Pitman was a reserve team player for a side in our division. So it doesn't really smack of that at all does it?

If these comments are your idea of giving someone a chance then God help us!

Er wasnt Barker still a Pools player, couldnt we have recalled him and kept him here until the end of the season - proven -no fee - no competition - I know who Id rather have up front

and Im sure there are others out there with at least experience at out level

what a fookin typical pools welcome.

'not the answer', 'untried', 'not convinced'

well done lads, write the player off before he's pulled on a pools shirt.

i'm sure you'll chase him like you tried to do with all those other no-marks who've never done anything after leaving pools like steve howard and jon daly.

none of you have ever been involved with bringing players into a club of any sort, so how the fook do you know what's being done behind the scenes.

your simplistic ramblings about 'experienced players', 'rose-tinted brigade' etc. are pathetic and utterly pointless. he's here, he's going to be starting most games, so do him and us a fookin favour, remove your 'shit-smeared glasses' and stop embarrassing yourselves and the club.

'pools's supporters' ? my arse

your right, the only way is to pay money which sadly i dont think pools can afford at the moment! although does anyone remember darryl duffy? wasnt he unproven when he came to us? so you never know

What planet are you on!?

The planet 'Negative Bile?'

Forrest rated him highly if I remember right or so we were led to believe and they had just been relegated from the CHamionship the previous season with an abundance of forwards.

I will give him a chance on the pitch, my views are based on what I think we need at this moment in time and on paper at least I dont think he is the answer as I said I hope Im wrong. I guess no one on here has seen him play and yet are still quick to pass judgment based on what I ask ? -3 goals in non league and a few games for Watford in the Championship. Based on what we KNOW then I think my assement is quite fair, yes give him a chance but how can you defend someones ability if you've never seen them play - tell me what in his present career record gives you the conficence to say hes going to be the answer to our prayers

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I would rather have a player like Henderson who has forced his way into a Championship side THIS SEASON, is regarded as promising by their supporters and is young than Richie Barker who is no longer a proven League One goalscorer and can only make the bench for Rotherham?

You say you can't get excited by this Henderson lad but you would by Richie Barker coming back? There is no logic there.

Who are these other players then?!

Give me a single example of anyone 'defending his ability' nobody has even suggested it's a good signing, how the hell can you judge a 19 year old on his 'present career record'. You are the only person passing your ultra negative judgment.

Please tell me you didn't just write that.

He's not Foley or Mackay, good enough for me.

On a serious note, whatever people think we have him now. Im not doing dancing jigs of joy at the signing but im certainly not down in the dumps. He is a young lad, who knows the club and will want to prove himself.

i couldn't even be arsed to point out the sheer shyteness (sic) of that first post.

It's the general consensus of those who write on here that go to regular reserve games. I've seen him in the reserves a number of times too and I can't say I am overly excited. He's also been overlooked by the two sets of management who prefer Mackay and Foley too him so it would seem the majority of people don't feel he is ready for League One football.[/quote]

I concur, Iv seen him 3 times for the reserves this season and he was piss poor on each occasion.

Having spent time at the club previously then its fair to say that the coaching staff will know what the lads all about. And in ou current situation as far as strikers go he provides us with an other option. I dont claim to know anything about Henderson but pinning our hopes on a 20 yr old with no real first team experience seems like a big ask.. hopefully we can get him playing alongside Joel who will take some of the pressure off him! So thats one in, hopefully more to follow and hopefully full backs. Still like to see us looking at someone like Bishop from Bury, scores goals and shoulders the burden of expectation for them.. would he be ready for a step up?

If any of the above are pointless then so are all the other views expressed on this and any other board - and are also embarassing to the club- I have supported Pools for over 40 years and will continue to do so and contimue to have an opionion if the club does something I see as good I will say so but wont just join the bandwagon and say well if Pools have signed him it must be the right decision and he must be good sorry, I'm being realistic as I said before how many of you on here criticise Ally Brownlee because of his rose tinted spectacles -I suggest you take your own off before looking in the mirror

and so have Tymmon, Foley and Mackay or at least had but do we see them as the answer, where we all delighted with Mackay and Foley up front on Monday ? I think not

GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF ANYONE SAYING ANYTHING OF THE SORT

But no-one particularly thinks those three have potential. Tymon apart, they have been tried and tested in this division and continually they have been under par.

It has no bearing on the potential of a player who is on the verges of a Championship club.

that ramble doesn't even come close to countering anything i said, so why even bother quoting my post.

'over forty years', 'paying punters opinions', 'not what we need'

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