Porter, Jones, Liddle and Clark didn't look out of place against Premier League stars. I thought Cole should have been straight red-carded too. But what do I know?

I thought it was a red card too but the cold fact is that they were the better team. Their attitude was right and they all put in a good performance. In these situations the lower league team isn't going to win. We did well and competed. The Pools players played as well as their ability allowed and again, the attitude was excellent. The manner of the second goal was disgraceful but 2-0 was a fair margin.

but if the bottless bounder of a ref had done justice and sent that cheating big silly boy off BEFORE they scored the game might've and say just might've swang away...

But it happened at he wrong end in front of the -West Ham Mob so he bottled it...

And the BTW it was never a penalty the crosseyed git...

But we all know we never get the rub of the green from the referee when we play a "big" club....

No, I disagree. Obviously they are the 'better team' in the sense of being capable of more in the long term than we are, but that wasn't so obvious to-day that 2-0 was a fair margin.

Well done, team, you were great

Which time ?
When he kicked ALB, on the floor , in the first half or in the face, in the second half

Speaking of ALB, he did what he had to do, well,
but it seems strange to say he wasn;t really tested.

I thought the referee was a complete and utter disgrace today. He gave a penalty, which was outside the box according to the TV pictures (Nelson didn't even handball it), Cole should have been sent off - that foot on Lee Barrett was high and he was lucky not to have gone in that altercation at the Rink End.

Everytime this Club seems to have a match, it always seems to get screwed over by referees decision. Who in their right mind would would think that a referee who already helped screw up our chances of getting through to Round 5 earlier would be good to referee another occasion where 'Pools could have reached the fifth round.

I'm livid at the ref. I hope the assessor gives him a low mark.

Carlton Cole was a complete merchant banker for "applauding" the crowd after he came off.

What a shame it was another controversial decision i our history that overshadowed a great performance by the lads. Unfortunately, I think we were deflated too much naturally the awful decision - it killed off was was set to be a great Cup tie.

What a disgrace !!!!!

been on the shandy POK

Sam is right.

must've been he's almost talking sense...

2003 - Goal disallowed at Rushden which could have won the title.
2005 - Jack Ross sent off in 4th Round Replay against Brentford - went out, could have had Southampton.
2005 - Westwood sent off, penalty to Sheff Wed in Cardiff - were 8 mins from Championship.
2009 - Nelson "gives away" penalty for West Ham to go two up

You tell em Sam!

Both decisions given by the same cockend of a referee

That's exactly my point.

Jones was 'ok' but Liddle was poor - he is a few yards to slow especially against that standard of opposition. Agreed that Porter and Clark has good games. Monkey was excellent too.

I thought ALL the team done quiet well, Even ALB did what he had to do well (although they never really troubled him)

but I was watching it on tv...

Though it pains me to say it, it was crystal clear who the higher team were. We put 100% into everything but they had the touches of class.

Hi there.

Couple of thoughts on the game:

Firstly, if you look at the first Cole incident again, you will see that he was pushed off balance at the last minute, and that's why his foot went off target into the goalie's midriff. Never a sending off, and unlucky to get a yellow card, from the point of view of no malicious intent. I know you probably won't agree, but anyway, do check it out again, and you will see him pushed off balance. The second one, yes, that was a clear yellow.

I was quite surprised by Hartlepool. They passed the ball about nicely at times. But the difference is the ability to sustain that kind of play, to keep your shape over ninety minutes.

Nb yes, the ref was completely useless.

Anyway, good luck with the rest of the season.

cheers

Can agree on 3 Lids his best game in a while but


Jones - you gotta be haviing a laugh he was nothing less than terrible, he missed challenges, give the ball away cheaply and shoulld have been subbed far earlier -absolute waste of a shirt everyone near me at the game agreed his worst game out of a lot of poor games and the worst player in a Pools shirt today

Give Power a chance in there or get Sweens back to where he should be in the middle and McCunnie at RB - if Jones keeps his place on Tuesday after that showing its a disgrace

what a fuckin prick you are - he chased and handled england international scott parker well all afternoon

piss right off

Regarding Scott Parker. . . . I thought he was an imposing figure . . . . until today when I realised where I had seen him before . . . . . He's an Oompa Loompa, previously employed by Willy Wonka.

. . . . and that Ref was either bent or incompetent . . . either way I hope his performance is noted by the FA!

and finally POK, shockingly, was talking sense!

On ITV they said that George Courtnay (Referree assessor) had said that it was miles outside the box.

I got two texts straight away, one from a mate of mine who's a Leeds fan, and both said it was outside the box.

Make no mistake, that ref was a tw@t!!

Here we go express an opinion and the insults start - he may have chased and ran around but a headless chicken could do that in fact a headless chicken would have been a better bet - he is not the player everyone thinks he is - this isnt just me the majority of fans where I was felt the same -

confirmation, not that it was really needed, that you are an utter cluelesss cock. if you're the sort of fan that wants to chase players like jones, then i will hunt you down and kick your spine out. don't bother answering, because it will be utter shit.

Are your lads playing at grays tommorrow, Mr Pacifist?

no mick, we're at the rec. big game for us like. win it and we cement, i mean cement, our place as promotion hopefuls.

I was gonna have a do over if you were at grays. Never mind, i'll wait 'till next time!

Been keeping an eye on your results. So far, so good Fergie

It is in fact an urban myth that if you chop a chickens head off it will continue to run around. Trust me, it's Chinese New Year and there are chickens being decapitated in their millions in this city...........none of them are loping down the high street.

I thought Jones did a fair job on Scott Parker too, but seeing as Scott Parker is a superb player who doesn't give the ball away easily, Ritchie had a fair amount of ball chasing to do. That doesn't mean he played badly, it meant he was busy trying to catch smoke.

just a thought..... the fact that some players never hit the heights they are capable of in League One was..... they were playing against multi -million pound players/internationals who earn tens of thousands of pounds a week, who normally play against the best players in Europe week in week out??? Every single player in a Pools shirt yesterday was a credit to the club, maybe one or two made a couple of wrong decisions in possession but.... so what???

Not a single Pools player could be accused of dropped standards or abandoning their style of football yesterday, it was the fact that the quality of the opposition was so much higher than what we normally come up against. As well as we passed the ball, West Ham never lost their shape.
If we were playing any league one side, including Leicester, we would have pulled them all over the place moving the ball around like we did yesterday.
I'm a lot more confident going into the second half of the season if we can maintain that standard of possession, passing and movement. Not to mention some good defending in the penalty box when it looked odds on they would score.
Also I take my hat off to Barrett who was excellent yesterday. I really didn't think he had it in him, but he came through a big test and did himself proud. If he doesn't pick up confidence from that display then he never will.

I don't think I've ever read as much bollocks as that.

Are you for real?

You are surely on the wind up?

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For real all right and no wind up - the fans around me all thought the same - as I said Id rather have Sweeny without the Manure nurturing - in centre mid, hes wasted at the back

mind you it makes a change to at least get a response without the insults or threats though which seem to abound on this board

Jones covered every blade of grass and put in an excellent shift he rarely wasted a ball, do you not take into consideration he was directly in opposition to an England international who is worth in the modern day about £15,000,000?

Liddle and Jones can come out of the game with a lot of credit which is obviously lost on someone like yourself.

His real name is RARFmonkey for obvious reasons.....

no man! its gods truth! check out mike the headless chicken

No fooker near you agreed, you just like the sound of your own voice

and your where there were I was in the town end were you?

like all the others on here who only like to hear their own opinions and cant tolerate that someone else has a different view

oh and I did think that Liddle had a great game and his best in weeks

His real name is RARFmonkey for obvious reasons.....

You see I don't understand why personal insults need to come into this, reef has put his opinion on a thread and I and lots of other posters disagree with what he has said and that should be the end of it.

IMO Jones had a very good game yesterday even more so given the quality of his opponent he looked a top class international player, ALB did have a great game and I am one of his biggest critics.

Without opinions we wouldn't have anthing to write about.

You're right everyone entitled to an opinion even if its wrong, I retract the RARFmonkey comment....

Until he disagrees with me again..

i thought jones was average and like a few on here im unconvinced by him, its just an opinion....

jones - i go town end most games but when i go in the mill house seats wi the kids and see the game side on rather than face on/arse on you, you see a different game.

the reason i criticise you reef monkey and dont give a fook about what you say is that you are another poster who has quickly developed into someone who seems to follow the path that he accuses others of following and also another poster whose posts i will stop reading as there is neither substance nor proof-holding argument in them.

Jones is quality and played a great game yesterday as did big bad ben who made some great pin point passes - alb did well, sweens well, nelson couldnt be faulted, humphries struggled at times, robson - 2 on him all the time, would still have liked to see him try more, monkhouse - strong, liddle - some good runs and again some good passing, and interplay with clark and jones, porter run rabbit run - never stopped - looks tired tho needs a rest - mckay - still thinks he playing north shields every week i think - he may be different, fast and a good finisher but i think he needs a better footballing brain to play at this level which is a pity - he gets the ball and see the goal and thinks he can score everytime - nothing wrong with that attitude but its not going to (and hasnt) happen in league one.

henderson - they marked him better than mackay as they has sussed mackay out and needed to mark mackay out of the game - he had to track back a bit but put in a decent shift along the porter lines without any end result - looks a good foil for porter. foley - was foley - see mackay - great heart great speed but i dont know it just doesnt seem to be there - was talking to chip at 'work' today and we're sure the pair of them would be good lge 2 conference level, just hope they get the chance if released and dont end up on the dole and playing for crook or similar.

man of the match for me were the west ham backroom staff who did their job and sussed us right out - go 2 on 1 on robson, starve our forwards of their service, push at humphriesand try to expose him, and keep playing square just short of the half way line to force us forward a bit - fair play to them

I dont care what you think about what I say as soemone has already replied sensibly that its all about opinions and that should be the end of it but people like aido need to wind their necks in with the abusive antagonising posts and that are serve no purpose but to inflame the situation, are unecessary and do the board no favours. Comments like Pierrepoints are mostly harmless but others go way over the top, as most people I can take a joke but some just take things too far.

Anyway Katcha what the hell does that mean - I follow the path the I accuse others of - I express an honest opinion nothing more which is the purpose of a discussion board. With regard to substance very few posters on here show substance or proof merely express a personal opinion.

Can't we all just agree everyone has an opinion and whether or not you agree, you must agree everyone is entitled to have one. If we all agreed, it would be boring.

I think opinions of Jones are very very mixed tbh. Listening to comments around me at the game, he is the next paul Olsson (some rate him and some clearly dont!). I did hear him receive quite a lot of criticism yesterday. I certainly dont think he is as good as some people on here think he is. If he was THAT good then Yeovil would have kept him and the fans would have been gutted that they did not keep him!

PS - and the childish slagging off aimed at Reefmonkey is pathetic and it shows how far this mesageboard has sunk. I cant beleive that people have the nerve to say it went downhill when I joined. It was never anywhere near THIS bad!

He wasn't Yeovil's to keep?

Someone at last with a bit of common sense - I have heard, not yesterday people making the comparison with Paul Dalton, who I personally think was differnt class - but then thats probably due to the Manure links, perhaps why people think hes better than he is, and why in my opinion he thinks it too

NO -DALTON man DALTON - in respect of how big a player he'll be for Pools - I didnt know that Olsonn came from Manure

The lad works his bollocks off, hardly the sign of a prima donna.....

He might not have a massive influence on every game but you have to consider how inexperienced he is. Forget about him being at Man United and don't use that in your assessment of him as it's irrelevant now as he plays for Pools. He's only 21 and if he'd came through our youth set up we'd see him as a great prospect.

He's not the finished article but he has the potential to be a very good player.