It was a workmanlike performance and we never really got out of second gear other than moments in the second half. Mind you, we didn't need to as Boston were truly awful.

Nobody had a bad game but then nobody excelled. In the main all the lads did a professional job and did enough to win. I can honestly say that I never had my heart in my mouth a single time (I was getting bovril when the apparently hit the post).

The bandwagon keeps rolling and were another game closer to promotion. 11 games left and can anyone really see us getting less that 14 points from the last 33 ? Personally I think promotion is in the bag and we're now fighting for the trophy.

Mr I - do you think the 33/1 bet placed by Mutley and Mr Obsession looks good value (for Pools to stay unbeaten)?

Fate is a fickle friend for the over-confident

I hope you do go up though!

i'd agree with what your saying mr I. But i thought gary liddle was a class act today

Gary Liddle IS class.

Liddle was different class and James Brown showed flashes of real class in our spell of domination in the second half

Fair comment.

Agree with Mr. I no one had a bad game but also agree with JAFT the Gary Liddle was superb as was Ritchie Humphreys. I'm impressed how Danny Wilson gets the team to change formation when things are not working out too well as today by bringing Andy Monkhouse into the centre and James Brown changing wings, playing 4-5-1 to regain the midfield. Boston were playing for their careers but showed little real skill.
The traffic around Boston was awful.

One of the (albeit only) criticisms of Turner was that he spent too long before changing things around, either by bringing on a sub or two, or by changing the formation.
Its great to see Danny doing that and the players responding. Of course I understand you need the players to do this but sometimes Turner wouldnt send a sub on until the 85th minute and I couldnt understand it.
We used to have a plan a only. Now it seems we have plan a, b, c and d.
Tremendous

that is because he did not know what he was doing

Yes of course, thats right........

He only built the team which won us promotion

so whatdid he win?

Winning the league at this level isnt the be all and end all, although it would be nice, you dont get into Europe or a great deal more money

so he won nowt
and never has

Do you ever like our managers PP - seem to recall you having a major downer on Mr Wilson at the start of the season?

Niether did Cooper, Knowles or Murray, where they all as 'clueless' as Turner?

Why do you have such a hard on for him?

i will admit at the beginning of the season i was not impressed with the start we had
who could be
to make matters worse the loids made a perfect start
but i am big enough to admit it
we were still in relegation mode from the previous season
when wilson came in a supposed experienced manager we went back wards again
but that has nothing to do with the turner situation who had the best chance any manager coming to pools in all our history to do something and he failed
i dont go for this all hail turner success business
cloughie did nothing for us but build a team for promotion
but of course he did go on and prove how good he was

And Turner's still here proving how good he is poolpower

Not matter how you try and paint it, Chris Turner moved this club form being a laughing stock to a sucsess

IOR provided funds for Mick Taito, with players like Pedersen, Harper and Beardsley and he failed, Turner saved us from relegation and each season ended with a play off place

Comparing ANY lower league manager with Cloughie just doesn't wash, he was one in a million

cloughie was a lower league manager too
remember where he started
the same place as turner

we will just have to agree to disagree as i dont think he deserves all the praise some people heap on him

i wonder if it was up to Hodcroft would he still get the job he has

Hodcroft GAVE him the job!

Like I said, cloughie was a one in a million, not many lower league managers have emulated him

my point was clough did and could do it
show me what turner has done

how do you know hodcroft gave him the job
he is working for the owners not the football club

Cloughie had his bad times as well.

Brighton and Leeds.

Turner didnt have such a good time after he left Pools, but since his return he has definitely pulled the club round(again) in his new role....i was listening to Danny Wilson on TalkSport this morning and he said that Turner sold the club to him and that was one of the main reasons took the job.

And now look at us after last seasons debacle.

but that is his job PR man
still not done nowt from the managers chair

harsh words chaps .............. but the records speak for themselves.....underachiever - canny bloke.

And by that token IOR must be as equally shite

Only one manager so far has managed promotion and the current one was a bounder till November.....

Am I not right in thinking that IOR did not provide Mick Tait with funds. I'm sure I remember him complaining after he left that they didn't bankroll him, in the same way that they did with Turner once he was appointed.

just the opposite I O R have picked some good managers
sure D W is now proving his worth
Neale cooper was a good manger
Mike Newall has made some success but maybe on the slide now
WE DONT MENTION SCOOTY
not bad for a company that was not involved in football till they came to pools

Mike Take was given money, like I pointed out earlier

Turners first full season was hardly a team full of big money signings, but we still got into the play offs

Mike Take would never of got us promoted in a million years, nice fella, good player, but couldnt manage to fit his arse on a toilet seat, let alone manage a footy club

SO DO YOU THINK TURNER WOULD HAVE GOT US PROMOTED?

No need to shout


I DO THINK TURNER WOULD OF GOT US PROMOTED

Shhhhh, you'll wake everybody up!!

I have to say, Gary Liddle today for half an hour at the start of the second half was awesome, he seemed to have the ball for most of that period and at times just took the piss.

Have we ever signed a better player?

who's making all the bleeding noise down here it's bloody suday..... i have to be up soon to go to church and pray!..........








I spend 5min outside the church every sunday to give thanks....and then come home and sacrifice a bacon sarnie ........

Whereas Martin Scott WAS a fookin' tool.............

We wanted £250K for Beech, but if you remember we got screwed by the tribunal (that was after Beech stiffed us, of course) and if I remember correctly only ended up with something like £60K