That's the problem for me. There is clearly some half decent players in the squad, King Ronnie just struggles to get the best out of them. He has no idea how to use a player effectively, he seems to make no effort to find any strengths/weaknesses in our opposition, and we line up in the same way (even if it's a different formation or personnel) every week.

There is no way that a group of professional footballers would ever go to a non league team and sit so deep if it wasn't instructed by the manager. His one tactic this season appears to be 'don't concede' - and we haven't been very good at that.

Only he doesn't play Fenwick as a left winger, he plays him left of centre, there's a big difference. We should have won the game easily on Friday, you cant blame the manager for forwards missing sitters.

But you have to trust the manager's decisions sometimes if he has earned that trust. Even if you don't agree with them all. I think he earned that trust last season so unless we end up deep in the shit then he needs to be allowed to get on with it. He sees the players in training every day and has a lot of experience as a football manager. We don't and haven't.

who's the best manager in the football league ??

it's you ron ron ron it's you ron ron

let's be honest here, it's a combination. poor coaching, poor management and poor players.

however, ronnie has either signed, or given new contracts to all the players he is playing now. Are we really that much better! I know its difficult and to be honest finishing lower mid table isn't much to ask and not unrealistic in what is overall a poor division.

It's the complete lack of creativity, tactical nous and general boring football we have become accepting of because we are 'little old hartlepool' and 'had plenty of overachieving' in past season. We have generally become accepting of mediocrity.

Onto moore more though, and how many people here would generally want to put any effort in at work when your boss consistently slaughters you in public, and i presume in private. The guy is so old fashioned its untrue and threatening them with losing their jobs as footballers last season worked for a time, but you can see this year it's probably the complete opposite. You can't just blame players week in and week out without accepting some of the blame yourself.

Strange way to try and get the best out of the players by constantly slagging them off.
Sounds like hes losing the dressing room.
He retained the players he wanted and brought his own signings in.

11 points from the last 16 games sugest hes not very good at his job.

I think Coxhall dived in to early giving him a longish contract.
Time will tell!

Thanks for last season but time to go now. What the fuck do we do in training, fucking clueless.

I think Ronnie just gets the players to help choose his acca and not a lot else.