Pools v Luton....Predictions & Official Thread!!!!

StocksfieldPoolie · **Joined:** Tue Feb 10, 2015 12:48 pm **Posts:** 324

Brian Honour's Left Foot wrote:

Joe Mac wrote:

Bates out for at least a month I reckon.

Restaurants don't run themselves.............

neither do football clubs, in particular HUFC!

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

We need more right backs!

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

Actually we do :uhoh:

misterb2001 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2017 9:41 pm

PJPoolie wrote:

We need to ship out more players and get a young striker in on loan.

yloop · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2017 9:42 pm

We need to arrange a new manager a fortnight before the other one has been sacked.

StocksfieldPoolie · **Joined:** Tue Feb 10, 2015 12:48 pm **Posts:** 324

pooliecrab wrote:

kevin pooles gloves wrote:

Any fan still against the TRUST needs a brain transplant.
This joker of a Twitterman chairman needs chasing out of town.

Only problem is the loans he'd leave behind...oh sorry he's personally liable for them isn't he!

One way to find out.......!!!

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

Maybe he can sell one of his many houses and buy us a player.

yloop · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2017 9:47 pm

Buy a player :laugh:

PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

I noticed on Twitter before the game that a supporter was invited into the dressing room to help celebrate his 80th birthday.

It sounds a nice gesture but it's probably a desperate attempt from Jones to get a bit of experience into the dressing room.

pooliecrab · **Joined:** Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:31 pm **Posts:** 6028

Just you all wait, we're going to sign some of these experienced free agents that are knocking about and will be fit and ready to get us moving up the league. That's in addition to some tasty Finnish players we're going to get on loan from our partner club FC Lahti.

Joe Mac · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2017 9:51 pm

Jones could quite easily walk away anytime he wanted as well.

pooliecrab · **Joined:** Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:31 pm **Posts:** 6028

PJPoolie wrote:

I noticed on Twitter before the game that a supporter was invited into the dressing room to help celebrate his 80th birthday.

It sounds a nice gesture but it's probably a desperate attempt from Jones to get a bit of experience into the dressing room.

80 year olds in our changing room is almost monkeybutt/yewtree territory.

pooliecrab · **Joined:** Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:31 pm **Posts:** 6028

Joe Mac wrote:

Jones could quite easily walk away anytime he wanted as well.

Not all that convinced that would be the worst thing to happen. Sam Collins should of had the job.

thetownendfaithful · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2017 9:52 pm

pooliecrab wrote:

PJPoolie wrote:

I noticed on Twitter before the game that a supporter was invited into the dressing room to help celebrate his 80th birthday.

It sounds a nice gesture but it's probably a desperate attempt from Jones to get a bit of experience into the dressing room.

80 year olds in our changing room is almost monkeybutt/yewtree territory.

He's putting his boots on as we speak

yloop · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2017 9:53 pm

The 80 year old brought the average age of the squad up to 14.

yloop · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2017 9:58 pm

90 there. Poor poor bastards.

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

In a strange way this thread is actually funny

You after laugh

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yloop · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2017 10:02 pm

2-0 is the most perilous scoreline in football...

poolieboydave · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2017 10:04 pm

Men against boys. Disgraceful. Arguably worse than the Stevenage game, even given the current difference in score.

Coxall OUT!

PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

poolieboydave wrote:

Men against boys. Disgraceful. Arguably worse than the Stevenage game, even given the current difference in score.

Coxall OUT!

It almost literally is men against boys though it's hard to even blame the players.

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

Stats wise looks like we doing better this half

yloop · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2017 10:16 pm

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER wrote:

Stats wise looks like we doing better this half

That's ok then.

congress_tart · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2017 10:16 pm

It sounds like our boys are playing better than the so called men to be fair - woods done his usual disappearing act

pooliecrab · **Joined:** Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:31 pm **Posts:** 6028

Well I'm happy, we've managed a shot on goal which is more than I could dream of.

yloop · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2017 10:23 pm

We had loads of corners, that's exciting.

yloop · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2017 10:28 pm

3-0

Fucks sake.

Rinkender · **Joined:** Tue Jun 19, 2012 8:36 pm **Posts:** 793

3-0
Just when pools were ready building up a head of Luke warm water

PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

We need to be careful here or we might end up getting beat.

poolieboydave · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2017 10:29 pm

Just when it was looking like we'd turned a corner Harrison steps up like a fucking plank.

yloop · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2017 10:30 pm

Turner Out!

StocksfieldPoolie · **Joined:** Tue Feb 10, 2015 12:48 pm **Posts:** 324

Bring back Bob Newton....

yloop · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2017 10:33 pm

tREE hOW aRE tHE sTATS lOOKING?

wE nEED aNSWERS!!!!!

PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

Orient equalise.....

yloop · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2017 10:38 pm

PJPoolie wrote:

Orient equalise.....

Sounds like the name of a Thom Yorke concept band.

Rinkender · **Joined:** Tue Jun 19, 2012 8:36 pm **Posts:** 793

Phew we got away with only a heavy defeat not a thrashing.

Reasons to be cheerful part 3

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

Orient won

thetownendfaithful · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2017 10:43 pm

2 points off 2nd bottom

BigJeffy · **Posted:** Tue Feb 14, 2017 10:53 pm

2 points off the drop zone and Plymouth on Saturday who will be licking their wounds and looking to put things back on track big time! Nightmare

poolie · **Joined:** Thu Nov 13, 2014 4:31 pm **Posts:** 879

When we beat stevenage at a canter,they have gone on and won 4 on the bounce.

We have conceded 11 goals scored 1 and got 1 point, so much for the new manager effect.

Where do we go from here with this team, i think we can only hope thomas hits a bit of form and the team starts putting a shift in other than that we are @ucked.

frankshasnoleftfoot · **Joined:** Wed Feb 11, 2015 4:14 pm **Posts:** 7

crazy how woods,walker and hawkins have all been criticised in this thread yet nothing towards captain quiet nicky featherstone. The bloke is picked week in week out regardless of his shit performances. This season Deverdics,hawkins and woods all have a higher win % than him yet he's still the first name on the team sheet, Its no coincidence that when he signed for us he played 9 games without winning the next game he was dropped and it was 3 points in the bag. Also one of our best performances this season was grimsby away when he was un available due to suspension. Please Mr.Jones drop this pisspotical excuse of a footballer before its to late!!

thebigdog · **Joined:** Sat Aug 10, 2013 6:49 pm **Posts:** 1278

Got back bloody late as you can imagine but here's a brief report.

''You're fucking shit'' - chant of the evening from the Luton supporters - and they weren't wrong. So many comedic moments from Pools, the round of applause we got from the Luton fans felt almost in sympathy at the fact that, yes, we are barking mad, we just travelled all this way on a Tuesday evening to support that.

Only at Pools can you sell two defenders and claim it to be good business before ending up with a back four of Kavanagh, Harrison, Walker and Richardson. Both full backs got bullied, Harrison's mistake for the third was a classic and to be fair to Walker he didn't actually do too bad. Was still abundantly clear to everyone there that this was a backline cobbled together on a shoe-string budget. The game was lost in 15 mins after two terrible defensive errors and from there, besides an alright 20 minute spell in the 2nd half, we were CRAP.

Featherstone was by far and away Pools best player. He doesn't do anything pretty, never beats a man but is very tidy and breaks plays up. If he was in a better team, playing the same role, he'd be just fine. He's not the midfield warrior we so desperately need at the moment, but he's not even close to being part of the problem.

Pointless blaming Jones. If ever a manager has his hands tied behind his back at Pools this is the one. Alarming how he ends up with two young forwards in a full transfer window when it was clear he had never seen them play before. Already, all the chopping and changing shows he is a man panicking. Sold 'the dream' were we? Piss off!

That last night was a side devoid of confidence, ideas and for some (most of them!) bottle. Little to no rallying calls, no spurring on, no barking orders - quite literally... turned up... rolled over and got done in. Luton won't get an easier 3 points all season.

Players being forced over to clap at the end was all well and good, but even then they looked a bit frightened. Atleast I could see a bit of shame on their faces at the 90 mins they had just tried to pass as 'football'. Another great turnout from the Pools supporters and yes, i'll be there again this season because like everyone else I'm Poolie till I die and will be hoping and praying we can scrape enough points together to remain in this division.

Coxall has cost cut and cost cut but he is really gambling with our league status now. Watching Orient's highlights, they look like a team up for it, as do County. So which two are going to be worse than our lot this season?

Ah well, NSD (right?)

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37684

thebigdog wrote:

Got back bloody late as you can imagine but here's a brief report.

''You're fucking guano'' - chant of the evening from the Luton supporters -

To what tune....?

pooliecrab · **Joined:** Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:31 pm **Posts:** 6028

Fair play to them doing their research of The Bunker prior to the game. Like Snowy I'd love to know the tune as I can't put it to anything in my head.

pittingtonone · **Joined:** Sat Jan 03, 2009 9:03 pm **Posts:** 130

How does featherstone break the play up when he doesn't tackle or attempt a header.

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2017 11:57 am

thebigdog wrote:

Got back bloody late as you can imagine but here's a brief report.

''You're fucking guano'' - chant of the evening from the Luton supporters - and they weren't wrong. So many comedic moments from Pools, the round of applause we got from the Luton fans felt almost in sympathy at the fact that, yes, we are barking mad, we just travelled all this way on a Tuesday evening to support that.

Only at Pools can you sell two defenders and claim it to be good business before ending up with a back four of Kavanagh, Harrison, Walker and Richardson. Both full backs got bullied, Harrison's mistake for the third was a classic and to be fair to Walker he didn't actually do too bad. Was still abundantly clear to everyone there that this was a backline cobbled together on a shoe-string budget. The game was lost in 15 mins after two terrible defensive errors and from there, besides an alright 20 minute spell in the 2nd half, we were CRAP.

Featherstone was by far and away Pools best player. He doesn't do anything pretty, never beats a man but is very tidy and breaks plays up. If he was in a better team, playing the same role, he'd be just fine. He's not the midfield warrior we so desperately need at the moment, but he's not even close to being part of the problem.

Pointless blaming Jones. If ever a manager has his hands tied behind his back at Pools this is the one. Alarming how he ends up with two young forwards in a full transfer window when it was clear he had never seen them play before. Already, all the chopping and changing shows he is a man panicking. Sold 'the dream' were we? Piss off!

That last night was a side devoid of confidence, ideas and for some (most of them!) bottle. Little to no rallying calls, no spurring on, no barking orders - quite literally... turned up... rolled over and got done in. Luton won't get an easier 3 points all season.

Players being forced over to clap at the end was all well and good, but even then they looked a bit frightened. Atleast I could see a bit of shame on their faces at the 90 mins they had just tried to pass as 'football'. Another great turnout from the Pools supporters and yes, i'll be there again this season because like everyone else I'm Poolie till I die and will be hoping and praying we can scrape enough points together to remain in this division.

Coxall has cost cut and cost cut but he is really gambling with our league status now. Watching Orient's highlights, they look like a team up for it, as do County. So which two are going to be worse than our lot this season?

Ah well, NSD (right?)

Decent write-up that Mr.Dog....pity you had to endure torture to be able to do it!!!!

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

johnjo wrote:

Just as a matter of interest when Walker got into the first team a Boro coach told me that when he was on their books they played him in central defence to toughen him up. Pity it didn't work.

He said in his Poolsworld interview that he has never played their before in his life even as a youngster. Said he was always put upfront or midfield.

thebigdog · **Joined:** Sat Aug 10, 2013 6:49 pm **Posts:** 1278

pittingtonone wrote:

How does featherstone break the play up when he doesn't tackle or attempt a header.

Pretty much everything decent about Pools last night started with Featherstone.

PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER wrote:

johnjo wrote:

Just as a matter of interest when Walker got into the first team a Boro coach told me that when he was on their books they played him in central defence to toughen him up. Pity it didn't work.

He said in his Poolsworld interview that he has never played their before in his life even as a youngster. Said he was always put upfront or midfield.

Credit to Brad for playing there and giving it his best for the team but what an absolutely shambolic and embarrassing state of affairs for a 'professional' football club to be in. It's like a school team or a Sunday morning throwing someone into a position they have never played in during a game in the Football League. I really am starting to have a horrible feeling about all of this.

thetownendfaithful · **Posted:** Wed Feb 15, 2017 2:16 pm

PJPoolie wrote:

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER wrote:

johnjo wrote:

Just as a matter of interest when Walker got into the first team a Boro coach told me that when he was on their books they played him in central defence to toughen him up. Pity it didn't work.

He said in his Poolsworld interview that he has never played their before in his life even as a youngster. Said he was always put upfront or midfield.

Credit to Brad for playing there and giving it his best for the team but what an absolutely shambolic and embarrassing state of affairs for a 'professional' football club to be in. It's like a school team or a Sunday morning throwing someone into a position they have never played in during a game in the Football League. I really am starting to have a horrible feeling about all of this.

Spot on, it's fucking embarrassing. Even more so when we sold our best centre half and sent Richards out on loan who has played CB before for the first team & reserves. Surely he needs to be recalled before Saturday !?

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

Why werent any of Wise, Pollock or Assesnjo on the bench??

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