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Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22671

We'll start favourites for a cup for the first time in our history and actually have a decent chance of winning it.

(Subject to still being around)

Mill house mouth 1908 · **Joined:** Tue Dec 27, 2016 12:39 pm **Posts:** 21

Chip Fireball wrote:

On the basis of todays performance yes.

On the basis of the rest of the season- no.

Don't think we should get too carried away by one game. This was still a team that managed to lose to Orient, Newport, Cheltenham, etc when it mattered, and if you look at our form from the second half of the season it is pretty bloody horrendous.

Will need at least 4 or 5 real quality players bringing in, a good manager, and I don't know where the money will come from to fund it. Also think we will struggle to get loan players in now we can no longer give them League experience.

On the balance of the form we have shown in the last 6 months, we are a mid table Conference Team at best. And like you say, that's assuming we even start the season in the Conference, which at the moment is no certainty.

This. With nobs on

horden · **Posted:** Sun May 07, 2017 11:12 am

Chip Fireball wrote:

On the basis of todays performance yes.

On the basis of the rest of the season- no.

Don't think we should get too carried away by one game. This was still a team that managed to lose to Orient, Newport, Cheltenham, etc when it mattered, and if you look at our form from the second half of the season it is pretty bloody horrendous.

Will need at least 4 or 5 real quality players bringing in, a good manager, and I don't know where the money will come from to fund it. Also think we will struggle to get loan players in now we can no longer give them League experience.

On the balance of the form we have shown in the last 6 months, we are a mid table Conference Team at best. And like you say, that's assuming we even start the season in the Conference, which at the moment is no certainty.

Unbelievable that people getting carried away by yesterdays performance, FFS ! their lives depended on it. I cant run very fast, but if I was getting chased by a dozen skinheads carrying axes, you would see me run fast. All they did was put a shift in, still lacked the quality required, it was only Rodney who made the difference, with 2 well taken goals that required the composure so often lacking in our forward line. No doubt he will be offered a 3 year contract as a result, though I reckon that was his 15 minutes of fame, and wont be able to do it on a regular basis, like the other Rodney we had a couple of years back, who couldn't hit a cows arse with a banjo, but then hit a hat trick v Bradford in the Mickey Mouse Cup.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37661

horden wrote:

Unbelievable that people getting carried away by yesterdays performance, FFS ! their lives depended on it. I cant run very fast, but if I was getting chased by a dozen skinheads carrying axes, you would see me run fast. All they did was put a shift in, still lacked the quality required, it was only Rodney who made the difference, with 2 well taken goals that required the composure so often lacking in our forward line. No doubt he will be offered a 3 year contract as a result, though I reckon that was his 15 minutes of fame, and wont be able to do it on a regular basis, like the other Rodney we had a couple of years back, who couldn't hit a cows arse with a banjo, but then hit a hat trick v Bradford in the Mickey Mouse Cup.

Not hard to spot the difference between you and a ray of sunshine :laugh:

Mill house mouth 1908 · **Joined:** Tue Dec 27, 2016 12:39 pm **Posts:** 21

Snowy wrote:

horden wrote:

Unbelievable that people getting carried away by yesterdays performance, FFS ! their lives depended on it. I cant run very fast, but if I was getting chased by a dozen skinheads carrying axes, you would see me run fast. All they did was put a shift in, still lacked the quality required, it was only Rodney who made the difference, with 2 well taken goals that required the composure so often lacking in our forward line. No doubt he will be offered a 3 year contract as a result, though I reckon that was his 15 minutes of fame, and wont be able to do it on a regular basis, like the other Rodney we had a couple of years back, who couldn't hit a cows arse with a banjo, but then hit a hat trick v Bradford in the Mickey Mouse Cup.

Not hard to spot the difference between you and a ray of sunshine :laugh:

Not wrong though is he?

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

horden wrote:

Chip Fireball wrote:

On the basis of todays performance yes.

On the basis of the rest of the season- no.

Don't think we should get too carried away by one game. This was still a team that managed to lose to Orient, Newport, Cheltenham, etc when it mattered, and if you look at our form from the second half of the season it is pretty bloody horrendous.

Will need at least 4 or 5 real quality players bringing in, a good manager, and I don't know where the money will come from to fund it. Also think we will struggle to get loan players in now we can no longer give them League experience.

On the balance of the form we have shown in the last 6 months, we are a mid table Conference Team at best. And like you say, that's assuming we even start the season in the Conference, which at the moment is no certainty.

Unbelievable that people getting carried away by yesterdays performance, FFS ! their lives depended on it. I cant run very fast, but if I was getting chased by a dozen skinheads carrying axes, you would see me run fast. All they did was put a shift in, still lacked the quality required, it was only Rodney who made the difference, with 2 well taken goals that required the composure so often lacking in our forward line. No doubt he will be offered a 3 year contract as a result, though I reckon that was his 15 minutes of fame, and wont be able to do it on a regular basis, like the other Rodney we had a couple of years back, who couldn't hit a cows arse with a banjo, but then hit a hat trick v Bradford in the Mickey Mouse Cup.

Fake News!

He scored once, an overhead kick his only goal for the club.

I haven't read a single post were anyone has got carried away about yesterday.

GeoffcN · **Joined:** Fri Sep 26, 2014 8:10 pm **Posts:** 463

Had we stayed up I would have expected a big clear out. However in the National league I think most of them could do a decent job. Some new faces needed certainly but not as many as it might have been.

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

We still need a big clear out. It's not going to be a League for kids or people who aren't physically up for the challenge.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37661

Mill house mouth 1908 wrote:

Snowy wrote:

horden wrote:

Unbelievable that people getting carried away by yesterdays performance, FFS ! their lives depended on it. I cant run very fast, but if I was getting chased by a dozen skinheads carrying axes, you would see me run fast. All they did was put a shift in, still lacked the quality required, it was only Rodney who made the difference, with 2 well taken goals that required the composure so often lacking in our forward line. No doubt he will be offered a 3 year contract as a result, though I reckon that was his 15 minutes of fame, and wont be able to do it on a regular basis, like the other Rodney we had a couple of years back, who couldn't hit a cows arse with a banjo, but then hit a hat trick v Bradford in the Mickey Mouse Cup.

Not hard to spot the difference between you and a ray of sunshine :laugh:

Not wrong though is he?

Mystic Meg comments about Rodney?

alibarthez · **Joined:** Tue Nov 25, 2014 10:06 pm **Posts:** 1072

Scott Fenwick who we know played for York last season said its a totally different kind of football, Pools will require far more physical players next season.

We have Magnay and Paynter who could be remotely described as physical.

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

Maybe a physical league but Deverdics and Amond have excelled at that level before. It's all about balance.

We need some nasty bastards at the back. Think Toto but hopefully someone less error prone and with a bit more experience.

Sussex UK · **Joined:** Wed Dec 28, 2016 10:34 pm **Posts:** 3577

Mr Irrelevant wrote:

We'll start favourites for a cup for the first time in our history and actually have a decent chance of winning it.

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You'll need to length them odds , neither Blyth or Salford were in the Conference when you played them in the Fa Cup Mr I..

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22671

True but we were favourites then too. I'm not assuming anything, I know how big a job we have just to make it into the conference next season, its not a given.

It's entirely possible we could be in a league a couple of levels below Darlo.

Sussex UK · **Joined:** Wed Dec 28, 2016 10:34 pm **Posts:** 3577

It's not given, true.Your biggest trump card is you still have a ground.

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

Loid Blackwell wrote:

Mr Irrelevant wrote:

We'll start favourites for a cup for the first time in our history and actually have a decent chance of winning it.

(

You'll need to length them odds , neither Blyth or Salford were in the Conference when you played them in the Fa Cup Mr I..

Salford?

Sussex UK · **Joined:** Wed Dec 28, 2016 10:34 pm **Posts:** 3577

PJPoolie wrote:

Loid Blackwell wrote:

Mr Irrelevant wrote:

We'll start favourites for a cup for the first time in our history and actually have a decent chance of winning it.

(

You'll need to length them odds , neither Blyth or Salford were in the Conference when you played them in the Fa Cup Mr I..

Salford?

Apologies , but didn't it take you 2 games and extra time to finish them off?

yloop · **Posted:** Sun May 07, 2017 3:22 pm

So we won then?

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22671

Loid Blackwell wrote:

It's not given, true.Your biggest trump card is you still have a ground.

Indeed.

Playdoh · **Posted:** Sun May 07, 2017 4:02 pm

GeoffcN wrote:

Had we stayed up I would have expected a big clear out. However in the National league I think most of them could do a decent job. Some new faces needed certainly but not as many as it might have been.

Who would you have show the door to?

GeoffcN · **Joined:** Fri Sep 26, 2014 8:10 pm **Posts:** 463

Jones Paynter Richards Woods Bates and possibly Alessandra plus a couple of youngsters. Deverdics hasn't impressed but has done well in Conference for Dover.

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