After another dismal performance today i am asking myself how are we this bad.
Formations are changing far to much throughout the games we have played so far, so does this suggest that plan A worked on all week in training is a crock of shit or does it suggest that the management are clueless.
After todays performance we could get a better team of the Rec at least we may see a bit of football and passion.
Maidenhead must be thinking now and rightly so will they have an easier match all season good on them they showed us what we are at present clueless,lazy,and @ucking useless.

From your posting i conclude that you are somewhat disappointed with the football fare that was served up by the footballers of Hartlepool United.
Me too i am totally pissed off mate.

Get rid quickly. The bloke is clueless another classic coaching badge clown. I know it has only being 3 games but after 5 to 6 weeks of planning for the dover game what materialised was embarrassing. His starting tactics for Macclesfield were appalling and again today start the game terribly and have had to change from his master plan at half time in every game as we have been losing and comprehensively out played.

Because you choose players, tactics and formations that nobody else in the world would select does not make you a footballing revolutionary. Their is a reason why nobody else would do it.

Look forward to going on a 20 game winning running and Craig being the second coming of Brian Clough.

Things arent goin to get much better. yeah we may fluke a result against chester, but this team is by far the worst ive ever seen. Can we please have that lazy thomas back or allesandra.

I get that chip and it's more than reasonable that he should be given more time.

Buy the bloke even talks utter nonsense in his interviews.

I find him unlistenable. The words coming out of his mouth are just coaching jargon.

A manager turning to plan b after 45 minutes of three consequetive games is alarming.

A big step up goin from the worst league in the world to the premier league of non league football.

Why can't we just have a manager who comes in and just gets the basics sorted! Is it really that difficult!. Every manager we get tries to play this passing style of football with players who clearly aren't up to it. This is why I desperately wanted Cox to get the job, his teams are good at doing the ugly side of the game, no fannies complaining the grass is to long, I'm on my period, my 4x4 needs new tyres etc etc! I would just love to see some honest grafters in the side who show for the ball, don't hide and constantly get bullied by bigger boys! I'd love us to be one of those sides other teams hate playing against coz they know they've been in a game. We are such push overs, your defenders are supposed to be big tough lads but ours are like kittens, they get bullied every game and have no backbone.

Harrison so far seems to be playing real like football manager, chopping n changing constantly, will we ever have a manager capable of executing a game plan?! Having a clear idea who to play and how to play?! Play people in their actual position, it's not rocket science. It's clear to every fan which players aren't good enough and never will be,but how do managers never see it! I honestly don't know how anyone could watch Scott Harrison, Hawkins,woods etc and think they are ever going to be good enough, it's blatant they aren't but managers keep picking them. They are the rot in the club, out stayed there welcome and never offered anything to the side.

Tuesday has got to show an improvement coz it can't get any worse. Harrison wants to be begging for a new centre half and left winger, I'm sure they are out there somewhere and we need them before Tuesday. I know I'm ranting a bit but today has seriously pissed me off, it was like watching school kids play against men, a bloody embarrassing shambles and we literally just gifted them the game. Pick a side with some creativity in it, play 442 and bloody stick to it!!!

Good post that sir.

Sometimes you just need to walk the dog and vent your angry thoughts!

Well said, Richy.

I've often thought that we should get the ball down and try to pass it around teams like these but that, of course, means having players capable of doing so. We desperately need a core of large, nasty bastards in the side and have for years. Yet again, our midfield is non-existent and we only put any real effort in for the last ten minutes or so. Why is this?

Absolutely clueless, spineless, utter shite and more shite etc. etc.

Trouble is, we are where we are. Like Chip said, the cavalry ain't coming over the hill to save us.
We could be jumping the gun, it might all come together, but at present, the signs to me look like another dose of 'Not the Messiah' syndrome.
I also noticed more of the usual can't be arsed to compete attitude from some players, so, nothing new there then as the old tradition continues.
I know as a club we're probably lucky to excist, but just when you actually believe you've finally turned a corner, the articulated lorry of reality hits us square on.
Harrison is looking a bit like Hignett Mk2. I hope I'm wrong.

Maybe, but how many times have we all said that sticking with tactics and players for too long in a match is shite and that our manager is shite for not changing things soon enough?

Have to agree. Can anyone actually define the perfect time to make a substitution? Maybe he's experimenting with his selections under real conditions ? Better the 45 minute substitution than the 8 mins to go throw some poor sub on in the the hope they'll turn things around.

Agree 100%, used to kill me that everyone in the ground could see the way Dave Jones had set the team up wasn't working but he stubbornly refused to change things. I'm hurting as much as anyone with our start but talk of sacking Harrison is crazy after three games. Out of interest, last season Newcastle lost their first two as did Sheffield Utd. Portsmouth, winless after four and Plymouth lost their first three to nil.

You get loads of managers who won't make a sub until the magic 60 minute mark, I've never understood that if it's not working change it but at the same time it would be nice for us not to have to change things at half time, starting on Tuesday.

Only difference is they all had experienced managers and some good players.

Almost from the off on Saturday , you could tell how it was going to pan out. Had I been manager I would of been making substitutions around the 20 minute mark, not that it would of made any difference , with the crap we had on the bench, you would just hope one of them was due for their one good game in twenty. Of course you can see why managers rarely if ever do this, cos it makes their original team selection look a bit silly, therefore making the manager himself look stupid.

The 2 games I've seen this season (Macc and Maidenhead) both teams have been high pressure from the start, everytime we have the ball they have a man closing down. It got Maidenhead a goal on Saturday after a poor pass from Laing.

I'd expect every team to play like that against us, closing down constantly to stop us play.

We've complained over recent seasons that there has been no plan b and we now have plan a,b,c,d. The trouble is that the players don't know enough of the systems/line ups to work out who's job it is to close players down/go for loose balls. The Maidenhead players all knew what their jobs were and were first to loose balls whilst Pools players were looking at each other before moving towards the ball. Its also apparent that confidence is shot and hasn't improved from last season. I would like to see Harrison keep it simple, keep to a simple 442 for half a dozen games. Keep a stable side and let new pairings get to know each other. He should also accept that we do not have a £200million back 4 so lets not give away goals by having the back 4 playing too much football. The main problem remains the midfield and Deverdics showed enough on Saturday to justify a run in the side. If players are switched it should be like for like whilst sticking to the same system.