Go on , you go first

Team and formation

Ravas
Cass Magliore Johnson Ferguson
McDonald Shelton Holohan Molyneux
Bloomfield Gray
Not that I think he will drop Xavi and Donaldson, They are the guys who are going to get him the sack

Ravas

Cass Mcgliore Johnson

Molyneux Shelton Crawford Holohan Ferguson

Bloomfield Oates

Subs;

Odusina
Grey
MacDonald
Ofosu
Donaldson (purely for versatility)

Same team as DOCHERTY.
Then pray for a miracle

You might have a point there

One day Featherstone will be manager

If we don't go up this season Featherstone has to go, has to. Never in the history of football could a player be kept on year after year during a period when the club he plays for has continually declined year on year. Dont get me wrong Featherstone isnt a bad player, but he clearly isnt good enough for a top 7 team never mind top 2, the positions you would really want to finish in, in this league. The position he occupies is the most important in a football team and this season he needs to prove he is the man capable of getting us either up or at least into the play offs.

My thoughts for what they are worth.

Do we go for a back to basics 0-0 with maybe a chance of nicking a win on the counter , or do we go gung ho playing a system that might see us win 4-0 or lose 4-0. One thing for certain is we can't carry on playing the system we have used so far, tomorrow might necessitate playing a system to suit the situation, but after that we need to start playing with 2 up front, ideally in a 442. There really isn't that much wrong with us, just our inability to score, which I admit is a big wrong, we are the fit, comfortable on the ball, create chances , we are not the best in the air, and we could do with a few lads in the side with calfs and an arse like Jack Grealish but other than that we really should be going to Yeovil to stick one right up them.

So I can't decide, play a team to get the draw or take a chance, so I'm going to play a team that with a bit of luck I think are capable of both.

4-5-1

Ravas
Cass Johnson Magloire Ferguson
Macdonald Featherstone Donaldson Holohan Molyneux
Parkhouse
Subs

Killip
Grey
Shelton
Odusina
Ofusu

The big surprise here is Donaldson in the middle , Featherstone would be sweeper and Holohan backing up Parkhouse

0-0 half time , hopefully do a Wrexham after the break, get an early goal, and bring Grey on for Parkhouse (who by this time would've worked his nuts off) last 15 mins for a Luke James effect. Shelton to replace Holohan if that isn't working out.

Chances will be limited, so must shoot on sight at every opportunity. Ferguson to take all set pieces ,with corners just getting kicked out for a throw in to them, to stop any counter attacks. We are shit at corners ( and have been for most of my 49 years supporting Pools ) so don't see the point of giving the ball away for them to hit us on the counter ( only joking of course but you get my drift )

was never featherstones biggest fan but i have got to admit he ended up being pools most improved and influential player by the time last season ended. for me it showed he was a good player in a good team but a poor one in a bad side. unfortunetly for him most of his time at pools he played in bad sides. he certainly isn,t a luxury type player but one like a number of others at other clubs that struggle with poor or off form players round them and get dragged down themselves.

Featherstone will always split opinions but, for what it's worth, I think he's a decent "footballer" at this level. Given the time and space, his control and use of the ball can appear impressive whereas, conversely, when teams stick someone on him, his contribution is nullified and he looks quite ordinary. This, in turn, makes us play in an even more pedestrian fashion with a tendency to make one pass too many. I'm not suggesting that we should go gung-ho and get picked off, though.

What gives me the heebie-jeebies about tomorrow's game is that Yeovil have yet to win this season and Pools seem remarkably benevolent when we come up against a team who are in a run of piss-poor results.

Obviously, I'm hoping that I'm talking a load of bollocks, of course.

With Featherstone, it's just the fact he is synonymous with the club's decline over the last 7 or so seasons, not his fault totally but obviously, he has played a part , albeit during that time he has been our most consistent player.

I was never a Featherstone fan, quite the opposite, and each time he was retained I was gutted but I have to admit I thought he was player of the year last season so surely you wouldn’t let your player of the year go.

I would, for the very reason, he might be our POTY but I don't think he is a top 7 central midfielder. My thinking is , if you want to get promoted you generally need your keeper to be one of the top 7 in the division, your right back in the top 7 , your centre back, your central midfielder , striker and so on and so on.

I always ask myself how many of our side would get in .... insert name of team near the top ...side . lets say for arguments sake Torquay , though I don't think they are the best team in this division. If the answer is 3 or 4 of your players would get in their side, then you have a chance of promotion. At the moment only Ferguson would get in the NL team of the season so far.

By that reckoning you would have let the whole lot go. Whilst your theory may be right but in practice I don’t think you can do it. OK if you could afford it but we can’t.

Probably, you can carry along a few workhorses in a team though, players who may not be the best but who alongside the top 7 players can make a team.

How do you know we cant afford it? you're probably right , but can Torquay afford it , can anyone? which teams in our division can afford it and which teams can?. Do you need money ? or do you just need to have a shrewd manager who can sign players for peanuts then turn them into a good team? this is the NL not the Premier League

Youre team but grey up top, And Shelton in for Molly.
+ Mac swaping with Donna.

Not a fan of Molyneux Mr Grayhound ?

Wahey ! it worked, just practising my IT skills

Have a go

https://www.buildlineup.com/

Pitch looks in good nick, but isn't Johnson the left footer?

Watling
Potter
Goad
Dawes
Green
Smith (Bob)
Waddle
Smith (Rob)
Veart
Conlon
Warnock

to score goals you have to be in the right place at the right time, which he did beautifully on Tuesday, And then the chance must be taken. No excuses, i,m afraid.

Are you telling me we have signed a player who can't play with both feet?

Agree ! Ive never been convinced , but never raised it on here, as 99.9% of fans seem to rate him, probably a bit higher than they should really. Needs to deliver soon.

Must agree re Molyneux to date has flattered to deceive but still relatively inexpierienced

again, is he another that plays better when the team is. pools have far worse on their books by a long way.

Of course there worse players than Molyneux that’s why we struggle up front. I’m not saying he is a bad player just that I don’t think he has lived up to expectations to date.

I think Molly has bags of potential, And if he had finished as he should have on tuesday
I believe we would have went on to win the game comfortably.

I think Feathers, Shelton and Holohan make a better central spine.
Think Shelton takes some of the weight off Featherstone,s shoulders.

With regard to Crawford he,s another with bags of potential, Was a bit surprised when
Notts released him, And i would have definitely signed him.

Would like to see Gray get a start as he offers something different.

I don’t doubt Molyneux potential but he must reach it soon. He is not exactly a young player he’ll be 23 in March.

Sticking it in the back of the net after seven minutes is a good response.

Awful stream. Good 3pts. Well done pools

Delighted to be proved wrong.

And me Rudolf
Ova the moon to be wrong mate.
Enjoy the 3 points

Let’s back it up with another decent result on Tuesday now.

Hope so Billy.

About time Molyneux had some end product to his game.
Have we finally replaced Paul Smith Vaccine + hope equals 20000 happy poolies at Wembley in June.

Who said football fans r fickle

More happy we never got beat than won, if that makes sense. Defeat yesterday would've really set the cat amongst the pigeons. Anyway decent win in the end, with the fears of Yeovil never previously having won a game, breaking their duck against us proving in the end to be unfounded. On reflection, it probably was a good time to play them. I dont think Yeovil battered us second half yesterday, I think it was more a case of us letting them come on to us, and soak up any pressure, which we did admirably without really been tested by Yeovil. Yeovil sounded terrible on the radio, I still think they are in a false position but it sounds like they will need to change their manager if they are to climb the table.

Again Oates proved how ineffective he is in front of goal , but good to see Molynuex get a goal. Our defence is starting to look settled and balanced. Ferguson is outstanding at this level.

We know how unpredictable this division is, though with no crowds that seems to be the case throughout football at the moment, we know wins like this will happen now and again, for us more than likely away from home. Still, we continue our ability to be able to despatch those teams near the bottom of the table, next stop Barnet.

Strange to single out Oates for criticism when he put Molyneux's goal on a plate for him and caused Yeovil's defence plenty of problems down the left, especially in the first half, as the highlights will show. None of our forwards are scoring at the minute but the evidence of recent games is that Oates contributes more to Pools' attacking play than Parkhouse does. Grey at least made the bench yesterday, hope he gets some game time soon.

It was good to see Gav Holohan back to something like his normal self, now top scorer with 3. Agree Ferguson had a good game yesterday. I'd say so did the rest of the defence, but in the second half Yeovil's forwards won a lot of headers in and around our box - on another day that might have cost us.

Your obsession with me is becoming tiring. Its only criticism in your eyes. I said he proved how ineffective he was in front of goal , is that not true? is that a criticism? did he not miss chances?. Oates might cause more problems allowing others in the team to score, but Parkhouse, given the chance will score more , thats what I think, is that okay with you?

did not bother to stream this. used the first rule of football. if your team is in a bad patch give the game a swerve as you know they,ll win then. a welcome 3 points anyway with hopefully something out of barnet on tuesday. well thats if they do not call it off again now pools may be back on song. heard a ghost of a previous player at barnet as proved positive with the virus and a member of the staff was in close contact with him in a dream.

Hopefully a good time to play them as well. Imagine the players will be feeling a bit jaded on Tuesday, with all the travelling etc so could be a grind. Wonder if we asked them if we could play Wednesday, would've made sense for both clubs if Barnet have a covid problem, or maybe they want to play us on the back of a trip to Yeovil. More to re-arranging a fixture than meets the eye when you think about it, wonder if the club thinks about it or just accept any date thrown at them?.

There was me thinking I was contributing to a discussion on a football forum. Thanks for putting me right.

was thinking why pools and others without a game on saturday have not re arranged a game against another club they have not played against this season if they are both virus free. quicker you get games in the better this season as you never know with the virus what could be round the corner.

I thought Oates played well. I missed the first goal so haven't seen that yet. He missed a couple of chances but then so did a few others. If he can get off the mark his confidence will grow. He's got more experience. Hopefully DC will continue with him up top and give him a run in the side. Parkhouse I'd like to see stop looking for fouls he isn't going to get - he lacks a bit of experience generally I feel and was moved off the ball more easily. Apart from his loan move to Derry he hasn't really been anywhere long enough to do a great deal. He's got five or six weeks to impress when he comes on or he might well be going back in January.

Just seen the highlights, Oates to be fair did well in the build up to the first goal. Yes he missed a couple as did others, but Oates does it with alarming regularity, that's why I wouldn't start with him tomorrow night, good work rate or not. Of course he will start though.