Yeovil bottom of league.
Not won all season.
I don't think ya hav to be Einstein to work this conundrum out.
But do hope I'm totally of the mark here.

Early to the law abiding citizens in our Great Britain.

Steady the ship with a 0-0 draw

It's Pools v bottom club so we will get beat.

Again , I can't make an early prediction until I see the team he puts out, no doubt all the names will be going into the Tombola again.

Given the type of situation we are in, this is the type of game, where a manager might want to get back to basics and a 0-0 draw might suffice, both teams dont score many, so this quite possibly would be the likely outcome regardlesss. I guess DC might be thinking along those lines, I'm sure there were clues to that in his post match on Tuesday. Whilst I think 442 is the way forward, this might not be the game for 2 up front. At the moment I'm thinking along the lines of a goalless draw, but I will wait to see who gets dropped this week and who comes in, I'm very worried as most long standing Pools fans would be that Yeovil havent won a game yet.

two teams who cannot score or win. 3 all draw then.

In this league anything is possible

1 nil win to the pools.
Erica Roe makes a reappearence at half time but is later admitted to Yeovil hospital with two black eyes.

Erica Roe , 40 inch bust , wonder what they look like now at 63?

Apparently there was another woman on the pitch at the same time called Sarah Bennett who was a friend of Erica's.
She got little exposure.

I wonder why? my ex wife always said , size does matter

A reminder.

Yeovil 1 Pools 1 Ofosu.

Not as nice as I remember, mind you I was only 16 when it happened

Yeovil 1 - 3 2 pens and an og.

Yeovil 1-0 straight from kick off, 45yrd hoof, wind assist. Yeovil park the bus, we play sideways passing for the rest of 90+ minutes, with 85% possession 0 shots/crosses.

1-0 to Yeovil

That's impossible already.

Good 3 points well pleased. Noticed Chesterfield 2-1 up in the 90th minute v Notts Co ...and lost 3-2.

Great to get back to scoring goals and winning a game. It's not one to get too excited about though because Yeovil were really poor defensively in the first half - they must have thought Molyneux had Covid because their full back wouldn't go near him!

Rhys Oates did well - put the first goal on a plate for Molyneux and another one right across the 6 yard box that no-one got to. Didn't manage a goal though... that would be too much to hope for.

Watched it on the Yeovil stream in the end - decent picture but hopeless at times at keeping up with the action, especially in the second half. Either the operator was half cut or the camera was controlled by a computer.

Well done Pools could have been more.

got to save something for tusday night.

Good result and good to see we still created a lot of chances. Feel sorry for Oates but yesterday he made a big contribution without scoring. If only he could maybe show a bit more composure in front of goal. On the other hand if he took a good percentage of his chances he definitely would not be playing for us or at this level.
Molyneux needs to add an extra dimension to his game by knowing when to pass rather than trying to do it all by himself. Something for him to work on.
My daughter said she would make the goals on the training ground smaller, especially by lowering the crossbar. She reckons it would get the players more aware of getting over the ball and concentrating more on hitting the target. Has she got a point???

Nothing to stop Oates suddenly starting to take his chances, its happened before , Jermaine Easter springs to mind, but he didn't do it for us of course, maybe its how we coach them ?. A player can score 20+goals for a couple of seasons before they get snapped up , think that might have been the thinking behind his signing.

In other news I see Luke James scored his second goal for Barrow yesterday, and Kevin Ellison ( I wondered where he had gone, when I saw he wasnt playing for Morecambe , thought he had retired) scored for Newport. 41 year old, he would've made a good signing for us, he would be on 10 goals already the chances we are creating.

Oats is now 25 his goal scoring record is to put it mildly poor. Can he suddenly turn it round, of course he can. Would you put your money on it?
Every body shouts about Easter who enjoyed a very good career after leaving Pools. The fact is he scored just 2 goals in three seasons and nobody was worried when he was let go. There again as a goal scorer I believe he only reached double figures a couple of times in about 16 seasons.
To be honest every club has let players go who have gone on to be a success at other clubs.
Off hand I can’t think of another player Pools have let go on a free and been a successful goal scorer.

I was making a point Johnjo, I don't think he will turn it around, to be honest, in goal scoring terms , I think he's about as much use as an ashtray on a motorbike.

My daughter said she would make the goals on the training ground smaller, especially by lowering the crossbar. She reckons it would get the players more aware of getting over the ball and concentrating more on hitting the target. Has she got a point???
Iv'e thought about that Derwent, just 6 inches lower an a foot narrower and make sure they hit the target you don't have to break the net just hit the target everytime, the keeper won't save them all.

The crossbar needs raising not lowering, if you want Oates to hit the target. He always leans back before he skies it , wonder if the coaching staff are aware of this?

Oates did enough on Saturday to keep his place in the starting 11 tomorrow, barring a knock. Bloomfield will come back into contention when fit as Challinor obviously rates his hold up play and ability to bring others into the game.
Your daughter is obviously frustrated by the number of chances blazed over the bar by Pools forwards and midfielders, as we all are. Presumably they are doing enough shooting practice, but none of the current coaching staff is an ex-forward so maybe that's a bit of a problem? We all remember Tony Sweeney scoring some great goals for Pools, but his career record of 1 goal every 9 starts (1 in 7 for Pools) shows he was never prolific.

Why are none of the coaching staff ex forwards? not that has anything to do with being able to shoot properly and hit the target, that should be a given for all pro footballers surely?

[quote="Johnjo1"]Oats is now 25 his goal scoring record is to put it mildly poor. Can he suddenly turn it round, of course he can. Would you put your money on it?

its not all about age either. things just click with some players at some point of their career. someone mentioned kevin ellison. love to know his goal scoring record in his last 10 years in the game compared to the previous 10. will this happen to oates. well knowing pools it will when he moves on.

whilst the idea does have its merits i imagine the players have no problem scoring in training anyway. its the pressure of the matchday which causes em to attempt to catch some morrisons shopper unawares. you cannot put the matchday experiance into any training session no matter what you do.

Believe me Accrington , they do

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCXKbU0OtVo

Why are none of the coaching staff ex forwards? not that has anything to do with being able to shoot properly and hit the target, that should be a given for all pro footballers surely?[/quote]

The likes of Nathan Thomas and Gime Toure went on record saying how much Craig Hignett had helped get the best out of them as players. Professional footballers at League Two and National League level, especially the younger ones, are a long way from the finished article, so of course they can benefit from the help of people who have been there and done it at a higher level. It's not as if Pools' current forwards even have an experienced older striker like Billy Painter to learn from.

I'd like to think there's nothing wrong with Pools' shooting drills but there's more to it than that, surely?

oh to prize that lampost tom denton from chesterfield. imagine what he would do with all the arial crosses we never convert and the room he would create for others. as far as i know he lives in wakefield so it would not be that time consuming for him.

The likes of Nathan Thomas and Gime Toure went on record saying how much Craig Hignett had helped get the best out of them as players. Professional footballers at League Two and National League level, especially the younger ones, are a long way from the finished article, so of course they can benefit from the help of people who have been there and done it at a higher level. It's not as if Pools' current forwards even have an experienced older striker like Billy Painter to learn from.

I'd like to think there's nothing wrong with Pools' shooting drills but there's more to it than that, surely?[/quote]


Imagine Hignett was a decent coach, shame he thought there was a manager in him. Obviously players are at this level for a reason, but hitting the target from 5 yards is a basic, Oates is 25 not 10. As for not having an experienced player up front for the young players to learn from, thats a question you would have to put to DC