New manager Monday

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37445

When?

Club spokesman · **Joined:** Sat Dec 26, 2020 9:35 pm **Posts:** 172

Strachan said " what's the budget raj "
Raj " no budget mate , but u get to fist pump the nwc "
Strachan " I'm out "

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37445

Stupid Boy! refred

derwent · **Joined:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:59 pm **Posts:** 12367

Strachan's odds have just gone to 1-6. Bit funny for a man who's turned the job down.

Flying Hogans · **Joined:** Tue Nov 05, 2019 10:29 pm **Posts:** 5529

Can only hope CS is enjoying a bit of a wind up as usual. Let's face it, there's never a better time to pretend you know something you don't than the middle of a hunt for a new manager.

Club spokesman · **Joined:** Sat Dec 26, 2020 9:35 pm **Posts:** 172

@reluctantnicko Twitter have a look

Neil Warnocks Eyebrows · **Joined:** Tue Aug 10, 2021 3:33 pm **Posts:** 28

Club spokesman wrote:

@reluctantnicko Twitter have a look

Yep we now in the shit if a man who applied for the job then turns it down. Can only be salary or / and budget. Hope this is not the case or Raj may have hit a brick wall with the loyal fans and totally wasted a wonderful opportunity to move forward and build.

Flying Hogans · **Joined:** Tue Nov 05, 2019 10:29 pm **Posts:** 5529

Ah well, if a Partick Thistle fan on Twitter says it's not happening it must be true.

Pooly_Imp · **Joined:** Fri Jun 03, 2011 1:36 pm **Posts:** 2808

Club spokesman wrote:

Strachan said " what's the budget raj "
Raj " no budget mate , but u get to fist pump the nwc "
Strachan " I'm out "

poolie1 · **Joined:** Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:45 pm **Posts:** 2002

deflating.......reverse......

https://twitter.com/oliver11gwr/status/ ... 4957257729.

poolie1 · **Joined:** Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:45 pm **Posts:** 2002

was this a clue at 1.27...shaking his head ????...all the best gav.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yGPnfTJahM

kevin pooles gloves · **Joined:** Tue Oct 07, 2014 2:28 pm **Posts:** 9549

Neil Warnocks Eyebrows wrote:

Club spokesman wrote:

@reluctantnicko Twitter have a look

Yep we now in the shit if a man who applied for the job then turns it down. Can only be salary or / and budget. Hope this is not the case or Raj may have hit a brick wall with the loyal fans and totally wasted a wonderful opportunity to move forward and build.

Is this huge delay in getting a new manager in being patient to get the right man in or to keep the payroll down. Or both.
100% down to Raj now to retain our league status.
8 point buffer zone with this squad is nothing.

Grayhoundend · **Joined:** Tue Aug 19, 2014 12:13 pm **Posts:** 7495

kevin pooles gloves wrote:

Neil Warnocks Eyebrows wrote:

Club spokesman wrote:

@reluctantnicko Twitter have a look

Yep we now in the shit if a man who applied for the job then turns it down. Can only be salary or / and budget. Hope this is not the case or Raj may have hit a brick wall with the loyal fans and totally wasted a wonderful opportunity to move forward and build.

Is this huge delay in getting a new manager in being patient to get the right man in or to keep the payroll down. Or both.
100% down to Raj now to retain our league status.
8 point buffer zone with this squad is nothing.[/quote

We the supporters have done everything asked of us and more, 4 weeks on and the club can,t even be bothered to issue a simple statement.
Maybe how the search is developing, short list, timescale. But no nothing.
Mr Singh is beginning to show his true colours, Or maybe i,m over reacting.

Flying Hogans · **Joined:** Tue Nov 05, 2019 10:29 pm **Posts:** 5529

Grayhoundend wrote:

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Mr Singh is beginning to show his true colours, Or maybe i,m over reacting.

It's difficult not to because this is a very worrying situation and not at all what the fans were expecting a month ago.

On the Strachan situation, the other possibility is that he was ready to come to Pools but the Celtic manager didn't want to lose him and Celtic offered to up his wages. Celtic are one of the two richest clubs in Scotland, that naff Xmas vid says it all about the kind of money they've got to spend. Pools have got nearly 6,000 loyal fans, they've got 60,000!

I started a thread on Friday saying it was time Raj shone some light on what's happening with manager and Director of Football recruitment. Any kind of update beyond "there will be no further comment at this time" would be welcome.

Pooly_Imp · **Joined:** Fri Jun 03, 2011 1:36 pm **Posts:** 2808

Flying Hogans wrote:

Grayhoundend wrote:

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Mr Singh is beginning to show his true colours, Or maybe i,m over reacting.

It's difficult not to because this is a very worrying situation and not at all what the fans were expecting a month ago.

On the Strachan situation, the other possibility is that he was ready to come to Pools but the Celtic manager didn't want to lose him and Celtic offered to up his wages. Celtic are one of the two richest clubs in Scotland, that naff Xmas vid says it all about the kind of money they've got to spend. Pools have got nearly 6,000 loyal fans, they've got 60,000!

I started a thread on Friday saying it was time Raj shone some light on what's happening with manager and Director of Football recruitment. Any kind of update beyond "there will be no further comment at this time" would be welcome.

Meanwhile, back in the real world.... Optimism is great but I've a bad feeling about this.

Fetish_Bob · **Posted:** Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:30 pm

Club spokesman wrote:

Gavin Strachan

if he out this thread pointless......lol unless you putting sbout your 5th choice on here.....

Double Figures · **Joined:** Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:47 am **Posts:** 845

Phil Brown. Seen him driving past Throston bookies.

Ozzy Saltburn · **Joined:** Mon Nov 01, 2021 11:34 pm **Posts:** 3770

Double Figures wrote:

Phil Brown. Seen him driving past Throston bookies.

Didnt he go in and put a few bob on himself to be next Pools manager?

Bluestreak · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2021 9:35 am

It's now Tuesday.......

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 19738

Grayhoundend wrote:

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Is this huge delay in getting a new manager in being patient to get the right man in or to keep the payroll down. Or both.
100% down to Raj now to retain our league status.
8 point buffer zone with this squad is nothing.[/quote

We the supporters have done everything asked of us and more, 4 weeks on and the club can,t even be bothered to issue a simple statement.
Maybe how the search is developing, short list, timescale. But no nothing.
Mr Singh is beginning to show his true colours, Or maybe i,m over reacting.

or a case of raj being down to his 4th choice now after 3 turned it down. no one is going to issue a statement if that is true. we no sod all which maybe in this case might be a good thing.

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 19738

Ozzy Saltburn wrote:

Double Figures wrote:

Phil Brown. Seen him driving past Throston bookies.

Didnt he go in and put a few bob on himself to be next Pools manager?

only each way bet though.

Johnjo1 · **Joined:** Sun Oct 13, 2019 12:52 pm **Posts:** 1625

Manager in on Monday. Problem is nobody said which Monday!

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37445

Pooly_Imp wrote:

Meanwhile, back in the real world.... Optimism is great but I've a bad feeling about this.

You would. The vulture returns.

Pooly_Imp · **Joined:** Fri Jun 03, 2011 1:36 pm **Posts:** 2808

Snowy wrote:

Pooly_Imp wrote:

Meanwhile, back in the real world.... Optimism is great but I've a bad feeling about this.

You would. The vulture returns.

Head still in the sand?

derwent · **Joined:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:59 pm **Posts:** 12367

All this speculation etc is all very interesting but it could be ended very quickly by Raj saying that's enough. Or he could put the club up for sale and say that if it isn't sold within a week it's closing down. Why just a week???? Well the mood is that he is dithering over making a decision so this time he can't be accused of that.
OR
We can just wait and see, as frustrating as that appears to be.
Sweeney's appointment as interim was supposed to buy the club time to make the right decision or get it right, as some would put it. Now that seems to be unacceptable and haste is the buzzword.
Fickle bunch aren't we.

Eiphos_3 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2021 12:58 pm

im hoping, we have poached a manager that is a cut well above what we have had before - this stalling is down to agreement of compensation with said managers parent club. We are just awaiting the formalities and all will be revealed once the ink has dried on the contract. I live in hope now

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37445

Pooly_Imp wrote:

Snowy wrote:

Pooly_Imp wrote:

Meanwhile, back in the real world.... Optimism is great but I've a bad feeling about this.

You would. The vulture returns.

Head still in the sand?

Better than up, your arse...sand smells nicer too.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37445

Eiphos_3 wrote:

im hoping, we have poached a manager that is a cut well above what we have had before - this stalling is down to agreement of compensation with said managers parent club. We are just awaiting the formalities and all will be revealed once the ink has dried on the contract. I live in hope now

I feel we need to be seeing some reaction by now to the situation. It looks like the darlings aren’t responding to Tony, so let’s get the ball rolling. If it’s already rolling, that’s all I need to know.....but we look like we’re diving vertically and the joystick has went floppy.
We need somebody to get a grip.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37445

derwent wrote:

All this speculation etc is all very interesting but it could be ended very quickly by Raj saying that's enough. Or he could put the club up for sale and say that if it isn't sold within a week it's closing down. Why just a week???? Well the mood is that he is dithering over making a decision so this time he can't be accused of that.
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If he did that he’d be accused of walking away, but if he did as we’re sat in the rubble of our dreams covered in dust, somebody would throw of the wreckage with mad eyes and scream ...”I WAS RIGHT...RIGHT I TELL YOU....and the irony would be lost on them.

derwent · **Joined:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:59 pm **Posts:** 12367

Snowy wrote:

derwent wrote:

All this speculation etc is all very interesting but it could be ended very quickly by Raj saying that's enough. Or he could put the club up for sale and say that if it isn't sold within a week it's closing down. Why just a week???? Well the mood is that he is dithering over making a decision so this time he can't be accused of that.
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If he did that he’d be accused of walking away, but if he did as we’re sat in the rubble of our dreams covered in dust, somebody would throw of the wreckage with mad eyes and scream ...”I WAS RIGHT...RIGHT I TELL YOU....and the irony would be lost on them.

There are people who would love to see Raj walk away and we all know who they are. They hounded him out but blamed him for walking away and they want to see Pools fans go the same way. Some Pools fans are already giving him grief.
Football fans can turn someone from hero to zero in an instant, more often than not on hearsay, rumour or made up stories, forgetting in the same instant what that man has achieved in such a short space of time.
Could anybody blame him if he turned on the agitators with a " you ungrateful bastards" look on his face.

Eiphos_3 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2021 3:01 pm

Surely he wouldnt walk so close to Santa coming ? why are we even toying with this diabolical scenario.

can we move onto something else on this thread - i cant bare the thought, makes me anxious just thinking of the jangling of the buckets outside Mansfields stadium on boxing day just so we can get the lads back to hartlepool on the mega bus.

In Raj we trust - he loves Pools, hes even just built a lovely eyesore of flats up Bishop Cuthbert for the elderly. Surely this shows his loyalties to the town :liar:

derwent · **Joined:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:59 pm **Posts:** 12367

That's the problem, there are some who don't trust him and are vocal in letting their views be heard and not just on here.
I personally have no problem with the man and am happy with what he's done so far and I'm certainly not going to criticise him for our present managerless status. DC is responsible for that status. He's the one not to be trusted.

poolie1 · **Joined:** Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:45 pm **Posts:** 2002

derwent........"There are people who would love to see Raj walk away and we all know who they are. They hounded him out but blamed him for walking away and they want to see Pools fans go the same way."

:text-goodpost:

billinghampoolie1908 · **Joined:** Thu Feb 05, 2015 5:52 pm **Posts:** 4451

Only one man to blame for this mess and it's Dave Challinor. Doesn't help that raj appears to like the bargain basements, so probably takes a lot more time finding a cheap decent replacement. I think we all have worries over raj, doesn't help that since promotion we have gone backwards with the squad, some of the signings even national league North sides wouldn't entertain.

Pooly_Imp · **Joined:** Fri Jun 03, 2011 1:36 pm **Posts:** 2808

Snowy wrote:

Pooly_Imp wrote:

Snowy wrote:

Pooly_Imp wrote:

Meanwhile, back in the real world.... Optimism is great but I've a bad feeling about this.

You would. The vulture returns.

Head still in the sand?

Better than up, your arse...sand smells nicer too.

Impossible, you couldn't have your head up two arses at once.

There's good reason why people are wondering and speculating. Seems there's strange stuff going on at the moment. It is a valid taking point not for stifling.

Eiphos_3 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2021 5:55 pm

I sat and watched the game at the weekend with the father in law - hes just back into town after working away for years. His first words where exactly this... what the feck has happened to that team that got promoted ? He thought he was watching a different team. Made exactly the same comment too that half the players would struggle on the wreck on a sunday morning.

Ozzy Saltburn · **Joined:** Mon Nov 01, 2021 11:34 pm **Posts:** 3770

derwent wrote:

That's the problem, there are some who don't trust him and are vocal in letting their views be heard and not just on here.
I personally have no problem with the man and am happy with what he's done so far and I'm certainly not going to criticise him for our present managerless status. DC is responsible for that status. He's the one not to be trusted.

Agree 100%. I just wish he would communicate with the supporters a bit better.

Flying Hogans · **Joined:** Tue Nov 05, 2019 10:29 pm **Posts:** 5529

Pooly_Imp wrote:

There's good reason why people are wondering and speculating. Seems there's strange stuff going on at the moment. It is a valid taking point not for stifling.

Go on then, elaborate. What is this "strange stuff going on" of which you speak? Hope the Suits Direct people have been told because they'be just signed a 3 year sponsorship deal. Which crank on twitter or facebook should they be following?

Mute Witness · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:10 am **Posts:** 3572

There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear...

I have a feeling managerial news may be brewing.

Double Figures · **Joined:** Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:47 am **Posts:** 845

I hope it’s not sammy lee.

Club spokesman · **Joined:** Sat Dec 26, 2020 9:35 pm **Posts:** 172

Graeme lee and tinkler what a load os shite

Double Figures · **Joined:** Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:47 am **Posts:** 845

I’m hearing Niall Quinn’s wife makes a smashing lasagne. Tell me it’s not true.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37445

Pooly_Imp wrote:

There's good reason why people are wondering and speculating. Seems there's strange stuff going on at the moment. It is a valid taking point not for stifling.

You’re a ferret. You have nothing to offer but inane gossip and frothy chatter, nothing of substance, just innuendo and the rattle of someone with a fixation.
Come on, shit or get off the pot, because so far you’ve given us the square root of feck all.
Come on, just ONE fact. I won’t hold my breath.

RichyHpool · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2021 9:21 pm

Few rumours of Lee on twitter, I really hope not. Nothing against the man himself,he was a great player for pools and of course I'd give him my support but that would really be the cheap and desperate option. Might as well just keep sweens in charge!

Mute Witness · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:10 am **Posts:** 3572

Speculation (which has hardly been right so far) suggests a Lee & Nelson or Lee & Tinkler combo.

poolie1 · **Joined:** Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:45 pm **Posts:** 2002

club spokesperson......"Graeme lee and tinkler what a load of shite".......

shite?....yeah..... your'e an absolute expert in that particular field mate.....hence "locked thread"..... :laugh:

Mute Witness · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:10 am **Posts:** 3572

Graham Lee's car is in the club car park, number plate "G 5ike"

So it looks like Lee is deffo involved in something, whether he's the manager or not.

It could even be a Woodgate and Lee combo as they're meant to be good friends.

poolie1 · **Joined:** Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:45 pm **Posts:** 2002

mmmm....now you mention number plates......

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/ ... -help-car/

thetownendfaithful · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:31 pm

Good luck to him but no football league experience which Raj says was vital ..

poolie1 · **Joined:** Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:45 pm **Posts:** 2002

raj said.....player experience at lower league level....not managerial... at 18.08

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE1C7b8GgM4

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