"Thank goodness others see this too."

living through the vince barker years is guaranteed to permanently change your outlook on pools... and on life in general tbh...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwWfE4DAyao

think the average pools fan got more out of our promotion, last years fa cup run and reaching the papa johns semi than fans of other clubs that expect success right from the first game. at least i can always say that one of my happiest days in football was travelling in hope to stockport and leaving the place having to put on a false scoul till i got back in the car for a loud fist pump.

Poolie how many other teams have issued squad photo?

jon.."Poolie how many other teams have issued squad photo?"

..thats not the point mate...as our doggie chum has pointed out..every league club could..if they wanted to..bar us of course..shambles or wot... ??

"The hard facts are that pretty much every club in the EFL right now could publish a return to pre-season image of their SQUAD. We couldn't, as we couldn't currently field a team to play a match"

Are you deliberately not reading the word could?

still no SQUAD photo..nearly lunch time too...

trent.."Are you deliberately not reading the word could?"

..explain..two sentences maybe?..might "add something to the board"..?

need banksy to pop up and do a murial somewhere at the vic on that subject.

Every journalist,pundit etc had us favourites for relegation last season,but we were fine.
Bradford,Salford etc always tipped for promotion,but repeatedly miss out.

if pools had a big well known name as manager or they were owned by equally well known internationals they,d be one of the favourites as well. just wonder if any bookie could name a pools player or one from crawley or crewe for that matter.

the bookies had robbie bloody stockdale as 1/3 on for the pools job at one point...and you could also get king challinor at 33/1...they prey on loids...

What he is saying is that every other team seems to come out and have done enough business early doors so that IF they wanted to they are now in a position where they COULD release a photo with their full squad for the new season whereas we can't. At no point has anybody demanded a squad photo in June or suggested that other teams are whacking them out left right and centre.

Whether you agree with him or not it's a fairly simple concept that only you have taken issue with and then yet again set about anybody with a differing opinions of you

trent.."What he is saying is...."

..you dont say ?...doggie is describing it as a "hard fact"..his words..and of course provides no evidence for his hard fact..but claims "pretty much every efl league club" could provide a "SQUAD" photo at this time....really ?...and anyway as if it makes any difference to anything at all at this stage of pre season ffs ...what is the point he is trying to make do you think with his "observations"?....i think he is alluding to it being some sort of evidence of there being a negative issue with the number of players on our books currently...and he subsequently goes on to scream at us "for christs sake" that the bookies and journos don't rate our chances ..and then offers a tenner bet to anyone who thinks we will finish in the top half..and he thinks mols would have "guaranteed" us 15 goals a season ..feel free to lap up this sort of shite if you like...you think it "adds something to the board"?.. fine..dont agree personally.. but i have no issue with you disagreeing ..crack on pal..your "Are you deliberately not reading the word could?.."could or would"?..wot on earth are you on about...i'm not bothered in the slightest tbh...

Think you’re being a bit pedantic Trent on the point here.
No one is really bothered about a photo of the ‘squad’. The point in question is Bigdog is saying the squad is small, we’ll of course it is, the new manager doesn’t walk through the door with a shopping trolley full of players from ‘Squadfix’ ready to go.
It’s about expectations.
Could, should, would is irrelevant in this instance.

I’m not giving an opinion just a fact. No teams. put out team photos till near the start of the season. The fact is we still have time to bring the squad up in numbers. Remember the manager has only been here just over a week what do you expect. Time to worry in three weeks time.
By the way I thought the idea of these boards was for people to give there opinions yes I differ from some and agree with others what I don’t like is the continual doom mongers who never have anything positive to say and just look for faults in thr club.

I’d say we have one of the smallest teams AT THIS MOMENT across full EFL. That’s all.

Poolie1 you’re a deep concern.

mill house moaners R us limited..had a lifetime of it...

dogs..nice line..i'm crushed.."deep" as the ocean mate..

That’s like saying I’ve only got a fiver in my pocket ‘at this moment’ …but it’s pay day tomorrow.
Everything is relative.

That’s true, but it doesn’t make the initial statement incorrect does it.

No it doesn’t, but at this stage it’s irrelevant, the photo or the squad numbers, as they’re rising on a daily basis.

Things are looking dodgy eh? After only three days of being up, this topic is looking decidedly silly and I’d say things are looking up.

snowy.."this topic is looking decidedly silly"

..like the poster who put it up..just what you would expect from him ..consistent if nothing else... his pals in the "fellowship" will come up with some other corker soon ..just cant wait tbh

There’ll be a meeting of the Fellowship’s ‘Brains Trust’ where a number of demented scenarios will be discussed then circulated.

Scenario 1. The mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel like contact who apparently has access to the clubs finances, and thought process knows every move even before the club’s thought them up ….but who sadly can’t actually tell you what’s going to happen when it happens, because there’s no way you’ll know if it did happen cos they have to hide their source.
Scenario 2. Er, that’s it.

getting more irrelevant, pointless and boring thread by the day. no one will ever agree all the time and it would be a boring world if we did. this however has gone up to another level.

"Thank goodness others see this too."

just like kennedys assasination....neil armstong landing on the moon...and the shooting of john lennon...remember where you were.. and what you were doing .. when the scots invaded pools..for a second time..

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/histo ... ert-bruce/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eDNvfhCmz0

nice touch....

"Thanks everyone for sticking with us this week."

https://twitter.com/Official_HUFC/statu ... C80uAqAAAA

I’ve been abducted by aliens for two days, they wanted to know who the mystery source of information from the club was, so I said Walter Mitty and Secret Squirrel and then they demanded to know their user names on the board….. so gave them two and they let me go
Made a nice change from working on the roof.

snowy... "so gave them two and they let me go"

..you absolute grass...expect essex and billy boy will not be pleased..but little impy will be relieved like...

We’ll see how they like probing in zero gravity at the speed of light, dizzy isn’t in it.

PANIC
Good Morrisey song.

Only 1 week then.

gloves..."Only 1 week then"

....ist efl game 30/7/22...17 days..
....efl transfer window ends 1/9/22....78 days..
....current SQUAD numbers...18...killip letheren boyes sterry ogle tumilty murray lacey ferguson paterson shelton niang featherstone crawford cooke grey hastie carver..
....we need 1/2 central defenders..2/3 strikers....imo..

So when the squads up to your numbers do ya reckon it will get us promoted?
That is Rajs n Stellings Projective this season or at worst play offs

gloves.."So when the squads up to your numbers do ya reckon it will get us promoted?"

..hope so..but seems sensible to wait to watch the team play..tell you more in october..clubs stated ambition this year is as you say..certainly i am sure we have a better chance now of achieving that.. with a proper manager in charge and not a pair of clueless boneheads ...

I appreciate there is still time to bring players in but at the present time, on paper at least, we do not look very good. ( good job we don’t play on paper) I still have faith and have been impressed with the new management team but I am becoming a bit concerned. The next incomings will tell where we are going.

It does seem a bit "slow" in getting players in and they need to gell.
I am bracing myself for a "slow" start to the season.

But…. shouldn’t that be the target of all club owners…?

Saw a photo in the free paper of one of our players scoring a goal.
I was convinced our sponsors was "Suits Direct" not "Suit Direct" and that a massive bollock has been dropped.
I was much relieved to find i was mistaken.

jon..."the next incomings will tell where we are going."

..dont agree..might be worth watching the new incomings whoever they are play a bit before deciding where we are going..on geek boys vids bogle looked the part..but after a few games he fell away sharply...about 2 stone overweight imo ..not prepared to do anything about it training wise...bad attitude and behaviour during games ..and had a last payday mentality..."on paper" is just not reliable ...

Of course we have to see them play first all I’m saying is at the moment I’m a little concerned and we have to see what comes in I’m not making a judgement before I see them.

It’s the usual pre season out break of ‘Dizzy Daphne’s Disease’…. It dies out in August

well for me we need to see a few decent faces in the club in the next 7 days. after this right up to the end of the signings period we,ll either get someone PH has been after for weeks or more likely another fondop and a handful of no hope kids from rotherhams youth team who are computer generated.

I am getting quite concerned now with two weeks to go and hardly a semblance team.

We need at the very least, 2 decent centre halfs. 3 decent wingers and 3 decent strikers.

For them to be decent thats a big ask in 2 weeks.

3 decent wingers! We haven't had one for a long time so that should be fun.

The team isn't great - Defensively though we look a middle table at worst team, 2 reasonable goalies for this level at least. The next team of Full Backs in the league probably - 5 now? Centre Halves maybe could do with another of this quality or 2. Midfield perhaps not the best but prbably better than a few teams. So what we are lacking, like many is a strikeforce, unfortunately the main part of survival are goal scoring.

But then we don't know the finances? Are the season tickets well down on last season? The Cost Of Living Crisis affects not only the attendance levels, but the running costs have to be so much higher.

A season of survival would be good, maybe the loans will be the saviours? There are still debts to clear from the pre Raj era and perhaps he just doesn't have the funds to throw away like some clubs.

smallhead.."The team isn't great"

..truly amazing assessment ..season not started..new manager.. nine new players...more to come..and you have already done your strength/weakness analysis throughout the team...superb..you are obviously i would suggest as higgy would say prime "postage stamp" material...well done pal..