Raj is a business man and imho, is more interested in his bank balance than the survival of HUFC in the EFL!! I will only believe otherwise if we bring in some decent proven performers in January.

Pools were good value for the win in the end. Gav Holohan scored a terrific goal and really bossed things in midfield for a long while - I don't remember him playing that well for Pools since we were in the National League. That was partly Pools' fault for giving him all the time and space in the world.

Must admit, the atmosphere in the Millhouse was fairly poisonous first half but the longer the second 45 wore on the more you could see some self-belief creeping back into Pools' play. The equaliser wasn't a huge surprise and it was us who kicked on to win it, not Grimsby. Today's results showed again that there are half a dozen really bad teams in this division. If we can keep them company till January there'll be everything to play for in 2023.

Keith Curle ditching long balls tactics and allowing Pools to play it out from the back suits the players we have at the minute. Sure, it's maddening to watch at times but the longer Pools have control of the football the less time the opposition has to hurt us.

Great result, bit of fight at last, but blimey we are one poor side, which doesn't say much for Grimsby.

Apply some logic, if he’s interested in his bank balance, getting the club relegated ain’t the way to make money.

Results are ALWAYS more important than the performance, Ask any player/manager, Would you like to play well and lose, Or play poorly and win.

Many games this season(even when daft arse was in charge) We deserved more than we got, Don,t think its dreaming to say we should/could have had at least
Another 10pts.

I don't think he intended us to be struggling this badly, I think he wanted to spend as little money as he could to keep us safe. The problem is, he needed fantastic recruitment and a great manager who could get the most out of average players. Very risky to gamble on getting those things in place.

Josh Umerah has got the same number of goals (8) so far this season as Omar Bogle and he's playing in a poorer side. Plus, he's 4 years younger. That's one bit of summer transfer business that isn't worth complaining about.*

* Minor correction. I see the Pools winner today has been credited as a Grimsby own goal. Doesn't make a huge difference.

Hardly prolific scorers…..Molyneux here three and a half years and scores 13 goals…even Challinor wasn’t fussy. Holohan 23 goals in 4 seasons average under 6 a season. Bogle 5 goals in 20 games .

Have a day off. Being particular on goal scorers given the past 12 months.
Are you telling me you wouldn’t have all of those in our current team?

Last time we won (Donny 2-1) we all thought it might be the start of some sort of revival but instead everything turned to shit. Fingers crossed that doesn't happen again.

I’ll decide on my days off, not you.
Yes I am being particular on past players, they were not prolific as the stats prove, apart from Molyneux’s one season, even your mate Dave was in no rush to have him in his first eleven.
I’d have Holohan back for his presence not his goals and Molyneux to see if he could be consistent.
Bogle, no thanks, he was ‘born under a wandrin star’, his list of clubs was longer than the phone directory.
But, we can’t have them back, they’ve gone sadly ….and constantly looking back over your shoulder never changed anything.
We’re in the shit, if we don’t sign players in January we’re left with prayer, for all the good that’ll do.

It’s like a roulette wheel I’m afraid.

It was a bit like that Fury v Wilder fight. On the canvas down n out but by a freak of nature come back to win.
For me Colchester are doomed noticed when we played them at there place they were more shitter than Pools.
Just 1 more team to finish above.
A glimmer of hope has returned.
UTP.

Speaking of goalscorers... That's 2 in a month from Alex Lacey. In the whole of last season Lidds, Odusina and Byrne managed one goal between them, which makes you wonder why any of them bothered to go up for set pieces at all. Bit of credit there for Curle's coaching too.

And the delivery from the wings last season was better than we've had this season until around 16.30 yesterday

Forgot to mention there goal.
Absolutely world class.
Ya get 1 of them in next months World Cup and ya will never hear the end of it.
And total respect to Gav almost apologizing to the town end.
UTP.

plus lacey has been close as well and wins many balls on our corners. think yesterday every emotion came to me. real dispair thinking well thats it and back to eastleigh on a tuesday night. then it felt at the end more excited than i did with the bristol final result. could not give a damn about next weeks cup game, for me its 2 weeks to get the players injury free before we play the important game the week after.

more of a case of the present players being worse than those ex players apart from josh. everyone remembers their good days but forget the ones were holohan was invisable and mols was wasteful making the wrong decisions. what we want in january are players better than these ex players and not of a similar standard or type. that includes ex defenders also.

The three mentioned are all upgrades on the current team. They would all stroll into our 11 with ease. Wouldn’t worry though, we will ‘rebuild’ again in the summer, whether that’s in the EFL or NL. The Pools way!

Yesterday we were still undeniably poor, Grimsby should have dispatched us and didn’t (an exceptional effort from them!), allowing us an unlikely way back into the game.

It wasent that good.
You give a fair honest assessment of how bad our squad is.
Yesterdays result was more than welcome
which im over the moon with.
But i cant see us getting a daylight robbery result like that again.
A lot of favours required from the better teams playing against what is realisticly a separate bottom 5 league.
Starting with Barrow v COLCHESTER on tuesday nite.
UTP.

NSD

Well done lads however it comes.
Need to stay in touch until January and then?

The ‘three mentioned’ would probably be in the team, but the ‘three mentioned’ aren’t with us anymore. Whatever the reason is that they aren’t here is beside the point, they went.
Maybe Grimsby should have ’despatched us’, but they couldn’t. Ultimately we despatched them, that’s football.
Nostalgia for Molyneux, Holohan and Bogle is just that, nostalgia, but that can be applied to any departed player from the club, and I can no doubt come up with any number of players over the past five years who could walk into our present team, but what’s the point?

I’m comparing last season’s team with this season’s…there is a ‘point’ to be made about that. Did you watch the game yesterday Snowy?

Some of the comments on this thread seem to want to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Grimsby weren't that good, apart from Holohan's first half display. Pools beat them fair and square.

Pools current side (allowing for better players still missing through injury) is really weak in many areas; there's no argument about that. But it's a poor division this season and we are still only 4 points from 18th place (the mighty Newport County, Omar Bogle and all).

All Poolies wanted from the 11 picked yesterday was a willingness to battle for a result, and in the end we got it.

firstly if the 3 points were not deserved yesterday it only partly makes up for the 5 we dropped at colchester, crewe at home and at least a draw at harrogate. there is always nostalgia for ex players who fans like as they only remember the good games and easily forget the bad. its not as anyone in the past 5 years have gone on to a level far above where pools are and mainly side ways movers with varying success.

Agree for the most part but football is about opinions and those who watched it are in a position to comment on the performance. And I thought we were shocking for the first 45 and I don’t think we beat them fair and square. A 10 minute period of madness from them in an otherwise extremely comfortable afternoon for them. That’s how I saw the 90.

Looking at the table it’s a vital 3 points. Hopefully a springboard?

its football so its never going to be fair and square most of the time every single team especially those at the top get games like that plus a smach and grab away win. as you said 3 points are the vital thing from yesterday and no one can take those away from us. would have been worse if we had played them off the pitch but ended up with sod all for the efforts.

We were really poor for about an hour and I certainly didn't see that turn around happening but I'll gladly take it. Was quite impressed with Grimsby for the first 30 mins then they tailed off. At least the lads showed a bit of character and fight to get the win, hopefully something to build on. We really do need this injury list to clear up and give us more options.

Does the NL have better teams, players and is it more competitive, most of the teams are fighting to get back into the league proper where as a few in our division appear to be happy to sit mid table a bit like the Premier League.

wrexham, notts county and chesterfield are the really big 3 stand out sides where the rest will be a much of a muchness. we saw that ourselves where every side seemed to be a carbon copy of the other and some of em have reached the highest point in their history. many div 2 teams will be rarely anything but mid table ones with the odd play off season and the odd relegation fight. pools are just one of them if we are lucky. dropping from div.2 is the worst thing that can happen for a team as dropping from the premier gives you millions for failure and a big edge for a few seasons on the others.

Why are you comparing it now, what’s the point, it won’t change anything, we’re in the shit and comparing it won’t make it better…. that’s the problem.
No I did not attend the game as you well know unless on Ifollow, so I listened to the radio, but you have to stoop to the snide remark…. for all the good it’ll do you.

Really…? How do we know you were there….?

Mr I
Can you please rename this thread "The DickieDosh Pessimistics Appreciation society"

99% are dour, Would not know a poor footballer if they fell over one.

Me tin hat is on so do your best.

You have a good point.

Looking at the game highlights on the OS, Pool's second is definitely Umerah's goal. BBC Sport wrong again.

Goal no.8 for big Josh, who has been a terrific signing from non-league.

I’m not employed to make it better. Do you really think your motivational and positive posts on an Internet forum are going to change our fortunes. I’m commenting on the clip of our team versus the one that did semi-okay last season. Is that allowed Snowy?

SNOWY FOR POOLS MANAGER!

Your little mate isn’t here anymore Snowy, don’t reduce yourself to his classless level - even if he did agree with your inane rambles in pre-season.

Let’s hope no one comes sniffing around in the January window. for Umerah.

Is Tumilty a poor footballer for league 2 level?

Inane ramblings….? From someone who has just stated that those who attend matches are of an higher order and only they are able to pass comment., and you actually appear to believe it……. Now that’s pomposity running wild. Oh dear.

that’s enough internet for you for the day… time for bed Snowy, time for bed…

I could explain to you what really supporting a team means to me…
But I can’t understand it for you.

zzzzzz

As you say yourself its all a matter of opininon.

One thing i will say if a player shows willingness and an appetite for the game and energy to match, Then that player can be coached.
I would rather work with the above, than a player who over rates himself.

To write off a player whos not played in Lge2 before, And joined players who he has not played with before, imo is wrong.

I,ve supported pools long enough now to have seen many players who at first have looked, As you say poor footballers.

I strongly suspect independent minds are an anathema to you………ah well, it happens.

The irony and hypocrisy of this post is lost on you. Now, to bed old boy!

There, there…..you invited the fox into the hen house….

The evidence of the game = conclusion.
We were very lucky to win.
Game Over.
Move on.

All that matters for now are the points, the ‘style’ of football is irrelevant
, it’s a dogfight for us.

So were Salford, And Swindon, And Harra, And Colchester were lucky to get a point, And Crewe, And guess what. I saw the games.