And who was the bloke with the clicky ba? The name escapes me. Probably because I haven't thought about it in 50 years

The Wolf of Kabul…..read all the comics in the barbers….

do they still do that kind of comics in todays world. now they,d have roy of the rovers taking early retirement after marrying cilla of the city to look after the kids whilst she plays in his womens team.

I don’t need to do that your posts remove all doubt

Such a shame when you can't discuss football on a football message board without someone resorting to personal attacks. Wtf is wrong with people? Is it low self-esteem? Do they have miserable lives so they want to spread the misery? Whatever it is, I wish they would keep their poison to themselves.

even worse to attack fans who support the same club even if you have never met them. save it for glory hunters and the armchair lot.

Wow imagine taking a dig with an emoji as a massive personal attack, Jeeze the world is full of snowflakes these days.

who got injured yesterday at stevenage.

Ben Killip's self-esteem took a beating.

Probably a growing injury list after tonites victory on a slide tackling wet pitch.
UTP.

that bothers me far more than the result does. only real interest this week is players coming back and there availability for the barrow game.

hope umerah was took off as a precaution last night and nothing more serious.

Curle said in his after match interview he had damaged an eye lash jokingly.

Yeah, it appears Umerah's injury is not too serious but worryingly Hamilton is reported to be injured again. I say worryingly because he is reputed to be playing quite well at the moment.

He didn't need to go through concussion tests, which suggest it wasn't too bad.

Umerah is suspended for the trip to Barrow anyway.

See Pools are hoping to appoint a new physio this week because the current one (a bloke called Michael Harding) has a new job lined up. Not necessarily with another club from the sound of things.

In the build up to Tuesday night's match Eddie Kyle had a pop at Keith Curle being so secretive about the injury status of certain players and wondered if it wasn't because some of them aren't so much injured as fed up and will be away in January.

The obvious candidates are Jamie Sterry and Tom Crawford. Sterry has been out for over a month with his latest injury (whatever it is) and Crawford almost as long. Not a peep about when either of them are expected to be fit to play. The silence is deafening - or a piss take.

If players are ‘fed up’ they should have a long look in the mirror.
If they don’t want be here they can Fuck Right Off, because we’re in this situation because they’re supposed to be ……players.
If the speculation you speak of is they’re fed up and not injured, good riddance.

it does make you wonder doesn,t it. Could be Curle also wants em moving on to bring a like for like in. With this stupid squad size rule we cannot keep everyone and bring others in unless they are loanee kids. Then there is a limit on the number of loanees you can play. Need to read a 100 page document next before you can get a squad and field a team next.

Think it's time for the manager to take a break from his stance of keeping opposition managers guessing and update the fans about the injury status of all the missing players. Fans attach some weight to what Eddie Kyle has to say. When he is the source of speculation that some players are more disaffected than injured a lot of Poolies sit up and take notice. There has been gossip on here already about whether Sterry and Crawford want to be here any more. If it's bollocks and both are working hard to get fit, Curle needs to support his players by saying so.

I got abuse last week when I raised the issue of KC's secrecy about the injury situation. Glad to see some others are beginning to question this policy. KC has said he's hoping to have a couple back this week. I am guessing thats going to be Crawford and Shelton purely because they are players we need the least, whereas the absence of the likes of Menayese and Niang are killing us. As for Sterry, almost ceased to consider him a Pools player. I know he's appeared now and again but never two games in row.

Shelton and Sena (Niang) were the two Curle mentioned as getting closer to a comeback last weekend. Sterry played 5 league games on the belt in August and only once in two and a half months since.

So if Curle gives you a rough estimate of their return, then what, what’s changed, you have no input whatsoever so basically it only satisfies your nosey fixation.
As for the absence of players of players we really need back, needing them won’t alter their recovery time one jot. They’ll come back when the manager says so.
Might I suggest prayer if it’ll help

It may not be the case at Pools but most physio's I guess are tasked with the responsibility of making the final call as to whether a player is fit enough to play or not, and if you get some players 'swinging the lead' as to whether they feel fit enough to play as opposed to whether the experts think they are fit enough to then some will always err on the side of caution.
If most footballers get full pay whether injured or not where's the incentive to get back into the team other than self motivation.

Carlos Kaiser: Fake footballer who cheated a living out of the game but never played in a professional match https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football ... harebaramp

In answer to your question. If we get hammered 3-0 due to crosses into our box that are not being dealt with, it is a positive to think that when player x is fit (manager said possibly in a week or so) our defence will be a lot better and we may not lose. If there is absolutely no news about key players returning from injury, there is a sense of hopelessness: as a fan you feel the hammerings likely to continue unabated especially as we know, new signings are off the table at the moment. In my opinion, communicating with fans and making them feel the club think its worth bothering to talk to them about important issues (via interviews/press releases etc) is an important part of the stewardship of any football club. And just to avoid ill-considered abuse: I am not advocating chapter and verse accounts of players injuries or the naming of a specific date a particular player will return. I just want a little hope. I dont think this is in any way a nosy fixation.

"your nosey fixation"? Snowy, you keep up a running commentary on every thread that appears on the Bunker. Fair enough, everybody needs a hobby, but sniping at people who have a little more interest in the current team's fortunes than you do really isn't clever.

"you have no input whatsoever" - blow me, that's a shock, I thought Keith Curle and Raj Singh were hanging on my every word

I do get involved, which is the whole point of being on here, or it would be just tumbleweeds rolling by, but just say the word and I’ll fuck right off too.

Don't be daft, it's one narky comment from you and one from me. Squits. On we all go.

Like what you did not say there.

He must come on here to disagree because hes not allowed to at home.
Probably gets a few good hidings as well and has to do all the Housework when he gets back home from his dog walkies.

If only you knew eh?
Funnily enough Kev I have no problem with the domestic side of life, obviously you never let schooling and teachers interfere with your ‘educayshun’.

just take the next game as an example. does anyone really think barrow will change their style of plot overnight if we had a fully fit team to pick from and change their squad accordingly. fans moan that clubs have not a plan B anyway if things go against them. its not as if they are playing arsenal in a fa cup game. therefore why the secrecy. giving the game a swerve mainly due to not knowing the type of side that will be put out and i was looking forwaed to celebrate my birthday in barrow.

Happy Birthday, Mr Accrington. Whatever you have planned will most likely be more enjoyable than witnessing another capitulation.

Yes, happy birthday Mr. Accy - if you are anything like me you will spend the afternoon sneaking looks at the Pools score wherever you spend it.

I,d swerve the streaming if it was on. Got a horrible feeling about this one. Could not beat em last season when we had a better team and they had a worse one at holker street. Off to see my lad at Stockport to see what we are up against the week after. hope leyton o are a real kicking outfit and a few of the stockport lot lose their heads with a few red cards on top of a few injuries.

Good job we don,t play football on paper.

KC tells all on twitter, Injuries wise.

What? Surely not. Bloomin well pandering to those of us with a "nosy fixation". I dunno if I saw the same twitter feed as you but all he said was Crawford out for months after surgery and we have to be careful with Sterry. Hardly telling all. But hey, maybe I missed summat.

Careless talk costs points.

On Radio Tees Mark Drury was straight in with: "How is Jamie Sterry? 'Cause he's been out for about a month now."
Be interesting to see what the incoming physio's take on long-standing muscle problems is. The bloke who's just left sounds like he's been a very cautious type.

Sounds like Saturday will be the side that faced Solihull minus Umerah (banned for 1 game)

There was some talk of KC hoping to have " a couple back" this weekend. Who could it be? Not gonna be Sterry or Crawford. Would Lacey have recovered from a dislocated shoulder in 7 days? Doubtful. Meneyese, mystery injury so only the Lord and KC
knows. Shelton possibly could be back. Who does that leave? Hamilton only just injured so wont be back. Maybe Niang could play, that would be brilliant cos it would allow Ferguson not to be a makeshift centre back which means Paterson would not be required...that would make us a bit more solid. Fingers crossed.

please not ferguson as a makeship centre back. he has shown before he just cannot play in that position and by doing that we lose from his normal position and lose from his new position.

Precisely, but he has had to be a centre half cos there is no bugger else. As I said above, If Niang is fit Ferguson can play in his usual position and Paterson can be "rested" because although he tries his best, he is just not up to it. Thats not to say we will cause Barrow any problems but with Ferguson at CB, we would most likely be blown away.

When our physio walks again it's a bad sign. Players will never push their luck to get back when the squad is like this. Ferguson is one where is the other way and shouldn't p lay when he's not fit

Buster was asked again .......

To play Centre Half?

Questions for the Manager:-
Why bring in another midfielder when it's obvious a centre half is the major priority?
Why play Ferguson at C/H when it's obvious he isn't comfortable/effective there? I'd rather have Hamilton at C/H for his height alone.
Why play Hastie ahead of MacDonald today?
Why did Grey not start up front as surely he's better than than the anonymous Robinson?
Why do our players get injured so often and for so long?
Why am I stupid enough to support this godawful team?

I’m afraid Mr Curle is showing symptoms of an eccentric vagueness in his decisions.

Maybe the latest physio wasent as good as Buster.
But heard from a reliable source it was down to poor wages.
Maybe u only get what you pay for.
Minimum Wage up to £10.42 from April.

Thats us fcuked

There really are no injured players actually. They’ve gone, I saw them all getting in a rubber dinghy at Seaton.with an A to Z of France in their hands.