Hi fellas,

Oldham fan here. The 3-5-2 genius keith Curle was at Oldham today. I have it on good authority he’s preparing a bid to take Hallam Hope from us. Curle and Hope love each and follow each other around. Not a prolific scorer for us but started the season well until he was attacked by a couple
Of Chesterfield players.


Good luck in staying with Curle you will need it

One of our own posters mentions that earlier on the "Transfer Window" post, judging by the tone of your post you don't rate KC as a manager?

If Curle is after one of their players, he might just be a bit miffed.

What with Hallam Hope and Callum Cooke all we need do is sign Alan Alda, David Duchovny and Kris Kristofferson in the January window and we'd have a nap hand

with unsworth around at larucs i,m not sure which club is in the bigger load of shit. at least you have more than a month to improve your squad where curle needs to get it right in a shorter period. personally if our maquey signing is from a bottom 4 nat.league club we are doomed.

Got to leave recruitment up to Curle and hope he gets it right but this guy doesn't fill me with much hope but I'm happy to be proved wrong.

He’ll have his reasons, let’s see what they are…..assuming the signing ever takes place.

Wonder how many more names will be chucked around before we finally see who actually comes through the door?

Double figures possibly

Joe Allon has been seen buying new boots

i also have on good authority that Hallam is in the process of being scouted by Curle and he wants him here for Jan 1st.

cements it even more by an Oldham fan coming onto our board and letting us know too - i wasnt going to say anything just yet but cats out the bag it seems - other poster on the other board whos frequently accurate with his inside knowledge and incomings also posted it too.

i rate the lad from what i seen years ago - the first time Carlise had him on loan he was getting all the applause - England U18 and U19, he was coming with some decent pedigree from the Youth game perspective. Signed for them permanent and had a fairly decent spell - was constantly scouted aswell by teams higher up the division. Got promoted that COVID season with Swindon on the Points fiasco.

will work well with Umerah and operates best in a front 3 - can see us maybe looking to add to the other side of this front 3 aswell as Curle does favour that when Hope is in the side.

Either way i know a few poeple in the game who where shocked when he decided to stick with Oldham - definitely good enough for L2

I seem to recall that when we drew 0-0 at Boundary Park last season, Hallam Hope was a constant thorn in our side.

I understand that KC has been looking at Sinter Klaas, a Dutch international, who can be brought into the squad to SLEIGH the opposition.

Ho Ho Ho

How on earth you come up with them is beyond me, Pure genius.

OH OH OH.

The criteria at Pools seems to be anything under football league standard, a scoring record that goes under the radar of every other football league club in the country but us. Someone on the cheap or at clubs in disarray. Another January transfer window that fills me with no confidence, if curle keeps this club up this year it will be some sort of miracle, in fact he worked a miracle getting that team that played against stockport capable of winning the following game.

Pep Guardiola would have trouble sorting your basket case of a club out.

I can see KC saying im happy with the NLN signing n 2 Loanies. Ive told the Chairman to save his money for the Summer Window were the Marquee players become available.
We stop up wirh 40 points. (default of 2 other teams).
KCs 18 month contract gets honored.
We go again for anutha relegation battle.
Unless theres a change of Ownership.
Thats reality not Pessimism.
But 1 or 3 mite disagree.

Snowy.
Put u dogs coat on if its walkies time.

You’re too late Kev, the bugger head butted the bedroom door open at 3.17 this morning, the clock said so, for a Willy wet…. rampaging around the garden in the dark and setting of sensor lights like an Albanian disco…. I ‘m a zombie now, never got back to sleep.

As for the coat, he won’t wear one, he’s hard as nails.

Like I said elsewhere, this particular transfer window is for me, showdown time. He now has to prove his intent towards the future of the club.
I’ve been patient, very patient, but it’s crunch time for me.

And for me Snowy

Hallam started the season well for us under Sheridan however, after the chesterfield he was attacked. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/19958479 ... -park/amp/

He’s come back and been ok. I do feel the mental side of the attack is playing on his mind.

Someone said we are basket case of a club things are beginning to be sorted. We have a squad of 41 a lot of deadwood from last season which Curle signed. We have just signed Joe Nuttall for 100k and looking st a willghbouby, Haughton and Colclough to replace Hope.

I think it would do is a favour to free up hope. We were under an embargo last season and he was our highest earner at 2k the maximum allowed.

and for me. i,ve sat on the fence abit about our owner but he will have to back curle as he is the only hope we really have. KC is not stupid as he knows there will ne never money available for big transfer fees but has to get the best available with what he has got plus the abiliity to get rid of a few sub standard performers we have already got.

my pair are not overkeen on other dogs who wear them even if they play with em uncoated. the husky/malamute cross would possibly attack me if i showed him one.

That's an interesting claim because Curle was only at Oldham for 8 months (one of 12 managers you've had in 5 years!) and only in charge for one transfer window - summer 2021. He made 11 permanent signings then and only 5 - including Hope - are still at your club.

Do you believe what you type or are you only here on a wind up

Curle seemed to have a good recruitment process whilst at Carlise - think it was one season where they sat pretty most of the season then tailed off for what ever reason - this then had him at Northampton where again he had a good transfer window and got them promoted - lets just see.. im being very optimistic... every manager signs a dud if not 2..and at least the same amount of decent... even PH got the Umerah and Sylla signings bang on. So hopefully 2 good CBs and new CM and a Striker to partner Umerah and i dont think we too far off it aslong as Sterry stays fit and Mayo

add that to the ownership shit show he had to contend with when he was there. they made pools look like a well run stable football club.

thats just 4 players though. add in possibly ferguson with odour and mcdonald on the bench there is not much left to get excited about apart from joe grey if he repeats his crawley performance.

Ferguson is having a nightmare of a season and im not sure if its confidence or the fact hes playing with shite.

Odour needs more game time and to settle into a position within the side - seems his parent club also have the same dilemma with him, but i think hes better than a LWB.

McDonald is alot like Cooke - only performs against the weaker sides and his end product is questionable most of the time. Need more from him as i cant see him being here next summer if KC is still here.

Grey again - on his day class but needs more time in the mens game and should we bring in a few more id like to see him go out on loan to a Gateshead or Bylth where he will get game time.

but yeh... not much else to get excited about. Niang maybe ???

Ratboy just sulks. Down the Gare this morning, thick fog and talking to a bloke with two Patterdales a year old, he asked how come mine looked like his dogs but were much bigger and beefier, told him today’s Patterdales were refined from mine which is a Rough Black Fell Terrier and the classic question, do I need to get them chopped to calm them down, at that moment, purely by coincidence they sat to attention and looked up at him…. I said dunno about that, mine’s been done and he’s still as randy as ever.

They say they take after their owners,lol

………….

The Carlisle fans said if they hadn't sold Charlie Wyke,they would have been promoted.

£100,000 for Joe Nuttall.
You must have more money than sense.

according to sources on the other board .... Mr Hope failed a fitness test and wont be offered a contract at Pools.

now if true - i am glad we are doing the basics when it comes to these new signings.

but i dont believe we would have offered him in for contract talks with a medical as such when he technically isnt a free agent and the window isnt open ? unless Oldham have agreed something and let this all happen ?

oldham would have agreed to all of this and the same thing will be happening now or before across the world of football. might be wrong but i,m sure i have read of signings already that will come into force on jan.1st.

I wouldn’t be surprised at all, no one is that naive enough to believe they start on Jan 1st surely.

Naive...............

People actually believe what comes out of Downing St, Buckingham Pal, And the Church.

Naive...............

Whatever comes out of Downing Street from any Party over the years, only proves that those who know the least, shout the loudest.
Buckingham Palace….? I’m a big fan of Oliver Cromwell.
The Church……. I avoid it…. it’s become a place of refuge for those social workers who never made the grade.

thats why i try to avoid using Capitals if possible.

Mail article says KC not interested in signing Hallam Hope and then asks the question, if Curle not interested in signing Hope, why was he at the game? Maybe Hope failed the test after Curle watched him though Curle says he knows all about Hope so has no need to watch him. Again, if that is the case, why was KC at the match?

It’s history now, not worth speculating over.

Maybe he was there to watch Torquay's Aaron Jarvis or Will Goodwin who both have scored goals this season?

there was 21 others starting the game and people were adding 2 and 2 up with KC comments on hope. obviously players will be coming in but as usual not the ones we expect.

Indeed there were plenty of players on the pitch though I would suggest it would be highly unlikely that a player would move from Torquay to Hartlepool in the January transfer window. It's not like we are Man U. So that leaves Oldham players some of whom are know to us Fondop for example. Of course maybe KC just felt like visiting his old club to see how they were getting on.

Er... like Eiffion Williams and Marcus Richardson?

I dont know if you read my post properly or maybe you are just looking for an argument. I suggested "it would be highly unlikely that a player would move from Torquay to Hartlepool in the January transfer window". So HIGHLY UNLIKELY. I did not say it was impossible. In other words, it could just happen but it is highly unlikely. By the way, neither Marcus Richardson nor Efion Williams joined Pools in the January window: Williams in March 2002 and Richardson in October 2002.

It's HIGHLY UNLIKELY I'm looking for an argument if that answers your question.

I honestly cannot see any logical reason preventing a player signing for Pools from Torquay or any other club come to that, at any time of the year, if it was possible.

yes, moving from a vastly overated part of the country to one of the most underated areas.