Still, Chesterfield won.

First was Injuries and now crap Ref decisions.

We are in a relegation fight and Askey and Co doesn't see it. That is scary

Haha avoid it at all costs.

For you to say pathetic suggests to me that you did not attend the match.
First half we where the better team and should have gone into the break at least 2-1 up. 2nd half they came out guns blazing and piled the pressure on which we dealt with comfortably. We also created a few chances.
Overall, I thought it was our best home performance for quite some time.

We still lost. All the pressure in the world does nothing.

Who came away with a clean sheet and 3pts.

Who's top of the table and who's in the relegation fight?

Who are these lesser teams that Askey talks about, because pretty much everyone is above us over the Christmas period.

My quote was after conceding yet another soft early goal

Askey was at another game, His post match interview proves that.

Chesterfield played the ball long when they had to.
We continued to play out from the back, Until we became desperate.

Total lack of variety = Predictable.

He was at a meeting of the Killip Appreciation Society organising the Xmas raffle for orphan man bun adoptions, to avoid putting them down.
Terry Plywood told me.

Only 4 points ahead of fourth bottom Ebbsfleet now, fanciful quotes about the playoffs are becoming a pipe dream, I would take 5th bottom now.

Askey talking about next season playoffs

In the National League North

He's got a crystal ball.

If we can give the runaway leaders a match we'll and keep up that level of performance then relegation isn't a worry.
Anyone who was there can't dispute the fact that it was not obvious who the top team was.
Mind neither keeper had a lot to do.

But we still got beat.

We've only beaten Daggers, York, AFC Fylde and Southend who are below us.

Let face facts here Poolies. We are in a fight for our lives again. Wealdstone won today and we play them next week and they have beaten Daggers & Barnet in last two league games.
Who have we beaten in last two league games?

A performance like that means nothing if you then get beat in the following game with a defeat to the team second bottom. Let's say Southend and Dorking who have a game in hand on us both win we'll be 17th, now remember we were top, we've one win, one draw and 8 defeats in our last 10 home games, if that's not a major cause for concern I don't know what is.

Spot on

What's even more worrying is that not only Askey can't see it, some supporters can't see it too.

I hadn't realised that relegation was decided in December over 2 games.
Yes we lost but not many have beaten Chesterfield have they?
We're 4 points ahead of the relegation places with a game in hand, and we've just given the runaway leaders a match. I'm confident we'll be OK.

A game in hand with the bottom club. So if they beat us. Then what.


However, that's the other thing, we are half way through the season now. The only team we haven't played is Oldham, but they coming up in the next couple of weeks and half of the teams we've played have beaten us

A game in hand over the 4th bottom club actually, and we've beaten Wealdstone already haven't we?
Yes we need to start winning a few games but there were signs today that we're capable of doing that.
I won't be panicking just yet, let's see where we are after the Xmas period.

Nevermind December we've been sh.t in September , October and November too

But we weren't shit today and we're not going to be playing Chesterfield every game.

OK, live in Dreamland and Fantasy Land.

I'll live in the real world, knowing that Askey clueless and he thinks that the Playoffs are just within reach.

The FA Trophy will distract us while we'll fall away and asleep, (like Papa John's and FA Cup run) then paper over the cracks and problems at the club.

Still lost and couldn't score.

What's dreamy or fantasy about any of my posts?
Your real world has us having not beaten Wealdstone already this season and in a relegation scrap already. Either are true are they?
I prefer to take each game as it comes yet you're talking about FA Trophy distractions - who's the fantasist?

Must admit that my blue and white balloon is looking pretty deflated tonight. Can't keep a clean sheet. Josh is finding a goal harder to come by than a single mother in Hartlepool. JA looking like he has lost a winning lotto ticket. The spirit of Brian is looking down and thinking what the f... Wealdstone looking forward to an early Christmas pressie. Celebrations in Derbyshire. Oldham Athletic fans looking forward to drunk filled Boxing Day out with three points and plenty of chew in Church Street. Crowd slipping into the 3,000s. Yellow cards galore and more than confetti at a Green Party recycling Christmas do. What could be worse? A power cut for all of Christmas and Boxing Day? Burst water main causing the house to be flooded? A stray meteorite demolishing the Cyril Knowles stand. Raj's stake in Pools has been bitcoin. Stephen Howard eyes J A's job. Finding it very difficult to get my head around this tonight.

We're only 4 points above the relegation zone due to our excellent start to the season.
Our form is recently,including 1 win in 10 home games,appalling & relegation form.

Who cares anymore.

Good luck Good bye.

Just accept one thing… Hartlepool United are shite and have been since Dave Challinor left the club. That is the be all and end all of this club, until somebody comes and saves us or we start again.

Not to sure you watched the same game as me. Just because we only lost 1-0 does not make it a good performance. I’m guessing the goaly was unsighted but scorer shoukd have been closed down. We played ok for about 15 minutes end of first half. They were quicker than us in every way. Of course that’s why they are runaway leaders. Our midfield were lacking and Grey did he touch the ball? Umerah no impact whatsoever again. We still played like a northern league side. December will tell us whether we are too good or not to good to go down. It might as well have been 10-1. Sorry

There's more than him sounding off who weren't at the game. And you're right - the fans who were in the ground showed their appreciation for the effort the team put in at half-time and at the end. Fat chance of that happening if Pools had got the padgering many on here were predicting! Against the best team in the division by a country mile. the performance was always going to be as important as the result.

The first half was nip and tuck. Mani D missed 2 great chances - can't knock him for the goals he has scored but he's missed enough sitters to be on 25 for the season not 15! The second half was ruined by the ref's constant whistling. He finished up making 11 bookings in a game that was never dirty and the feckin' whistle was never out of his mouth.

Apart from the Bromley game, which was horrendous, the overall level of Pools' performaces has improved in the last month or so. That'll count for nothing unless Pools win some games over the next fortnight, but I reckon they will.

We’re like a ship whose alleged quality engine turns out to make the right noises but works intermittently because of dodgy components… so we’re drifting….there’s rocks in the distance and they’re on the horizon, but we’re getting ever closer as the clock ticks.

Like the Bismarck hunting down the Hood. Only one winner.

How was there only 4 mins added time 2nd half by the way, 7 bookings, 5 subs, Onareise treated on field for a good 2 or 3 mins, their keeper booked for time wasting?
Probably wouldn't have changed the result in any way, but 4 mins, seriously?

because it suited the league leaders and they seem to make up the added time as they go along. when you are top of the league everything goes your way even though you are in that position on merit.

exactly and conceeded only 1 goal as well. looking at that who was the player who took a swing at the shot and missed the ball. possibly the reason it did go in never mind what dixon should or should not have done.

didn,t go but that seems to happen in too many games for my likeing.

Except in our case when we reached the top, everything started going wrong, and hasn't yet stopped with any degree of certainty. It has to change sooner than later because later soon turns into too late, I'm afraid.

lets wait till after oldham do the double on us, oxford hammer us again and get kicked out of the trophy by a club i have no clue where they play before we all start to panic. really deep down how many expected pools to win yesterday at 3 o clock.

Askey said in his post match interview more or less said if Pools play like they did against Chesterfield beating other teams in the league shouldn’t be a problem ?

Askey............Not you.

Actually the Hood was hunting down the Bismarck…….but the King George V and Rodney finished her off without damage to themselves, job done.

Hood and Prince of Wales unfortunately (for them) made contact with the Bismark and the rest is tragic history. Rodney and KG V destroyed her after her steering gear was damaged by a torpedo fired from a Sworfish torpedo bomber from HMS Ark Royal. The damage prevented her escaping the RN's pursuit and she was blasted to scrap mental though it took a long time for her to actually sink.

You want to try getting in the away end, what a complete cock up that was. They knew how many tickets had been sold, but only one turnstile open with another a few feet away admitting Poolies an open invitation for trouble. Good luck when you play the nobs from oldham.

And the ref, totally agree useless for both sides. Comments on here would have been interesting if our goal he disallowed for offside???? had been t'other way round. Cheers.

Home fans tend not to be too bothered when the way away side isn’t awarded a goal because the ref cocks up ….as will be the case at your place. All fans have shameless double standards

It was the same at your place, one turnstile open, loads queuing up outside for the first 15 minutes and missed both our goals.

If that was the case I apologise. But the point I was making, was there was an other turnstile some 3 yards away for the use of Hartlepool fans therefore causing fans mixing in the same queue, segregation none existent and due to some bizarre policing some coaches arriving at 2.30 not being abke to off load until 2.50 adding to the last minute congestion.

I get what your saying but it's Pools/Chesterfield, not Pools/Darlo and it's a family stand, it's old blokes with tartan blankets and Under 8's, the chance of a rip roaring scrap with anyone is next to 0.

Should be fun down Church Street then, When we welcome Toldham.

Can’t they be dropped off at North Gare and directed to walk along the beach…preferably at high tide….Just a thought