…held hostage and Hartley having had plastic surgery and elocution lessons taken over to finish the job.

HE DOES NOT HAVE A CLUE.

Askey been clueless for nearly a year now.

Arthur Askey would have done a better job.

Aye Thang Yu

Can Pools afford to sack him, he has a 3 year contract and Pools are probably still paying previous managers wages.

Can they afford not to sack him is more relevant.
What I don’t want to see is a relegation battle where we escape on the last day and he gets described as a ‘saviour’…..although there’s little likelihood of that the way things are going.

problem is who would be his replacement. another tired old name from the past or a shiny new young youth team manager from somewhere above us.

Not my problem, but this is flat lining with the odd twitch now and then.

And now Manny D is Fooked

I was watching the Askey interview this morning and after JA had opened with shambolic defending again, our lass piped up with " well you keep saying that but what are you doing about it?" Are you going to answer her question, Mr Askey???? FFS.
Four goals away from home should be a comfortable three points not a last gasp single point.
Get a grip man.

apart from bringing in a new defence and new defensive midfielders there is little he can do about it. you are dealing with sub standard players who will not really improve no matter what he and anyone else says. Fans will say cloughie and others from the past would not stand for this but they,d bring in others that can do the job they want and not rely on picking up gems for sod all.

Do we have substandard players who are not capable of improving or a manager incapable of improving his players? We are not exactly playing in a tough league where we are coming up against teams like Liverpool and City

Doesnt help with any defender who is half decent immediately getting injured: Seaman, Lacey, Johnson, Mattock, Hendrie. Although some on the list have been the subject of deserved criticism that is an entire defence all injured.

If the player says sub standard, buy less but better players, because he’s signed a fair number .

Here,s another one, Why is he so determined to stick with the 3 at the back

Because its safe to say IT DOES NOT WORK.

Using the same system and expecting a differant result, Madness.

For months he has been telling us that he works on the defence but no matter what he tells them, they don't listen. No matter what jobs he gives each of them, they are not doing as he says, or to put it bluntly, they are just ignoring him. He tells them to get tight, they don't. Watch the runners, they don't. Deny the opposition space in our box, they just stand aside and invite them in.
The man is not in control. It's as plain as the nose on even his face but he can't see that his every instruction is being ignored. He is running around in circles, more than often with his eyes shut.
Yes he has injury problems with his defenders but how many of these injuries/illnesses are the result of the opposition?? Maybe the training regime and procedures are putting too much strain on the players resulting in self inflicted injuries.
Askey needs help, perhaps a defensive brain on a short term basis would help. Maybe ask Tony Mowbray if he might like to help, better than kicking his heels until another job turns up. Desperate times need desperate measures don't you think.

For quite some time it has been evident we need help with our defence and yesterday was just about the worst it has ever been. Mowbray or any other experienced tactician would do. We just cant go on like we are.

Not rocket science is it and yes not all his team was hartleys/curles signings.
Got faith in KP to do the right thing recarding recruitment tactics and discipline.
UTP.

The point I was making Kev was in my opinion if a manager has a budget and decides to buy ten players, why not buy four decent players with same budget, because a core of quality players brings out the best in the rest of the squad.
Having a team of quantity over quality makes no sense.

I would imagine that they though all of the signings were quality?

More likely ‘hoped ‘ they were quality…in a business like this the word gets around about who’s who and their ability.
Askey made some decent signings, just not enough and too many non acting extra’s.