Hopefully some sort of reality hits home after this, thats 2 games against conference north teams. Some sort of action is needed and quick with the team before we go down, whether thats raj biting the bullit if he is staying and allowing the manager to get better players in or this takeover is rushed through somehow. Things cant keep going on like this its past a joke.

New Ownership n 5th bottom still on.
Hope been tested to the maximum now.
PM for ya Billy.

Yeah got it. I honestly cant see us staying up. Left with one hope manni coming back.

For the resources we should have in terms of fan base the decisions the last few years has left us with a disgrace of a team, underachieving massively and relegation wouldn’t be a surprise at all

What I find disturbing is Chesterfield, Fylde and Oldham all knocked out by lower league teams, so going down is going to be no cakewalk if it happens.

You missed out Aldershot

Well ive been saying this for 2 years to a bit of a barrage. What these two games have showed us against conference north teams is if we are not careful, we will struggle in that league too.

I dont think many would argue about the strength of the team. The end of the day if you dont go out and get 3 or 4 quality players instead of trying to get 20 lads who are either injury prone, come from leagues below, dont get games at their regular clubs, always going to struggle, think only cooke has played consistently for a team in the league above everyone is like a cobbled group of no marks, with the exception of the odd gem.

Lennie lawrence be next in firing line, its like rinse and repeat. Clubs a mess

Far from it, desperate times ahead if we dont sort it.

Judging by our performances against lower league teams we could struggle in division 6 next year.

One team we beat there are 24th christ what a shambles. Need manni back asap.

This current team would struggle in the conference north. The problem is if we do go down and are under same ownership the team will be weakened yet again.

What video feed ?

We just lost at home to the league leaders today, my god this league is shit. Shows how bad we are that Tamworth are top. They had a centre half who was the double of Danny O’Connor, just with a little less timber. Made Steve McNulty look like a lean athlete.

Reply to Greyhounded re video feed.
Oh, so there wasn't a video feed? I tried to follow events by checking into the official twitter every few minutes. Apart from what was said on there I have no idea how the game turned out. The impression I got was that Dixon didnt have a save to make and their keeper made approx three saves. This was why I wondered if anyone could give their impression of the game from video but I didnt realize there was no video.

We’d really struggle against Darlo reserves

And Bromley and Gateshead got through at home against lower league oposition by winning penalty shootouts.

Apparently losing on the shoot out is all Lennie's fault because he told the players to do a silly walk and a back flip as part of their run ups.

You’d have a job, we don’t have a reserve team

Silly walks and Back flip run ups are just how football is played these days. Isn't it

The bottom line is that Duffus had two golden opportunities to score within as many seconds early in the second half, twice weakly attempting to poke the ball past the keeper instead of putting his foot through it. H&R never really looked like scoring from open play throughout the game therefore Pools would likely be in the draw for the next round if Duffus had put even one of those chances away. Fine margins but although it is evident that certain individuals are currently playing well below their true capability ie Ferguson, Onariase, Feathers, Pools should still not have lost today.

In post match interview Lennie alluded to the fact that Duffus was short of match practice. Also said Cooke was injured which is why he didnt play. Thanks for giving an idea of how the game panned out ("H&R never really looked like scoring from open play throughout the game". ) it is the first description of the match I have read. I wonder if H&R were restricted because of the presence of Tom Parkes? The loss is a bitter pill to swallow but the fact we kept a clean sheet is a positive albeit small. If the defence really is is becoming a bit better with Tom Parkes and Manni D comes back from injury, I am hoping we can stay clear of relegation.

Then it’s an even match as we don’t have a first team.

Lennie Lawerence didn’t appear bothered about getting beat by a lower league team, I think he is just filling his time in to a new manager comes along, he is care taker manager in name only.
https://www.hartlepoolunited.co.uk/news ... -richmond/

Didn't seem bothered about losing at all.

We are screwed the chairman would rather see his hometown team play and now the manager aint bothered if we lose a competitive game.

Doesn't matter where the chairman is though does it? What matters is what the team do, doubt they'd be more motivated by the Chairman's presence in the exec boxes.

No but it sort of sums the whole club at the minute.

The biggest disappointment to me was not the losing but how poor H & R were. Looking at their league position and recent record I expected a lot more from them. All in all I thought they were poor but give them their due their plan worked.

Plenty of other national league teams lost to teams in the national north/south and below. Aldershot 6-1 loss, Oldham 2-1 to Hendon with Nico Muir scoring a winner. So while it’s disappointing I think the Fylde result is much worse. The next few league games are much more important.
I think this probably shows the level of apathy I have in the club at the moment though…

Still think the lack of passion by either LL or Captain Fantastic in their post match interviews says more than where the Chairman is on a winter Tuesday night.
If they're not bothered then they shouldn't be in the job (I was going to say doing the job but the doing is not there is it).

We haven’t got a first team.

They were there for the taking but, but we couldn’t take apples of a tree.
Pitiful.

It does and if the sentiment was the league is more important then they can go do one. A trip to wembley is wide open for some club now and it could of been us. A crowd of 30000 plus at wembley might of bought a decent striker for next season. From the first kick off at redcar or wherever it was conceding in the first few mins has summed this club up, cant be arsed, move onto next game nonsense. Its a half arsed unprofessional attitude from the first kick of the season and its carried right throughout the season.

The whole place needs to wake the hell up and start putting in some fight from top to bottom whether they are leaving next week or in 3 months time.

LL said pre match that if they were in our league they,d be mid table. Didn,t go but in the end we lost in the lottery and cannot moan for once about goals conceeded. All thats left is securing as many points possible to keep out of the bottom 4 and get higher up the league as possible. Better for me going out of knock out competitions early rather than doing a rotherham again when we,d be on a real downer.

Just listened on Tees me self, Micky Barron such a joy lol

still think we,ll avoid relegation and if we get lucky with injuries in the latter part of the season i can see us ending it with a good run. Would make the season actually feel worse as we will never know then what might have been if we had some strength in depth in this squad. Doubt teams would fancy playing us with manny d back in form alongside a match sharp duffus.

May sound mad be losing yesterday might just be enough to nudge Raj through the door, No chance of wembley.

apart from getting knocked out of a competition that so many others do not take seriously, the main point is are the club itself any different to where it was at kick off yesterday to when the last penalty went in. answer is no. yesterday was just another sticking plaster that came off and not stayed in place.

There appears to be no difference between the fitness levels of part-time and full time players so should we consider going part-time and save some cash?

H&R asked Pools to pay/contribute to their hotel bill, Pools refused according to X (Twitter)

This squad in the main lack any character and are unmotivated, gutless, unimpressive excuses for a team.
It has to be one of the most ‘can’t’ be arsed showers to grace to Vic.
What really hurts is remembering some of the players in teams who had drive, aggression and a will to win even when things were against them but this lot basically just don’t care, it’s a day job and they probably couldn’t spell ‘pride’ never mind feel it.
You can’t motivate sheep.

Young athletes on full time should always be fitter than part timers.
Maybe your referring your quote based on how badly and unprofessional Pools are being run.
I'd stay down the full time route under new people who actually know how commerce n football works.

Border Collies can.

unless you pay full time wages to part timers you,ll only get the dross thats left anyway. a bit pointless. saying that i would not exclude the right player because he wanted part time football because of the position he is in. we have had them before.

…..mind you, they bite them on the arse if they get stroppy, could work

Don,t believe that, No offence.
If anyone believes H&R need financial help watch below and have your eyes opened.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHwifpX0jfE

No they did they mentioned it. I think thats quite normal for home team to sometimes help with the bill.

Kevin I Think these guys may help people understand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHwifpX0jfE

again we do not know whether its right or not. surprised me that if its correct pools didn,t help them though.

All speculation i guess.