Just announced. This is not knee jerk must have been ongoing for a while.

Got sacked by Woking in November…disappointing run of results….but they all go for that.

Seems that if you're not a yes man, you don't last long at Pools. Mind you Yes men don't last much longer either.

He was rumoured before KP was appointed wasn’t he?
Always has a great first season before shitting the bed in his second

I was worried in case they revealed Featherstone as player manager

He was at Woking nearly 10 seasons and managed a promotion to NL and twice finished in play off positions.
Relieved of his duties at one club for alleged bullying, so hopefully someone who can actually control what seems to be an uncontrollable bunch of players - assuming we keep them?

a poundland keith curle who has had success and failure in equal numbers. i,ll be the first to call him darren snarl.

Any idea what’s happening to Sweeney….is the Vicar of Bray still there?

You’ve got the wrong man. Lasted 1.5 at Woking, no promotions but twice in the playoffs (Yeovil and Woking)

Gone apparently.

Doesnt matter whether this guy has won the league, won promotions, been in the play offs for real madrid or woking, he will be gone by xmas.

I’ve heard of crop rotation, but Raj has invented manager rotation.

Yes I did get the wrong guy, mixed him up with the other fella from Borehamwood who was rumoured to be next in line - and possibly will be announced next week knowing the way we work!

I'm sure he was first choice before they started negotiating with Phillips last season, I get People liked him but we were warned from SS fans how he acts with contracts and to be fair it wasn't his teamz but his tactics weren't great either..

At least we now have a solid NL manager in so that's concern 1 for me sorted . Let's see what sort of team he builds and then I'll decide on whether to get a ST, as unlike other I get one to follow the clubz nowt to do with Raj for me

Looking for positives and at least we're not managerless for the next couple of weeks or months.

Hope he's been watching a few Pools games over the last few months.

be interested what bullshit and crap he,ll be giving out on his first interview like we are a big club, do not deserve to be where we are and will be making changes around the club to give the fans what they want especially the style of football we are all craving for.

The poor bloke is going to have to deal with players he will find out are nowhere near this league standard.

Wonder when KP found out this was going on behind his back? Monday? Tuesday? Yesterday?

Disappointed in the extreme with this outcome.
The press release is woefully inadequate and fails to give any explanation for what has just happened.
Not even a hint.
Don't expect the ins and outs but it should have contained more than it did.
Total disaster of a statement and only likely to lead to more of the usual shite allegations of penny pinching garbage we are used to, and lead to more disillusionment/discontent among supporters.
A complete gift to some with an agenda in my view.
Who was responsible for putting it together I wonder?
Was KP offered the job but turned it down?
Could terms not be agreed?
Did KP want to bring someone else in as his number 2 but was told no so upped sticks?
Has there been disagreement this week between KP and Monks/Board /others on the retained list/other issues in the lead up to this decision?
Maybe the ever constant nice blokes nose has been put out of joint yet again for some reason, leading to KP being shown the door?
Who knows... but the speculation will now go into overdrive because of this kind of crap and will do the club no good at all.
KP had success written all over him it was bloody obvious to anyone but a village idiot.
He will go on to success elsewhere I have no doubt.
As for the new bloke.
Well... A non league player of absolutely no note.
The best you can say is that he has some experience as a manager at this level.
But he's won absolute f/k all despite it and his C.V doesn't fill me with any excitement or confidence.
Sounds like a Curle/Askey C.V with less actual success in it.
A bland unexceptional journeyman type.
Has been accused of bullying before.. make of that what you will.
Complete load of bollox...cue the music..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XgakSxcHPE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Sarll
https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/ ... ren-sarll/

For what it's worth he was respected at Woking and had done well before this season.

he,ll be respected here even if he is a lucky manager rather than a good one. possibly just being lucky is the best thing that can happen in the long run with him. if the team is winning consistantly i doubt a single fan will be interested in how good a manager he actually is or just a figurehead behind someone else doing the graft.

Thing i remember about Sarlls teams is they were a right pack of ***** on the pitch, Horrible to the opposition, And Horrible to play against.
And gave more than 100%.
Seems weve been waiting for a team like that for ages.

One thing you learn in football is, When its gone move on do not dwell.
UTP

Sarll has been watching us for months just listen to his interview for proof.
Phillips has been shit on big time. There was never any terms to agree to because Singh’s first choice for the job was getting it no matter what happened

December 12th 2024 Hartlepool United can today confirm that Head Coach Darren Sarll’s contract has come to an end.

Further, the Club Board has made a decision on the Manager appointment moving forward and will release more details in due course.

Darren was appointed as Head Coach in an initial deal that took him to the end of the 2024/25 season. Darren has done a good job this season since coming in as Head Coach and he’s been great to work with. His remit upon appointment was firstly to make sure that the club retained its current league status and then from there to start looking up towards play-off positions.

“We had a difficult backdrop and precarious league position when the previous manager departed. We believed that Darren was the right appointment to navigate through things and in the end he has helped comfortably ensure that the club stay away from any relegation concerns, which at one point were lingering.

“We put on record our thanks to Darren and we all wish him the very best for the next steps in his career. He will always be welcome at Pools

I’m warming to the bloke now.

A comment from Sarll " I am coming in order to win and we need to close that gap to the playoffs " Does that mean move up a place or two then do the same the season after and so on. Looks to me he his more than happy to show any sign of improvement but not ambitious enough to say we need promotion full stop.

Is that you Raj….?

Once a manger starts promising promotion they’re asking for trouble.

This has obviously been some time in the making, so I assume the new manager will have been doing his homework player wise.
Then there’s the retained list, I also assume he’s been watching and monitoring the team as well as advice from inside .
I also expect him to have his own coaching staff, something the other managers were lumbered with.
It’s a done deal, let’s see what happens

But Raj hasnt gone.

I hope you are right and he has been watching us for months because if it is true he should have a good idea on who to get shot of.
Football is an area where people regularly get shit on but if no terms were on the table there was no offer surely, so how was KP shit on. Or do you know more.
If Sarrl was Raj's first choice why did he not appoint him before KP. We were told he was sacked by Woking last November so would have been a free agent.
Strange.

Look on the bright side Mr Imp, if Raj had gone you would have less to whinge about.
OH MY GOD, I have just realised how good that would be. Now where is my Raj out banner.

the only club to have a caretaker manager in charge who was in our eyes the full time one.

KP has been planning for next season, negotiating a contract and talking to players.
There were 2 rumours at the time, either we had to pay some compensation to get him out of his leave post Woking (something which happens a lot in football) or he watched us for a few games and said it wasn’t for him.

well the excuses will be out already of taking on other managers players still under contract and unable to make any real progress whilst they are still at the club. then a 10th placed position next season can be seen as the first improvement of a league position for years at the club. if he had a two year plan with promotion at the end i would not mind if he was allowed to hang about to do it. even challinor did not manage to do anything but improve the team in his first season with us so why should we expect a miracle next term.

Another Poundland bargain bin with 70% off. Good luck to him, if he survives the wrath of Raj. Singh tack record, he be gone by the being of November.

one thing even if its small is that the team is in a better shape now than it was before KP arrived where they looked like askey, beaten before they started and expecting the worst.

if you collect autographs i,d say get in as quick as possible. his taxi might still be ticking over outside the ground.

Singh has got us where he wants us. No ambition, but close enough to the playoffs to generate cash for the club.

Yes indeed, I think we average 3 managers per season, with DC the longest servant in last 10 years.

Fucking hell, calling Singh a Village Idiot. That'll be you kicked into touch as Fans Rep.

He is already in Wikipedia as our new Manager - that's bloody quick!

His stats make interesting reading?

And it took him years to lick arse enough to finally weasle his way into the Club.

And it took him years to lick arse enough to finally weasle his way into the Club.

Doesn't matter what his stats are because he'll be sacked by November.

“KP had success written all over him” He kept telling us that the chairman had given him full support in bring in players” The players he brought in were,let’s be kind, poor, so who is to say all these planed signings were going to be better.

In amongst all the waffling on about poor temporary loan signings and nothing really changed, you seem to have missed that results certainly did change, so I'll spell it out for you:

John Askey's last 17 league games in charge: Won 3 Drew 4 Lost 10
Kevin Phillips 17 league games in charge: Won 7 Drew 5 Lost 5

Just a bit of a difference - enough to keep Pools out of the NLN anyway