I,m hoping deals are in place and those deals are on holiday.
Seasons tickets can be sold incredibly quickly, When the right names pop up.

If we signed 12 tommorow who had some sort of pedigree history of doing ok, scored goals, came highly rated im not sure anyone would complain. Even just done well in this league would do.

We have got rid of the deadwood now,get some of the highest attendances, have some of the highest prices in this league, so should be no excuses this time around for not bribgibg half decent players in.

Mancini was a gamble that paid off, Hope he,s back to his best (fingers crossed).
Would imagine players have been taking for a while to us.
Can understand fans concerns when some are singing Good players, Would think/hope Sarll has a few lined up right now.

Correct show ambition fans will buy them

Only the ambitious ones, York fgr, Barnet etc..
They may or may not be successful, but appears they are having a go, instead of our wait and see….then likely blame parachute payments and season tickets for our inability to compete….all trumpeted out by the fans puppet….sorry Raj appointed rep.

Am sure some team will punch way above their weight like morecambe did a few years ago and then be quoted by the chairman … sorry our fans rep as the bench mark for a promotion budget

But can we not wait and see instead of predicting the worst which may or may not happen? Who said we're not going to compete either for signings or in the league, who said we'll need excuses let alone predict what those excuses will be or from who's mouths?
As for signings, it doesn't matter where they come from, if they cost anything, what their wages are, what their history for other clubs has been. What matters is what they do on the pitch for us, end of. Gateshead surely must have had a lower budget than many but managed a play off position - therefore even though their budget was low it was a play off budget wasn't it?

We’ve ’waited and seen’ for a couple of years now….for me the current regime have lost the right to gain the benefit of the doubt
And sorry but the comment on signings is ridiculous of course the important thing is they do it for us but where they come from is a pretty good prediction of if they will be able to perform or did you just erase the Hartley debacle from
Memory?
Similarly the Gateshead quote, no one is saying clubs can’t punch above their weight but overall of course the budget matters otherwise let’s just get 20 random lads from the rec and act surprised when we are shite ?

The teams that recruit well normally do ok.
There's no reason why we can't go for an upgrade on what we've just got rid ov.
Shudent be to hard really.
That's a nice chunk of ambition /realism.
I hope so. The opportunity is there for the taking.
UTP.

Agree Loyal but PTID will always reply to any negative messages any of us dare to post. You only have to look at his posts to see he is a defender of his opinions to such an extent we are not allowed to have one.

Have you been drinking Kev

I’ve noticed quite a few good signings that I would love to see at Pools but you have to be realistic they are mostly out of our reach wages wise. Just because we get a lot bigger gates than a lot of teams dos not mean we should have a bigger budget it comes down to how much the owner is putting in. Harrogate are a good example get barely half of our gates but owner banks the club.

The only thing I'm a defender of is my own opinions.
Once again no reasonable response to my point of view so just have a personal dig.
To be fair I'm quite impressed that people who have such negative outlooks stick with the club, I would've given up by now if I was so downbeat.

Not yet keeping me self rite for the Pool tonite.

Funny you mention that, I’m a bottle of Screenwash down in my bunker, it’s a cheeky little scrubber with a cheeky bouquet and a hint of Benzohrydoxidebarbyfartocravane.

I am not negative about my club just the people behind the scenes. However that opinion could change if they surprise me with a few quality signings.

You sound perfect for that new fan panel to me PTID. Always there with a ready excuse for any action or inaction.

Yep. I'm reminded of Comical Ali from Gulf War 2

By the way, according to Robbie Stelling "Sarll is happy with the budget. The 41-year-old said he's satisfied he has a "strong enough resource" to be competitive next season and that he feels as though he has the financial backing of the board."

Sarll is also quoted as saying "he agrees with the communal approach to recruitment which Pools are set to pursue. With head of football Joe Monks, chief scout Ronnie Moore and assistant Carl Dickinson all likely to have their say on players, Sarll will have to be content with being one of a number of voices when it comes to transfers this summer. The 41-year-old insisted he felt it was the right course of action."

Sounds like a potential recipe for disaster to me, especially with Joe Monks still involved.

Not excuses just my opinions and thoughts.
Better to be optimistic in life than constantly pessimistic.
Why would lack of signings before the end of May and efl players coming out of contract would there need to be any excuses. We've probably got 6 or 7 weeks before pre season starts and that to me is plenty of time to do some dealing.
Keep the digs coming fellas it just shows you've run out of reasonable debate.

I don’t think
I have made any digs of you apart from disagreeing with your position

Whos going in the pool with you tonight Kev, Keeping ya self right gave it away.
Cmon tell me, I won,t tell a soul.

Same ingredients in CokaCola i believe.

You'll be able to get some digs back when all these awesome signings turn up.

Could not have put it better Mr Hogans

7 3 win.
2 wins for KPG.
Snowys screen wash worked.
Maybe he can donate some to the Pools players cos that lucozade doesn't work.

think sarll will have the final word in signing any new player. its will not be a committee type decision where he has one vote on a player. more eyes around for recruitment is better and some clubs the size of pools have unpaid scouts across the country who pass information on. if pools are not doing this then its about time they start as its not costing them anything but expenses at the most for these people.

Code in there somewhere.

When we sign some lad thats scored 3 goals in 15 years watch the spin thats put on it as a tremendous signing.

My statement that it doesn't matter where a player comes from but what matters is what they do on the pitch for us is 100% valid and is confirmed by the Hartley signings - most of them were rated in Scotland and reputedly we were paying some of them a decent wedge but didn't perform for us. Exactly what is ridiculous here?

Mr Leggie you have seem to have a bit of form for liking and re-posting other posters material - ever heard of the concept of original thought?

Of course it matters where they come from if we signed 11 lads from the wearside league as our team for next season the likelihood is we would struggle. Gems amongst them im sure but not enough.

We could sign 11 from div 2 and they could all be duffers too.
It's the quality of the player and if they perform for us that counts - I'm sure there'll be more than a dozen players at wearside league level who could perform at a decent NL level.

Of course they could but its probobly the safer option and lets be honest how many wearside players or national north players gave actually been any good for us. Major problem we have is it appears the guy that signs all our duffers still has a major say.

We've actually signed some decent players permanently in the last 12 months or so Mancini, Mani D, Waterfall, Parkes the recent loanees have been abysmal in the main.

Mr PTID you seem to have a load of form for jumping all over anybody and everybody who dare criticise Raj or Walter Mitty Shithead or lack of signings. I would suggest you apply for a directors role and join the mighty board. I reckon your vital input would see us playing in the Premier league within 5 years.

So stating a different opinion, or playing Devils Advocate is "jumping all over everybody who dare criticise Raj or Walter Mitty Shithead or lack of signings"? What a sensitive soul you must be.

Are you on something

Kev, you can have some of our lasses home brew ‘wine’ she laid down in early 80’s she had in storage for the players.
She’s let me keep four for drain cleaning, but the players can have the rest, contains Tetraraspachloridevomitbloodornageringpieceium….keep away from children and pets.
Can damage central nervous system and vehicle paintwork if opened to atmosphere.

Whats the hit and miss percentages at our level?

33% ?

Maybe part of the Sarly deal is your excellent budget starts on July 1st as providing funds before then is off the menu.
He's gone very quiet lately!

Or oh shit the usual good STsales ain't happening can ya wait till August /September and don't forget the open window and the loanies.

Maybe management Magician skills are Gunna have to come into play.

Oh give it time hey

Im still not convinced Parkes and Waterfall are as good as i thought or most believe, they still conceded goals for fun and their lack of pace is a bit of a problem, in our side. Maybe with better players it will stop the 2 or 3 goals a game we ship. At first they definately came ib and helped massively but that soon tailed off like most of our signings.

Of the 2 Parkes looks the better footballer and is very good for our level. I think a big part of our conceding lots of goals was the fact that we didn't have a midfielder capable of a tackle to defend higher up the pitch.

As I have said they are both solid but lqck pace, mani O is v unlucky to be transfer listed as provides the pace they lack

Of course you can have a different opinion…..but, the constant unyielding defence of Raj is wearing a bit thin…..Raj has a lot to prove so scrutiny is inevitable.
Jumping in to counter any questioning of intentions of Raj all the time is only lengthening the debate.
Make your point and leave it at that, digging the body up serves no purpose.

Physician heal thy self

Of course it serves a purpose, it keeps me amused.
Wouldn't be much of a forum if everyone just made a point without allowing any follow up, justification, or expansion now would it? I do believe I've seen multiple posts from almost every poster on the same thread.

Never knew you were a Raj man…we live and learn.

Amused?…. ..sounds a bit masochistic.