Nailed on he won't get past his 6 months probation.
I know we away but it's not £22 to £23.50 football value at the Vic.
And there's the answer to I think PTID who wanted to know why next seasons crowds will be below 3000.
Plus the 2 Labour budgets before that.

Ain't life great. UTP.

Dreadful, we look really poor, slow

It’s amazing. 1-0 down to the bottom of the league team and nine minutes to go. you’d expect a bit of urgency but they’re acting like it’s a gentle kick about.

Since they sacked super Kev we have got worse

Adam Campbell is absolutely dog he really is

I’m turning this shite off. I going to sort out the cutlery drawer for a bit of excitement.

You do the spoons I will do the forks

I would get the knives out!!!

I'll sharpen them.

100%

We got what we deserved today. I wonder if Sarl will tell us Ebbsfleet are a good side?

I’m putting my cards out early I want Sarll out. This is not the way I want to see my team play week in week out. Sorry I have lost patience.

To try and save something from this season (and yes I know it's early doors) but Sarll the fraud has to go. Best squad we've had for years but playing like a Sunday League team without a clue.

Its time to go mr sarl.you have had the easiest set of fixtures probobly in pools history and you are making a fine mess. Boring clueless football. A few results against boston and yeovil can fool a few fans but it wont fool the majority. Its been awful since scarborough in pre season and apart from 20 minutes at woking and 45 against boston
Its utterly dreadful. Most said in pre season we need life in midfield a new goalkeeper a left back who can defend, apart from an injury the the keeper we have done none of it.

Ive had enough watching this utter shit and no matter what excuses fans come up with it wont change my mind this really is utter shit, up there with one of our worst results ever.

I wouldnt care if Sarll's style of football was successful but it clearly is not. Losing to a team bottom of the league who haven't won a game till pools rock up is not acceptable.

Yes agree Mutley best to go now and save the season. I wanted to give him till the end of September but todays performance was lower than a snakes belly

Well how many times have Pools let us down did we expect anything else. Sarll's style of football might mean we concede less goals but its god dam awful to watch. whoever made the decision to get rid of KP might just be regretting it
Who would you replace him with? do we have the funds to replace him ?

Normally you can slate the playing staff for being limited or miles off it, but you can’t, as 80% of them have done enough in the last 18 months to prove they would make it in to the majority of National League teams.

See Grey, Mani D, Campbell, Mancini, Parkes, Dodds. These aren’t bad players. The system and tactics just don’t fit this level of quality.

I give him 10 games. Then pull the trigger if no improvement. There’s little to no conviction in any of the games so far minus 20 mins at Woking. The rest has been desperate & make no bones, this season is 100% about making the play offs, not mid-table mediocrity.

To slow. No pace.

Wasn't that the quoted reason for getting rid of Callum Cooke and Tom Crawford after last season. The midfield is to slow, to predictable. I'd have the pair of them back now along with Kevin Phillips.

Where's Leggie43 gone?

Don't even think he can knock a positive Fraud out of this manager anymore.

But he has pace in this side. Just not using it. This isn’t the serial loser Hartlepool of Hartley yesteryear, of which Askey had to simultaneously balance within his recruitment, this is actually a Pools team with good players in it for this level. The recruitment has actually been good I.e buying players who either play at this level or above.

Fevs already in place.
There's a 6 months probation period for a reason.

I think he has conned himself into thinking this is some sort of great manager, who supposedly has great players. Well something aint right somewhere.

That was absolutely shocking, Ferguson easily the worst player on the pitch, why does he take all the corners and free kicks, lost count of the number of times he gave the ball away. Wasnt the only one who was poo mind. Poor Mani no supply or support up front again, this manager is ruining a very good striker. Joe Grey spent most of the time out on the wing when he did so well alongside Mani last season. Mancini just kept losing possession, nothing coming from midfield. We still havent played any of the teams above us yet, think that will show us for what we are when we do.

Look at the other results, almost every team We have played so far
Universally shite and we have fucked it up

Ebbsfleet were absolute cannon fodder and yeh cowardly tactics employed by our manager handed them 3 points
Sack him and bring back Askey and we’d do a lot better, or realistically anyone who knows shit from shite would do a better job

The worrying thing is you buy in to a philosophy and style and that’s what we’ve done with Sarll. I don’t see him changing, this is the shit fest football you subscribe to when you appoint a manager like him, there’s no longevity in it, but it will grind results with the right players.
I think Sarll’s picks are Hunter and Sheron, possibly Sloggett. Thankfully, if we do end up getting a new man in place, it’s not a Hartley situation where we’ve gotta fit square pegs in round holes. We actually have a team to play an attacking and on the floor style of play.

Watching the teams general demeanor and attitude I believe that the players hate the tactics and he's lost the dressing room.

This has gone far beyond unacceptable—it's a complete and utter disgrace. Mr. Sarll has been handed what is probably the easiest set of fixtures in the club’s entire history, and he’s managed to turn it into a catastrophic mess. The football is not just boring; it's painfully clueless. The tactics are a joke, and the lack of any coherent strategy is infuriating.

It’s infuriating to watch this team stumble around with no flow, no rhythm, and no clue. We’re seeing the same horrendous issues game after game: a midfield that’s lifeless, a defense that’s non-existent, and a goalkeeper situation that’s a constant disaster. Sarll has shown time and again that he’s completely out of his depth, and the so-called improvements have been nothing but smoke and mirrors.

The excuses have run dry. We’ve screamed for reinforcements—a new goalkeeper, a proper left-back, some actual creativity in midfield—but Sarll has ignored every single plea. This isn’t just a rough patch; it’s a full-blown crisis. It’s time for Sarll to be shown the door, and Singh should be right behind him. This is one of the darkest periods in our history, and it's clear that only a complete overhaul will salvage what's left of the season. Enough is enough.

This one has to be a wind up!

Agreed. Mani D in particular, the talisman striker who now can’t hit a barn door. Wonder why?

I was thinking that. How else could they be so bad against the worst team in the division? Are the players trying to tell us something?

Hunter and Sheron aren’t footballers, you maybe need one on the pitch but not both

Campbell will come good if he plays in a half decent team tactically
Even the pressing has stopped instead it’s just hoofball and getting played through
It can’t be overstated how bad ebbsfleet are and we just cowardly handed them the initiative with the way he played

Wasnt one of the reasons Mani D left Halifax the "anti football" they were playing? Sarll has brought it to Pools and Mani has had enough.

I thought that about 2 games ago.

To be fair ive not seen any great press all season barring a few minutes here and there.

I went for a walk with the neighbours dog. I really enjoyed it.

Beat by a better team wanted it more no complaints pools.
We have not to bad players on paper but on the pitch clueless its as if every game we play for a goalless draw utter garbage.

Sad to say it has to be the manager never seen footballers scared and clueless when they get the ball.

Some people said KP was clueless,jeez,he was like Ancellotti compared to this muppet.

The thing about listening on the radio is you can work out whose doing the work…was he even mentioned…?

Finished 2-2

Still here Kev. Sorry if we have different opinions of D.S.

No probs mate.
End of the day our opinions differ.

Our next opponents Dagenham & Redbridge just thrashed Gateshead 7-1 with Josh Umerha scoring too. Another ex player coming to haunt us??

Ebbsfleet were quicker to the ball and simply wanted it more. When they hoofed the ball it was to the wing where there was always a man in loads of space. Make no mistake, a very poor Ebbsfleet side deserved to win!

In the warm up, Pools goalie spent a full 10 minutes practising plucking easy crosses out of the air. Unfortunately Pools spent 90 minutes doing the self same thing for the Ebbsfleet keeper. Delivery into the box was appalling. We could have Mani D, Madine and even Kane all waiting in the box and we would never score from a cross!

Having berated Sarll for not playing our best attacking players from the outset, I must confess that today's lineup was exactly what I wanted, yet it was completely impotent against the bottom side. What do I know? What I do know is that on today's performance promotion is a pipe dream.

Too many just didn't seem on their game today. Joe had a good chance early doors but took to long over it, Mani dragged a chance wide, nothing worked for Mancini who was crowded out most of the game, but they did t seem bothered or want to put the effort in at all. Worst of all by a huge distance was Fergy a d that must be his worst performance ever in a Pools shirt. A game of very few chances and the winning goal was a huge deflection, but even a draw with that level of performance would be simply papering over the huge cracks in Sarlls tactical nous.

On a positive note, Dan Dodds looked fit and had our best chances in the game, he showed how to ran with the ball and shoot. Should play him up front next week.

He is nowhere near fully fit yet he was M.O.M. for me like. I have said since he signed he really should be played much higher up the field wether its on the right of midfield or attacking midfield. He can run with the ball dribble and mark and tackle. He also has a brilliant shot on him and further more is a winner. He frightened them today on his runs and would frightened teams even more if he played in midfield.

I totally agree, I made it today, as the weather was nice, was like Costa del Kent!. Will be interesting to see what Sarll does with him!

The company is most agreeable.