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 Post subject: Re: Marine
PostPosted: Sun Oct 18, 2026 6:18 pm 
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The mere fact we are talking about Harris and Nolan not being ‘Pools fits’ due to a managerial change after 10 or so games is painful but so typically Pools.

These guys were match winners at previous clubs. The only reason we now need a complete overhaul is due to a manager change and our top earners now not fitting his style. Beggars belief.

The reality is Harris is the man. He’s a 25 goal man. So is Nolan. Why when they arrive at Pools did they go to shit. And now why have our football consultancy wasted a fortune on them to fit a philosophy that is likely to now go out the window due to Wild coming in

I cannot believe the farce they’ve made of it.


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 Post subject: Re: Marine
PostPosted: Sun Oct 18, 2026 6:38 pm 
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Shaymen down under wrote:
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I'd be interested in your take on Pete Wild. Not just on whether him and Harris will hit it off - it already looks like they won't! More Pete Wild's style of play - strengths and weaknesses from a fan's point of view over the 3 seasons he was with you.



We were defensively decent, hard to break down, not overly adventurous. But we worked our socks off.

He identified and developed Earing, Kian Spence and Kieran Green, also got the best out of Jeff King. His defensive and midfield eye for talent was good. He's also struck me as only being able to manage smaller clubs. Look at his interviews at Tranmere they weren't great. At Barrow and Halifax, he loved the underdog tag. Whether he can handle the expectations of a fanbase such as yourselves is questionable.


If you had signed him as manager instead of Clarke and let "HIM" sign the players he wanted, then I think you will have done alright. Coming in midseason, and probably being able to sign a limited amount of players. I'm not so sure about.

On Wild and Harris. I could easily see a personality clash. Harris needs to be told he's the man. That's just how he came across to me. If he felt like the man, it gave him the confidence to do what he did goal scoring wise for us. Wild wants workers, and run through brick wall type players. Not entirely sure Harris and Nolan are those types.


Cheers. That sounds like a fair assessment.


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 Post subject: Re: Marine
PostPosted: Sun Oct 18, 2026 6:43 pm 
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thebigdog wrote:
The mere fact we are talking about Harris and Nolan not being ‘Pools fits’ due to a managerial change after 10 or so games is painful but so typically Pools.

These guys were match winners at previous clubs. The only reason we now need a complete overhaul is due to a manager change and our top earners now not fitting his style. Beggars belief.

The reality is Harris is the man. He’s a 25 goal man. So is Nolan. Why when they arrive at Pools did they go to shit. And now why have our football consultancy wasted a fortune on them to fit a philosophy that is likely to now go out the window due to Wild coming in

I cannot believe the farce they’ve made of it.


I can see exactly where you're coming from. The best we can hope from this wreck of a season is that by the end of it Pools are hard to beat and manage wins in a respectable proportion of low scoring games. Which is kind of where we left the last one...


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 Post subject: Re: Marine
PostPosted: Sun Oct 18, 2026 6:47 pm 
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Flying Hogans wrote:
thebigdog wrote:
The mere fact we are talking about Harris and Nolan not being ‘Pools fits’ due to a managerial change after 10 or so games is painful but so typically Pools.

These guys were match winners at previous clubs. The only reason we now need a complete overhaul is due to a manager change and our top earners now not fitting his style. Beggars belief.

The reality is Harris is the man. He’s a 25 goal man. So is Nolan. Why when they arrive at Pools did they go to shit. And now why have our football consultancy wasted a fortune on them to fit a philosophy that is likely to now go out the window due to Wild coming in

I cannot believe the farce they’ve made of it.


I can see exactly where you're coming from. The best we can hope from this wreck of a season is that by the end of it Pools are hard to beat and manage wins in a respectable proportion of low scoring games. Which is kind of where we left the last one...


It’s disappointing as Harris/Nolan signings were a large part of why we sold so many tickets in the opening couple home games. They are proper signings. I hope Wild hasn’t given up on these two and is just playing mind games to get them back on form.

If you have signed these guys on big money to fit a philosophy, you can’t now tell me that Beech/Bromby/landon are throwing all of that out the window for Peter Wild. If that is the case, it makes a further mockery of the summer and football department overhaul that took place under Brombys guidance.

You would have thought they’d hire a manager who actually wanted to play their star men. I rate Pete Wild, but I don’t rate throwing out two extremely capable players after not even half a season. Very interested to see what the starting 11 is vs Hornchurch.


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 Post subject: Re: Marine
PostPosted: Sun Oct 18, 2026 7:29 pm 
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thebigdog wrote:
The mere fact we are talking about Harris and Nolan not being ‘Pools fits’ due to a managerial change after 10 or so games is painful but so typically Pools.

These guys were match winners at previous clubs. The only reason we now need a complete overhaul is due to a manager change and our top earners now not fitting his style. Beggars belief.

The reality is Harris is the man. He’s a 25 goal man. So is Nolan. Why when they arrive at Pools did they go to shit. And now why have our football consultancy wasted a fortune on them to fit a philosophy that is likely to now go out the window due to Wild coming in

I cannot believe the farce they’ve made of it.


Harris has scored 25 goals in a season once,the rest of the time he bumped around the NLN,not particularly doing much.
He does look decent here,but needs to put his dummy back in so the manager can’t drop him.


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 Post subject: Re: Marine
PostPosted: Sun Oct 18, 2026 10:56 pm 
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thebigdog wrote:
You would have thought they’d hire a manager who actually wanted to play their star men. I rate Pete Wild, but I don’t rate throwing out two extremely capable players after not even half a season. Very interested to see what the starting 11 is vs Hornchurch.

Trouble is we don’t know what’s going on behind the scenes and it’s never as straightforward as it seems …neither players have really stood out from the outset of the season that suggests Harris’s previous season was the only stand out season and not a regular high scorer?

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