The Poolie Bunker

Might be a canny player in the walking football league !


Seriously after the shift everyone else put in I think a few of our players will be having a word with him to buck his ideas up

Cheeky get was having a moan at some of his teammates as well
It looked like for not playing the right ball
To him in the first half

Might be a canny player if we play to his strengths too?
He had a go at John for not playing the ball out to him after he'd made a run for a quick break. He's not going to score goals if he doesn't get chances, nor would any other striker.

He’s not mobile , not strong , makes it easy for the oppo with and without the ball and the few chances he has he has misses, skied one today and fucked up a ball to put Reid through

He should be looking at himself before complaining at others

Give it a rest - I didn't see him NOT putting in a shift before the sending off and he's not as slow as you're making out. He had one half chance that he almost made something out of, which is about the same as Reid. We created very little first half - Pools didn't manage to win a corner till about the 35th minute.

We need a more attacking formation against Boston. Be good to see Francis in behind Reid and Johnson again and Charman on wide right!

He seriously looks the oldest player on the pitch by a decade
He can control a ball if it’s played directly to his feet but he can’t run past people or run behind or run to hassle the oppo defenders so it’s like playing with 10 1/2 players at best

Maybe he makes up for it with deadly finishing but seen fuck all of that this season so far either.

He’s obviously had a decent career at this level so not sure if it’s just a terrible run of form or his age has caused his effectiveness to fall off a cliff

Not a massive Charman fan as a central striker but leaving him benched and starting with Johnson yet again Tuesday is borderline piss taking

Are you basing your opinion on watching live or on the box? I'd imagine if it was on the box Reid didn't look much cop either today.
Not much came off for any Pools player in an attacking sense. Johnson has a good record for scoring goals at higher levels than this and it's quite obvious we don't have anyone at the moment capable of putting balls into the box for him to feed on.
6 games in and writing players off is a bit premature imo.

Have to agree, when you're not playing well you have to go that extra mile, I don't know whether he thinks he shouldn't have to put it in or he's already retired but his performances so far have been grossly underwhelming. I'm beginning to think he's this season's Campbell.

Early days.

Carbon copy of Campbell.

Needs replacing ASAP

I'd say we need to sort out the RB/RWB position to free up Francis in a more attacking role to supply the front 2 with chances.
We didn't have a shot on target until the 74th minute yesterday.
Daly looked poor yesterday and especially in set pieces, where he has looked quality in his earlier games. Sheron was pretty anonymous too. Going forward we had nothing apart from the odd break by Miley.
Their midfield was a lot more effective than ours and created loads of chances for them, they're a decent team and will do well imo. Well organised, strong, and masters of the dark arts of winning fouls whilst getting away with loads of their own fouling (not an excuse, but that ref was a complete and utter joke).
I suppose in the grand scheme of things, historically the best sides are based on a sound defence and goalkeeper, we've also got a front 2 who have good pedigree, need to find a way to create more without weakening the defence.

Loyal, are you serious with some of the shite you come up with, its obvious youre not a Danny fan, ( I sometimes question you are a Pools fan)!! To say he dosent put a shift in is ridiculous, both the front 2 always put a shift in, they never give the other teams defence a rest with the pressing they do, not all strikers score loads of goals, its a team game remember, they make space and opportunities for each other, whether its creating space for each other with there little runs they make...... Believe me, Danny is a good player and a good worker for the team!!! So wind ye neck............zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

did not see the game but before the season started i expected him to be out main goal threat. Know some players take longer to settle than others but at the moment he oes not look the part himself or part of the team.

The way we set up is definitely not suiting his game, we don't get many balls into the box for a goal poacher and he keeps coming deep looking for the ball. Creativity in the side is our problem so far so the forwards are living on scraps. Reid has some pace so can play on the counter but it's certainly not johnsons game.

I think we all expected better from Johnson than we have seen to date. The player has been around, worn the shirt and scored the goals which makes his effectiveness at Pools difficult to understand. Could it be that his head has been turned ahead of the EFL transfer deadline? Just a thought.

Agree on Francis, as has been said since season starts, one injury and the standard of replacements drops off a cliff
We won’t do anything this season without 2 or 3 good standard reinforcements, hopefully they come post efl transfer deadline and we can also ship out some of the shite

Season now hangs in the balance of Sing.
September massive as new decent signings are imperative.

See where we are going into brutal October fixtures.

We aren’t playing to DJ’s strengths,he thrives on low crosses in & around the 6 yard box,the type Cleary put in.
I can’t remember one cross like that yet & he certainly hasn’t had any chances to miss.
He had a go & rightly so at Francis,who had a chance to cross for DJ,only to balloon it over the bar.

It's a safe bet Mani D is getting decent service into the box at Rochdale for his 5 goals so far. He's not the type of player who can score from outside the box like Reid - if he was still at Pools Mani would be struggling for goals too.

We haven't replaced Ferguson's ability to cross a ball and take free kicks and corners, never mind Cleary. Fergie was hopeless defensively (no surprise The Heed are conceding 3 goals a game with him in their backline ) but he's a big miss in attack.

Charman is hit and miss with crosses - he can maybe improve with better coaching, but Pools definitely need to sign someone who can get to the byline and be relied on to put a decent ball in.

Up until Saturday Daley's set pieces in earlier games were decent quality. We're definitely missing crosses from open play into the box for Johnson and Reid to get on the end of.

Yeh dalys set pieces have been decent up until Saturday but they turned really shite last game, hopefully a temporary blip