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Braintree 0-1 Pools

1-0 loss

Like the manager, owner and players, do we care now that the season looks to be a non event?

1-1 draw.

While I agree the season is over, I will always care about Pools and want them to win. This would be the case even if we ended up relegated. I would moan like fook, but I would always care. I am a Poolie. I know there's a lot on here who feel exactly the same.

1-1 defeat.

Change the batteries in your Poolie Calculator

0-2 but don't hold your breath.

Prob scrape through this one 2-1 and then a week of bullshit about how we are 'back to the real Hartlepool' before losing to Sutton

Anything less than a win and surely Raj will be giving Len the heave-ho

If we can't beat these- the season is officially over, and the only race our players will win, will be the one for the sunbeds by the pool.

Last chance saloon for me - so with that in mind a 4-1 away win, to prolong the agony of faint hope.

3 new lads to score and one from Madine
Reckon we'll concede a late penalty, resulting in a red card - as it's been a while since we've had one.

Crowd
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165 Poolies to make the trip.

Double post

Some seem to be looking at their name and not the squad nor FORM.
If we have a go with 2 up top we may trouble them, If not, we will not.

Their Form ffs?--they are part time relegation battlers...if we are making excuses on why we cant beat them who can we fucking beat...Ebbsfleet?--oh no we are also the only team who lost to them as well!

Spot on loyal

The standards
Ambition levels
And fear of shit opposition are now the worst in the club's history.

Which explains why we only won back to back games only once this season.
Season was basically over before it started.

And how a bullshitting So called consultant is running team selection n tactics is absolutely unreal.
Cant finish 7th or 21st so results are totally irrelevant now.

The hope ha vanished.

2 2.
Mads n Parkes to notch.

Just read in the Mail.
That LLs saying this is not a must win game.
He has brought this once proud club down to a piece of shit along with the crank above him.

And no I havent been on the lash with Legs n Mutts.
Wish I had.

The team should be well rested after the Barnet game, LL said in his post match interview they stayed overnight in a hotel after the game before travelling back on Wednesday morning, talking about being pampered !

Pampered
What would you do, make them hitch hike home over night ?…. What a load of bollocks
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we will not win end of.

I,m making NO excuses what so ever, Fella.

Wealdstone P/T and we were totally embarrassed by them,.
After we lost to Ebbsfleet, I said Snarll should be sacked posted on here at the time.
What i was getting at was this, If we go there with the intention of 1 up front we will once again be inviting a P/T outfit to embarrass us once again.

As far as i am concerned we should approach EVERY game home and AWAY with the intention of playing OUR game
And imposeing our game on the oppo.
And if we lose at least we have had a HONEST go at winning.

Sick of hearing all the shite about the other teams, Fuck them, Let them worry about us.
And if the players are not up to it, Get rid.
If you tell players they will be tired playing 2/3 games a week that is exactly what you will get.

spot on. i have always said if you tell anyone they are looking tired they start to yawn nd believe you. thing is though do our opponents worry about us as we do them. yes they,ll respect any real positives of our play, no laughter gents, but doubt it will go past that or how to counteract it. unless things drop for us we surely must be an easy touch for any side to get a point off.

Did the coach break down, never heard of Pools staying overnight after an away game, maybe one of LLs new tactics, nothing better than sleeping in your own bed rather than a hotel bed.

Form generally plays a bigger part in results than a clubs history or fan base in my experience.
Got to earn the wins not expect them just because we're Hartlepool. We need our team and coaching staff to outperform theirs, can Lennie the Leopard change his spots and go for an attacking line up or will he stick with the 1 up top and side to side possession tactics?
I think we'll go for the same old but nick a win by the odd goal.

Of all my years of working where some times 12 hours a day were the norm some times 15/16 hours offshore did I ever hear people saying they were tired in an industry where it was manual labour, why do we sympathise with players where they claim to be tired after 2 x 90 minute games of football a week ?

not sticking up for them in any way but there are different types of tiredness. know i have been completely knackered sat at desk all day with one problem after another to sort out. the reason i left that job to go driving and even 12 hours plus driving a sodding daimler was tireing but not as much as the office job was for less money.

I worked double shifts but it depends what you’re doing even in shit conditions…..playing is consistent exercise …most jobs in heavy industry are 10% grunt and 90% how the fuck are we gonna do this.

Why are you bothered about them staying in a hotel ….are you picking the bill up ?

Going by his pre match you tube video it's 2 up front.
He says sooner or later we have to win 2 games in a row.
Well stay with 2 up front you stupid old braindead bullshitting cockney crank

1 up front with wingbacks or not 2 proper wingers doesn't work.
His future bullshit will be the mathematics that we have to win our last 7 games.

Disgusting tactics to sack it of as damage limitation fixture that game at Barnet.

Without Ambition ya fcuked.

You have to have two up front, end of.
No good trying it with 20 minutes to go.

Get on the front foot and give it everything. They certainly will , but we are missing out Everyready bunny Joe Grey. 1-1 draw again.

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Well why did they have to stay in a hotel Snowy, as usual Snowy you jump in with both feet, one of the dogs bite you, bearing in mind if it was another poster you wouldn’t have replied with such venom. My comment relates to the players not the hotel bill. Why are they being wrapped in cotton wool, they are young men, a few hours on a coach all day off Wednesday report back for training on the Thursday around 10am. I would have liked a job like that, like being in part time employment.

Very interesting team, I know I complain about never changing it but having Featherstone in a 1 man midfield is certainly interesting !
Think dropping Dodds is probably the right call given recent form but not sure what our midfiled is expected to look like….

Jamie years ago i used to bike to work about 5/6 miles in all weathers, Do a 8/12 hour shift in a foundry.
Then bike home again, Never gave it a second thought, Its what you did.

Looks attacking, Lets see.

Exactly playing football is a part time job for a full time salary, train 4 days a week for around 3 hours, might do a couple of hours on tactics in the afternoon, possibly 2 games a week, then you only train 3 days a week yet they say players become fatigued.

wow braintree should be one up, ferguson mugged off completely

shocking opening all Braintree and our midfield as expected non-existent

It’s back to sarll ball as we have no midfield. Shocking so far!

They want it much more than us simple. We only have one defender Parksy. Wake up or season finished. Should be 3-1

Cleery best player on the field.

Been involved more in 30 minutes than some players in 3 months

Didn't think we could possibly be as bad as we were under Sarll but Lennie's only gone and done it.

Completely disjointed, no quality. Another 45 minutes of my life wasted. Playoff side my arse!!!

What a poor half

Dont know if it was Limpdick or Lennies idea to pair Feather and Campbell in midfield but fuck me are we being overrun-their number 7 running the show

We look like we may get something on the break as they are slow defensively (cleary has beating of his man every time for speed) but they should really be ahead
The sooner Waterfalls contract is up the better, and a special word for Charman....where all attacking moves go to die...If Lennie keeps insisting on playing him every day hopefully the rest of the team have the common sense not to pass to him.

Can only get better next half surely !

Come on Lennie get a grip man. This is a disgrace

Charman keeping Folarin out of the side is a joke, Folarin must be absolute shite?

Tryed 6 different IPTV apps.
Finally got it on after 40 mins.
Then blue circling n freezing.


Sounds shit.

Hopefully better 2nd half.
UTP

Lucky you . You missed fuck all. Probably more entertaining trying to sort your apps out. Ethernet cable still in. Steady picture, no buffering

Looks like he is going to be a real footballer once he settles into men's football. He should have scored early on but lashed at it and he was unlucky when he hit the post. His quick pass into ManiD was pure class. Wish we had him at the start of the season cas he would be tearing this league up by now. First 30 minutes we got beat up and if not for Parksy we could have been 2 or 3 down. Now I fully expect we will win after slowly getting on top for most part of the last 15 minutes. It's 0-0 but could easily be 3-3 or 4-4 despite neither keeper making any good saves. Cleery is the key man here if Burnsey keeps him on the field.