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accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 23260

Snowy wrote:

Eight private helicopters in the Docks, three super yachts…12 Bentleys in the club car park and a partridge in a pear tree.

my money is on the partridge

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 23260

RobbieE1 wrote:

Gerry Mandrake wrote:

New owners need to make a statement and offer cleary a massive wage if they have money.

Has to be

other clubs in our league have signed plyers too good for this level so why not pools.

Jamie1952 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 22, 2025 11:43 am

You have got to give credit to Pools makeshift defence apart from Smith who nearly cost Pools the game.

Colin Jack · **Joined:** Sat Apr 12, 2025 7:00 pm **Posts:** 237

A very good win, and display, considering Parkes was missing and not even Waterfall to fall back on, then Sass Davies goes off, and I'm thinking, no way can we not concede at least 2 goals with that makeshift defence, we'll need to score 3, which of course we did in the end, even though it wasn't needed. Gateshead yet again fail to win at the Vic, don't know why the struggle at the Vic, when they are usually so good away from home, they certainly overplay IMO, though credit to Pools they never let them settle and did a job on them. Cleary was outstanding, league 1 quality or even Championship bench IMO, so only 2 games left of him.

Flying Hogans · **Joined:** Tue Nov 05, 2019 10:29 pm **Posts:** 6542

Colin Jack wrote:

A very good win, and display, considering Parkes was missing and not even Waterfall to fall back on, then Sass Davies goes off, and I'm thinking, no way can we not concede at least 2 goals with that makeshift defence, we'll need to score 3, which of course we did in the end, even though it wasn't needed.

It really was, otherwise it would have been a 2-2 draw...

One thing AL can definitely be credited for is his attacking approach. It's 9 games since we last failed to score (the 1-0 loss to York).
Pools have got into the habit of scoring early. They don't always hang onto a lead, which is a pisser, but still a vast improvement on the Sarll goal drought.

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 23260

Colin Jack wrote:

A very good win, and display, considering Parkes was missing and not even Waterfall to fall back on, then Sass Davies goes off, and I'm thinking, no way can we not concede at least 2 goals with that makeshift defence, we'll need to score 3, which of course we did in the end, even though it wasn't needed. Gateshead yet again fail to win at the Vic, don't know why the struggle at the Vic, when they are usually so good away from home, they certainly overplay IMO, though credit to Pools they never let them settle and did a job on them. Cleary was outstanding, league 1 quality or even Championship bench IMO, so only 2 games left of him.

Cleary is a player who shows what a gamble it is signing any player. could not break into the walsall side but became one of our most important players for us. the opposite of chapman. a regular in a promotion winning side but done very little for us. the only club who could be sure of cleary is us.

Colin Jack · **Joined:** Sat Apr 12, 2025 7:00 pm **Posts:** 237

Flying Hogans wrote:

Colin Jack wrote:

A very good win, and display, considering Parkes was missing and not even Waterfall to fall back on, then Sass Davies goes off, and I'm thinking, no way can we not concede at least 2 goals with that makeshift defence, we'll need to score 3, which of course we did in the end, even though it wasn't needed.

It really was, otherwise it would have been a 2-2 draw...

One thing AL can definitely be credited for is his attacking approach. It's 9 games since we last failed to score (the 1-0 loss to York).
Pools have got into the habit of scoring early. They don't always hang onto a lead, which is a pisser, but still a vast improvement on the Sarll goal drought.

I actually thought with that makeshift defence in the second half, it was akin to going down to 10 men, so that made the result even better. I do think for some reason though, whatever the semantics, Pools will always get a positive result v Gateshead at the Vic, and sometimes unexplained things like that can play a part.

Colin Jack · **Joined:** Sat Apr 12, 2025 7:00 pm **Posts:** 237

accrington fan wrote:

Colin Jack wrote:

A very good win, and display, considering Parkes was missing and not even Waterfall to fall back on, then Sass Davies goes off, and I'm thinking, no way can we not concede at least 2 goals with that makeshift defence, we'll need to score 3, which of course we did in the end, even though it wasn't needed. Gateshead yet again fail to win at the Vic, don't know why the struggle at the Vic, when they are usually so good away from home, they certainly overplay IMO, though credit to Pools they never let them settle and did a job on them. Cleary was outstanding, league 1 quality or even Championship bench IMO, so only 2 games left of him.

Cleary is a player who shows what a gamble it is signing any player. could not break into the walsall side but became one of our most important players for us. the opposite of chapman. a regular in a promotion winning side but done very little for us. the only club who could be sure of cleary is us.

Right time right place springs to mind. Pools have signed plenty of players on loan in the past, who were poor at the time, but then went on to be accomplished players, sometimes in leagues above. Walsall will probably sign him now

PTID · **Joined:** Wed Apr 26, 2023 3:07 pm **Posts:** 6220

Think a big part of if a loan player is successful is if they really want to be here at all. Most of the better ones we've had have not looked as if they feel out of place at such a lowly club.

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 23260

PTID wrote:

Think a big part of if a loan player is successful is if they really want to be here at all. Most of the better ones we've had have not looked as if they feel out of place at such a lowly club.

the players can refuse the move. just a pity most never took that option.

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