The Poolie Bunker

About as expected, interesting Folarin not even on the bench, if he’s not injured that’s a serious message to him, given in Feather, Walker and Hunter we essentially have variations on the same player 3 times on the bench

Def shows the need for more options up front as the season goes on

V surprised Campbell not even on bench, assume that’s injury related

Well pools are certainly a lot quicker

Miley booked so carrying on from last year..seen them given Red

Overall Yeovil shite and there for the taking but not much quality from pools
Topajil and Francis look lively and Mcnally and Reid look like units are the positives.

Pools looking more likely, Johnson and Reid should have done better--like this Topajil a lot and John been good also

Just noticed the Rochdale keeper on BBC Sport....
17 year old O.Whatmuff.

referee fucking shite--missed blatant foul on Francis to stop him breaking.

0-0 halftime...doubt we will play many worse teams than Yeovil but not clear we have quality to beat them.

Francis is going to be knackered by October the amount of running he is doing.

Overall we are the better team but dont see where we will score--maybe Johnson will have a do fuck all then score game....he's halfwway there so far !

I can’t believe how quick pools are . Playing about 80 mph. Just need a bit of quality to go with it. Johnson should have scored . Pools are the best team.

The referee’s a wanker.

Can’t say that Pools aren’t motivated. Pretty certain we will score. When I think how laborious we where under Sarll

Wonder if he's wide open in the box?

Pools 11 are the better team but the collection of a soft yellow is unacceptable however bad the ref is. Professional players are paid to do their best for the club and they cannot do that if they are spectating having been sent off.
If we keep 11 on the park we should not lose.

All Yeovil now...That Cooper player for them is a good set piece taker,

Ref a tit, missing obvious fouls.

Reid misses another--Miley did really well to create it

Pools back on top again--need to make it count though!

4 good chances for Pools now. Just a matter of time

4 good chances for Pools now. Just a matter of time

Pools playing well here, actually enjoying watching them!

Me too

Mani D scores twice for Rochdale....

Pools better side, but we have no one to turn to on bench....disappointed with Benn's set piece so far

Grayson just took Topalaj off which makes no sense

Bit like a cup tie

Desperate for some options off the bench up front-.

Yoevil with best chance of game--good save by keeper....Kougan still waking up

Well on the plus side we were quick as fuck, our goaly was good. Lacked a bit of quality upfront and not much on the bench . Still entertaining game , quick and physical from both teams

Pools went right off the boil after Grayson made his first substitutions. Looks like we may need more quality from the bench, but it's very early days - 8 of Pools starting 11 weren't with us last season.

Reid and Johnson both showed enough quality to suggest they will get in amongst the goals, no bother. Aaron McLean off DAZN reckons Reid is a decent outside bet for the NL's top goalscorer - and he knows a bit about that, he won that title himself!

Think all 3 of Yeovil's bookings were for fouls on Francis, so the ref woke up eventually.

Yeh the squad depth worries me--no subs that dont make us a lot worse in terms of midfield or going forward, one or two injuries as the games pile up and we will be in trouble
-early days but keeper looked solid and confident at least

Yeovil's subs improved things, ours did not!

Cartwright's save just after halftime won us the point. Smith would not have gat a paw on that one! It was the right decision to get him straight in. He is a big lad who is not stuck on the line which has been a problem in the past.

What’s that got to do with bugger all?
Let this side settle in, it’s early day..do you expect toddlers to be tap dancing at three days old…. Your negaticity is expected though

Well Loyal predicted a 2-1 defeat so a 0-0 must be a positive?
1 game in and he's decided Yeovil are the worst team in the division and we're not good enough to make the play offs (I presume he's got 22 telly's and dodgy sticks wall mounted to have reached that conclusion).
Far too early to assess the squad and division imo, btw after York only drew at home are they out of the running for the play offs too?
Sack Grayson and start again?

Early contenders for the real worst team in the division are Gateshead on yesterday's showing.

The Heed gifted THREE goals to Southend trying to play out from the back - absolutely comical:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1aaw9UU6Tk

Southend manager did a good job though, everyone knows Gateshead's style of play and their pressing game was spot on, 5 players pressing the defenders in the Heeds half for the 2nd goal. Many teams would've parked the bus a goal up away from home.

i,d have took a point at 3pm so i,m reasonably happy how things turned out.

i,d have took a point at 3pm so i,m reasonably happy how things turned out.

reid is an odd player. saw him when he was at stockport and at times looked totally clueless but then did something nobody in the crowd expected and nobody else on the pitch was capable of doing. can see him really splitting the fans in there opinion of him.

PMSL, Will be lucky to win a game with him in charge.

its good to see 3 cock ups losing a game with pissing around in your own half.

I know loyal is getting a bit of flak but think he is just being realistic . IMO we played ok yesterday and with a bit of luck we could have taken 3 points. Grayson likes a pacy team which is good but as loyal says running a team on a budget makes things very difficult to get in to the playoffs. We only have a decent squad of about 13 to 14 players at the moment and the way we play injuries will pile up. So this means going down the usual route of loanees which imo severely weakens the team. It’s all a bit of an illusion really. Can’t fault the performance yesterday though plenty of endeavour and physicality

Embarrassing from Gateshead, let’s hope we are able to press them when we play them the way Southend did

Playing out from the back…?……...a bit like budgies swimming, they’re not very good at it.

like many others who seem to think its a demand from the authorities to do it. if they do not do a gateshead it ends up after many sideways passes a big hoof forward anyway which the keeper could have done at the outset without the team putting themselves in danger. gateshead will certainly not be the only one who cocked things up last weekend,

And I doubt they'll change their tactics based on 1 bad game where it backfired big time, they've had a decent measure of success with their style of play in recent years.

Think they have lost too much quality, And another is leaving for Lge1.

And then back it up with a Braintree victory.

Come on Accy it's about time ya let the safety catch off.

The subs that came on showed that there is a weakness there which will cost us when injuries and suspensions kick in. It therefore becomes essential that no soft yellows are collected. Francis mouthing off at the ref after being fouled but not given, must realise that it achieves nothing positive. Spending the rest of the game worrying about being sent off does the team no good at all.

If I were SG, I would fine players for collecting soft yellows.

we,ll have to set up a go fund me page for the players. they get cautions now for non offences and ones where a free kick would be given but they never even get spoken to about the foul. it isn,t just us its the rest of the league an is the reason we need as big a squad as we can have. managers know quite well before a game a few will receive cautions and you get games now with 8 in the book and you watch a really tame game. too easy to say just get on with the game if you have been clattered and an opponent gets away with it. some of these decisions we see would make a bishop kick in a stained glass window.