The Poolie Bunker

off the line great cross from Charman

i'm enjoying this 2nd half--Charman doing v well--Cartwright some great saves--even when losing its way better than the shite last season

Get In 1-1

Think of Reids arse?---though they cant complaun after the own goal

Well Done Charman getting the free kick for it !

Big test now dont just sit back

ooh almost got a 2nd there-

Be a great point this if it stays this way, I am sure we would of all took a point before kick off.

well done excellent point

I can breathe out now

That'll do. Could have won it but for a wonder save from their goalie at point black range.
Two home games coming up, chance to get back to winning ways.

That feels like a very good point. They'll be up there at the end of the season.

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Take that every day, one of the better teams on the division away with a huge journey on BH Monday so to come away with a point is huge, Cartwright class once again, Chairman made a huge difference once we came on too.

There’s a turn up for the books….. ……..

Gateshead 3-0 down at Yeovil win 4-3.

Cracking point that after the 1st half,at least Grayson realised he had got it wrong in the 1st half. 2nd half was much better and Charman and Daly made a big difference. Hunter is terrible, absolute waste of a shirt and parkes looked well off it today. Think 2 or 3 more players in would really help bolster a thin squad as we have very limited options. Cartwright MOM today, he was immense.

I cannot remember which poster said that Parkes would find it difficult to get back into the team. Clearly SG disagreed and we were completely outplayed for the first 45 minutes. The changes made a big difference and we salvaged a great point we hardly deserved. Having a good goalie makes a lot of difference.

Hopefully SG has learned a lot from this game and we revert to the winning ways in the next two home games.

Excellent point i just hope we can go out and get these 2 or 3 players we need. We were never going to get anything with that first half team. Anybody wants a chuckle read the Southend board going on like they were Barcelona should of been 5-1 etc, someone needs to remind them a game lasts 90 minutes.

I like Parkes he's been one of the only positives during the last 18 months but as it is he's not part of the best 3 back 3 imo

Hats off to the players for they determination, SG at least realised that the 1st half tactics were never going to work whole game.
Hope he has learned from that, Southend are above average, But not world beaters, We gave them way too much respect with the 1st half tactics.
NSD

Joiner/Handyman. A few on here will be surprised.

The first 15/20 minutes we were getting battered and expected a 3 or 4 nil. Fair play to the lads and Grayson. Job done....a point there is a very good result.

"Handyman."

Is that cause you live round the corner.

But he's still a man child and should go.
Wonder if he'll hoy is toys out of the pram if Grayson gets the plaudits ala Challinor and big falling out enthues.

That's what my Manager ALWAYS says when introduced to a new starter

Screenshoted that to show him.

I was at the game. Totally battered in the first half and on another day, Southend would have had 4 but for some last ditch defending and excellent goal keeping. Second half, Southend seem to run out of steam, their passing was less crisp and much less accurate. Guessing they they threw the kitchen sink at us in the first half and didnt have much energy left in the second half. Having said that Cartwright made two outstanding saves in the scond half, when Parkes was twice done for pace and he made another block from a close range scramble. Pools grew into the game much more and grabbed the deserved leveller. Man of the match for me was Cartwright. Pools showed a lot of resillience and were worth the point. Ref was shite, any 50/50 decisions always went Southend's way. A good afternoon out in the sunshine and phenomenal atmosphere in the ground.

Pretty much how it looked on the box Ozzie, safe journey home.

Cracking unexpected point.
I'm that impressed contemplating comeing out of boycott mode on Boxing Day.

Maybe even Halifax away in November.

One Life = your dead longer than your alive.

UTP.

Cheers, mate. Journey home is quite short for me so not a problem. Just very pleased not only with the result but the guts and determination shown by every Pools player. I cant think of any goalkeeper Pools have had over the past decade better than Cartwright. Would have been well beaten today with any other recent keeper.

Brilliant result. And still no opposition player has scored against Pools. Keep up the good work!

Agree with your analysis Ozzy. Cartwright was outstanding again. He reminds me of a young Dimi. By the way it was me who said that it would be difficult to see Parkes get back into the side. I was surprised to see him. To be honest he looked slow and cumbersome and looked everything of his 34 years age. This team plays better with pace . In the first half we were totally battered as said and should have been 4-0 down. However, I think we need to give Grayson massive credit. He didn’t wait till 20 mins before the end to change things. Realised that he had made a mistake and went for a Christmas tree kind of formation which completely stifled the flow out of Southend and we nearly won the game. One of their defenders some how making a great clearance of the line . Grayson must stick to picking an attacking team irrespective of a small squad. By all means shut up shop once we have a comfortable lead . Great point earned at the end and tremendous fighting spirit from the lads. Great to see a confident Luke Charnan terrorise their backline. He obviously has talent . Now is the time to show the supporters what he can do.

Some of them absolutely deluded, don’t get me wrong on balance they deserved to win more than us, but some of their fans are basing it on every chance they had going in and none of ours

Both goals had an element of (mis) fortune but we had Reid’s shot in the first half with keeper out of his goal, Reid’s header cleared off the line and their keeper making an excellent save
Again they had plenty of chance too but for it to have ended 4 or 5 nil would have been a shocking turn of events

Overall I thought they were very good, but was impressed with how we turned it round…in reality with only 1 promoted neither of us are likely to have the depth or consistency to be any better than in the playoffs, but is interesting how they are mainly annoyed that they won’t go up direct, that expectation difference MAY help us in any playoffs but we are miles away from that currently so early on in the season

I honestly thought the change of formation and tactics helped them massively. Once we changed to a more attacking formation they didn't look anywhere near as good and we could have nicked it for the complete away performance.
Yes our keeper and defence made some good saves and clearances, but arguably theirs made the better ones.
SG talks a lot about versatility, well we showed it with that turn around. Hopefully we revert to letting the opposition worry about us with our best side and formation.
Don't think anyone, except maybe KPG, thought we'd be sat with 11 points and unbeaten after 5 games. Chance of another 6 points in the next 2 home games, come on Pools.

Id of been happy with 8
11 is major over achievement.

Will take 4 from these next 2 games because fucking up back to back home games is what we do innit.

that seemed to coincide with parkes getting back doing what he can do. was happy with 1 nil at half time and in the end we deserved what we got but no more. back that up with 6 points in the nest two games yesterdays draw will look like a massive result for us holding one of the promotion favourites at there place.

Parkes was cruelly exposed and with a lesser keeper would have cost us dearly. Not his type of game. Certainly wouldnt call him, he's been our stand out defender for quite a while.

Grayson says in his post match interview that in the first half we stopped doing what we have been doing well so far this season and that is, stopping the opposition getting crosses into the box.

This is something we have guilty of for several seasons. If we are constantly letting the opposition put the ball into the box then we are in trouble.

It’s great to see us defending so well for a change, well done Simon Grayson and the players, hopefully we can keep it up.

Like kev says 2 home games in a row normally spells disaster for us if we get 4 points that would be an excellent return. I just hope we recruit players that will improve us before the bubble bursts, or injuries take over.

Deffo need a decent forward in.
I know its early days but Johnson looks like anutha Campbell.
Hopefully something happens before the tuffer October fixtures kick in.

Johnson is working hard enough and to be fair, it's not as if he's missed a bagful of chances, we've just created very little for him.
Think he's got a few assists too.
Might be he just needs his first to go on a run?

He's trying but struggling, he seems to have a decent touch but very easily knocked off the ball so doesn't hold it up, he's slow so doesn't press very well or run in behind effectively and so far not much as come off for him
Very early days and maybe a goal changes things, but off all of our regulars so far he has brought the least to the table, I think a more athletic profile player maybe a better fit.

has he had a worthwhile shot on target yet. like campbell was he seems on the fringe of games rather than a big influence at the moment.

He can't get shots on target if he's not getting opportunities though, all he can do is keep grafting and hope they start to come for him. It's not as if he's a waste of a shirt, the pressing we do starts from the front and he's doing his share of that. I wouldn't be writing him off after 5 games myself.

Early days yet.

I think once he gets one, he'll score many.
As others have said- it's not like he's missed sitters. Plus the goals scored so far have been shared out- so no need to panic at the moment.

We've got an effective team at the moment, better than a team of individuals. The goals will come for Johnson I'm sure but as long as he's contributing and we're getting results there's not a single player who we can say has had a stinker of a game let alone a run of bad games.

that is true but wait till we lose a game and somebody will be the new whipping boy.

Went Monday and it was a very good result. Feel if Grayson had left the defence alone, we could have won it being fair the Southend goal was a fluke as Parkes was attempting to clear but the ball came off his foot like a bullet. Being fair how many times has Parkes saved us. If the first half has been played how we did after the equaliser we could have won it. A very good advertisement for football at this level.

I was at the game and agree. Southend looked a powerful pacey outfit for the first half hour but maybe it was because we allowed them to be due to the way we were set up. Again, at the risk of repeating myself, Carter was outstanding and kept us in it. Even in the second half when Pools had more control, he had to make two one on one saves, I think one of them came directly after a Pools near miss when they broke like lighning. Imagine how sickening that would have been, almost scoring at one end and then being immediately clobbered. I had two mates with me who dont watch NL football and were impressed by the standard. Some of Pools passing and movement when Charman and Daly came on was superb although I couldnt appreciate it at the time because I was in the away end: highlights package showed it very well. A tough game for both teams and I would suggest it would be hard to find better entertainment.

we broke the deadlock against braintree with a similar OG. if both players had missed the ball i guess a player from the home sides would have put the ball in.