The Poolie Bunker

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Honestly just get this guy out now and save the season. Completely clueless, and talks utter rubbish.

“Strikers need to be more clinical” - they get maybe 1 or 2 actual chances per game. Even Haaland wouldn’t score goals in this team the strikers are completely frozen out of the game because our midfield can’t do anything but punt it and smash into people.

“40 years in football” - fair mate, I’m sitting here from my mother’s basement as I type this, but I don’t count spells in Oman and Sudan as football because let’s face it, it’s Sunday league. And being a player is different to being a manager, and you’ve not had one lick of success anywhere.

“We reiterate what gave us a fantastic pre-season and 6 points from 6.” - what, you told Nolan he needs to bang one in from 25 yards? We only won the initial game at least because our strikers instinctively came up with a bit of magic.

“People weren’t talking about signings at the beginning of the season”. - well maybe you need to wash your lugs out pal. Anyone with a brain could tell you a midfield of Sheron, Hunter and Miley wouldn’t work. There’s not one ounce of attacking quality in any of them, and making Hunter our captain should’ve been a sackable offence.

Overreaction? Maybe. But the truth is we’re going nowhere with this guy and his tactics. No insight into what’s actually going wrong and why, just “we need strikers to score more” “we need to be more aggressive” “we need to score more from set pieces”. Sorry, but that doesn’t work in modern football Lee unless you’ve got Wrexham’s budget.

He was talking about Thornton. No one had heard of him until last week, why are we relying on an 18 year old who’s played 1 game? We signed how many players? And not one of them was a first team midfielder. Shambles

Is it only me who thought he spoke calmly and sensibly in that interview, sounds like he may be prepared to give Thornton another shout and if we get McKeown, Charman, Eccleston, Hampson and John back fit we may see a change in fortunes, we didn't deserve to lose against Eastleigh and if Gibson hadn't messed up in defence we may have got a point too the other night. It's a little concerning that we don't look like a side who'll score many goals at the moment but things can change quickly in football as we all know.

The table never lies..we are where we are for now, let’s hope it changes.
If not…….?

What do people expect Clark to say pre match?
"We're shite, I'm shite, the club is going nowhere" - every managerial press conference at all levels should be taken with a skip full of salt.
Remember last season's with Fev telling us pre-match that every opponent was going to be a big test and making them out to be world beaters?
It's what happens in the pitch that matters not the bullshit pre or post match.

The table never lies..we are where we are for now, let’s hope it changes.
If not…….?

The table never lies..we are where we are for now, let’s hope it changes.
If not…….?

What do people expect Clark to say pre match?
"We're shite, I'm shite, the club is going nowhere" - every managerial press conference at all levels should be taken with a skip full of salt.
Remember last season's with Fev telling us pre-match that every opponent was going to be a big test and making them out to be world beaters?
It's what happens in the pitch that matters not the bullshit pre or post match.

It just amazes me that some fans seem to be wanting Clark to publicly blame and shame individuals which never ever works in football. And to advertise their team, formation, and style of play before a game.
Win, lose, or draw there's rarely anything in their interviews worth listening to.

It just amazes me that some fans seem to be wanting Clark to publicly blame and shame individuals which never ever works in football. And to advertise their team, formation, and style of play before a game.
Win, lose, or draw there's rarely anything in their interviews worth listening to.

Not asking him to give a full breakdown of his “tactics”. But his lack of insight into interviews combined with the lack of any semblance of style of play on the pitch suggests he actually doesn’t know what he’s doing. He could at least say something like “yeah we’ve not got the ball to our strikers enough because of XYZ”. Saying “the strikers aren’t clinical enough” suggests that they’ve been spooning countless chances a game when the only time they see the ball is when it’s sailing over their head.

We've got to give Clark time to try to turn things around, what's the alternative sack him and give another manager 5 or 6 games then sack him if it doesn't work out?
LS has shown he's ruthless enough to replace Fev as manager even though there was a lot of support for him from the fans and Sir Jeff. I'm sure he's set Clark targets to meet and if he doesn't meet them he'll be looking to replace him.
The stats so far indicate we're not scoring enough goals or creating enough chances, imo that isn't entirely down to the CM, the wide players aren't creating enough either.

One thing I'll have money on is that Pools will sign at leat one player on loan. .

He's right about the strikers not being clinical enough although that isn't the entire issue as we all know. Popov, Hughill, Harris, and Nolan have all failed to convert chances you'd expect them to put away.

Let's not forget Bondo's comedy header on Tuesday. It would have been easier to score than do what he did with that very decent ball into the box. (his header was so bad that I almost spilt my cup of tea).