Who's the most recently unemployed manager in the fl, it's you Ron Ron Ron (Moore sacked)

[Sestonpoolie]

Sorry but I think it's time Hartlepool went out of the league, they've been terribly struggling for a couple of seasons now, maybe you'll have more fun in the conference playing the likes of Braintree and Boreham Wood.

Agree,maybe our numbers up.How bad is the conference ??

 

[Soup Ladle]

Maybe we can borrow that Carlisle fan's road atlas, I'm sure he'd have pencilled in some short cuts to Forest Green and Woking.

 

[shoddycollins]

Maybe we can borrow that Carlisle fan's road atlas, I'm sure he'd have pencilled in some short cuts to Forest Green and Woking.

Carver was probably only 4 the last time we played in the Conference.

 

[Soup Ladle]

Oh bugger, he's probably scribbled all over the routes then.

 

[Deepcut Cobbler]

How much does it cost the club every time they pay off another manager?
With a new one imminent that will 10 permanents in ten years plus a number of caretakers. it must be a bit?
I would have thought that that could have been better spent on players etc and moved you further up the table?

 

[DarkSithLord]

Agree,maybe our numbers up.How bad is the conference ??

Just ask Grimsby Lincoln and Wrexham fans. Its a very tough and competitive league thats very tough to get out off despite the recent immediate success that Bristol Rovers and Cheltenham have enjoyed. You have only got to look a Stockport as to what can happen if you go about it in the wrong way. Is this years Pools side better or worse than that one whom were embarrassed by Blyth Spartans last year? I know its only one performance and hard to judge but Id be surprised if that side finished any higher than lower mid table in the Conference.

 

[Brooksy]

At the start of the season I thought Hartlepool looked pretty decent when they beat us at their place but, as the season wore on I realised that it was probably an indication of how poor we were/are. Nevertheless they looked good enough to be mid-table minimum.

Sacking Moore will either turn out to be a master-stroke, or more likely an expensive mistake. It's always hard winning games in hand when your form has deserted you. Maybe someone will come in and shake things up because Hartlepool certainly look like they are in it up to their necks at the moment.

If they go down, they will love going to Braintree on a wet Tuesday evening.

 

[Luke Imp]

Are Lincoln planning to score goals by unbalancing the pitch to the extent that the ball just rolls towards the goal they're attacking?

#FeedTheRhead.

You ought to have seen our game when we had Rhead and FGR had John Parkin...

 

[Sestonpoolie]

Oh bugger, he's probably dribbled all over the routes then.

Edited for accuracy

 

[Carver]

Agree,maybe our numbers up.How bad is the conference ??

It's so tinpot and depressing, so you'll feel right at home!

Oh bugger, he's probably scribbled all over the routes then.

Yes I had to scribble them off so I'd forget that we were ever down there!

 

[Sestonpoolie]

How much does it cost the club every time they pay off another manager?
With a new one imminent that will 10 permanents in ten years plus a number of caretakers. it must be a bit?
I would have thought that that could have been better spent on players etc and moved you further up the table?

Managers in the past were on 6 month rolling contracts to avoid paying loads of compo,can't see Moore being any different.
Plus our CEO reckons if we go down we'll lose £750000 a season,so whatever the pay off was it'll peanuts in comparison.

 

[AdamStag]

Well if Hartlepool were going to rely on Bingham it was always going to be a problem.

When we had forwards like him and rhead at this level it's no wonder we struggled.

I'd have given him more time though

 

[BigDaveCUFC]

Hignett may do ok.

to be honest I am never again going down a 'should be good/bad risk' comparison anymore after last season. when Tranmere appointed Adams and let him have a good budget in January I'd been 100% certain (as were most others) that Tranmere made the spot on choices to survive and would be in no danger...............that 100% spot on decision failed miserably.

with him being new to all this a key is going to be his assistant, got to be a good pick.

its hard thesedays for Hartlepool, they were always a small club battling to survive here, when I first watched Carlisle Hartlepool had 3 sides, about 1,500 gates if lucky and scrapped to survive. they then got a good bit of money put into them at the turn of the millennium and rose out of the scraps.......Now I think if I remember the money has been reduced or gone, so they back in their area they used to be.

but I still hope them and York well, have nothing at all against Dagenham or Yeovil or Barnet or Newport, but with only 5 odd north sides if we went and lost 2 it would be pretty horrendous, especially if we gained say FGR and Eastleigh which adds nothing financially for us.

 

[Soup Ladle]

Just ask Grimsby Lincoln and Wrexham fans. Its a very tough and competitive league thats very tough to get out off despite the recent immediate success that Bristol Rovers and Cheltenham have enjoyed. You have only got to look a Stockport as to what can happen if you go about it in the wrong way. Is this years Pools side better or worse than that one whom were embarrassed by Blyth Spartans last year? I know its only one performance and hard to judge but Id be surprised if that side finished any higher than lower mid table in the Conference.

We have better individuals than the one that lost against Blyth but as a team we are not any better.

There's enough in this squad to be mid to lower mid table in this league let alone the Conference. Just needs a manager who can get more from them than Moore did.

Hignett may do ok.

to be honest I am never again going down a 'should be good/bad risk' comparison anymore after last season. when Tranmere appointed Adams and let him have a good budget in January I'd been 100% certain (as were most others) that Tranmere made the spot on choices to survive and would be in no danger...............that 100% spot on decision failed miserably.

with him being new to all this a key is going to be his assistant, got to be a good pick.

its hard thesedays for Hartlepool, they were always a small club battling to survive here, when I first watched Carlisle Hartlepool had 3 sides, about 1,500 gates if lucky and scrapped to survive. they then got a good bit of money put into them at the turn of the millennium and rose out of the scraps.......Now I think if I remember the money has been reduced or gone, so they back in their area they used to be.

but I still hope them and York well, have nothing at all against Dagenham or Yeovil or Barnet or Newport, but with only 5 odd north sides if we went and lost 2 it would be pretty horrendous, especially if we gained say FGR and Eastleigh which adds nothing financially for us.

We have come a long way in those 20 years but there was never vast sums of money thrown at it. It just helped realise a bit more of the potential that we have. The ground was done up, we started attracting good players with decent deals and a bit of ambition. 1,500 gates nowadays would be unthinkable. IOR attracted many floating voters in the town to come and back the side and we had 5-6000 averages at some points. I think that can be sustained if we're run well. Certainly the hardcore has grown in the last 20 years.

 

[Vanni]

Just ask Grimsby Lincoln and Wrexham fans. Its a very tough and competitive league thats very tough to get out off despite the recent immediate success that Bristol Rovers and Cheltenham have enjoyed. You have only got to look a Stockport as to what can happen if you go about it in the wrong way. Is this years Pools side better or worse than that one whom were embarrassed by Blyth Spartans last year? I know its only one performance and hard to judge but Id be surprised if that side finished any higher than lower mid table in the Conference.

It's very rare that I disagree with you DSL, but I think you're wrong on this one. Like you said, it was only one game and the non league sides tend to raise their game when playing league opposition, which in itself is what makes Cup games so interesting. Also, even though Pools were extremely poor in that particular match, there is no way they would finish in a lower mid table position. By lower mid table, you're saying that basically that Pools side was the equivalent of a side like Welling or Southport, which isn't the case at all. Remember that struggling L2 sides are playing L2 football which is much harder, and if they can get 40 - 45 points in L2, then it stands to reason they will pick up something like 60 in the Conference.

Unless, of course,they start the season with a completely revamped squad made up mostly of inexperienced youngsters, but that's still debatable. For instance, in our first year in the conf back in 2005/06, we only had 4 players on our books in June/July, and yet we still finished in 12th place.

 

[Amber Nectar]

#FeedTheRhead.

You ought to have seen our game when we had Rhead and FGR had John Parkin...

Im glad to see boing boing Rheady doing so well.

 

[Luke Imp]

We've got him doing all sorts this season - headers, right foot, left foot, volley's, 'dinks' from outside the area, overhead kicks, the lot.

 

[shoddycollins]

We've got him doing all sorts this season - headers, right foot, left foot, volley's, 'dinks' from outside the area, overhead kicks, the lot.

It's amazing the things you can pull off on the new FIFA.

 

[Sestonpoolie]

Can't remember the last time we had a crowd of 1500.Must have been well before Carlisle dropped into the Conference.

 

[Boz]

to be honest I am never again going down a 'should be good/bad risk' comparison anymore after last season. when Tranmere appointed Adams and let him have a good budget in January I'd been 100% certain (as were most others) that Tranmere made the spot on choices to survive and would be in no danger...............that 100% spot on decision failed miserably.

We all felt Adams was the best we could get in the circumstances. Think giving Adams the money was a mistake. If he'd just been allowed to bring in one or two we might have survived, as heading in the right direction before the January window.

While the NL has pros and cons, the longer Rovers are out of the football league the more the novelty will wear off. If Pools were to be relegated, think a worst case scenario would be lower mid-table, but more likely around the play-offs. Better off trying to keep a L2 spot imo.

 

[hellogregory]

What are the pros of the NL?

I do miss tranmere I have to say. Hopefully you can put a run together and hit the playoffs come the end of the season in form.

 

[Boz]

What are the pros of the NL?

I do miss tranmere I have to say. Hopefully you can put a run together and hit the playoffs come the end of the season in form.

A couple of derbies against Chester and Southport, over 7k at the former and with old rivals Wrexham. Chance to visit some new grounds, although that also applied to L2 had we stuck around. Winning a few more than last season too.

Thanks. Think we've got a chance of the play-offs, but still a way to go.

 

[BelizeHatter]

How's Sumo doing?

 

[hellogregory]

A couple of derbies against Chester and Southport, over 7k at the former and with old rivals Wrexham. Chance to visit some new grounds, although that also applied to L2 had we stuck around. Winning a few more than last season too.

Thanks. Think we've got a chance of the play-offs, but still a way to go.

Interesting. In our 1 season at that level, we started winning more because of the shite we were up against, then we started getting bigger crowds etc, but I can honestly say I hated every minute of it. Some of our fans will disagree, but the only positive I took from that season was the second we got promoted.

 

[Luke Imp]

It's amazing the things you can pull off on the new FIFA.

If only we were good enough to be on FIFA!

 

[Glasshalffullpools]

For all you fifa manager buffs ...HIGGY made one change at left back and got our first win in ages ...no need to be in the loan market all the time ...Make the most of what you've got

 

[Boz]

How's Sumo doing?

He started badly, but think that was because Brabin didn't adapt the rest of the team to fit in with his style. Since he's been paired with Ihiekwe, a young defender with pace at the back, he's done really well and an on-field leader, which we were lacking.

 

[genesimmons]

Dont under estimate confrence folks. More and more clubs are pro these days and some rich clubs in confrence norh/south. What clubs will notice is a dip in away fans they get in confrence

 

[E10rifle]

Dont under estimate confrence folks. More and more clubs are pro these days and some rich clubs in confrence norh/south. What clubs will notice is a dip in away fans they get in confrence

Don't think anyone is underestimating what a tough league it is, but to suggest that the football isn't any worse than even this shit-awful division is talking bollocks.