The Poolie Bunker

At the end of the day it is a club we all LOVE, Our expectations of the club are a lot higher than they used to be and it is all over this message board for everybody to see. I have no doubt the club has probably had a peek at the board too.

One thing we DO all have in common whether our views on Wilson are the same or different is we are ALL passionate about this little club in the North East doing the best it's done in the last 10 years. lets keep our "OPINIONS" on Wilson and lads on here for the time being..

When trannmere comes around lets do what we do best get onto them stands and back the lads for the FULL 90minutes in full voice whether we win lose or draw!!

Hello...

Goebbels?



Is that you?

Unlike the Rivals posters i have grown to this "collective" you have on here, I try to be level headed and this is the reply i get?

spoken like a true club man

But you thrive on it. In fact...you insist on it

yep - the Tranmere fans and playing staff probably............

Doubtful.

But Joseph seems to be telling us that we have to smile when we're losing.

What shite would that be... ? Would it be that nasty, horrible , inconvenient little fact that we are not doing very well? It would help if the darlings on the pitch responded to the crowd... it appears they don't. Sorry, but it's up to them to get the crowd going... entertain them so to speak..as that's the business they're in. If I go to see a comedian and he complains the crowd aren't behind him and not helping him, I say....are you in the right business?....
I suggest they get their fingers out, their arses into gear and start performing as thay are capable of doing and particularly so the manager.
As for the Loids, that sterile band may well cheer, I WOULD IF MY TEAM WAS WINNING AND IN AN AUTOMATIC PROMOTION SPOT...ours is not, pointless comparison! Rant over, have a nice day.

Boo Hoo..

i agree with both here which may sound odd but in my opinoin...

we should be behind the team
but wilson should sort it out

There's lots for him to sort out too.

But when I'm at the match I'll get behind the lads with the best of them.

I just don't like being TOLD that I have to even if we're getting stuffed.

Where have you been TOLD?

HUFC please be aware that unless you expect automatic promotion this season and think Danny Wilson is as bad as Martin Scott then you are basically wrong.

Please be aware these are reasonable thoughts and expectations, especially given the fact Danny Wilson has around 1/10th of the transfer budget of our League One rivals to compete with the likes of Swansea, Forest and Leeds.


Unfortunately I am beginning to have as much tolerance for this board as I do for the tripe posted on rivals. There is very little useful information or humour on this forum unless it is taking the piss out of a member of the forum or someone connected with HUFC. The majority of posts are negative, unhelpful comments and statements that can only be harmful to the club, especially if god forgive someone connected with HUFC ever reads this forum.

i am shocked to think someone from the club would read this stuff and take it seriously

Hello Ken

Problem is people seriously expect us to be in automatic promotion spots and have also made comparisons of Danny Wilson to Martin Scott

Bag of shite.

The trouble is that we're spoilt.

Anyone that thinks we should be in a automatic promotion spot dont know a thing about hartlepool or league one. Nor do i boo at the games however i do think we should be looking at mid table at least and the way things are going i cant see us climbing the table much aspecially with the few games weve got till january.

- I blame the parents me.

Thing is all (most) of the comments on here are made by what I would class as Poolies - whether I agree with the comments or not.

They all (most) have the same thing at heart and that is the interest of the club - their perfromance and results.

The club and the players clearly ignore what we say as out rantings are not listened to and people in their position are generally thick skinned.

Whilst from outside if we look at things and see barker on nine goals, brown on eight, 15th in the league but stuttering of late - it may not look too bad.

However we are in certain aspects on the inside (Chip even talks to players - as he should - he could have been a contender ) but mainly because we have followed the club for many years and have seen patterns before and perhaps we are guilty of hitting the panic button too quickly. Many are right indeed that the pattern of this season falls in line with that of the Scott fiasco - a fair start, poor run, players played out of what is assumed is the best positions and others introduced and picked ahead of our favourites and those that we think should (and probably could) do a better job.

What are we guilty of?

Having opinions?
Being terrace/keyboard managers?
Slagging off players?
Being disappointed?

All we are guilty of is caring and being Poolies. We are as a paying public (and as human beings in the western world) entitled to opinions. We are all failed players/managers. We are entitled to criticise the players, the manager and anyone else connected with the club as we pay our pennies at the gate, buy the shirts the programmes and travel up and down the country etc.

Beacause we care - we also give out some great opinions, judgements and observations when things are right too, when things are good and one of our favourite players plays in what we assume is his best role, we are the greatest terrace managers in the world. When players play well we laud praise upon them, and as much as we are entitled to be disappointed we are also entitled to be pleased.

There can be a fine line between what observers and members of the site see between debate and biting criticism. Personally I don't things are going right so far, I don't think the right team is playing and I don't think of those that are playing that they are in the right position. However, I cannot change this - other members of the board cannot change it, but as the manager and the players are big enough to stand up there are take the wages and the plaudits when things go right, then they should be big enough to take the knocks and the criticism too.

If of course the team changes and we improve in the next game and 'my players' are playing where 'I want them too' - then it will of course be because I have been listened too!!

I don't want to see relegation, I don't expect to see promotion, but I expect to see better - I want to see better - cos I care - I'm a Poolie see and we're a special breed.

Never Say Die.

well said

Sorry mate. It's my fault. I haven't had the time to post much recently. It was inevitable the board would go to the dogs.

*modest*

*arf! arf!*

Give me the name of any poster who has said they expect promotion.....? There aren't any! What we want is a sign of life on the pitch, a bit, just a bit, of entertainment. Not much to ask is it?
As for comparisons between Scott and Wilson, there were plenty of people ready and willing to toe the party line and support Scotty till it was bleedin obvious we were heading for the rocks.......... even then, there was still that flag waving hardcore who thought he could do it if we all just shut up and stopped rocking the boat. They were wrong and slipped quietly away when the end came. Scotty went because the football was poor, the footballs poor....so don't be surprised if comparisons are made.
That's called being realistic, some people think that if you just accept everything and play the part of the loyal supporter that everything will come good... sadly,there's no such thing as the goal fairy, you have to kick arses and get the show on the road.

I thought he'd moved to Swansea?

No he's just a fairy who is good at scoring goals

The bounder

you stayed really calm and measured right until the end!!

adg is in a clique all of his own - as am I

man hugging is very odd

dont like it me like

especially near the corned beef

dibble is more marshall dillon that martial arts
we just might have to ressurect this feller

not saying we will but the option is there
because he got off his butt and did it

charlie

...........but they were crap, in fact, crap is being generous.

All I want is to see our team playing to the best of their ability- is that too much to ask?

I want them to entertain me the best that they can.

I don't think that knocking long balls to Barker every two minutes and a centre back who thinks tackling is for doyles is entertaining me the best that they can.

I would love to see us playing nice football, playing through the likes of Brown, Monkhouse, Porter, Sweeney cos I know that we have the players to play that way if the manager picks them and lets them.

But the flip side of that is that most of all I want to see us win, and if we won every game 1-0 scored courtesy of a punt onto Barker's head I would be ok with that. But even that isn't happening.

I'm sure theres lots of nice Ebsfleet forums you can use instead.....

yeh and you can private chats with the clubs "offical" owner(s)

Is it just me who doesn't get with this hostility towards a Pools fan just cos he has decided to chuck some money into the Ebbsfleet experiment?

I don't agree with the merits of the experiment, but why should his choice be brought up at every turn?

because

its funny

That's the point Tom.

It's NOT funny.

It is becoming boring.

This is very similar to how I feel

I just think that some people go OTT with the negative posts. The situation is no where near as bad as some poolies believe. If we win 3 games in a row we will be talking of play-offs. I also understand that if we lose 3 games then we're talking relegation. The leagues that tight, and yes we do need to realise something needs to change, I am not that naive to think everything is fine.

But I trust Wilson and believe hes on the case.

Yes hes made some poor decisions such as dropping Ben Clark and not giving Porter enough of a run in the team, but I think he has the experience and we have the squad to put together a winning run of matches into the lead up to xmas.


About Ebbsfleet I dont really care about the remarks. The intention really wasnt to try and conn people to pay £35, but to make fellow Poolies aware of something that hasnt happened in football before.

My own personal opinion so far is that there are going to be many, many problems and the MyFC team are really going to have their work cut out. They have already made mistakes and will make many more in the future. I really do hope it is a success, for the sake of the Ebbsfleet fans.