The Poolie Bunker

An ADG rant, what a refreshing change.

I think we're more or less used to wilsons insane team selections. But of course a point saturday was a tremendous result, cant wait for cheltenham on friday

At the moment though it is pools paying his wages so even if he is going to leave soon he still should be playing as he is one of our best players.

My only suprise was that Budtz wasn't on the wing. I've given up trying to second guess our esteemed manager.

You're right in one respect, the apathy is worrying.

It's one of those sound bites that have caught on isn't it? Mr ADG's opinions are rants, whereas other people's are just comments

I must be insane then...... cos i'd always take a point away from home......its home draws that bother me.

Plus the fact, Saturdays result 'stops the rot' as it were....or am i now gonna be accused of being one of the rose tinted brigade or some such bollox

I felt numb after saturdays result, I couldn't complain because i'd get slated neither could I feel happy because I really thought we'd get the 3 points.

I said to our lass, I cant wait for the season to finish, its been foooking awful, no cup runs, stuck in a rut and playing shite football.

Read the threads, some of us have been pointing out to others,
that

a) a draw against a crap Cobblers team, was most definitely 2 points lost

and

b) the manager has lost the plot, in both his team selections and substitutions

Strangely some people don't agree with either of the above, let alone both of them

How does it come about that so many managers do lose the plot and so often? Especially when they've played the game themselves.
I suspect they start off with some genuine instinct and insight, but are taught that to succeed they have to forget all that, and instead start operating on the lines of theories they're taught on managerial training courses

Half the managers in English league football are in charge of bottom-half clubs - that I believe is indisputable.
Now, since anyone with the smallest modicum of common sense can do better than those 46 managers, how come nobody hires them to do so thereby reducing the number of bottom half clubs?

As I said I was extremely dissappointed with a draw against a shite team that has barely won a game at home all season.

If Brown and Porter were fit then I believe Wilson has lost the plot. There's no arguing about it...Wilson has lost the plot regardless.

If he doesn't play Porter and Brown on Friday then the more I believe his mental health is deteariating. And let's be honest...would it suprise anybody to see Clark and ALB dropped?

Brown has had a virus and Wilson said he still was looking under the weather and not right.

Porter has just come back after six weeks out, I'd have still gave him more than three minutes though.

I'd also hope they were both certain starters on Friday, and I think they will be. Our best performance at home of the season was against Tranmere was it not? Well this is the first time since that Wilson has had the opportunity to play Porter with Moore. You know it makes sense Mr Wilson.

Team vs. Tranmere
Jan Budtz
Eddie Nolan
Ritchie Humphreys
Michael Nelson
Godwin Antwi
Gary Liddle
James Brown
Antony Sweeney
Joel Porter
Ian Moore
Andy Monkhouse

Oviously I'd replace Butdz with ALB, Antwi with Clark and Nolan with McCunnie.

But that's a decent line-up and looks solid.

I don't believe for one second that James Brown was too ill to play the full 90 on Saturday. I don't see how an illness can mean playing 30 minutes is OK but the full 90 is a no-go.

Porter is a fantastic sub and given the flow of the game only needed 15 minutes and we'd have probably won. To give him 3 minutes was criminal, if it had been a home game there would have been hell on. For me, it was one of Wilsons biggest tactical cockups this season and there have been a few.

I can't see Barker being dropped Saturday and to be honest I can't see him being dropped again for the rest of the season. A tell tale sign of a clueless idiot in charge I am afraid.

He was dropped at the time of our best home performance of the season, when Porter is injured we don't have a lot of other option than to play Barker up front. Porter is fit now so I believe he will start on Friday night.

Are you all forgetting how bad Tranmere were? have they won a game since?
Monkhouse will not go straight into the team after 6 weeks out and no other manager in the country would put a player straight in after being out so long.Are you for real
Should Moore have scored on Saturday from Matty Robsons cross? Yes or No, different story if he had, 2-1 win and good substitution and another few days for Porter to get fit. And don't ven think of saying ah yes but Porter would have scored if he was on, he had a good chance from open play edge of box no pressure on him, miles wide surprise surprise no stick.
The only change should be Brown for Foley.

Nobody says they would.

Tranmere played well against us.

Good movement, awareness and speed got him that chance in the first played. And it wasn't exactly a sitter he missed, was it?

Straight to specsavers Mr Gaunt do not pass go, P.S. Asda are selling some off a £1 a go.

You tell me, all I know is that it was 15 yards out, no player within 5 yards of him and missed by how much
But no doubt he's got his movement, got his awareness, got his speed but hasn't quite got his scoring touch yet!
Now off you go to Spec savers

and if they had scored from their chance minutes earlier, which he blazed over the bar, we could have lost 2 - 1.
Unfortunately only the ones that go in the onion bag count, we had enough possession and chances in the 87 minutes before Porter came one to have had the game sealed.
I seem to remember a good header, which Richie Barker, got no power or direction on, and a Foley chance, minutes into the second half, which he put wide.
So don't go highlighting a half chance which Porter created himself

we had enough possession and chances in the 87 minutes before Porter came one to have had the game sealed.

So at last you agree there wasn't much wrong with the team selection after all.
And Moore missed the 2 easiest chances, wonder why you never mentioned that

Did you honestly not want Joel Porter on earlier than the 87th minute?

I thought it was Richie Barker at first but then gradually came to your conclusion.

He could also be someone on the wind up of course...

club rep changed his log in again

he certainly knows sod all about football, so it could easily be DW

Ah right.. So our promotion season Danny Wilson knew nothing about football?


We aint having the best season granted but neither are many teams

No of course i dont agree with it esspecially Porter as he is our most creative Striker by far..

BUT you got to sit on fence as well, we dont know what happens in training or what is said.. Granted Wilson is very frustrating at times, I.E waiting until the 84th minute to use subs.

EDIT: Also i dont like the fact Barker gets nearly full game even though he is paggered by the 40th minute.

You obviously need reassuring so let me remind you that Wilson is the man who consistently did not pick Leroy Lita when he was at Bristol City.

Right then in order.......
1) Brown was starting to struggle, away games v Yeovil, Hereford and Swindon he did nothing, was he getting tired was it time for a break anyway, was all the transfer speculation affecting him? I don't know and no-one knows. He's our most skilful creative player but is a luxury if he's struggling.
2) Porter I still don't think is fit and I don't think he has done enough or even looked interested enough when he's been given his chance, he goes over too easy when touched and doesn't fight back when he loses the ball.
3) Humphreys is a legend, best club player we have ever had and is the main reason these last 6-7 years have been the best we have known.
4) McCunnie I thought he was a dodge pot at first as a full back, slowly got better, excelled in midfield at Leeds, then never really got back into it after being left out at Forest.
5) Clarke I think is too slow, or Nelson is too slow but we can't afford 2 slow players in central defence, I never really forgave him for not trying during our relegation season until Scotty was sacked and by then it was too late.
6) Monkhouse doesn't look like a club man or squad player to me and I think if anyone was to offer him an extra 2 bob a week he'd want to go.

No prob Mr Chip I thought it was fairly obvious, only change, Brown for Foley.

Was Clark not getting Man of the Match peformances and getting dropped during Scotty's time? I'd rather have a player that understands the game than a slightly faster player that does not.

McCunnie was ace at right back and most people on here thought he was our player of the season at the time. Once he was moved into midfield he didn't play as well.

Monkhouse has not being one of those players whose spit his dummy out and said he's not going to play for us (a la, who I've no doubt you're going to say was an excellent guy, with you beign the wind up merchant that you are). It's not his fault he's been linked to other clubs, he's never gone out and said he's interested in other clubs.

Porter hasn't done enough when given the chance? I'll give you a little stat: Porter has a better goals per minute ratio than Beckford (as of a few weeks ago, I haven't checked it).

ignore him , Daniel, he's a tit

The fookin' party line again.

Did everyone know that Chip and Fatty have bets to see how many answers they can keep a thread going for??

I read Monkey Bizz 78 today and trust me there's nowt new coming out of this pair.......except in MB 78 Chip wanted to give Scotty more time.......

Now he wants to sack Danny 'cos we got back where Scotty took over!!

You just told me off for this!

Was Clark not getting Man of the Match peformances and getting dropped during Scotty's time? I'd rather have a player that understands the game than a slightly faster player that does not.
No I don't think so, and I also don't believe he was putting in 100% effort

McCunnie was ace at right back and most people on here thought he was our player of the season at the time. Once he was moved into midfield he didn't play as well.Well I'm sorry Mr Daniel Gaunt I didn't but thought he was getting better

Monkhouse has not being one of those players whose spit his dummy out and said he's not going to play for us (a la, who I've no doubt you're going to say was an excellent guy, with you beign the wind up merchant that you are). It's not his fault he's been linked to other clubs, he's never gone out and said he's interested in other clubs.I want players who want to play for Pools, I don't think he does

Porter hasn't done enough when given the chance? I'll give you a little stat: Porter has a better goals per minute ratio than Beckford (as of a few weeks ago, I haven't checked it).[/quote]Mr Daniel Gaunt I don't need you to give me little stats I see them all with my own eyes and I don't think he's been fit all season, and who gives a flying fcuk about Beckford

You can all stick to your little cliques if you want and slag off all your pet hates as much as you want if it makes you happy, all I'm doing is highlighting to you the mistakes of others that you, all put down to Barker and Elliott, untii they've gone of course then no doubt Humphreys will be too old and useless blah blah blah.

As for Mr LeicesterPoolie, quote "ignore him Daniel, he's a tit" Good craic

Mr Chip, I don't think I've criticised or called any player, they play for my team, I support them, but what I have done is highlighted mistakes of others to try and get through to some of the shorter sighted members on here (have you been to specsavers yet Daniel) that everyone makes mistakes, they aren't doing it on purpose, (although I don't think that was true during our relegation season by some) yet for example, Barker gets slagged off by nearly all and sundry because ALB sliced a clearance that was shown on soccernight, and that everyone laughed at when they saw ALB trying to blame anyone other than himself.

We'll reserve judgement on that Mr Groovy Crimes and wait and see how long he stays with us