Hartlepool United versus Brighton and Hove Albion Official Match Thread

[New Carpet?]

I'll be the hell of a lot happier when we're mathematically safe.

Could be a week tomorrow...

 

[lichfield seagulls]

 

[vulture]

Too many players on lone? not enouh cover? favouring the fellow countrman too heavily?

ffs its only are 5th loss away from home all year and we are on a great run

 

[Guy Fawkes]

bet on us and northampton,(drawing) only 2 that have let me down

I had
Us (Lost 0-2)
West Brom (drawing 1-1)
Leicester (won 4-0)
Swansea (won 3-0)
Norwich (won 2-1)
Southampton (won 2-1)
& Luton (won 6-0)

Returned £88.24 from £4

At least it we weren't the only Albion team that let my bet down. (awaits very late West Brom winner)

 

[Brovion]

Nice one Jordan, don't mind being beaten when there are no asterisks. See you there.

Well I hope you're happy, you've just cost us three points!

 

[Acker79]

Flinders is Man of Match, revenge is sweet.

Our win rate with flinders was 16%. To our cost we gave him first team experience while he was warming the bench for another team. Not exactly like we screwed him over and he needs to get revenge.

 

[Guy Fawkes]

Too many players on lone? not enouh cover? favouring the fellow countrman too heavily?

Maybe Poyet and Taricco should have played instead

We have been using loan players during our great run of form, didn't seem to be doing much harm then.

 

[OzMike]

We won't get relegated, as I believe we will get the 51 points required.
But is there no strength in depth of the squad or was this just a blip.

 

[Tomnorthi]

Whats happened to the phone in bbc sussex?

 

[clippedgull]

We won't get relegated, as I believe we will get the 51 points required.
But is there no strength in depth of the squad or was this just a blip.

A blip. The squad still needs improving.

 

[Yabba Dabba Do]

well I suppose my chicken curry tonight is the only think i have too look forward to now.

and its the thought that counts .....

 

[Questions]

Quite. Makes you realise our squad is shallower than a snake's belly when you see today's line-up. Gavin Hoyte left-back? Ashley Barnes, who despite two goals looks pretty useless to me, upfront on his own? The result today is irrelevant, as are the next six (unless we lose ALL of them of course!), but it's good to have a gentle reminder we're still several players short of doing anything next season.

I`ll be absolutely amazed if Barnes cuts the mustard with us. We will need someone up front with Murray next season with some quality not a non - league player from Eastbourne. Him and the Cambridge lad will fill spaces till the end of the season but that will be that. Mind you Poyet knows this I suspect.

 

[Horney]

Quite. Makes you realise our squad is shallower than a snake's belly when you see today's line-up. Gavin Hoyte left-back? Ashley Barnes, who despite two goals looks pretty useless to me, upfront on his own? The result today is irrelevant, as are the next six (unless we lose ALL of them of course!), but it's good to have a gentle reminder we're still several players short of doing anything next season.

Yes...we lose Murray and Painter and suddenly we are fallible again. Has Hoyte played this year ? Maybe it was law of averages..unbeaten away since December.
I said when Forster went that we were relying solely on Murray. No disrespect to Holroyd and Barnes but they are lightweight and the huge hole left by Forster is only apparent when Murray isn't there.
The very best we can achieve this season is 11th ( 10th has 57 pts at present ) so we should push hard in the last 6 games for a ' top half ' finish.

 

[HP Seagull]

Exactly. It seems a strong thing, even for me, to suggest after 2 goals in his first 2 games, but I think the guy is useless.

Gus will have much better in place come August 7th.

Your opinions continue to amaze me. Barnes has done extremely well in his two substitute appearances and scored two goals. He played up front on his own today against physical opposition and by all accounts did well.

I was slightly bemused by his signing, having been at Eastbourne last year, but I have seen enough to suggest that he has something to offer us. He is only 20 after all.

You might be right when you say Gus will have better in by next season and I hope you're right, but to write Barnes off after one full appearance sums you up really.

Oh, and today showed how much we miss Crofts, but you will no doubt continue, in vein, to disagree.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I`ll be absolutely amazed if Barnes cuts the mustard with us. We will need someone up front with Murray next season with some quality not a non - league player from Eastbourne. Him and the Cambridge lad will fill spaces till the end of the season but that will be that. Mind you Poyet knows this I suspect.

Barnes is a Plymouth player who was on loan to Eastbourne so a Championship player, not non league.

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

It often happens that a mid table team, which we are, having had a long run of matches, will lose to a more determined team that is fighting for it's life.

I don't think it is anything to overly worry about. Indeed, Gus should learn more about his players from a game such as this.