Recent content by Middxile

Anything can happen in April; shock results are common place because there’s no safety net. Nerves and pressure rule. It’s actually easier to play when you’re an outside bet, rather than a front runner; “sure things” become difficult. One serious obstacle in my head is Pool’s last match. I have...

Before dreaming up combinations of favourable results which might see us into the top six, just remember for a moment the away days at……….Burton, Cheltenham, Stevenage, Port Vale, Cambridge, Orient and Wigan. Five of these teams are fighting relegation, and Pool managed one goal and no points...

Commentators seem to think that this a nailed on draw. if Lanky can build a lead of 160, Nathan Lyon might yet do some damage on Day4.

Pool scoring from a free kick or corner is as rare as hen’s teeth. The ball rarely gets past the first man, and if it does, it often goes over the top of everyone. There is no pressure on the ball from a free kick or corner.They have all week to practice, but the end result is …….nothing ! Why ?

Who else saw HIS penalty at Reading ?

Carey impressed, but the game didn’t seem much different than the the string of 1-0 defeats that we have suffered this season.

Just a couple of years ago, Pool had Kev, Kenny and Keshi in midfield. They also had Dick calling the shots at the Back.THAT was a foundation upon which any team could be built. We are light years away from that !

Fleetwood and Cambridge ? Six points ?? Oh, hold on, you have to score in order to win. I doubt if Pool will win either of them . Then, the Summer of Discontent will be upon us all. It is OBVIOUS that these lads are unhappy playing a back three. It’s fancy European stuff to their basic...

I don’t get this love in with Jordan Gabriel. He has no composure whatsoever. A good athlete certainly, but not in the same class as Andy Lyons as a Footballer.

I think any of the Youth players who have already or who are about to be offered pro-contracts should be blooded now. We are not going to make six, and we can’t go down.

Blackpool are a not very good mid table Division 3 side. The PL is long gone, and the Championship is way out of reach at this time. Pool have quite a lot of ordinary players, which will get you to, and keep you, in mid table. There is no way in the world that this squad can get anywhere near...

I don’t understand where all this optimism today is coming from for a Pool win .😳

The difference yesterday when Virtue came on for him was evident. We actually get into their box to scare them a time or two. His first reaction when receiving the ball is usually to turn and face his own goal. He is SO slow to move the ball on, that any advantage that might be gained from...

My o/p, so may I qualify it. Away from home, Dembele gets no protection from Referees. He is routinely knocked over….. in silence. At Home he does better because the crowd howl at the Ref. and he wins a free kick. Nobody is disputing his ability, but the end product is as rare as hen’s teeth...

In this league, you are better off with strength rather than guile.