Harrogate Town v Blackpool Official Matchnight Thread 02.12.25

Players should refund their ticket money etc after putting in a shite performance like that. Also Ravizzoli needs ** off worst keeper I’ve ever seen. There are school kids better than him. He’s stealing a living
 
VHS_Junior said:
When I saw him LAUGHING with the ref at 3-0 down I nearly burst a blood vessel. Proper slimey guy he has no love for Blackpool and really doesn’t give a shite if we win, lose, go up or go down. He’s insufferable.
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I’m gonna rip into him on Sunday if he puts in another performance like he has for the last year and a bit
 
Just a couple of points.
I'm not a fan of Ravizolli or CJ.
However tonight the keeper had no chance with 3 out of 4 of the goals.
CJ should only ever be played as a left winger. Never ever is he a RWB.
Tonight I think only 4 players, Rav, Horsfall, Evans & Fletcher played in their natural positions.
 
Insider said:
Just a couple of points.
I'm not a fan of Ravizolli or CJ.
However tonight the keeper had no chance with 3 out of 4 of the goals.
CJ should only ever be played as a left winger. Never ever is he a RWB.
Tonight I think only 4 players, Rav, Horsfall, Evans & Fletcher played in their natural positions.
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Quick question for you.

You know when CJ earned his new contract under Critch 2, what position was he playing?
 
Jaffa_The_Hut said:
We’ll we have people on here who post when they lose so what’s the difference?

This is the worst Blackpool side in decades and it needs saying.
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They never compare us to Fwood because why would we?

But you do, you are more positive about tinpot Fleetwood than the team you support. It’s weird but it’s you.
 
BestTrip said:
Its depressing being a Blackpool fan atm :(
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We all as fans work hard week in week out spend 100s if not thousands watching the team we love every season. I don’t mind being beaten by better teams aslong as every players gives 110%. Currently we’re getting beaten by teams we should be doing better against and players giving 70%. It isn’t on and I don’t know where we go from here.
 
Athers said:
I’m gonna rip into him on Sunday if he puts in another performance like he has for the last year and a bit
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He’s that self-obsessed and unbothered I don’t think a full stadium giving him pelters would affect him in the slightest. Can still go home to his nice house and nice bank account regardless so why would he be arsed eh? I hope Evo weeds these little punks out of our club in January. If the badge doesn’t mean something to you and it doesn’t hurt like hell to show up like that, get far away from Blackpool FC and don’t look back.
 
Tangerine1953! said:
We all as fans work hard week in week out spend 100s if not thousands watching the team we love every season. I don’t mind being beaten by better teams aslong as every players gives 110%. Currently we’re getting beaten by teams we should be doing better against and players giving 70%. It isn’t on and I don’t know where we go from here.
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I think 70% is a bit of an over estimate.
 
Athers said:
Were they booed off? Hopefully our fans showed more bollocks than the players
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I don’t think many stayed my lad left when the 4th went in. If I’d have been there I would have given them some shit at the end. I Will if they play anything like they did tonight.
 
Tangerine1953! said:
What can Evatt say about this what we haven’t already heard?
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After that performance I would advise him to say nothing, as he'd only be repeating himself & achieving nothing.
Sometimes silence speaks volumes & this is one of those times.
But do you know what, my 8 yr old grandson will still wear our kit at this weeks training in Warrington, when his team mates will all be wearing PL kits.
" I want to play for Blackpool grandad" - I'm so proud of him & just wish our players wore our kit as proudly as he does.
 
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Tangerine1953! said:
We all as fans work hard week in week out spend 100s if not thousands watching the team we love every season. I don’t mind being beaten by better teams aslong as every players gives 110%. Currently we’re getting beaten by teams we should be doing better against and players giving 70%. It isn’t on and I don’t know where we go from here.
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70% more like 30% .
 
585 = never give up said:
After that performance I would advise him to say nothing, as he'd only be repeating himself & achieving nothing.
Sometimes silence speaks volumes & this is one of those times.
But do you know what, my 8 yr old grandson will still wear our kit at this weeks training in Warrington, when his team mates will all be wearing PL kits.
" I want to play for Blsckpool grandad" - I'm so proud of him & just wish our players wore our kit as proudly as he does.
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Take him down on Sunday, he can't be any bloody worse.
 
BestTrip said:
Its depressing being a Blackpool fan atm :(
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It’s more depressing reading this match thread.
I know we were awful first half. At least we put inan effort second half.
3 of Haarogate goals were top quality.
Glad we are out of this competition.
I will not be crying in my beer if we lose on Sunday although a decent 3rd round draw have something to look forward to.
 
Martonmosser said:
Got to put a big part of the blame on Downes for that
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Definitely. You cannot expect all transfers to be a success, but in this case... Due diligence? Seems like Downes is great at spending someone else's money without being accountably for his actions. Time for SS to get shut, and realise that yet again he has been done over by those he has appointed.
 
tangerine.com said:
Bruce said recruitment cost his job.
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The recruitment turned out to be poor in many key areas and how much he was involved in deciding IDK.

Bruce and his old school tactics meant we could often come off 2nd best against good footballing sides.

But there was a reason we were excited in summer because we did alright last season and with better players, his own players, we should have been better again, even if not tactically the best, we could be good on the break and if we managed to get our wingers in the game.

Good players, even if played in a 442, find ways to show their quality, like last season.

But this season in a variety of different formations we've seen the basics struggle to be done. Some of that is confidence as the longer he was here the most disorganised it became and some if basic player quality.

We chose to rebuild a large amount of the squad, fine, but it struggled to be gelled under Bruce and the seemingly poor training and some of our players we went with the older and slow type, not a great combination. In net we went for Ravizzoli who doesn't look good and BPF who had zero confidence and was know for making mistakes.

It's hard to believe after investing a lot that this is happening, but it feels like we built a poorly thought out squad in some areas, saying that you look at the team sheet and what some who came here on big money have done in the past and they should be better.

Maybe the damage from Bruce is bigger lingering factor for some and maybe some are better than weve seen, but some of the basics should be done for good players.
 
585 = never give up said:
After that performance I would advise him to say nothing, as he'd only be repeating himself & achieving nothing.
Sometimes silence speaks volumes & this is one of those times.
But do you know what, my 8 yr old grandson will still wear our kit at this weeks training in Warrington, when his team mates will all be wearing PL kits.
" I want to play for Blsckpool grandad" - I'm so proud of him & just wish our players wore our kit as proudly as he does.
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If your grandson is half decent, take him to the ground early on Sunday. He just might get a game. 😊
 
GrahamwantshisOates said:
It’s more depressing reading this match thread.
I know we were awful first half. At least we put inan effort second half.
3 of Haarogate goals were top quality.
Glad we are out of this competition.
I will not be crying in my beer if we lose on Sunday although a decent 3rd round draw have something to look forward to.
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No wonder the Oyston scum had such an easy ride for so long with fans like you unable to muster a complaint. We have just been spanked by a league 2 team with probably the strongest team we could have put out tonight and you’re happy 🙄
 
You would hope that after CJ 's performance tonight we finally have a manager who will realise that he's not going to help keep him in his job
 
Insider said:
Just a couple of points.
I'm not a fan of Ravizolli or CJ.
However tonight the keeper had no chance with 3 out of 4 of the goals.
CJ should only ever be played as a left winger. Never ever is he a RWB.
Tonight I think only 4 players, Rav, Horsfall, Evans & Fletcher played in their natural positions.
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The first goal wasn't in the corner and the player telegraphed what he was going to do and put the ball in the net far too easily for me.

The 2nd looked a right mess not sure if it was his fault or our player or both.
 
GrahamwantshisOates said:
It’s more depressing reading this match thread.
I know we were awful first half. At least we put inan effort second half.
3 of Haarogate goals were top quality.
Glad we are out of this competition.
I will not be crying in my beer if we lose on Sunday although a decent 3rd round draw have something to look forward to.
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But why can lowly Harrogate manage to score 3 top quality goals … when our finishing is frankly sh@te
 
Bar James husband none of the other players give a toss about this football club. There all happy picking up a wage every week. It’s gonna be a long 2/3 years till it’s sorted if it ever does get sorted.
 
Adams Kebab said:
They never compare us to Fwood because why would we?

But you do, you are more positive about tinpot Fleetwood than the team you support. It’s weird but it’s you.
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Maybe it was something to do with the fact Tranmere played Fleetwood tonight who beat us in the last round?

I’m using it as a means of saying just how poor we are right now so who else I’m I going to quote?
 
Armand_Legear said:
Definitely. You cannot expect all transfers to be a success, but in this case... Due diligence? Seems like Downes is great at spending someone else's money without being accountably for his actions. Time for SS to get shut, and realise that yet again he has been done over by those he has appointed.
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You have to question Sadler's abilities though as he keeps employing utter shit, executives, managers, we are in a far worse position on the field than we were before he bought the club, he has managed to take an amazing opportunity with the support massively behind him and no matter how much money he puts in we are at the foot of League 1 and beaten by bottom of league 2 with a squad of players who aren't fit to wear the shirt. Downes and his team are responsible but surely Sadler can see he's being taken for a very expensive ride? Same with Winter, WTF does he even do?
 
Games are won and lost in midfield and we don't have one I'm afraid.

You are never going to start a game against league opposition with Lee Evans as your sole CM and win. It's that simple. We struggle to win with three of them.

We put more effort in 2nd half, but if you go 3-0 inside the first 20 mins you don't deserve to get a result, even if you improve.

As a CDM, Lee Evans does very little to protect the defence, partly because of his complete lack of agility, and he isn't careful enough with his passing. He isn't contributing anything that a player in his position should be.

I still trust Evatt to sort things out, but I think things might get worse before they get better, and it's going to be painful. Most of these players were signed on long contracts so it won't be easily or quickly changed. I'm amazed Downes is still in a job.
 
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