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    MATCH: Hartlepool United (H) 30/12/23 🍾🍾🍾

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    1 hour ago, rudemedic said:

    I wouldn’t be touching Mancini until the close season, a young player who has played 8 games of professional adult football, and has just had 4 months out with a hamstring injury, so it must have been a significant one, is not worth signing from a club in the same division.

     

    If he has played in the majority of Hartlepool’s game between now and April, then I would certainly consider him in the summer. Little point in signing a player to improve our chances of making the playoffs, which we are only out of on goal difference, if he isn’t going to play in enough games. Especially when we already have a midfielder who is on his day top quality in this division but he can’t stay fit. 

     

    Mancini was released by Burnley without playing a game 18 months ago. It then took him eight months to find a club (Accrington) before he was released by them four months later having played two games. 

     

    I'm not saying he isn't a talent, but that record doesn't immediately strike me as that of a world-beater... 

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    The Christmasgate Videos

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    27 minutes ago, BP1960 said:

     

    In the olden days I worked for British Railways on Christmas day. After cycling 5 miles I got there at 5:30 and made the waiting room fire. It was a pleasure to serve the public. These have no idea.

    Must have been the best part of 60 years ago, because Christmas Day services had all but vanished by the mid-1960s. Times change (though admittedly, not always for the better). 

    The Christmasgate Videos

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    1 hour ago, BP1960 said:

     

    The fact is some don't want to be there, it mirrors how they play during a match.

    We might see a few changes tomorrow and some gone in January. 

     

     

    I'd be worried if they did want to be there rather than at home with their families on Christmas Day... but it's part of what you sign up for as a professional footballer, I'm afraid.

     

    Don't begrudge them moaning about it, though - as most of us probably would if we were asked to work on Christmas Day. But a bit naive to post it on social media in the circumstances. 

     

    Half way point....

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    On 12/23/2023 at 4:44 PM, GKing521 said:

    Just cold hard facts. We’re getting schooled by the mighty footballing institution that is Gateshead at home.

     

    They don’t have it in them. I don’t see much point in attending many more fixtures for this season.

     

    Oh, I don't know. I'm sure we'd all miss your insightful and balanced analysis after the game...

    MATCH: Gateshead (H) 23/12/23 🎄

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    16 minutes ago, nzlatic said:

    We have done better when both have played. If just looking at how we do when Gardner plays our PPG is even higher (but we’d still be 4th).
     

    My point is that we can do better than both Gardner and Freeman. If we were to make signings in those positions I think it would make a huge difference to the level of control we have in games. Imagine having a midfielder who can dictate play and pop up to score goals in the box. Imagine having a right wingback who overlaps and is someone a defence has to be concerned about. They couldn’t triple up on Kitching and a rwb too.  

     

    Yep, agreed. But instead we've signed Langley and Stones... arguably the two positions we least need to strengthen in (centre-half excepted, perhaps). 

    MATCH: Gateshead (H) 23/12/23 🎄

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    Sheron, Hogan, Sutton all hopeless. McGahey tried but isn't really a midfielder. Moore looked completely out of his depth. 

     

    Stones worked hard first half, and Norwood did what he does. Lundstram at least shows for the ball, has some technically ability, and tries things - was surprised he was taken off (unless he was injured).

     

    Not a chance of promotion with a midfield three of Lundstram, Sheron and McGahey, I'm afraid... 

     

    Credit to Gateshead though - they were good and fully deserved to win. 

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    National League Thread

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    It's interesting to see the apparent gulf in class between the NL and the NLN and NLS at present. 

     

    Last year's relegated teams (Scunthorpe, Yeovil, Torquay, Maidstone) currently sit 1st, 1st, 2nd and 4th in the NLN / NLS.

     

    Last year's promoted teams (Ebbsfleet, Oxford, Kidderminster, Fylde) sit 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24th in the NL. 

     

    Slightly surprised me - I'd always sort of assumed that the bottom end of the NL and the top end of the NLN / NLS were much of a muchness. 

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    MATCH: Mickleover F.C (H) 09/12/23 - FA Trophy 3rd Round 🏆

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    On 12/11/2023 at 12:10 PM, BP1960 said:

     

    You are right, many of the team are past it or injury prone and Mickleover ran rings round us.

    Chesterfield played a lot of Academy players in beating Southport 6-1, there seems a reluctance here to give our youth even a place on the bench, a youth team incidentally which is producing good results against EFL teams and some on loan earning great reviews at clubs in higher leagues than Mickleover.

    I can say I've seen couple of them (a strong mobile  striker and a dynamic winger) who'd be  

    breath of fresh air.

    MM has given enough chances to those who repeatedly let him down so now is the time for fresh blood to be introduced.

     

     

     

     

    Which players are these, out of interest? 

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