National League 2018/19 Season Review

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Biggest Flop:
Top Scorer:
Most Improved:
Team strength:
Team Weakness:
Season Rating out of 10:
Manager rating out of 10
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If you could sign one player from another team in this league who would it be?
Your team of the season.(players from any national league team)


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Your personal player of the season: Rob Lainton
Your teams best prospect: Let me get back to you on that one.
Biggest Flop: Don’t really think we had a “flop”, just a lot of “average”. Disappointing performances from the majority of loanees though.
Top Scorer: Three way tie between Beavon, Fondop & Pearson. Such a great battle, but neither could go one further and get 7.
Most Improved: Probably Akil Wright, seeing as he’s added an attacking instinct to his game now.
Team strength: Defence.
Team Weakness: Scoring goals.
Season Rating out of 10: 6.5/10
Manager rating out of 10: Which one?
If you could sign one player from another team in this league who would it be? I want to say Danny Rowe just based on goals, but every time I’ve seen him, he looks frustrating. I’ll say Macauley Bonne.
Your team of the season.(players from any national league team)
GK: Lainton
RB: Can’t for the life of me think of another right back, that’s not Josh Hare. I’ll say, Josh Hare.
CB: Piergianni
CB: Pearson
LB: Francis-Angol
RM: Leesley
CM: Carter
CM: Whitehead
LM: McAnuff
ST: Bonne
ST: McCallum

Any others comments: No, I’m good.
 

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Your personal player of the season: Peter Kioso, excellent first professional season, young, still very raw and rash at times but has the potential to be a really good player in a higher division.

Your teams best prospect: Josh Hawkes by a million miles, attacking midfielder, full of flair, I'd be surprised if we don't cash in on him this season as he has only a year left.

Biggest Flop: Luke Williams, signed in August from Scunthorpe despite having an horrendous injury record, he got injured two more times, had to have two bouts of surgery and has yet to kick a ball for us last season, the biggest waste of money I think Pools have ever spent and we've even offered him a new deal for next season.

Top Scorer: Liam Noble with I think 13? 3/4's of those were penalties

Most Improved: Myles Anderson, looked and played like a total fanny, then got his teeth knocked out in a game and he came back with a gumshield in and looked like a total different player, still prone to a rickett or two but definitely most improved.

Team strength: Pass

Team Weakness: Throwing away leads in the final minutes of games, Daggers game particularly sticks out. 1-0 up going into injury time and losing 2-1

Season Rating out of 10: 3 - Another forgettable shit show.

Manager rating out of 10: Matty Bates - 4, started well but when it went pear shaped he had no clue how to rectify it, Money - 1, a dinosaur of a manager who once again skipped out on a club when the going was tough, Hignett - 6, steadied the ship and had a big hand in erasing the toxic environment in the stands, pressure is on him next season, we can't have a bottom half finish again.

If you could sign one player from another team in this league who would it be? Unrealistically it would be Danny Rowe, but if we're speaking with a hint of realism, Robbie Tinkler of Gateshead

Your team of the season.(players from any national league team) I'm not going through this again..


Any others comments: Same shit different season
 

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Your personal player of the season: Peter Kioso, excellent first professional season, young, still very raw and rash at times but has the potential to be a really good player in a higher division.

Your teams best prospect: Josh Hawkes by a million miles, attacking midfielder, full of flair, I'd be surprised if we don't cash in on him this season as he has only a year left.

Biggest Flop: Luke Williams, signed in August from Scunthorpe despite having an horrendous injury record, he got injured two more times, had to have two bouts of surgery and has yet to kick a ball for us last season, the biggest waste of money I think Pools have ever spent and we've even offered him a new deal for next season.

Top Scorer: Liam Noble with I think 13? 3/4's of those were penalties

Most Improved: Myles Anderson, looked and played like a total fanny, then got his teeth knocked out in a game and he came back with a gumshield in and looked like a total different player, still prone to a rickett or two but definitely most improved.

Team strength: Pass

Team Weakness: Throwing away leads in the final minutes of games, Daggers game particularly sticks out. 1-0 up going into injury time and losing 2-1

Season Rating out of 10: 3 - Another forgettable shit show.

Manager rating out of 10: Matty Bates - 4, started well but when it went pear shaped he had no clue how to rectify it, Money - 1, a dinosaur of a manager who once again skipped out on a club when the going was tough, Hignett - 6, steadied the ship and had a big hand in erasing the toxic environment in the stands, pressure is on him next season, we can't have a bottom half finish again.

If you could sign one player from another team in this league who would it be? Unrealistically it would be Danny Rowe, but if we're speaking with a hint of realism, Robbie Tinkler of Gateshead

Your team of the season.(players from any national league team) I'm not going through this again..


Any others comments: Same shit different season

Spot on nothing else to add.
 

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Your personal player of the season: Jason Taylor. Seemed a journeyman signing, but ran the show from defensive midfield and was man of the match every other game.
Your teams best prospect: Dan Jones, probably already left us, but could easily play in the League.
Biggest Flop: Jacob Blyth - a reasonably well-known name, but did almost nothing in his 19 games.
Top Scorer: Jack Hindle (would have been Tyler Smith, but he left at Christmas)
Most Improved: Joel Dixon - cut out a lot of errors from his game and became fairly dependable.
Team strength: Good build-up play and creating chances.
Team Weakness: Finishing chances and defending set-pieces.
Season Rating out of 10: 8
Manager rating out of 10: 9
If you could sign one player from another team in this league who would it be? Maybe Paul McCallum, as we definitely need a goalscorer.
 

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Your personal player of the season: Scott Boden. I know he joined late in the season but he's the main reason we stayed up for sure
Your teams best prospect: Joe Rowley probably
Biggest Flop: Kyel Ried. Had hopes when we signed him as he always seemed dynamite against us, but he was God awful. Louis Dodds a massive disappointment too
Top Scorer: ended up Boden I think, in his short time here! If you include Cup games I think it's Denton?
Most Improved: can't really think of anyone, maybe Maguire?!
Team strength: considering we didn't concede that many, you'd have to say defence, but that wasn't great either!
Team Weakness: defending set pieces, no midfield, pathetic strikers (until Boden came)
Season Rating out of 10: 3
Manager rating out of 10: Allen, 1, Sheridan 9
If you could sign one player from another team in this league who would it be? I've always really liked Barnets Shaq Coulthirst.


Any others comments: shite!
 

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Your personal player of the season: Blair Turgott
Your teams best prospect:
Jake Embery
Biggest Flop:
Alex Finney, Jake Cassidy, Shamir Mullings or Joe Quigley
Top Scorer:
Blair Turgott
Most Improved:
Blair Turgott
Team strength:
None
Team Weakness:
Many
Season Rating out of 10:
0
Manager rating out of 10
: Had so many this season that its hard to give a rating for each
If you could sign one player from another team in this league who would it be? Michael Cheek
 

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Your personal player of the season: Jay Lynch
Your teams best prospect: Taz
Biggest Flop: Danny Philliskirk
Top Scorer: Danny Rowe
Most Improved: Nobody
Team strength: Passing ability
Team Weakness: we lack leaders
Season Rating out of 10: 8
Manager rating out of 10: 8
If you could sign one player from another team in this league who would it be? Pearson, him and Byrne would be unbelievable
Your team of the season.(players from any national league team) Players that stood out, Whitehead, Walker, a few from leyton orient but cant remember their names


Any others comments: Yes, we need to sign another centre half, a pacey winger and a creative centre mid. As per usual though they will undoubtedly be signed from the league below.
 

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Your personal player of the season: Dan Sweeney (makes the odd error but he's one of the few who consistently displays steel and lifts the team)
Your teams best prospect: Ephron Mason-Clark (classy winger, reckon we'll lose him soon)
Biggest Flop:
Callum Reynolds (was inexplicably made captain when he's not a leader, too sloppy and inconsistent)
Top Scorer:
Shaq Coulthirst
Most Improved:
Ephron Mason-Clark
Team strength:
Strong technical ability across the squad, lots of neat, attractive play.
Team Weakness:
Wasteful, too slow in attack, too cavalier at the back
Season Rating out of 10:
7, though it would be a 4 without the cup runs.
Manager rating out of 10
: Still 3 (mass signing spree in the summer of bog standard players on 2 year deals, horrible negative football), Currie 7 (great performances against better teams, much nicer football, but team still lacks a winning strategy though I have faith in Currie to build one)
If you could sign one player from another team in this league who would it be? Adrian Clifton
 

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Your personal player of the season: Adrian Clifton (will be a big miss)
Your teams best prospect: Josh Kelly (needs another season at this level though)
Biggest Flop: Ryan Bird (fat, immobile, lazy, no ability whatsoever, also our highest paid player)
Top Scorer: Adrian Clifton
Most Improved: Adrian Clifton
Team strength: Adrian Clifton (sadly not anymore). And our switch to 433 from the turn of the year
Team Weakness: Too many poor signings last summer, Devonshire is too loyal to hard working but limited footballers
Season Rating out of 10: 6. Did well to stay up given our summer business, but the summer business should have been better.
Manager rating out of 10: 6, as above
If you could sign one player from another team in this league who would it be? Elliot Justham
 

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Your personal player of the season: Medy Elito (kind of says it all)
Your teams best prospect: Ephron Mason-Clarke
Biggest Flop: Byron Harrison. Signed as a panic replacement for Akinde - he was dreadful.
Top Scorer: Shaq Coulthirst
Most Improved: Medy Elito
Team strength: Technically strong.
Team Weakness: Very little height in the team, outside of the CB's, and very VERY slow to attack.
Season Rating out of 10: 5 (would be a 2 if not for the great cup run)
Manager rating out of 10: 1 - Still. 6/7 - Currie
If you could sign one player from another team in this league who would it be? Alex Gudger.
Your team of the season.(players from any national league team): Outstanding players - Rowe, Gudger, Turgott, Brindley, Will Evans
 

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Your personal player of the season: Jobi McAnuff. 38 years old and still the best player in the division. Phenomenal.

Your teams best prospect: Marvin Ekpiteta edges out Josh Koroma and Dan Happe for me.

Biggest Flop: Cruel to call James Alabi a flop because no-one expected anything of him in the first place. But he was shit.

Top Scorer: Macaulay Bonne with 23 or thereabouts. He barely netted after Xmas.

Most Improved: Craig Clay. If there’s a more improved player in the division, I’d be shocked. From pea-hearted ghost to integral heartbeat of the team.

Team strength: Experience, attitude and fantastic in both boxes.

Team Weakness: Hard to find a criticism, but we could have done with a few more goals from midfield. Plus the fullbacks are desperately average.

Season Rating out of 10: 9.5. Above and beyond expectations. Hopefully we’ll add the extra 0.5 tomorrow.

Manager rating out of 10: 9. Think he could have rotated the team a little more earlier in the season, but you can’t argue with the results.

If you could sign one player from another team in this league who would it be? Macaulay Bonne needs a lump of a strike partner to get the best out of him, so Connor Wilkinson or Paul McCallum would work. If not, then any fullback that can tackle and pass the ball.

Any other comments: Laterz, tinpotters!
 
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Your personal player of the season: Brown (CB) or Johnson (GK). Possibly Brown as he's such a good one for team spirit and hasn't sat half the season out with injuries for once. He also seemed pretty forthcoming in supporting the manager when he was putting out dross and I was desperate to see him gone, which must've helped us ultimately surprise a few later on in the season and finish on a stronger note.

Your teams best prospect: Should we sign him ourselves, Devante Rodney, an also-ran for $alford and Hartlepool, but ever the professional for us. He'll be in the football league soon, and I don't think many others in our squad will be.

Biggest Flop:
Quite a few sadly. Our first signing was an attacking midfielder of sorts, Sanmi Odelusi, which excited our fans for some reason but in 17 or so appearances he turned out to be worthy of a place in the most useless Town XI, which would include counties players who barely lasted a week when we finished 8th in the Unibond North, pipping an overweight, fractious and middle-aged Nigel Jemson. But despite him needing our support for a second season, I think the manager Jamie Fullarton has to be the winner here. I feel he's been guilty for almost all the strikers we've had on our books developing an eye for goal that would shame Mr Magoo. He signed a CM so useless, that his ability was still eclipsed by the fact he was a woman beater, acquitted in a rape case that showed him to be an appalling person whatever you take from it. He oversaw some of the worst form in our history between September and March, while we scored only a handful of goals combined against teams lower than us, of whom we could only beat D&R and Maidstone at home. He won't have the grace period next season, so if nothing else he really needs to start putting on watchable displays against teams with less skill and confidence.

Top Scorer:
I think Dayle Southwell got it in the end despite missing a load of games due to injury, with approximately Wrexham's Top Scorer + 1 goals to his name.

Most Improved:
I'm not too convinced of anyone improving this season, although Tomlinson was much better for the four seconds he was fit, and Staunton certainly bedded into his engine room role having been a CB before.

Team strength:
We almost always turned up against the best teams in this league. We had a belief as a team even when it was unwatchable.

Team Weakness:
We almost never turned up against the worst teams in the league. We were mostly unwatchable.

Season Rating out of 10:
3/10. Several good results either end of the season with a shit sandwich in between. Walking to the Morecambe FA Cup replay in November feeling even then that, whatever the result that night, that this was going to be the high point of our season.

Manager rating out of 10
: 3/10. He's interesting. He puts in a hell of a lot of work I'm sure. I don't even care about the psychobabble you get from him as it's immaterial to how we do. But the entertainment factor, even following a Heath premiership, has been dire and even very contained in our best victories. I admire that disciplinarian side, but I haven't been able to like Fullarton at all ever since he gave a short-term contract to that woman beater. It certainly put paid to his "family man" image.

If you could sign one player from another team in this league who would it be? Would say Danny Rowe but he looks a massive Tory. Imagine celebrating a goal with someone with those mottled red cheeks like he's just been up on Bowland shooting the last breeding pair of hen harriers from the sky. Nope, for now I'd be pleased with getting Devante Rodney on permanent.

Your team of the season.(players from any national league team) I'm not arsed about anyone else's team and therefore don't notice quality in their players most of the time, no matter how blinkered that makes me. It's like pretending to be interested in the photos your friends take of their babbies.


Any others comments:
DarkSithLord, sort out your grammar.
 

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Your personal player of the season: Jobi McAnuff. 38 years old and still the best player in the division. Phenomenal.

Your teams best prospect: Marvin Ekpiteta edges out Josh Koroma and Dan Happe for me.

Biggest Flop: Cruel to call James Alabi a flop because no-one expected anything of him in the first place. But he was shit.

Top Scorer: Macaulay Bonne with 23 or thereabouts. He barely netted after Xmas.

Most Improved: Craig Clay. If there’s a more improved player in the division, I’d be shocked. From pea-hearted ghost to integral heartbeat of the team.

Team strength: Experience, attitude and fantastic in both boxes.

Team Weakness: Hard to find a criticism, but we could have done with a few more goals from midfield. Plus the fullbacks are desperately average.

Season Rating out of 10: 9.5. Above and beyond expectations. Hopefully we’ll add the extra 0.5 tomorrow.

Manager rating out of 10: 9. Think he could have rotated the team a little more earlier in the season, but you can’t argue with the results.

If you could sign one player from another team in this league who would it be? Macaulay Bonne needs a lump of a strike partner to get the best out of him, so Connor Wilkinson or Paul McCallum would work. If not, then any fullback that can tackle and pass the ball.

Any other comments: Laterz, tinpotters!
Fun fact about Craig Clay. When he'd just broken through the youth set up here and got one or two first team appearances, he started Facebook messaging my missus at the time trying on, saying how he was a top footballer on thousands a week. True story.
 

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Your personal player of the season: Jason Taylor - as above MOM most games
Your teams best prospect: Ian Evatt - going for the manager - his style of play is a breath of fresh air after a "Cox" team
Biggest Flop:
Jacob Blyth - unlucky with a bad injury at the start and things never really clicked - will probably go to someone like Wrexham have an injury free season and be their top scorer - on 7 goals
Top Scorer:
Jack Hindle (13) - stepped up 3 divisions and didn't look out of place
Most Improved:
Dan Jones - not great the previous season - but destined for the EFL after a great season this time round
Team strength:
passing, team work, patience and a solid defence
Team Weakness:
no main striker and don't always play for 90 minutes
Season Rating out of 10:
8
Manager rating out of 10
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If you could sign one player from another team in this league who would it be? if you include NLS/NLN then either Florien Robert or Kurt Willoughby

Any others comments:
nearly everyone's relegation favourites pre-season - but finished top half - should do better next season
 

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Your personal player of the season: Nathan Clarke - Only outfield player in the league to have played every minute of every game. Kept 20 odd clean sheets, and even chipped in with a few goals himself.

Your teams best prospect: Close call between 3. I'd probably say Jacob Hanson. He was awesome in the first half of the season and then suddenly got dropped after one bad game. Cameron King and Josh MacDonald (depending on how he recovers from his ACL) unlucky to miss out.

Biggest Flop: Close call between Sanmi Odelusi and Scott Quigley. Both came with big expectations but both failed to deliver.

Top Scorer: Not sure if it was Devante Rodney or Dayle Southwell in the end. Think there was one goal between them.

Most Improved: Probably Ben Tomlinson. He was the main reason we were top of the league after about 6/7 games. Looked a different player until he kept picking up injuries. Shame we've released him for that reason.

Team strength: Last ditch defending was phenomenal at times. Counter-attack against the top teams.

Team Weakness: Breaking down defensive-minded teams. Playing it out from the back

Season Rating out of 10: 5 - Bang average

Manager rating out of 10: 5 - Some of Fullartons tactics and recruitment were poor but seemed to learn a bit from his mistakes during the second half of the season. Still not convinced he's the right man for the job. Big summer for him coming up.

If you could sign one player from another team in this league who would it be? Devante Rodney - Changed our season completely. Think we may well have gone down without his goals

Any others comments:
Leyton Orient best team I've seen this season and their fans deserve it so glad they won the league. Glad that Salford have gone too for financial reasons. Makes the league more open for next season
 
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Your personal player of the season: Nathan Clarke, a Halifax lad and ever present in the squad. A huge influence at the back for us and chipped in with some important goals too.
Your teams best prospect: Jacob Hanson. Oozes class from right back, got the feeling Bradford will regret letting him go.
Biggest Flop: Sanmi Odelusi. Looked a great signing on paper and in YouTube highlight complitions but in reality looked like he was playing 4 levels above his ability every single time he appeared for Town. Woeful.
Top Scorer: Think Dayle Southwell got it overall, beating Devante Rodney by one.
Most Improved: Might be a bit of a surprising one but I’d go for the skipper, Matty Brown. Not that he was bad before but he’s taken his form to a new level and I wouldn’t swap him and Clarke for any other defensive partnership in the league.
Team strength: We defend well and have a strong spine of Maher/Staunton, Brown & Clarke with Johnson in net.
Team Weakness: Couldn’t score until February
Season Rating out of 10: 4, been a weird one as somehow we were top of the league for a while and finished off the season on a bit of a roll, but the main bulk of the season was mind-numbingly dull and conservative, it took Fullarton until late February to sign a half decent striker.
Manager rating out of 10: 5, poor recruitment in attack really blunted some astute purchases in midfield and defence from Fullarton and his style of football is, on the whole, negative, but the fact that Matty Brown speaks so highly of him and that his signings later in the year were more promising give me hope that he’ll be better in the transfer window this time around and that hesymore aware of the calibre of player needed to compete at this level. The jury’s still out with him, but I’d say I’m slightly more positive than most Town fans.
If you could sign one player from another team in this league who would it be? Devante Rodney, goal machine. Please let it happen.
 

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Rodders really made an impression with you lot didn't he, I wonder what's happened to him that turned him into a footballer all of a sudden, no malice from me, good luck to the lad, I actually wanted him to stay when he left for Salford.
 

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Rodders really made an impression with you lot didn't he, I wonder what's happened to him that turned him into a footballer all of a sudden, no malice from me, good luck to the lad, I actually wanted him to stay when he left for Salford.

It surprised all of us too, as he was given the typical heroes' welcome of an unproven player joining Town when we first got him on loan. "Is that the kind of shite we're bringing in now? Booooo!" etc.

But whenever he got into a clear chance (and our team only seems to average one a game), he wouldn't give it a few touches, he'd simply pull of a good shot, the right kind of idea, and I don't ever recall him slicing it. He has some pace too and can turn his man. A very similar player to Duku who we signed at the same time.

It was relatively soft, but the goal he came up with at Victoria Park was pretty typical in that he got into the right position and did the right thing. Other than him, Southwell or Duku, another Town striker over the past year would've just gone "OMG, I'VE GOT D BALL IN D BOXXX! WOT DO I DO?!?!?!?!! :[[[[" and wasted it.
 

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It surprised all of us too, as he was given the typical heroes' welcome of an unproven player joining Town when we first got him on loan. "Is that the kind of shite we're bringing in now? Booooo!" etc.

But whenever he got into a clear chance (and our team only seems to average one a game), he wouldn't give it a few touches, he'd simply pull of a good shot, the right kind of idea, and I don't ever recall him slicing it. He has some pace too and can turn his man. A very similar player to Duku who we signed at the same time.

It was relatively soft, but the goal he came up with at Victoria Park was pretty typical in that he got into the right position and did the right thing. Other than him, Southwell or Duku, another Town striker over the past year would've just gone "OMG, I'VE GOT D BALL IN D BOXXX! WOT DO I DO?!?!?!?!! :[[[[" and wasted it.

He hasn't half got a turn of pace for his size, I don't think he got a fair crack of the whip here upfront, he was often one of the wide players in a front three, shame, he'd of been a Pools cult hero after his double on the last day against Doncaster if Newport hadn't of scored to send us down.

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Team strength:
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Season Rating out of 10:
Manager rating out of 10
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If you could sign one player from another team in this league who would it be?
Your team of the season.(players from any national league team)


Any others comments:

Wrong thread.
 

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It surprised all of us too, as he was given the typical heroes' welcome of an unproven player joining Town when we first got him on loan. "Is that the kind of shite we're bringing in now? Booooo!" etc.

But whenever he got into a clear chance (and our team only seems to average one a game), he wouldn't give it a few touches, he'd simply pull of a good shot, the right kind of idea, and I don't ever recall him slicing it. He has some pace too and can turn his man. A very similar player to Duku who we signed at the same time.

It was relatively soft, but the goal he came up with at Victoria Park was pretty typical in that he got into the right position and did the right thing. Other than him, Southwell or Duku, another Town striker over the past year would've just gone "OMG, I'VE GOT D BALL IN D BOXXX! WOT DO I DO?!?!?!?!! :[[[[" and wasted it.

What's Duku like? We had an offer for him turned down in January and are being linked with him again.
 

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He hasn't half got a turn of pace for his size, I don't think he got a fair crack of the whip here upfront, he was often one of the wide players in a front three, shame, he'd of been a Pools cult hero after his double on the last day against Doncaster if Newport hadn't of scored to send us down.

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I’ll never forget that game on Gillette Soccer Saturday. Hartlepool were staying up, Jeff revealed his Hartlepool shirt, they were all jumping about, then last minute you hear Merson’s voice “oh they’ve scored..” and it went from party to wake in the space of 5 seconds. Quality tv to be fair.
 

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What's Duku like? We had an offer for him turned down in January and are being linked with him again.

Good quality, got scoring straightaway. If we had him for a full season I'd be hoping he'd get 12 or more. After a handful of games Rodney started showing that he was the better of a good pairing. He's solid, and if he did any more then a Stevenage or Peterborough would snap him up in the January window ;)
 

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He hasn't half got a turn of pace for his size, I don't think he got a fair crack of the whip here upfront, he was often one of the wide players in a front three, shame, he'd of been a Pools cult hero after his double on the last day against Doncaster if Newport hadn't of scored to send us down.

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Argh that's tragic. Didn't know how you went down in the end last season so it's all news to me. Are your boys invading the pitch because the Newport goal was yet to happen?
 

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Argh that's tragic. Didn't know how you went down in the end last season so it's all news to me. Are your boys invading the pitch because the Newport goal was yet to happen?

We scored on 82 and were safe cue pitch invasion, Newport scored in 89 and we were down, Rodders came on about 70 mins gone, everyone groaning at his appearance on the pitch, I'd never felt anything like it when he got the second.

Then as it transpired I've never felt so empty after a game, worse than losing the League 1 Playoff Final.
 

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Argh that's tragic. Didn't know how you went down in the end last season so it's all news to me. Are your boys invading the pitch because the Newport goal was yet to happen?

Nah, that happened after he bagged the second. Think Newport scored in the 89th minute so I don't remember any pitch invasion Scarborough style before up popped Jimmy Glass.
 

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Then the tinpot fuckers went on Twitter taking the piss.
 

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Then as it transpired I've never felt so empty after a game, worse than losing the League 1 Playoff Final.

Was a very sad day but for me the damage was done the week before when Barnet beat us 2-0 at the Vic. I knew the game was up then. I was completely gutted. Just me and a mate sat in my car for what must've been an hour not even moving in total silence. Even after Rodders put us ahead against Donny I knew something else was gonna happen.
 

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Your personal player of the season: Will Evans by an absolute country mile. Closest to him would be Scott Boden who arrived at the end of January!
Your teams best prospect: I’d have to say Charlie Carter. He did struggle to get over his injury though and wasn’t the same player at the end of the season as he was early on.
Biggest Flop: Honestly too many to pinpoint one, but I’d say Kyle Reid & Gozie Ugwu we’re up there!!
Top Scorer: Scotty Boden (10 goals in 15 games) and 21 overall for the season (11 for Gateshead)
Most Improved: Tom Denton without a doubt...
Team strength: Big man, small man partnership upfront with Boden and Denton
Team Weakness: Inability to control a game through midfield due to having utter shite central midfielders
Season Rating out of 10: 5 (was a 2 before Sheridan took over)
Manager rating out of 10: 9 (Play off form in last 20 games)
If you could sign one player from another team in this league who would it be?: Can’t say I’ve been impressed by any player in particular that’s come to the proact this season, but I reckon Salford’s Danny whitehead would be perfect for us.
Your team of the season.(players from any national league team):

(Best performers I’ve seen at proact this season):

Dean Brill (Orient)

Joey Jones (Eastleigh)
Josh Coulson (Orient)
Callum Howe (Harrogate)
Shaun Pearson (Wrexham)

Liam Noble (Hartlepool)
Steven Rigg (Gateshead)
Danny Whitehead (Salford)

Nathan Blissett (Solihull)
Scott Boden (Gateshead/Chesterfield)
Paul McCallum (Eastleigh)
 

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