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James Husband cannot play as the left sided CB. He is fine at LB, where he has a touch line on one side, but not more centrally. He drifted off his man to give Reading their equaliser, and he is often exposed in a foot race. He’s still a decent player, but not in the middle. Pool need to look...

Pool came out of the blocks and scored early yesterday. The next five/ten minutes saw more of same, but then a slow, almost imperceptible easing of pressure on Reading’s back line brought them back into the game. The worst nightmare of other results favouring Pool, but being unable to take care...

Dom Thompson will also be coming back from FGR.

Pool had to win, and hope that only one of their three rivals could match them. That, in the end, that was exactly how the results of their rivals concluded. It was Pool who couldn’t keep their end of the bargain, although they started in the same way as they had last week. I would suppose that...

JUST before Reading equalised, he had the chance give Pool a 2-0 HT lead. That would have changed the game. A Pool win, courtesy of a 96th min equaliser at Barnsley by Northampton would have seen Pool in the Play Offs. On such moments do games and fortunes turn.

All rigour teams have to win. Pool and Oxford can win and still not make it.

Have we EVER won at the MAD ?

All four teams involved have to win. How would it affect the other three if Pool scored early ?

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 !