The_Green_Man
Slave to the NHS.
Well that was a game of two halves and one that in fairness I wish I hadn't bothered with.
We started off really brightly and in all fairness we could and should have had a few early on from McNulty and Woolford. The team as a whole were lively and in typical Adkins style we went at them early looking to get the early goal and we did through Flynn. After that we had more chances but didn't really do much with them and you have to give a great deal of credit to the Pools keeper who I thought was excellent.
Second half was a bit like watching a United of last season at times. We started a bit slower and we allowed Hartlepool to get a foothold back in the game, over the course of the second half they probably deserved the goal as well.
It we would have played like we did in the opening 20 minutes throughout the game then we would have romped them off the park but the game calmed down when he should have been going for the kill. The players on that pitch tonight should have ambitions to be more than a "Second String JPT XI", the first team are doing great in the league and it will take some stand out performance to win a first team shirt and for me not many did much to give Adkins food for thought.
We have some quality players in that first XI but we also need the same level of quality to fall back and call upon when we need them. That performance didn't inspire confidence that we have quality in abundance waiting in the wings. Obviously I had this on my mind knowing that we didn't bring anyone in today and that probably contributes to why I felt that way.
I really hope they prove me wrong but equally I hope we use this loan window wisely as well. I thought we had shipped out all of the dead wood but I think we still have a few players who are surplus to requirements and therefore should be allowed to leave to free up wages!
We started off really brightly and in all fairness we could and should have had a few early on from McNulty and Woolford. The team as a whole were lively and in typical Adkins style we went at them early looking to get the early goal and we did through Flynn. After that we had more chances but didn't really do much with them and you have to give a great deal of credit to the Pools keeper who I thought was excellent.
Second half was a bit like watching a United of last season at times. We started a bit slower and we allowed Hartlepool to get a foothold back in the game, over the course of the second half they probably deserved the goal as well.
It we would have played like we did in the opening 20 minutes throughout the game then we would have romped them off the park but the game calmed down when he should have been going for the kill. The players on that pitch tonight should have ambitions to be more than a "Second String JPT XI", the first team are doing great in the league and it will take some stand out performance to win a first team shirt and for me not many did much to give Adkins food for thought.
We have some quality players in that first XI but we also need the same level of quality to fall back and call upon when we need them. That performance didn't inspire confidence that we have quality in abundance waiting in the wings. Obviously I had this on my mind knowing that we didn't bring anyone in today and that probably contributes to why I felt that way.
I really hope they prove me wrong but equally I hope we use this loan window wisely as well. I thought we had shipped out all of the dead wood but I think we still have a few players who are surplus to requirements and therefore should be allowed to leave to free up wages!
