Terrible game, terrible atmosphere. Everything about it was simply forgettable.
Well, one thing that does stick in my mind however is the fact that the game simply goes to prove what problems we are having with scoring goals and creating chances..
I knew we had a problem but that game confirmed it for me.
Hartlepool were poor. Even Boyd who threatened last season was poor. There was nothing creative about any of the two teams at all.
Fair play to Hartlepool, decent result for them if they played for the draw. But... we really should have been able to break them down and muster more than five shots on target.
However, you also got to question the tactics.
I dont know if its simply lack of ability though, but why the hell did we keep hoofing the ball upfield in the slim hope that Facey or Greenacre would get on the end of it? It was clear after five minutes that their number five (Nelson) was cleaning up every high ball and gaining possession. But they conotinued to do it for the remainder of the game ?!?
Terrible.
Game was summed up by some guy behind me with 10 mins to go.
Ref was being picky and the guy behind me shouted, "come on ref, this is shit, we all want to go home".
Awful, just awful...