Didn't bother with Rochdale report, too much to drink, everyone at Tall Ships etc and didn't think anyone would miss it, but judging by the hundreds of PM's i've had asking for it, thought i'd better start again. Shammy didn't think you cared
Checked the board before i left, noticed Shammy had done a roll call and was going to be in attendance, so was looking forward to it.
Anyhow 7 o'clock start, with a pick up at jct 21 on M5 should get us there for 12 o'clock,.... wrong, fooking holiday traffic meant the 1st drink didn't pass my co pilots lips till 1:15 and boy did he need it, his throat must have been really sore with all that Bull Shit coming from his mouth for 5 hours.
About 85 away fans and Hangus were the representatives for the club, surely KH and his fellow Hartlepool saviours could have made an effort and arranged for someone to attend in an official capacity? Guess like Gordon Watson once said "this club is so well run it just runs itself" or maybe they are all busy looking for a shirt sponsor.
Same team, same formation as against Swindon, Humphreys back to fitness and on the bench, things are looking good, c'mon Pools nowt to beat.
Started brightly, boydy chasing along the front line, holding play up well, bringinging other players into the game, why he was never used last season is a mystery, but he is looking hungry.
Monkey and Browny getting forward regularly and Murray picking up all loose balls with Horwood bombing forward it was only a matter of time, we were completely dominant. A number of excellent moves came to nothing and we had to rely on a scrambled effort from Liddle off a corner to get the breakthrough, but it was no more than we deserved, we could have been 3 or 4 up by then.
Yeovil weren't in it and barring a couple of really dodgy clearances from Flinders and Gamble losing possesion in dangerous areas a couple of times, it was all Pools.
2nd half saw more of the same, although obviously Yeovil had to start pressing especially after Monky made it 2 with a cracking low drive to the goalies left from about 20 yards after Collins i think chested the ball down into his path from a left wing cross.
Gamble went off with what looks like a groin or thigh strain, which might have been the cause of him being caught in possesion so often, and Browny went off because he usually does.
Freddie and Hartley slotted in no problem, with Monkey going up front, Behan must be worried.
Yeovil did cause a few scares, but good blocks from Haslam, good saves from Flinders and i think the slightest clearance off the line from Horwood meant another clean sheet, 3 in 4 games now.
We really did make Yeovil look 2nd best all over the pitch and we had them that rattled even the bugler behind the goal was hitting bum notes, during his renditions of Eastenders, Antique Road Show, Rocky and even 2 little boys.
A good 3 points, not for a long time have we looked so comfortable away from home and in reality we should be sitting with 9 points and singing "we are top of the league" but maybe we'll save that song for later, couldn't stand that song being sung in me lug hole all the way home, after finally dropping my co-pilot off at 10 o'clock i really did think I'd gone deaf.
The only dissapointment was that i don't think Mr Shamrock made it to the game, i guess he must have been caught up in that damn holiday traffic.
Howay all you arm chair fans start gettin sorted for MK Dons it's probably only going to have to be a 5 o'clock start in order to get to Witherspoons for 9, can't wait
Blue Army
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