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Poolie Podcast: Is Hartlepool United the toughest managerial job in the National League?
Hartlepool Mail
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19/02/2025
Rich Mennear and Robbie Stelling discuss if Hartlepool United is the toughest managerial job in the National League on the latest episode of the Poolie Podcast.
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Hartlepool United is an extremely difficult job.
00:03
If you look at most of the 16 managers
00:05
who have taken on the role permanently in the last decade,
00:10
to be honest, almost all of them have failed.
00:12
Dave Chalmer is the only one that
00:14
can be considered an unqualified success.
00:17
It's a big job.
00:18
Managers with more experience than Anthony Lindbergh
00:21
have tried and failed to succeed.
00:23
But Pools have got to put some faith in someone.
00:26
And I think Lindbergh is the right man.
00:28
Do you think, is it overly dramatic?
00:30
Or is it fair to say that the Hartlepool United job's
00:32
probably the toughest in the National League?
00:35
Well, it certainly feels like it's one of the toughest.
00:38
There are plenty of clubs that have
00:40
been in similar positions to Pools down the years,
00:44
in the sense that they're big clubs, almost sleeping giants
00:47
at this level, if you like, with big fan bases,
00:50
lots of potential that have created a much higher level
00:52
before.
00:54
And in a sense, that adds another layer of difficulty,
00:58
because the fans are expectant.
01:00
They want more than the current football league reality.
01:02
So anything less than a promotion
01:06
push or a playoff challenge is considered a failure.
01:09
But is that an unrealistic, unreasonable expectation
01:12
from Pools fans?
01:13
I don't think so when you look at the size of the club.
01:15
And as I've said, the history and pedigree and reputation
01:19
as a football league club, look, it's really difficult.
01:23
There are big challenges, both on and off the pitch.
01:27
As you've mentioned, the playing surface this year
01:31
has been difficult as well.
01:32
The pitch has really started to deteriorate.
01:36
You don't tend to get a lot of time
01:38
as Pools managed to get things right.
01:41
The fans are frustrated.
01:43
That can make it more difficult.
01:44
You look at someone like Anthony Lindbergh, who's
01:47
being questioned and challenged after only four games
01:49
at the helm, if Pools was a club on more solid foundations,
01:56
more unstable footing, there's no way that would happen,
01:59
especially after he's won one and drawn two
02:01
of his first four matches.
02:02
That's probably just a sign of the general ill feeling,
02:05
the general frustration among fans.
02:07
But it's a really big job and it's a really,
02:09
really difficult job.
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