Another late show earns Pools amazing win

Just when you thought it was safe to look again, Hartlepool have managed to top the 3-3 fightback draws in their previous two home games with a stunning win over Huddersfield. Thanks to some awful defending, they were 3-2 down with seven minutes left, but scored three goals in five minutes to leave Huddersfield and the crowd breathless.

As boss Danny Wilson says, the way Pools are playing at the moment is bad for his blood pressure, but brilliant entertainment.
They fought back from 3-0 and 2-0 down for 3-3 draws at home to Oldham and Swindon, then last weekend gave Walsall a 2-0 lead before coming back to win 3-2.
But this one tops the lot.
They gave Huddersfield a daft opener, dragged themselves back to 1-1, gave them an even dafter second, fought back again and just before half-time went down 3-2 to a free-kick given away in a dangerous position.
But Joel Porter, who had a great game, had made both first-half goals and he levelled from the spot before the improving Kevin Kyle (right) got his second and Porter rightly finished it off with a great breakaway for the fifth.
For the record, James Brown scored the other and Ben Clark had a cracker in midfield.
Those who prefer to be negative will quite rightly say the Pools defence was c**p. But those who look on the bright side will, again rightly, prefer to remember the goals and that late drama that earned the win.
As Wilson said after the game, they can't go on like this - they MUST stop giving away cheap goals, and they can't expect to be able to fight back in every game.
Wouldn't a conmfortable 2-0 be nice, just for a change and just to get the blood pressure back to a safe level?
The win moved Pools to 13th in the table and the stats show they have scored far more home goals than any other team in League One, but only one team has conceded more at home.
One thing is for sure - it Hartlepool for entertainment in League One, but match tickets should carry a health warning.

THE spat between Pools and the Hartlepool Mail and Northern Echo appears to have been resolved. It got very boring in the end, though, because neither paper appeared to stand up very strongly for press freedom and appeared to meekly give in to the club.