On the latest episode of the Poolie Podcast, Robbie Stelling discusses the Hartlepool United training ground incident which appeared on social media last week.
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00:00No, it's a funny one, Rich. I mean, when we last spoke, which was obviously just off the
00:05back of the really impressive win over Oldham, maybe the best performance of the campaign
00:11to date, I think two of the things that we really praised were the team's spirit and
00:17the team's strength and depth. And you fast forward a couple of weeks and all of a sudden
00:21those are two of the things that have been really called into question. Obviously a training
00:25ground bust up, might you say, is it's certainly not a good look. And it's a bad situation
00:30made worse, isn't it, really, by the fact that it emerges online, as Lenny Lawrence
00:35was at pains to say. And as I think a lot of fans agreed with, these kind of things
00:41probably do happen up and down the country. You know, these guys are professional athletes.
00:46They are in a high pressure situation. They want to do the best for their team. But obviously
00:53it's not something that you like to see. I mean, I think we probably can put it down
00:58to a relatively isolated incident. I mean, we've often spoken about the camaraderie and
01:04the spirit in the team, and I don't feel like that's going to have changed overnight just
01:08because of a coming together between two players. We obviously get to spend quite a bit of time
01:14in and around the group, both on match days and in midweek when we go to Maiden Castle
01:18for the press conferences. And you certainly still get that sense that the mood in the
01:23camp is generally more optimistic, more positive, more open and honest than it was earlier in
01:31the campaign.