Robbie Stelling on Hartlepool United training ground incident

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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.

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