Hartlepool United not going to 'panic buy' following poor run of form in the National League

Pools travel to Yeovil Town on Saturday looking to end a four-game winless run in the National League.

During that time, the side has scored just once as Challinor looks to address things in attack and get Hartlepool's season back on track.

Exploring the transfer market is an option for Pools following news of a further £11m funding package to be provided by the Government. But the Pools boss is prepared to give his current players every opportunity to turn things around themselves first.

“As with everything, it would be wrong not to give the people who are in the building the opportunity to show what they can do,” he told The Mail.

“After that, it becomes my job to make sure if they can’t do that, whether that be through to loss of form, loss of confidence or a lack of ability which I don’t think is the case, then we have to look at things."

Hartlepool’s strikers have just one goal between them after seven league matches with neither David Parkhouse, Mason Bloomfield or Rhys Oates able to stake a claim and secure a regular starting spot in the side.

Attacking players such as Joe Grey and Claudio Ofosu have also been in and out of the matchday squad as Pools’ forward line has lacked any real continuity.

While Challinor would like to address things by bringing in a proven goalscorer, things aren’t quite that simple.

“It’s easier said than done,” he admitted.

"Do I want to bring in someone who is a goalscorer who can almost guarantee us goals? Absolutely. How many goalscorers who can guarantee goals are available right now? That’s the hard point of it and it’s not a case of just bringing anybody in.

"We’ll look at things because we’re obviously a little bit short in terms of little niggles we’ve picked up over the last couple of games so we’ll see where we’re at.

"But that doesn’t become a panic buy situation for us where we jump to bring people in the building who aren’t going to improve us or provide a solution to the potential issues we have.”

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