Pete Wild demands shift in mentality from his Hartlepool United players
Pete Wild has demanded more from his Hartlepool United players.
Pete Wild has demanded a shift in mentality from his Hartlepool United players - as he strives to build a winning culture across the entire club.
Pools had a free weekend of National League fixtures after they were dumped out of the FA Cup fourth qualifying round by Marine, so Wild set-up an inhouse training game instead. Pools are back in action on Saturday when Wealdstone visit The Vic - with the Pools boss desperate to turn around the fortunes of HUFC.
Wild’s side head into the game on the back of the dramatic league defeat to Boreham Wood and the home win over Leeds United Under-21s in the National League Cup. The league defeat left Pools fourth bottom with 15 points from 16 league games.
Wild, speaking after the recent National League Cup victory over Leeds 21s, said: “I want to win every football match and I think we need to get a better mentality of every time we go out on the training pitch and every time we go out, we should want to win football matches. That should be a given.
“Winning football matches breeds confidence and I think winning football matches is a must. We need to approach every game, every training session like we want to win. That’s certainly been the case tonight and I’ve seen a winning mentality from them,” he told the club website.
Away at Boreham Wood, Danny Cashman opened the scoring for the hosts with a penalty in the 20th minute, and they took a two-goal advantage into the break after Tom White scored on the stroke of half time.
Maxim Kouogun cut the deficit in half two minutes after the restart, and it was all square after Cole Deeming opened his Hartlepool account five minutes later. Jamie Miley fired Hartlepool in front with a stunner from distance just before the hour and Zak Brunt drew the sides back level in the 87th minute before Rush fired in the emphatic winner in the second of six added minutes. Pools have a free week on the training ground this week to prepare for the weekend visit of Wealdstone.