Pete Wild has explained his approach at Hartlepool United.

Pete Wild believes it will be a case of evolution - not revolution - as he bids to turn around the fortunes of Hartlepool United this season.

While fans may not always like the word patience, it is key they will need to have it in abundance this campaign as Wild hopes to steer the club away from relegation danger after a shocking start to the season sees Pools fourth bottom and battling at the wrong end of the table.

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Wild took charge of Pools after former head coach Lee Clark resigned after a poor start to the season, a season in which Hartlepool had harboured hopes of a promotion push. It has been anything but. Reflecting on the approach, Wild - asked if it was going to be revolution or evolution - said: “It's all evolution. I think revolution gets you the sack, personally. I think there's a million different managers and a million different case studies across the country of revolution. Revolution also means that you change 10 or 12 players - we’re not are we? Evolution means what can we get more out of them, with the players we've got in the situation we are.

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“Again, patience is required. As much as fans don't want to hear the word patience, I can only do what I can do with the people I've got. So I think it's about incremental gains and trying to find a way. Yes, after Marine, I was frustrated and we'd love revolution, but it ain't going to happen, is it? So you've got to try and find the small gains that I can get. I'm trying to do that with shuffling the pack. I'm trying to do that with getting them to work harder because if you work harder in the National League, you generally have a chance of winning.”

He added to Hartlepool Life: “You have to try and find a way to negate teams with the players that you've got and that's what we're trying to do. Based on the evidence of early in the season, high-press didn't work. So what we're going to do differently that's going to try and get us a different result.”

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