I think I must have been at a different game to most of the posters above. I think we fully deserved the victory.
I thought for 60-70 minutes it was a midfield stalemate, with both teams matched up in a 532 formation and neither side creating clear chances. However, we looked better in the final third than we did last week, and defensively we were solid. I don't think Murphy had a save to make and Hartlepool's real chance against the post came from their right back.
It was the strength of our bench that won us the game. Hartlepool lost their attacking threat when Burey was substituted, whereas MacManaman and Hawkes improved us significantly and we were well on top in the final twenty minutes. The goal was not a complete surprise when it came.
Individually, I thought Nevitt's hold up play and workrate was impressive, and there were signs of an understanding developing with Maynard, who I thought looked sharp, with some intelligent movement at times. Davies was solid defensively, and actually had our two best chances in the ninety minutes, but I thought Cogley was man of the match: he never stopped running and was our biggest attacking threat down the right, and defensively was also very good, with some great covering and recovery runs.
I think Mellon's tactics were fully vindicated: keep it tight against a team in much better form, and then bring the ammunition on late in the game to secure the three points.