Think there were certain elements of our play today which were a worry, in particular an inability to keep hold of the ball, something which a ordinary Pools side were fairly good at. Norburn shows flashes of brilliance, but too often surrenders possession or tries optimistic long-range efforts which rarely trouble their keeper. Hughes, great free-kick and some good defence-splitting balls, but caught in possession on a couple of occasions. Ginnelly started incredibly slowly, but did start to improve. Cole had a poor game, one or two good touches in the first half, but anonymous after h/t. There was one moment when Norwood dribbled all the way across the penalty box and Cole hardly moved, making it impossible for him to get the ball.
I'd agree with Harris as MoM,the only player who came close was Norwood, who kept battling away. However, I'm still not convinced he's the best of the options at right-back, if we're without Buxton, as seems likely, Jay at right-back is a very defensive player. I was surprised MM didn't try other changes, looked like Clarke was going to come on for Cook, but it didn't happen and Cook reported to have an injured toe.