John Askey's reaction to Hartlepool United's 4-4 draw with Wealdstone

John Askey shares his initial reaction to Hartlepool United's 4-4 draw with Wealdstone at Grosvenor Vale in the National League.

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00:00 I don't think you can. I think it's probably your worst nightmare as a manager.

00:07 Going down three goals so early on and again the opposition haven't had to do a great deal to get those three goals.

00:19 It's just poor defending. We keep saying it every week. Same things that keep happening. Keep working on things.

00:31 People have got to take responsibility and that's not happening. We think we're getting somewhere.

00:40 Again, the back three changes upset us a little bit but it shouldn't affect us that much.

00:50 The only thing we can say is we kept going. Especially one or two kept going and dug in and pulled us out of it.

00:59 But the three substitutions all went on and did well and all contributed.

01:07 I'm really disappointed after the game which is surprising when you've managed to come back and get a full draw.

01:15 It wasn't just that. It was overall. Our defending today was really poor.

01:24 I could probably say that for both teams.

01:34 All you can do is keep going. We have come away with a point.

01:39 I'm not sure if we would have come away with nothing. Obviously we would have been devastated.

01:43 They were there for the taking. They probably thought the same about us.