DANNY Wilson today insisted his Hartlepool United side can take heart from their performance at Swansea City ahead of Saturday's FA Cup clash at Edgar Street. The Pools boss was disappointed as his side went down to an undeserved 1-0 defeat at the Liberty Stadium last night after Angel Rangel struck with just eight minutes to go to claim all three points.Wilson felt his side had done enough to merit at least a draw with the new Coca-Cola League One leaders, but he insisted they will be back on track if they can repeat last night's display.
The Monkey Hangers have not won in five league matches and remain in the bottom half of the table.
"I told the lads afterwards that while the result was disappointing, the performance was excellent," Wilson said.
"And that is what we have got to take into the next game. We were playing against the team at the top of the league and we were very unfortunate not to get anything out of the game. They are a good side and, rightly so, because they have paid a lot of money to get good players. They got the bit of luck that seems to have deserted us, but overall it was a very good performance. I can't really blame the players because it was a break of the ball in the box and even afterwards things did not fall for us. It was not down to a mistake, it was just that things fell kindly for them – hopefully it will fall for us soon. We had a couple of opportunities for an equaliser but it wouldn't come. It was nip and tuck all the way. They are a good side and they will be up there come the end of the season."
Article from from the Hartlepool Mail.