Money Throws Down The Gauntlet To His Pools Players

Money has won two games in his first seven in charge at the Super 6 Stadium since taking over from Matthew Bates.

And defeat to AFC Telford United in the FA Trophy last week has the manager plotting a summer clear-out if things don't change.

"The squad is built to try and play football, we have tried to build on that, he told the Hartlepool Mail.

"To get results playing the way we want to you have to be full of confidence and at the top of your game because it is not easy to do that at this level.

"There is something in there but with respect, I know what it takes to get out of this league and we do not have too many pieces of the jigsaw to get us out of this league.

"I am struggling to think of a group of players who play backwards more than this group. I am struggling to think of a group who don't win headers and second balls as much as this one.

"I have begun to tell them - if you want to be here next season, you have to start performing."