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The Hartlepool Mail's Robbie Stelling reacts to Saturday's disappointing draw with relegation-threatened Maidenhead

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00:00I'm here at the Prestige Group Stadium where Hartlepool United have endured another very,

00:04very frustrating afternoon after failing to beat relegation-threatened Maidenhead a goalless

00:10draw and their 10th draw in their last 19 National League appearances.

00:14Poole's made three enforced changes with Tom Parks missing out after a flare-up of a knee

00:20injury, Dan Dodds ruled out after sustaining a minor injury in training, and Nathan Sheren

00:25serving the first of a two-game suspension after picking up his 10th booking of the campaign.

00:30In Tuesday night's draw with Tamworth, while Maidenhead were resolute, well-organised,

00:35albeit very unadventurous, they arrived in the north-east fifth from bottom and with

00:40the third-worst defensive record in the league.

00:43In truth, though, Poole's rarely tested the Magpies' porous backline and it wasn't until

00:48the final 10 or 15 minutes that they really began to turn the screw after Maidenhead's

00:53Casey Petit had struck the crossbar.

00:55Rani Disarue, Reyes, Cleary and Sam Folarin all went close before substitute Louis Stevenson,

01:00making his first Poole's appearance since September, fluffed his lines from close range

01:04when he looked destined to score in eight minutes about a time.

01:07Another disappointing afternoon for Poole's, the frustration was palpable on the terraces

01:11and lots and lots of work for Anthony Lundbrich to do.