The Hartlepool Mail's Robbie Stelling reacts to Saturday's defeat at Aldershot as fans' frustration reaches fever pitch

The Hartlepool Mail's Robbie Stelling reacts to Saturday's defeat at Aldershot as fans' frustration reaches fever pitch.

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00:00I'm here at the recreation ground, home of Aldershot Town, where Hartlepool United have

00:05suffered a second successive defeat after losing a thrilling game 3-2 to relegation-threatened

00:13Aldershot.

00:14Pools changed shape. They've gone with a 3-5-2 in the first four games of Anthony Lundbrich's

00:19tenure, but they reverted back to their more familiar 4-2-3-1. That meant there was no

00:24place in the side for Manny Disarruyo, who celebrated his 30th birthday on Thursday.

00:28That was an impressive record against Aldershot, with the Shots really struggling for form,

00:34having won just one of their last 11 National League games.

00:37Pools started pretty well and went ahead when the unfortunate Tyler Frost turned Luke Charman's

00:41effort into his own net. The frustration was palpable here at half-time, but Aldershot

00:46turned the game on its head in seven second-half minutes. Substitute Max Mullins, followed

00:52by a long-range effort from Cam Hargreaves, made it 2-1. Manny Disarruyo, 13 minutes after

00:57his introduction and 10 minutes from time, scored his fifth goal in four games against

01:03Aldershot, making no mistake after good work from Sam Fung-Arin.

01:06But the Shots, who fought, battled and scrapped really, really hard, they truly were fighting

01:11for their lives. Won the game in the 94th minute through the lively Josh Barrett. More

01:17frustration, disappointment and ultimately misery for Pools. Anthony Lundbrich clearly

01:22has a big job on his hands and, once again, lots of work to do.