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And while Askey has suggested recruitment throughout the spine of his team will be significant this summer, the Hartlepool boss has started his business with the basics in defence.
Askey could hand a start to Hartlepool’s returning midfielder Nicky Featherstone after the club’s former captain penned a short-term deal earlier this week.
Askey was left very much scraping the barrel in searching for any positives – the only one he could muster being that the defeat does not impact their league campaign.
Askey will remain in charge of Hartlepool next season but this could prove to be the final time a number of these players wear the blue and white shirt at the Suit Direct Stadium.
Hartlepool’s captain has been in and out of the team under manager John Askey since his arrival in February and could be set to make his final appearance at the Suit Direct Stadium this afternoon with the midfielder out of contract in the summer.
"It’s a funny feeling because it wasn’t one I was really looking forward to,” admitted Askey.
"It's an opportunity for us to train with the players 3-4 times a day which you don't get back home,” said Askey.
“It’s phenomenal considering the situation we’re in,” said Askey.
John Askey says that planning has already started for Hartlepool United as far as any potential transfer dealings go next month when the EFL transfer window opens in January but has warned it may be difficult to bring certain players in.
John Askey suggests the issue regarding Hartlepool United midfielder Mohamad Sylla and his recent absence from the squad has now been ‘put to bed’ and dealt with.
On the bench Askey has brought three of the club’s academy with Campbell Darcy, Louis Stephenson and Max Storey all included in the match day squad.
Pools endured a huge summer turnover last year with 16 new arrivals before the transfer window closed with Askey recently suggesting some of that recruitment had not been up to scratch for what was needed to avoid the drop from League Two.
To gain a better understanding of that kind of involvement, of those who started for Askey at Valley Parade, there have been only seven occasions another player has had more than Dodds’ total of 90 throughout the season.
Yet when asking whether there remains a fight and a desire in the players under Askey, to their credit they were able to stem the tide in the second half and grow back into the game.
"You don’t want to call people because it’s easy to do that,” Askey added on the recruitment last summer.