Knill - I thought this was a game we would win

As a manager you would expect them to go into every game thinking his side could win. Alan Knill believed that Scunthorpe would when they went to Hartlepool at the weekend but came away with nothing following a 2-0 defeat.

Knill said: 'A really disappointing performance.

'I thought this was a game we would win, but we didn't come out of the traps and do the things we worked on.'

The fact that The Iron didn't "get out the traps" or do the things that had been worked on worried Knill most off all...

The Scunthorpe boss is now looking for the players to "step forward" and deliver: 'That's a worry, we were still missing those vital bits. Until we get that right, it's hard to win matches. Our game plan isn't working, we lack experience. We were sloppy and slow in the first half with no tempo and too many touches - all the things we told them not do.

'Passing needs to be more direct. We roll over at times. We never said take 10 passes in our half - take two and get it out there. Some bits are okay but we are waiting for players to step forward and be dynamic, to show what they have got.'

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