The Hartlepool Mail's Robbie Stelling reacts to Saturday's statement win over in-form Sutton United.
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00:00I'm here at Gandy Green Lane where Hartlepool United have made a winning start to life under head coach Anthony Lindbrick after beating Sutton United 2-1.
00:11Pools came from behind to beat an in-form U side who had not lost in eight matches in all competitions prior to defeat.
00:19Today, Pools made a couple of changes and switched to a three at the back as they looked to cope without influential defender Tom Parks.
00:26The visitors had the better of the first half and made a number of presentable opportunities,
00:30the best of which fell to Dan Dodds and Nathan Sheeran.
00:34Sutton came out of the box strongly after the restart and took the lead 50 seconds into the second half
00:39when the prolific Will Davies scored for the 10th time in 11 matches.
00:44Pools responded, Lindbrick made a number of attack-minded substitutions
00:49and the visitors drew level through Gary Medin who scored his seventh goal in nine games 14 minutes from time.
00:56Pools won the game in the 86th minute when David Ferguson's threatening corner was diverted into the goal by an unfortunate Sutton defender.
01:07It was a really important win for Pools, their first in five matches, as they made a really positive start to life under Lindbrick.