By Thomas Hannah

PETER Taylor missed Dagenham’s defeat at Hartlepool United as he recovers from knee surgery. Watching the game back on DVD will do little to aid his mood. His side gave the most limited of performances, and lost to a single second-half goal. They looked to play on the counter-attack, but offered little.
First-team coach Jody Brown said: “Hartlepool are a good side, playing a good brand of football under Dave Challinor. We came to counter-attack, keep our shape and catch them.
“We had four very very good counter- attacks, two when we didn’t fini...