BORO Boss Kevin Glendon, no doubt more frustrated than any fan could ever be, remained confident his squad has what it takes, despite seeing his charges go down to three second half goals at Hyde.

"I thought we were different class, the football we played in the first half was the best I've seen for a long time," he said.

"We were all over them, we hit the post and created numerous other chances, but we simply couldn't finish.

"They go down the other end and hit a shot which Danny Hurst didn't really deal with and it's 1-0. They then got another quite quickly afterwards, which Danny again could have done better with, and the game was over.

"Hyde couldn't cope with us in the second half so they went route one and they were helped by Danny not having a good game, but you can't moan about that, the amount of times he's saved us since he's been at the club. If we had capitalised on just one or two of our first half chances it would have been a different game."

Comparing the way his team played to the way Hyde played, he knows which he prefers.

"You can't have it both ways, you either try to play attractive football or you take the direct approach, I believe in attractive football," he said.

"The only reason we didn't take the points was that we didn't have anyone on the night clinical enough to turn opportunities into goals.

"Over the past few years we have produced three top quality strikers and sold them for £50,000, which in turn has helped the club grow, so it might take a little longer for one or two of the current lads to develop to that standard and we just have to be patient, but I'm confident they will.

"They've been terrific, in their attitude and the way they've played, but you simply can't beat a natural finisher and I'm not too sure we have that at the club at the moment.

"There's not a lot of them about at the moment, or at least those that clubs will let go, if there was we'd have snapped them up.

"Maybe we're just going to have to be patient with the likes of Phil Denney, Steve Foster and Rory Patterson, who are only 24, 21 and 20. Sometimes you can't just magic someone out of thin air, and in any case short term answers aren't always the best.

"We've been a bit spoiled at Radcliffe with some of the strikers we've produced, but we've had to sell them to raise the cash to create the facilities we have, we're in a Catch 22 situation like most clubs.

"You have to go with what you've got and I'm sure the fans would like to see the kind of football we play to the kind favoured by most teams at this level."