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Pools boss missing trio's services
Hartlepool manager Danny Wilson will be without the services of three players when Mansfield visit Victoria Park.
Mark Tinkler is suffering with an Achilles problem and is absent, and the midfielder also looks likely to miss out against Shrewsbury at the weekend.
A knee injury has kept Michael Proctor out of Pools' last two games and the striker looks set to miss out once more.
Defender John Brackstone serves the second game of his three-match ban following his sending off against Boston.