THERE’S two sides to Hartlepool United. There’s the home team, which is capable of giving anyone a test and can play full of energy and verve, as witness last weekend against Plymouth.

Then, there’s the other, the one away from home which rolls over and concedes with alarming ease, which hasn’t won since October 1.

Pools go to Colchester this afternoon, seeking an end to that barron spell, before they have back to back home games next week against Crewe and Exeter.

"You saw how the fans appreciated what the players did against Plymouth,’’ said Jones. "It's probably the first time I had seen everyone after a game dead on their feet.

"That's what you want and we have to transfer that from home to away.

"It's not an easy thing to do, there's a lot of young players here.

"At the moment they should have no fear when they go out to play.

"I can't fault them because everything I have asked them to do they are trying to do.

"Some take a little longer than others but if we do it repetition wise it will sink in.’’

Pools have introduced a buy one get one free ticket offer for next week’s double header.

The two games will go a long way to shaping the remaining weeks of the season: six points and Pools should put some distance between themselves and the drop zone, but anything less could see them entrenched in a scrap.

"We can't bank on them games next week,’’ said Jones. “We have to start picking up points away.

"This is probably why the club has been in the situation it has been, the form might have been good at home but poor away, that's a trend we are trying to change.

"Sometimes players might prefer playing away because there are less fans there to have a go at you!

"I think it's an individual thing.

"Where did I want to play? I just wanted a shirt on my back, that was more important to me than where the game was."

Pools are sitting on the edge of the relegation zone, third-bottom going into today’s fixtures.

They’ve dropped down steadily in recent weeks and, while it may make uneasy viewing, Jones admitted: “You have to look at it (the table).

"It's fairly tight down there, with the games coming thick and fast the table can change drastically in the space of few games.

"We're taking nothing for granted, we know what we have to do and we'll be trying everything we can to do that.

"Colchester had a good victory in midweek against Wycombe and we've watched a couple of videos of them.

"It will be a tough game but we believe if we play the way we did the other day we have a chance of getting the points.’’

Pools will have Louis Rooney available today after he had to miss last weekend’s game, unable to play against his parent club Plymouth as part of the loan deal.

But they have lost fellow loanee Andrew Nelson, who suffered a season-ending knee injury last week and he has returned to Sunderland.

Brad Walker will continue at centre-half today, but Liam Donnelly is expected to return to the defence, at right-back if Sean Kavanagh is fit or in place of the left-back if a hamstring strain rules him out.

Jones said: “Nelson has gone back and he’s injured and we’ve had a lot of injuries. When you get a spare of them, long-term like we have, it affects everything else and they are senior players in the main too who would be playing.

“We can’t moan about it, and the kids who have come in have done well. Some of them have been involved in the first-team squad too, so it shows they are moving in the right direction too.

“There’s nothing better than local players coming through, the fans like it as it shows things are going in the right way and to have three scholars being involved in the first-team in one season is a good thing.

“Normally you look and expect one to come in, to get three is very positive,’’