EIFION Williams has witnessed what Hartlepool United are capable of and now he wants to be part of it.

The striker moved to Pool this week for £30,000, a month after looking on as his Torquay teammates were trounced 4-1 at Victoria Park.

Williams, a long-standing target of Pool boss Chris Turner, was introduced as a 67th minute substitute with his former team already 4-0 down on February 9.

This afternoon he will again be on the Victoria Park bench, this time as Pool entertain Bristol Rovers and the Welshman admitted: "I'm really looking forward to being a Hartlepool United player.

"The new manager came in at Torquay and wanted to bring his own players in. I've mainly been on the bench this season and I thought I was doing OK when I was coming on. When I knew about Hartlepool's interest two weeks ago, I was always interested.

"They put the bid in last week and I've been looking forward to coming here.''

He was introduced to his new team-mates after watching Tuesday's frustrating 1-1 draw with Lincoln and admitted: "Hopefully my pace will get behind teams and I can score a few goals. This team will create chances and we need to put them away.

"We had a few chances the other night and Hartlepool are a good team at home. It was disappointing that we didn't beat Lincoln, but we will keep going and aim for the play-offs.

"I think we have some good players here - I was here a few weeks ago and we (Torquay) got hammered and it could have been more.

"I had no hesitation in coming here. Everyone knows that Hartlepool are a good team at home, they seemed to score with every chance they had against Torquay.''

The bid was a case of fourth time lucky for Turner, who first tried to sign Williams before he moved to Torquay from Barry Town. At the time of taking over at Pool, Turner was then quoted £125,000 after Williams bagged 68 goals in two seasons in the League of Wales.

Williams added: "I know the manager has been in for me before and I think he has obviously got faith in me.''

After moving to Plainmoor, Turner saw a club record, six figure bid rejected in February 2000, and then a £40,000 offer in March last year.

Pool fans will always remember his Torquay debut, when he blasted a hat-trick against Turner's struggling side in March 1999, but Turner warned: "I don't want people thinking I've signed Eifion Williams because he always scores against us. That's not the case.

"At our level you are trying to look for something in somebody that isn't happening right now. And if he was banging in 25 goals a season we wouldn't be getting him.

"We see in him a goalscorer who will do well and hopefully in the next few years we will see that. People might say 'he's only scored a few goals, so why is he bringing him in?' but we feel he has the potential to become a good goalscorer.

"We are bringing in better quality players all the time.''

Williams also netted the only goal of the game as Pool lost 1-0 at Plainmoor last season and admitted: "Hopefully, now I can start scoring for Hartlepool instead of against. I will never forget my debut.

"To score a hat-trick on my first game in the Football League was a dream - unfortunately it was against Hartlepool!

"Hopefully, I can carry it on when I get a chance. Hartlepool have reached the play-offs the last two seasons and been unlucky not to go up. It would be nice if we could do it this season.

"Most games for Torquay this season and last have been a bottom of the table clash, now we need some wins to get in the top seven.''

Pool have nine games remaining to reach the play-offs and Turner is frustrated at the work his side needs to do if they are to finish in the top seven.

He said: "We lost twice away from home last week. Alan Buckley (Lincoln manager) gets his scouting report on us from Kidderminster last week and it says 'how Hartlepool lost this game I'll never know' and that sums our season up away from home.

"It's the away results and the start to the season we had that has made it very difficult for us. We've been on a great run and when you have a couple of bad results it knocks you back a bit.

"It's going to be nip and tuck and for us to get in the play-offs we are going to have to get three or four straight wins.

"I think we need at least 20 points from these games to stand a chance.

"Without putting an exact figure on it, one minute you are out of it, the next back in there.'