FRUSTRATION is the word for Daniel Nardiello this season.

Now he has three games remaining to make sure it doesn’t turn to despair.

A summer move from QPR to Blackpool didn’t work out due to injury, while a combination of injury and suspension has hit his loan spell from the Tangerines to Hartlepool United.

And now, both his parent and loan clubs have a handful of games remaining to avoid relegation.

Nardiello bagged his opening goal of the season – and his first goal since February 2008 – in Easter Monday’s 3-2 home loss to Scunthorpe.

It should have been enough to earn at least a point, but Pools’ tendency to self-destruct soon put paid to that.

Today they are at Yeovil, one of their rivals at the wrong end of League One, and it’s a game Pools can’t afford to lose.

With every chance that he will start alongside fit-again Joel Porter, former Manchester United striker Nardiello said: “It’s about making up for lost time.

“It’s been frustrating pretty much all season.

“I came here to get some goals and then I got sent off and got injured, so it’s just been a nightmare season.

“But I’ve got three games left now and I’m just going to give my all. I feel great, this is the best I’ve felt all season.

“The training has been good and I’m a lot fitter and sharper than I felt I was when I first came here, so hopefully now, after the goal, I can get a start on Saturday and score again.

“Both Blackpool and Hartlepool are down there struggling and I don’t want to go into the summer with either of them relegated.

“I would be really pleased to be going into the summer with both of them staying up.’’ Nardiello has only made three outings for Blackpool this season thanks to a back injury. Since moving to Pools at the end of January, he’s managed just nine games.

A promising start was cut short by a three-game suspension after a red card at Huddersfield, then he suffered a groin strain in Pools’ win at Swindon, which kept him out for the best part of a month.

“Off the pitch I’m quite quiet and keep myself to myself, but on the pitch I seem to get a bit carried away because I don’t like losing and anyone who knows me will tell you that,’’ he said.

“I just like to give as much as I can and I argue as many decisions as possible, as people can see!

“But I do get quite passionate in games.

“It’s just a matter of harnessing it.

“That’s what probably got me sent off in the Huddersfield game – I was committed to try to win the ball.

“I don’t think it was a bad tackle or anything but I try and give my all if I can.

“It’s frustrating that the season is coming to an end for me but if I can finish on a high it would be brilliant for myself and for Hartlepool.

“I’ve just got to take what I can now.

“There are the three games and if I can get some goals I can kick on next season and hopefully get some games and score some goals, wherever I am.”