Boston United boss Paul Hurst taking confidence from home draw into tough trip to Forest Green

He is also waiting on the fitness of three of his players.

After seeing a 1-0 lead evaporate into a 3-1 home loss to Wealdstone on Saturday, Boston turned in a good display at home to Woking last night, again going ahead before the Cards levelled to take a point in a 1-1 draw.

“I want them to take some confidence from tonight,” said Hurst after the game.

“Woking came here after a 5-1 victory so would have been confident, but we started and finished the game well.

“It is always going to be tough going to Forest Green as it should be with, respectfully, the resources and finances they have available. They have got to be up there.

“They managed a good point tonight at Carlisle, backing up a big win against Gateshead.

“So again we go to a team that will be full of confidence.”

Niall Canavan, Connor Teale and Gavan Holohan all missed the Woking clash and Hurst said: “We missed Niall and Connor tonight with illness, though they have been in the stadium tonight.

“They did a bit of training yesterday on the back of being ill and I think it was pretty evident they would not have been able to play.

“We are hoping another 48 hours in terms of training will give them a better chance to get back to something like.

“That will give me more options and more decisions to make.

“Gav has a dead leg after a bit of a whack on Saturday. We didn't rule him out of tonight, but it was too sore.

“We are hopeful will settle down, but sometimes dead legs are not always the easiest to predict.

“A dead leg does not sound much but it depends whether the bleeding stays or it can come out.

“There wasn't really much improvement today which gives me a bit of concern moving forward.

“But we are hopeful he will be all right.”

Terrell Agyemang gave Boston a sixth minute lead against Woking in a half in which the Pilgrims had the edge.

But Woking stepped up after the break and finally levelled through Josh Kelly on 73 minutes with Boston pushing hard again near the end.

“I can't knock the players. But at the minute we can't keep a clean sheet which is frustrating when you get yourself into a winning position,” said Hurst.

“Going ahead but not winning the game is something we've done quite a lot of.

“We can look for reasons why and narratives.

“But these last two games, it's not like they have been late goals we've conceded so you can't say it's down to fitness.

“We have then responded well in both games.

“I know we didn't get anything at the weekend, but we were pushing to try to get back into it.

“Tonight it was strange how momentum swings. They had started the second half well and we made some changes.

“I think had we seen that bit out we might have gone on and won it.

“But they equalised when we had just made the changes, so we didn't get any real kind of grip back from those changes.

“After they scored, whether it's them dropping off a bit or us trying to be more positive and respond is open to debate, but we tried to win it.

“It is frustrating as I thought the lads put in a good shift.”

He added: “I thought we were the slightly better team first half.

“Second half they started well and eventually equalised, but then I think we looked to be the team pushing the most for a winner, though it wasn't one way traffic.

“We were on the front foot trying to win the game with the balls Georgie Gent was putting in. He has quality in that left foot and I am sure at some point we will benefit from it.

“Sometimes it's not great on the eye as a spectator or neutral when we turn the ball in behind and don't take as many risks. But I thought we did that better tonight.

“However, I thought there was a little bit of anxiety crept in during the period Woking were on top and you could feel that in the stadium.”