Eric Kinder gave us the details behind the 4-0 cup win over Darlington yesterday:

"We started off really well and, to be honest, we could have scored four before we even got our first one. We were missing so many chances I started to wonder if it was going to be one of those days, and you just don't want a day like that when it's a cup match, because you can end up going out to a flukey goal or something.

In the first two minutes we had Stephen Hindmarch going off on a run that took him almost the full length of the pitch. He hit a shot that the keeper parried, and it fell nicely for Gary Madine, only for him to be flagged offside.

Andy Cook and Gary Madine had excellent chances of their own, and we had numerous half chances that would have gone in on another day.

We finally put one away in the 24th minute when the ball went through to the back of the penalty area. Steve Hindmarch was waiting for it, and he hit it from about 20 yards and left the keeper with no chance. It was a great connection, and he dipped it under the bar, with a bit of curl on it as well.

We missed a few more after that, but we probably eased off a bit and we didn't play that well immediately after we scored. We stopped moving it, and it was almost as if we were thinking that the job was done. We can't play like that, and it's not something I want to see repeated. We need to be more committed and we need to play at pace for the full 90 minutes.

We got our second one just before the half hour and it killed the game off. Stephen Hindmarch created it this time when he played Gary Madine through on goal. The keeper tried to close him down but he slipped it round him and put it away.

Our third goal was Gary Madine again, and he scored after a decent spell of possession. That left it at 3-0 at half time, but we were still missing the spark and fire that I expect to see, despite the fact that we had the game in the bag.

We had a chat during the break and we played a lot better in the second half. Darlington went to five at the back, and I think that was an attempt to keep the scoreline down as much as anything else. We dominated it, and there was some good football, and then Ged Dalton went on a run, beat two players, cut inside and then smashed it in to the bottom corner for our fourth. It was a marvellous individual goal and it's nice for him to get on to the scoresheet.

I suppose I can't complain too much, because if you'd aksed me if I'd have that result before we kicked off then I'd have been all over it. I think it was almost of case of us inflicting on Darlo what Burnley did to us last week.

If that means that we can use the Burnley defeat to our advantage, and it makes us stronger, then I'll take that. We also have to learn from today, in a game where we were much, much stronger than the other team. If we can use situations like this, but marry it up with playing the game at the right tempo all the way through, then we'll have ourselves a really good team.

There is a chance with this group, there really is, of us seeing some good footballers at the end of it. They are going to have to take that chance, though, because nobody else can do it for them. A few of them are going to have to grow up really quickly. They possibly need to follow the lead that Dan Wordsworth is giving at the moment, because he is a different person this year. I can look at the young lads in this team and I know that the penny will drop, and they'll realise that they are doing this in an attempt to make a living. That in itself is a huge demand, because it means that they have to train as hard as they play.

An example I can give is that we have missed an unbelievable amount of chances today. If we take that back to when they miss in training, you can see that it doesn't really matter to them. When we're doing our finishing practices you can see that they accept it when they put it wide or over the bar. I remind them that I have worked with a lad who I believe was the best young finisher in the country when he was their age, and he's actually here at Brunton Park with us now.

When I was with the lad at Blackburn, he settled for nothing less than being the best he could be. If he missed during training, he would ask me to do the practice with him again, and he would repeat it at least five times, or until he was consistently getting it right. It meant so much to him for him to know that he was performing as well as he could be, that he wouldn't let things just pass him by. He then took that from his training sessions and in to the games, and he became a really prolific goal scorer. I'm sure you've realised that I'm talking about Joe Garner.

We just don't have that same attitude yet, as a group. It hurts them on a Saturday when they miss, but they can't seem to get it in to their heads that they are fighting to make a living, and it has to hurt them whether it's five-a-side, simple shooting practice or a match. They have to train as hard as they can, they have to want to go the extra mile, and then the rewards will come. It has to mean something to them ... in fact, it has to mean everything to them.

I've talked to them about Joe Garner, and how dedicated he is, but none of them will approach him for advice. He's played at the highest Youth levels, and yet they seem embarrassed to ask him about it. He worked as hard as any lad I've seen at that age, and they could do with having a chat to him. I'm sure he'd tell them it doesn't come easy, it doesn't land in your lap, you have to get out there and earn it.

As I say, I learned a heck of a lot from the Burnley defeat and, likewise, I'll learn a lot from this win. The easy thing for me to do now would be tell you that we'd won 4-0 and we were brilliant, but I just don't do that. If we weren't outstanding, then I'm not going to pretend that we were, because it would send the wrong message to the lads, and they deserve honesty all the way from me.

We were very good at times, don't get me wrong, and we were the best team on the day, so I'm really happy about that. However, there are things that we don't do right, and that's a concern. We're still a very young team, and I suppose the big message at the moment is that I want them to grow up and really start taking it seriously. It's a serious business that they are trying to secure a future in, and they have to establish themselves very quickly, or it can pass them by.

We've kept a clean sheet, which is a massive bonus for us, because that's an important part of the game. It's our first clean sheet of the season, and we need to be very hungry to get more of the same.

We got two excellent performances today, from Dan Wordsworth and Stephen Hindmarch. Dan is really stepping up to the challenge, and he's improving all the time, so full credit to him. With Stephen, they had to double mark him in the second half, because he was destroying them. Their coach came and asked who he was, he really was having that kind of game. We used him wide right, and it was his day today - he was top drawer.

Being less critical, to have a cup game wrapped up by half time is more than you can hope for. I was able to sit and have a natter with the subs in the second half because we made it really comfortable, so I enjoyed it overall."

United: Mitchell, Brown, Wordsworth, Aldred, Duffy, Hindmarch, Dalton, Blake (Lakeland), Tinnion (Dowson), Madine, Cook (Seaton). Subs - Law.