Wrexham were embarrassed by rivals Stockport County in a 5-0 defeat at the weekend, and manager Phil Parkinson has now called for an improvement from his team.
Wrexham headed into the game as favourites, having not lost since the opening day, but were humbled in humiliating fashion as they completely outclassed by their rivals.
Parkinson has now identified what went wrong, and has emphasised the need for his side to improve in the coming weeks to rectify the poor result.
Speaking to The Leader, Parkinson admitted that it would not be easy, but his side have to now make the necessary adjustments to bounce back.
“Of course we need to work on things,” he stated.
“We changed the dynamics of the team slightly after the Swindon game and it’s worked.
“We need to look at the team again and see why we conceded goals. Sometimes if you are not playing well on the ball but you stand strong as a team and you come in at half-time and it is 0-0 or 1-0, you can rectify things.
“But coming in 3-0 down was obviously a mountain to climb. We have got ourselves in a strong position with recent performances, now we have to look at the reasons why it didn’t go right and we will do, and put it right for next week.”
Bad day at the office
Although there were a number of concerning aspects about the defeat, Wrexham were in good form prior to Saturday, and will hope that they can write the result off as a bad day at the office.
Wrexham face Crewe Alexandra at home on Saturday, and a positive result at the Racecourse Ground will be the perfect way to silence the critics.
Wrexham are seventh in League Two, and are just five points off the top of the table. If the team can put together a strong run of form to reach the promotion spots, then everyone will be able to quickly move on from Saturday’s disappointment.