Shrewsbury Town boss Michael Appleton said his players must share his “disappointment and anger” if they are to improve on their poor start to the season.
The Shrews remained second from bottom in League Two after a 2-0 defeat on Saturday against a Harrogate Town side who had lost four straight league matches.
Appleton’s side have picked up just five points from their opening nine matches despite bringing in 12 players over the summer.
“I’m obviously concerned and bothered about it. I hope the players and everyone else is as much as I am,” he told BBC Radio Shropshire.
“If that’s the case we’ll pull ourselves away from it, but there’s no point just me being concerned, and me being disappointed and angry about it. I need people around me to do the exact same thing.
“If I could go and play and jump on second balls and win seconds in the middle of the park… but unfortunately my days of doing that are over.”
He added: “The reality is you’ve got to do the basics in football right if you want to win games.
“You have to be competitive, you have to win your first duels, you have to win your second duels, and I just didn’t think we did that enough [against Harrogate].”
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