NOTTS County will be driven by the hurt of failure next season, says Jamal Campbell-Ryce.
The 30-year-old winger admits the Magpies have badly underachieved in League One this season.
They were expected to challenge for promotion into the Championship, but look set to finish in mid-table with three games left.
Campbell-Ryce was one of the club's big signings last summer that really sparked hope they could finish in the play-offs.
But he said: "We've massively underachieved this season.
"There is no one more disappointed than us players and we're the only ones who can put it right.
"It will make us 100 per cent more determined next season.
"I think everybody wants to be successful. Nobody goes into a season or a game negative, wanting to lose or not wanting to play well.
"We all go out there with the right intent, to play well and get a result.
"We've fallen short in some games, but we've just got to crack on, work hard and rectify it."
Campbell-Ryce has scored eight goals this season, with five from the penalty spot, and is baffled why the Magpies have faded so badly in the second half of the season, after being in the top-six for most of the first four months of the campaign.
"Who knows?" he added.
"If we knew then I'm sure the season wouldn't have gone like it has and we would be doing better.
"It's football – the other teams around us have kicked on and we've come off the pedal."
The Magpies face Colchester United at Meadow Lane on Saturday and end the season with games against league leaders Doncaster Rovers and Coventry City – and Campbell-Ryce still wants to end it on a high.
"It's pride isn't it? Nobody wants to lose games," he said.
"When you cross that white line you're representing yourself and your club."
And he says Notts need more firepower next season.
"We definitely need to be more prolific in front of goal," he said. "It's been the story of the season that we haven't taken our chances.
"Even when we were flying we were drawing and losing games because we weren't punishing teams."
