RAINWORTH MW manager Kevin Gee has demanded an immediate reaction from his players following Tuesday night's home Evo-Stik NPL Division One South defeat by bottom club Lincoln United.
The Wrens found themselves trailing 4-1 to previously winless Lincoln before making a fight of it and pulling two goals back
However, rather than crediting his players for that comeback, he insisted that they only had themselves to blame for being in that position in the first place.
Saturday's 3-1 victory over Kidsgrove Athletic bumped Rainworth all the way up to 12th in the division.
But Tuesday's defeat dropped them back down a couple of places when the expected win would have lifted them well into the top half.
Gee, whose side travel to Northwich Victoria, said: "All the players had been warned against complacency, but we threw the game away in the first half, which is what you do when it is effectively three against 11.
"Yes, we were much better in the second half, but you can't put in that sort of performance against anyone in this division and expect to get away with it.
"We had been outfought by a side showing far more passion and desire, and let ourselves down badly.
"And all the second half achieved was to show how bad we had been in the first.
"The home truth to be learned is that we need to work harder over 90 minutes.
"Mentally we were not at the races, and it was not until the penny dropped at half time that we got a reaction."