Newport County manager Christian Fuchs says his players need to be more "proactive" after the Exiles lost 2-1 at home to Colchester on Saturday.
His side slipped back into the relegation zone after they failed to capitalize on an opportunity to win back-to-back home league games.
The Exiles' boss wants his players to be braver on the ball in future.
"I just don't want them to fall back into old patterns where you might be a little bit too relaxed after you have a couple of good games and get out of the bottom two," said Fuchs.
"Maybe it's the pressure that we need for them to perform which was in the past and which should not be the case, we need to be way more proactive rather than just reacting to what's happening on the pitch.
"We need to take the initiative and be a team that starts on the front foot, that starts being brave on the ball, and that was definitely missing in the first 30 [minutes]."
Colchester scored two goals in six second-half minutes to give the visitors the lead in what was a comfortable afternoon for Danny Cowley's side at Rodney Parade.
Despite a late Lee Jenkins consolation, it was a disappointing afternoon for County which leaves them staring down the barrel of relegation once more, as they sit 23rd in the table.
Despite this, Fuchs is still confident his side has what it takes to escape relegation to the National League.
"I have full faith in them, a hundred percent, they've shown that we can," he added.
"We need to be self-critical of what we have not done well but also what we have done well in the game.
"Not everything was bad in the game. There were positives that I can take away from it, especially in terms of the character that they showed.
"The boys again didn't give up. It didn't fall for us unfortunately but again we created chances and now we just need to keep pushing forward and try to be better from the get go."
