Alan Smith slams individual errors but looks forward to "fresh start"

Notts County caretaker boss Alan Smith has slammed individual errors for costing his side dear against Morecambe on Saturday.

The Magpies fell to their 10th consecutive defeat in League Two as the Shrimpers claimed an easy 4-1 victory at the Globe Arena.

As has often been the case, Notts conceded early, and by the half-time point they were three goals down.

The player-coach did find some solace in the impending arrival of new owner Alan Hardy, who comes in at the start of next week.

"I told the players in the dressing the performance in the second half is what we need to be putting in for 90 minutes week in, week out," Smith told the Nottingham Post.

"Individual errors have cost us goals again. We were a bit naive at times in terms of not using the width as much as we should do when they went down to 10 men.

"I'd like to thank the fans who travelled in their numbers again. I'm gutted that we did not give them the result they wanted.

"It is going to be a big week for this football club. It's a fresh start for everyone with the new owner coming in on Monday and hopefully the club can start moving forwards and upwards."

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