John Sheridan speaks of being "bad cop" towards Notts players

Notts County boss John Sheridan insists that he will not go easy on the players this season, despite their promising position 10 games into the League Two campaign.

The Magpies sit fifth in the table and will claim a fourth successive victory should they beat Morecambe on Saturday at Meadow Lane.

"I am not going to change," Sheridan told the Nottingham Post. "I'll probably be worse than I am now.

"I've told the players they are going to have five or six months of it until we have something to show for it.

"We haven't done anything yet. We are on a good run and I applaud them. They've responded to me really well.

"I've got a good dressing room and they want to do well for each other.

"But the game has changed so much. Players don't get on at each other anymore.

"Assistant managers don't shout and neither do coaches. So unfortunately for the players it's going to be me being the bad cop all the time.

"I don't mind that if it means we are going to get out of this league, which is the main priority.

"I think we can be better, and I've said before you can't play in 15 minute patches here, and 15 minute patches there.

"You've got to sustain it over a long period of time if you are going to come out winners. That's my belief anyway.

"We did it against Plymouth and against Orient, where we were on the front foot a lot.

"In saying that I thought for 45 minutes against Exeter we were on the front foot too.

"But I've got players who will give me sevens out of 10 and if you have a group of them then you will win games.

"They don't have to give me a nine."

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