John Sheridan wants Notts County players to be vocal with each other

Notts County boss John Sheridan has urged his charges to be vocal with each other and not worry about "falling out with each other".

The Magpies have endured a lukewarm start to the season, with an impressive away showing cancelled out by a record of zero wins at home.

With Notts in search of a first home league win at the fifth time of asking, when Leyton Orient visit this weekend, Sheridan plans to lead by example.

"I will express myself on the touchline, that's just the way I am. But I'm seeing things and I just don't feel as though they're getting dealt with on the pitch," he told reporters.

"I was vocal myself as a player, and I just think you need that on the pitch.

"When you're in a game and you've got yourselves in front, you do little things to help you. It's only being vocal and communicating with each other, more than anything else.

"It's something I think we lack as a team and it's something we've got to get in the team. I'm doing it for the simple reason that I think it will make us a better team.

"Any manager you speak to will say the same; it's not like it was years ago.

"They don't get on at each other as players; I think they're frightened of falling out with each other.

"That's just the way football is. It's the same at a lot of clubs.

"Years ago, if you weren't doing your job, if you weren't at the races, they would make sure you knew – whether it was the manager, but most of the time it was other players who you were playing with."

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