Paul Caddis pictured ahead of kick-off on Saturday afternoon
Hereford boss Paul Caddis didn't tear his team to shreds during his half-time team talk but instead opted for a different approach.
With the Bulls trailing Chorley 3-0 at the break, Caddis didn't go mad like he did in the dressing room during the King's Lynn match.
But he did choose to be "cold" to the players instead.
"We got reaction, yeah, but listen; I went mad at King's Lynn at half-time but you can't just go in and keep tearing shreds into people. It loses its effect.
"Sometimes I think we can be quite cold in the way we speak and the manner we speak and the message was clear.
"The players were obviously not happy either, but we got a reaction. We could all react. I could have pulled 11 supporters out and they would've reacted exactly the same way, it's easy to do that.
"I want to see the character and the heart to do it when you go 1-0 down."
Caddis admitted that the team set up to play the ball out from the back, creating space to drop balls into Remaye Campbell and Andy Williams, or drop balls to the wingbacks - but as soon as a goal goal goes in, it falls apart.
"There's obviously a lack of belief," he added. "There's obviously a lack of character and personality to continue doing that those things."
Having already replaced Mitchell Roberts with Kyle Howkins midway through the first half, Eno Nto came off the bench at the break and scored as Hereford put in an improved showing.
But it wasn't enough, with a fourth Chorley goal killing off any hopes of the Bulls rescuing even a point on home turf.
Nto was singled out as a bright spark though, picking up the sponsors' award for man of the match.
But Caddis said the former Derby County youngster must get fitter, despite his introduction to the game being positive.