Former Chester boss Anthony Johnson, now in charge at Radcliffe, has admitted his side look 'fragile' and need to capitalise on their good moments ahead of today's trip to Edgar Street.
Radcliffe boss Anthony Johnson. Picture: Radcliffe FC
Johnson, whose tenure as joint boss at the Deva lasted for more than 100 games before a stint at Spennymoor, admitted his side need to get a run going after picking up two points in their first four games since being promoted to the National League North.
Having picked up a point at home against fellow league newbies Needham Market on Saturday, Johnson is hoping to make it two games unbeaten in a row this afternoon.
When asked if the club needed to perform the whole 90 minutes, the 41-year-old told the club's YouTube channel: "We're Radcliffe Football Club, not Manchester City.
"We never played for full games last season, it was just that in them moments last year we were better than the opposition. Kiddy [who beat Radcliffe 3-0 last weekend] were better than us for, as we've talked about, a small group of moments. That's what this league is about, that's what football's about.
"So if we're performing well every single game, I would expect us to finish 120-odd points and probably get a move to the Championship at the end of the season, but that's not going to happen.
"That won't happen to any team. Hence why after four games, not a team's won all four games because no one plays for the full 90 minutes. But what we've got to do is when we're on top with moments, like we were and we went one nil and we've missed that chance, you put it to bed."
He added: "What happens is when you're a bit fragile, which we look at the minute, the opposition go up at the other end."
Despite having the worst defence so far in the league, conceding nine in their opening four games, Johnson said the back three on Saturday played "unbelievably".
But a brief lapse at the back post cost them.
"We live and learn," he said.
"We're getting punished at the minute which we've not had for a long time. We've got to learn to get out of that quick."
Looking ahead to the tip to Hereford, he said on Saturday that he had an idea of how he wanted the team to set up but more work was needed despite the quick turnaround.
"We're one unbeaten, we want to try and make it two now and get a little bit of a roll."