Nolan believes Cobblers players are 'feeling sorry for themselves'
Kevin Nolan feels some of his players are ‘feeling sorry for themselves’ but he nonetheless ‘strongly believes’ that Cobblers are close to turning things around.
Town head to 23rd-placed Rotherham tonight on the back of another disappointing defeat at Blackpool on Saturday, which made it six successive League One games without a win.
"When you're a bit of a lull you get punished for little moments but you can't feel sorry for yourself because these things happen in football,” said Nolan.
"I think some of these lads are feeling sorry for themselves at the moment and what we have to do is keep supporting them, keep getting them in the right areas and keep doing the right things in training and get them back to where we believe they can be as quickly as possible.
"We have a really good chance to do that on Tuesday night. I strongly believe we are not far away from getting a good result and once we do, I feel that will kick us back into gear and get us back to where we should be.”
Having made over 400 Premier League appearances, many of which as captain, and then spent four years coaching at West Ham United, Nolan has no shortage of experience to call upon in his attempts to turn around Town’s season.
"I've been through tough periods as a coach and a player and I have plenty of experience of these type of situations,” he added. “I was captain in the Premier League and I shared dressing rooms with some really big characters.
"What we have to do is eradicate the silly mistakes and get back to basics and I'm sure we'll come through this sticky spell and we'll be a better team for it. The most important thing is to stick together in these moments because if we do that, we will be OK.
"I've called for calm and I want the lads to enjoy what they are coming up against because we have some real big games in the next few weeks and the lads have to enjoy being on the pitch.”