TO HELP MALLARD KIDS

Steve, who have put everything in place for us with training and preparation. “Everything had been laid on for us and it was time for the players to step up and repay that belief and that faith.

“It’s up to ourselves and turn things around because there isn’t anything more can be done from the coaching side of things, it was up to us.” Mcconkey’s side bounced back from their 5-0 drubbing at

Portadown the previous week but remain rooted to the foot of the table on seven points.

“The most disappointing thing about that defeat was all the goals were so simple and preventable,” said Campbell.

“We worked so hard on becoming defensively sound and working on our shape to make sure we did not concede one goal of that nature, never mind more.

“The talk was all about getting back to basics and doing the simple things right, because we know that we can go forward and be a handful for any team.

“The last few weeks we have been working a lot on our shape and our defensive awareness, because we know we can play football but we have to do it in the right areas.

“We liked to play out from the back but teams were getting wise to that and they were pressing us high up the pitch and then we were making individual mistakes which were punishing us.”

The Mallards face a trip to Taylor’s Avenue to take on Carrick Rangers on Saturday.