GRANT Joshua admits ‘confidence levels are low’ at Rugby Town with the club rock bottom of the Northern Premier League Midlands table.
Valley lost 3-0 at home against relegation rivals Bourne Town last weekend as Rugby conceded three goals in the space of nine first-half minutes at Butlin Road.
Quickfire goals from Zac Allen, Robbie Ellis and Lewis Darlington left Rugby with a mountain to climb with just 20 minutes on the clock.
The result mans Valley sit bottom of the Northern Premier League Midlands table, seven points from safety with six matches left to play.
And with Valley winless in their last nine league games, Joshua admits the club have made mistakes in terms of recruitment this season.
Joshua said: “We know we’re in a difficult situation.
“The fans are frustrated and they have every right to be, but rest assured we’ll be doing everything we can to try and turn things around before the end of the season.
“Confidence levels are obviously low, but I refuse to believe that we’re a bad side and hopefully we can show this in the final six games and at least show everybody that we can be competitive.
“We know we’ve got things wrong this season. For example, we’ve brought in too many players and as a result we’ve lacked continuity in terms of team selection since our good run back in October.
“But I really can’t emphasise enough how great the fans have been throughout.
“They’ve had a rotten three years and all they’ve really asked for is a bit of solidity in this league, and as yet we haven’t been able to deliver this.
“We know that every game from here on in is a must-win one.”
Rugby fell behind after just 11 minutes when Allen chipped the ball over Rugby goalkeeper Xander Grieves as he pounced on Bo Morris’s weak defensive header.
And Bourne doubled their lead seven minutes later as Ellis volleyed in Freddie Allen’s cross on the turn.
The visitors stunned the home side with a third goal on 20 minutes with Grieves only able to get a hand to Darlington’s strike from the edge of the penalty area.
Rugby are next in action against Corby Town on Saturday, March 28 with kick-off at 3pm at Steel Park.
