PAUL Carden says Warrington Town supporters are right to call the impact he has had on their side into question following another damaging defeat.

And as the games continue to come thick and fast, he says he will review his methods and tactics to try and turn things around.

The new year got off to a poor start for Yellows as they were beaten 2-0 on New Year’s Day by fellow strugglers Marine, who had only won once on the road all season prior to arriving at the Cal.Delivery Stadium.

The result leaves Town just three points above the National League North relegation zone having played more games than all of the teams around them.

Since Carden returned to the club in September, Town have won just four of the 19 matches he has taken charge of in all competitions, with nine defeats.

That kind of form has led to some dissenting voices from the terraces, which the manager says he completely understands.

The turnaround is quick with Yellows back on home soil on Saturday for the visit of high-flying King’s Lynn Town, and Carden says he may look at a change of formation to ensure they are more of an attacking threat.

The New Year's Day loss to Marine was Town's ninth in 19 games under Paul Carden this season (Image: Sean Walsh) “There were a few coming off saying “we need to be better, Paul” and things like that, and rightly so. I’m not daft enough think otherwise,” he said.

“When I left here first time, we were a strong side and I went to a club that had nine points in the middle of December.

“We stayed up, it was a fight and a battle with every single game on a knife edge.

“This group is a better group of players at a better club, and the fans have been with the lads right up until now.

“I’m 100 per cent certain they’ll continue to be with them, but things we’ve said will effect the game haven’t been carried out.

“We were on about getting the ball wide – Josh (Amis) was starting for the first time in a while so we wanted to get balls into the box for him, but I think we put two crosses in all game.

“That’s what’s infuriating – we’re undoing ourselves, small errors are adding up to become big problems.

“I feel what the supporters are saying because I carry everything with me. I don’t want to be watching us play like this, certainly not.

“I probably need to look at a change in formation. We’ve played 4-2-3-1 with an attacking intent with Josh Amis through the middle and Matty McDonald using his energy to get beyond the two wide players.

“That isn’t working – it works to an extent but it’s not giving us enough in games so we need to look at it.

“We have to try and get more bodies up the pitch from the start as opposed to moving up the pitch because we don’t seem to be doing that as well as what we should be.”

Town were stunned by two Marine goals in first-half injury time from which they never recovered, and Carden admits heated words were exchanged around the dressing room at both half-time and full time.

However, he believes that shows that there is “a care and a demand” that exists within the squad.

“It wasn’t any better. I could be put on repeat from the last interview,” he said, comparing his side’s display to the Boxing Day loss at Southport he had labelled as “a disgrace.”

“The first half was two poor teams, I felt – I don’t think they had a shot but ended up 2-0 up, we had one shot which was Connor Woods’ deflected free kick.

“They’ve scored from two free headers in the box, but that first goal comes from our sloppy throw-in.

“The second one is calamitous – we get in each other’s way, we look disorganised, the lad whips a ball into an area and it goes in at the back post.

“They didn’t deserve to be two up, but they were and that’s how we’re finding ourselves. There were one or two words said at half time and after the game.

“You can imagine the dressing room after the game – there’s lads having a go at one another.

“Obviously, you’d rather be high-fiving and hand-shaking after good results, but that to me shows there’s a care there and a demand.

“We’ve got to see more of it – fans will be sick of hearing me talk about us doing this and that, but we’ve got to show more about what we are.

“We’ve never been a soft touch, a pushover or a side that doesn’t look like making things happen, but we are those things and rightly, I’ll be questioned.

“People will be asking what I’m doing about it and scratching their heads.

“It’s not a case of me not doing anything, but clearly what I’m doing isn’t right for the players we’ve got so I’ve got to look at things.

“On paper, there’s a good group of players there but it’s no good on paper if we’re not putting it on the grass.

“We’ve got to keep fighting through it and somehow find a formula that works for us. The games don’t stop and they don’t get any easier.

“At the minute, morale is low and the lads aren’t brimming with confidence, but the only way you get through that is by working and playing to your strengths.

“It’s going to the things you know are tried and trusted for yourselves as a player and as a team.

“I’m gutted and I’m furious, but I’ve been in a tougher situation in this division with a team that isn’t as good as what we’ve got.

“You’ve got to find a way and that’s what we need to do.”