BURTON Albion manager Gary Rowett says his side must get their teeth back after the disappointing home defeat by Morecambe.
The loss dropped them to third in League Two and allowed the chasing pack to close right up on their heels.
Rowett is unhappy his side are failing to respond when they go behind.
"That bite has gone out of our game in the last six or seven," said the manager. "Sometimes you can understand the frustration of conceding a poor goal when really there's not an awful lot in the game.
"Last week I saw a game where Sheffield United scored two goals in the 90th minute and 93rd minute, so games are never dead. Games can turn on a sixpence.
"If we'd fought harder and showed a bit more quality and we'd nicked a goal at 2-1 down, we'd still be chasing the game with 10 minutes to go. I wouldn't have been too disappointed with that.
"I'm just disappointed that when we go a goal down games seem to peter out.
"That's been the frustrating thing and I've told them I'm not going to keep picking players on what they might do, they've got to show a little bit more."
Rowett thought there were better moments from some of his players – but needs to see more from certain individuals.
"We'll find the answer but it's a bit disappointing at the moment," he said. "I think one or two, when we're winning it's great, but they've got to stand up a little bit more when it's not going as well.
"I don't think everybody had a poor game – there were one or two decent performances.
"I thought Ian Sharps was very strong at the back and I thought Phil Edwards competed very, very well at the back.
"I thought Matty Palmer was very bright and Alex MacDonald stuck to his test very well."
