Bell, 42, took over at the Alexandra Stadium in December 2022, with the Railwaymen finishing 13th, then sixth, and 13th last season.

"It doesn't look like I want it to look," he added.

"If you're not going to play well, which we've shown we can do, then you compete, you run around, you cover the distance.

"Whether they're listening or not, I don't know. They tell me they're up for the fight, so let's see if they are."

Bell added he was not critical of his players' work-rate in training, just what they are producing on matchdays.

"I'd tell you if the players weren't working hard. I'd tell you if our staff wasn't working hard," he said.

"I want to see some pride in the performance. Rightly so, the fans at the end were not happy, and I can totally understand it.

"It's about mindset, and that's the mindset we have to have as a group. We've won six, lost six, drawn one. Is that what we want to do? Just be mid-table? At the moment, when I watch us, that's about right for where we are."

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