Gareth Ainsworth was frustrated at the manner in which Gillingham conceded late on in the 1-0 defeat to Barrow in the Emirates FA Cup first round on Saturday.
Ainsworth acknowledged that his side created plenty of opportunities during the first-half, but was disappointed with how they failed to break the deadlock as they lacked that clinical edge.
Tom Eaves and Bradley Dack missed Saturday's fixture due to injuries that they suffered later in the week, and the Gills boss also provided updates on Andy Smith and Conor McManus.
Gillingham have a quick turnaround, as they travel to Northampton Town in the Jersey Mike's Trophy on Tuesday night. Ainsworth looked forward to a big week, with the opportunity to make it out of the group stages of the EFL Trophy and to build on the win at Shrewsbury when the Gills visit Colchester.
Post-match thoughts...
We should have put the game to bed in the first-half. We had enough chances to win a couple of games in the first-half, and we have to be better and more clinical.
Fair play to Barrow. They came and did a job. I told the boys about set pieces, and I said that we had to be absolutely spot on with set pieces, and we weren't in the last set piece of the game. That's how they have got through.
I am big enough to take that loss. I will be picking people out who haven't been good enough at certain things, but we have to go again on Tuesday.
Injury updates...
Andy [Smith] has been carrying an ankle injury, so he was missing training in the early part of the week because he is trying to rest his ankle, but he said he wanted to be in the squad in case there were any emergencies. The plan was to never use Andy. That one positive is that he is going to be back for next week with a better ankle.
[On Conor McManus' absence] - He was ruled out yesterday [Friday], so we will have a look at that one. I am not sure where he stands with the international call-up now because those games are a week away, but you can't risk Conor.
Shifting focus to the upcoming away games, and finding consistency...
You have to win football games. No matter what game it is, you have to keep winning football games, making strides and making winning a habit. That's big for me. We have two away games now, quite local.
We have to add some consistency to us. We are too spiky at the moment. We win one, and then we lose one. It's better than last year points-wise, but consistency-wise, we need to find this consistency.
