Crewe Alex boss David Artell has said his side must dust themselves down and go again when they face Bolton Wanderers this weekend after feeling his side was let down by the officials in their loss to Wigan Athletic.
The Cheshire side host Wanderers this Saturday at Gresty Road as both sides seek to return to winning ways in League One.
Wanderers are seeking to bounce back from last weekend's loss to Plymouth Argyle, while the Railwaymen are looking for a response from the midweek loss at home to Wigan Athletic.
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The Latics came away with three points in a 2-0 win thanks to goals from Josh Magennis and Will Keane either side of half-time.
But Artell was not happy with the first goal netted by Magennis from a free-kick, with the Crewe boss believing the Northern Ireland international was clearly offside but this was not picked up by the officials, led by referee Ben Toner.
The Alex manager slammed the decision as the latest in a long line of officiating calls which have gone against his side this season and believes they ought to become professional to mitigate against this.
But Artell called on his side to dust themselves down and go again this weekend against Wanderers as they seek to keep their faint hopes of staying in League One alive.
Artell said: "It's not even close. It's not in open play. Magennis is an international striker. He's four yards offside, it's not a hard decision but we get joke officials every week.
"It's ridiculous and until they go professional, it's not really their fault. It's a professional sport run by amateurs in the most crucial 90 minutes of the week.
"We keep getting terrible, terrible decisions. The second goal kick today, he's telling Trigger (Dave Richards) to hurry up, he's chased the ball into the corner, got the ball, are you telling me that's a coincidence?
"He's looked at the league table and he thinks 'right, that's it'. It's terrible. It's wrong but there's nothing we can fo about it, so we have to dust ourselves down and go again, but you're hoping that they do their jobs like we do our jobs, but we've been let down tonight.
"They've got a squad full of experienced men and we've got lads trying to forge a career in the game and it's tough. I thought we gave a good account of ourselves. I thought the first goal was crucial, it went against us.
"The goalkeeper has pulled off a great save from Callum (Ainley) going in the top corner and there wasn't that many chances other than them but they're the fine margins.
"Anybody who says they're (the players) are not trying to keep us in this division, I'll argue with them until they're blue in the face because they're trying their socks off to a man, every single one of them. We try different things, different personnel and it's tough for them.
"They've got to retain that belief and desire and they have been and they won't face Sunderland and Wigan in two games. We've got to make sure we keep working hard and it will come."
