Notts County head coach Ian Burchnall said the crushing 5-1 defeat at Torquay United must serve as a wake-up call to his side that they will have to earn the right to make the National League play-offs.
Burchnall admitted that his team were second best all over the pitch at Plainmoor, but instead of consigning the nightmare performance to history, he wants to carry it forward as evidence of what will happen if the Magpies are not totally focused on each of the seven games they face until the end of the season.
“We have to take our medicine and bounce back in the remaining games this season,” said a clearly angry and frustrated Burchnall after seeing his team outfought and outclassed by a side in which hat-trick hero Connor Lemonheigh-Evans and two-goal Armani Little were outstanding, linking well with striker Danny Wright to give Notts’ defenders a torrid afternoon.
