A 39-10 reversal at Nuneaton was Halifax's fourth consecutive defeat in National Three (North) this season – a campaign that has yet to see them pick up a single point.

There are too many echoes of last season when Halifax only won two National Two encounters, and Harrison also believes the players have to banish the ghosts of that campaign if they are to start moving forward.

"We are just not playing as a team and this is becoming really frustrating," said Harrison

"We give them patterns to play to during training and then come Saturday, due to a lack of confidence, fatigue or whatever, they are going outside of those parameters.

"As a result we are doing things we haven't worked on and that leads to us making mistakes, knocking on and losing the ball in contact

"We're just not helping ourselves. We are playing very much as individuals at the moment.

"Maybe there are still a few ghosts from last year hanging around, but we have to put them to rest.

"We are a new outfit and we need to move on – but move on together."

A strong team ethic is high on Harrison's list of priorities, but he needs the support of all the players to make it work.

"The players have got to buy into that a little bit because if they don't we are going to spend weeks and weeks just saying the same thing," he added

"We have to learn the lessons and not repeat the same mistakes week in and week out. If we learn two lessons a week and knock them on the head then we will be making progress.

"The catch and drive worked well and we should have adopted that a bit more and try and take the legs out of what was a young and fit Nuneaton side.

"We should have got a good kicking game going early but we didn't and I think that could be down to a lack of confidence.

"The majority of the game is played between your ears.

"We are not a bad side but we are playing like one and that is down to confidence."