Neal Ardley admits Notts County “got lots wrong” in their first-half performance against Alfreton but said the experience would do the Magpies a power of good.
Notts ran out 2-1 winner against their Conference North opponents having taken the lead through Wes Thomas only to see it wiped out by a goal from Rio Molyneux.
But Kyle Wooton’s penalty sealed the win as all three goals came after the break during which Notts toiled away without much success in a diamond formation.
Once Notts made a raft of changes at the interval which saw the likes of Michael Doyle, Jim O’Brien and Callum Roberts enter the fray, they demonstrated much more purpose in attack.
And Magpies boss Ardley said his players would have learned a great deal as they made it two wins out of two in pre-season.
“The old pre-season cliche of getting minutes into the legs is certainly the case at the moment,” he said.
“There are some players who have had four or five months off compared to the other boys who played in the play-offs.
“In the first half we got lots wrong and we spoke at half-time about it.
“I think the team which came out in the second half learned what was wrong and put it right.
“That was good because you don’t want to come and not learn anything and everything go swimmingly.
“We learned things about earning the right to play, showing we have pace and power in our attack and how we can stretch teams.
“We mixed the game up better in the second half and it was a lot more positive.”
