Motherwell manager Graham Alexander is aiming to sharpen his players' focus after a humbling 3-0 away defeat to Dundee.
Goals from Luke McCowan, Danny Mullen and Ryan Sweeney brought the Steelmen back to earth after 2-0 wins over Aberdeen and Hearts.
Alexander's side are still fifth in the Premiership ahead of tomorrow's match with Dundee United.
But the 'Well boss believes his side need to get their heads in the game after dropping their 'levels.'
Alexander said: “When I am talking about working hard, I don’t think any of my players were lazy on Saturday but we came off it a few per cent and that’s enough for us to drop our levels.
“It’s down to us to make a choice to focus on ourselves and set our own standards. If you go by the opposition, your form is going to be up and down.
"What we have seen from ourselves is some great heights when we are focused on what is required but certainly Saturday was a low, and it’s not the first.
“We have to avoid that at all costs and I think that starts in the mind and ends in the mind, and for me that’s what we have to work on.
“The mentality, focus and discipline is just as much a skill that you have to practise and train as any other aspect in professional football.
“You use absolutely everything you have got – the training sessions, analysis, your other staff, good examples of team-mates.
"You try to make them look at the most consistent players – how does that players approach his everyday training, his life? Is he on time every day? Is he first in the gym? Is he doing all the things he needs to do? And if he is, then copy that. There’s great examples for all players to follow in football.
“Our job is to remind them how to do that but it’s a constant process because it’s easy to lose discipline and focus, because there’s so many distractions in the world.
“But ultimately, as a professional footballer, you are in football to win games. So that should be the forefront of any other distraction. But they are all human. I was human once!"
Alexander says he isn't without fault himself - as he had off days as a player.
He added: "I know they are honest players. I don't forget when I was poor as a player. I don't forget when I had bad focus as a player.
"I don't look back on my career thinking I never made a mistake. I don't kid myself on because I did make mistakes.
"But I want to give my players the benefit of things I should have done better as a player.
"I let myself down sometimes and I don't want them to make the same mistakes. The players want to win and that gives me confidence."
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