Paul Warne: Derby County head coach demands improvement from entire squad
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Paul Warne has been in charge of Derby for just over a year
Derby boss Paul Warne says his entire squad have to spend the international break thinking about how to improve.
The Rams are eighth in League One after 11 games, and 10 points adrift of early leaders Portsmouth.
They are, however, top of their EFL Trophy group after beating League Two side Notts County, despite continued frustrations in front of goal.
"Fundamentally, we're failing, we're not in the top six where we need to get," Warne told BBC Radio Derby.
"They need to go away and have a think, come back and improve with the standards, all of them.
"If the lads want to achieve something then we have to improve. Everybody has to be spot if we're going to be successful in all aspects of their game."
The Rams are not in league action again until 21 October because of international call-ups, but after being held to a 1-1 draw with bottom side Cheltenham on Saturday they were able to go into the break with a cup win at Meadow Lane.
Still, Warne bemoaned more "wasted" chances.
"If you miss that many chances in a game and you win, you're probably luckier [rather] than good", Warne said.
"They could have scored a hatful of goals, which is my only frustration."
On what is needed for his side to improve, the Rams boss said: "A bit of rest, a bit of honesty and I've just told them straight.
"There hasn't been a game yet, apart from Blackpool at home in the cup, where we've come off as the worst team.
"It's goals that matter. There's no point having all of the ball and 10 shots on target that don't go in.
"We need to be ruthless, we have to demand more of each other in training, myself included. All of us just need to increase our standards a little bit, so it's an ideal time to have that chat because we've won.
"We're not far off being great, we just have to not worry about outside noise and keep it in house, try and help each other and try to improve."