Gary Caldwell: Exeter City manager confident results will improve

Gary Caldwell has recently celebrated his first anniversary as Exeter City manager

Exeter City manager Gary Caldwell has reiterated his belief that his side can turn around their poor run of form.

The Grecians have dropped from the top of League One to 18th place after a seven-game winless run in the league.

A six-game losing streak in the third tier was ended with a 1-1 draw with Lincoln in their last League One tie before FA and Carabao Cup losses.

"We have to improve the results, that's clear, but we don't feel like we're doing a whole lot wrong," he said.

"We had really open, honest discussion with the players on Tuesday and showed clearly certain things that we have to do, both in possession and out of possession.

"Training has been good and we have to understand what we're doing right and how we need to keep that going, and what we're not doing that's ultimately costing us from winning games.

"Giving the players clarity on that is key, and giving the players support and confidence to go out and perform on Saturday and get a result with it."

Exeter travel to fellow strugglers Fleetwood Town on Saturday as they aim for a first away victory since the start of September.

City have failed to score in seven of their past 12 games in all competitions and have scored only twice in the league since they got their last three-point haul against Cheltenham Town on 16 September.

"We're third or fourth in the league for shots on goal, but pretty low in terms of percentage on target," he added to BBC Radio Devon.

"We create a lot of opportunities, we dominate the ball, we give our opponents little chance to score, but when we do we make some big errors that allow them to get shots off and create goals.

"We know exactly what we need to do to turn our results around, but it's about going and doing that on a Saturday.

"The players are fully committed to that and ready to go again on Saturday."