'Back to the drawing board for Vale' - Moore
Moore: ‘Complacency crept in’
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Port Vale manager Darren Moore says he wants to see a big response from his players after their five-game unbeaten league run came to an end at Wigan on Saturday.
Vale had recovered from taking just two points in August with 11 points across September and October, before the 1-0 defeat at the Brick Community Stadium.
"It was a humbling day for me, a humbling day for you. You've got to take it," Moore told BBC Radio Stoke.
"It's back to the drawing board. It's about getting back to your work, being serious about your work, and applying yourself first and foremost in the week.
'The game owes you nothing'
"It's about performing on the day when you're called to perform. When you're on a run of games that you are, the biggest thing that can creep in is complacency."
Port Vale are one point above the League One relegation zone and they must wait until Monday, 27 October for their next game when they host Stockport County.
"There's got to be a reponse in training. They're an honest group, and the message is clear in football - the game owes you nothing," Moore, 51, added.
"It's about performing, and getting to the levels that you set yourselves, week in week out.
"It's about the group conducting itself in the right manner in the week, and training and preparing themselves for the arena next week, and that's the response I'm looking for."