Montrose manager Steven Tweed watched his side lose 2-1 at East Stirling-then admitted they will only be able to crack it when they can deliver a rounded 90 minutes.
After taking control at Firs Park, the Angus visitors let East Stirling come from behind and a pattern of inconsistency is something Tweed aims to put an early halt to.
“They had the first five minutes and then for the rest of the half it was one-way traffic,” said Tweed.
But the Links Parkers’ domination reaped only a Paul Tosh goal from a 25th minute penalty after Daryl Nicol was felled in the area.
Shire stepped things up after the interval and another penalty saw Stephen McGuire level before Jamie Stevenson struck a free-kick winner with minutes left.
Montrose’s miserable day was completed with the injury-time dismissal of Nicol, but Tweed felt it was his side’s spot-kick that was the key talking point.
“That was the turning point, as their player should have been sent off as the last defender,” he said.
“We went ahead and were then guilty of not taking a couple of chances. Our second half was then very poor. We just invited them on to us and they were two terrible goals which lost us the game.
“We played great for 45 minutes against Queen’s Park and now against East Stirling-what we have to do is play great for 90 minutes.”