"I think we defended quite well at Hartlepool but the boss made the point after the game that we are not nasty enough and we are too nice as players sometimes," the keeper told the Nottingham Evening Post.
"He is right. We have to be stronger and work together as a team, especially when the going gets tough towards the end of games. We need to grind out a result in games like that - even if it is not pretty.
"We had good spells of possession and we didn't create as much as we'd have liked but you are going to get that sometimes away from home.
"Hartlepool were not a bad side, but the disappointing thing was that at the very worst we wanted a 0-0 and we weren't able to close the game out.
"But I think we will be all right. We have the chance to get back to winning ways at Torquay and if we do it will do us good ahead of two home games coming up.