Crawley boss Mark Yates has told his squad he wants to see actions not words as they chase a first home win of the season.

The Reds have yet to win at the Checkatade.com Stadium this season ahead of today’s visit of Leyton Orient.

They have also only scored once at home all season and have now gone more than eight hours – 506 minutes – without finding the net on their own turf.

Yates knows that has to change and is confident that it will but he insists the time for talk has got to stop.

Speaking after Tuesday’s 3-0 reverse at home to Southend in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy, Yates said: “We have to please these supporters who were great tonight. For our own sanity, our own benefit we need to get that first win, without a doubt, even it is a lucky 1-0.

“But it is not about saying, it is about doing it. We will prepare properly, make sure we are focused and make sure all our efforts go into getting a big three points against Leyton Orient.”

Yates took positives from the second half of Tuesday’s defeat but he wants to see consistency in his side – and consistency in his selection.

He said: “We need everybody to be at it, we need that competition for places, people need to stand up and be counted and say I need to be picked every week. That is what we are after.

"Me and Jimmy (Dack) want to pick the same XI week in, week out. We don’t want to be chopping and changing.

“At times you have to change one or two personnel but we want to be picking a consistent XI and we are starting to get that way.

"There is still lots to do, lots of questions to be answered but I feel in the last three games we have been a lot better.”