KIDDERMINSTER Harriers manager Gary Whild wants his side to be more ruthless in today’s Vanarama National League match at Gateshead (3pm).

Whild is looking for more decisiveness defensively and will keep fingers crossed for a potential return to the side for injured defender Kelvin Langmead (heel).

He also wants more reward from the danger being created by Harriers’ attacking players, particularly Adam Dawson.

Whild said: “I think we have got the best wide player in terms of delivery into the box in the league in Dawson – or if there’s one better, I haven’t seen him.

“We do a lot of work on set plays, for and against, and I think we have to be a bit more positive with our runs into the box because I can see that, from the first four games, there are chances begging there with the quality of his delivery.

“You can paint a picture for a set play and a restart but the final tick in the box is the desire to get on the end of things and the player himself is the only master of that.”

Youngster Andre Wright nodded home a cross from Dawson in Harriers’ 3-1 midweek defeat against Wrexham at Aggborough.

Despite three defeats from four games, there is little panic on show at Harriers.

The Harriers young guns have shown up well as the side aim for their first victory of the campaign.

Whild said: “Four games in, there is no inquest and no digging people out. You try to right the wrongs and be positive about the positives. We need to bring our game and try to put that on the opposition instead of waiting for a reaction.

“When we’ve done that, there hasn’t looked a lot in it and it’s a flip of a coin.”

Injured midfielder Calvin Dinsley joined in with full training and could be available for selection for the first time this term.

Striker Reece Styche (suspended) misses out today, with Wright and Gurjit Singh among those battling it out to replace him in the starting line-up.