Chris Beech says now is the time for everyone both in and around Carlisle United to stick together.

The head coach insists that by “supporting each other” the Blues can get out of their run of poor form.

United have slid to 12th in League Two after taking one point from their last six games.

It is their worst sequence of the season.

But Beech said there should be no doubting his or his players’ desire to do well for the club.

And unity at a difficult time is all-important, he added.

“Stick with us,” he said.

“Let’s be right, we’ve injected blue blood back into the club.

“You’ve got committed players who are committed to the area, that want to play for Carlisle and understand how important it is to be playing for this great football club.

“They’re right behind what we’re trying to achieve.

“[This sort of run] happens sometimes. Everybody knows we’re not the team that’s got everything in terms of finance etc. Sometimes you look at older players that can try and do that, if you look at different squads, but we’ve got some great growth in our players, great hunger and ambition, great young players too, all getting better, dealing with this discrepancy and will come out the other side.

“While we’re dealing with it I want us to win more games. I’m so ambitious and hungry for us.

“I’ve just got to step back a little bit, not fall out with anybody, and make sure we understand that we are doing very well, and we’re still doing well in the games we’ve lost, but we have to see off stuff better.”

United’s rise to the top of League Two by January 2 had captured the imagination of supporters.

The Blues are now coming in for criticism after failing to regain their promotion-chasing form.

They now head to Morecambe this weekend hoping to rediscover the winning habit.

Beech told the News & Star: “It’s a long time not to win. It’s hard for everybody because of it, and it’s also hard because we’ve not played regularly.

“We just have to step back and take stock. I’m really pleased how we’ve excited everybody, rejuvenated everybody – including journalism, never mind supporters.

“I’m pleased that we’ve managed to do that. We just have to step on to the point where we are. Step through the gate, the door, because we’re doing it. It’s not like we’re not doing it.

“But we’ve got to not get edgy, we’ve got to support each other and it will come good.

“At the moment we’re feeling agitated because we aren’t getting what we want and it is hard for the lads to keep going at it when that happens.

“They’re doing well to get us ahead in games, and it’s hard when you don’t turn that into wins.

“If they stop fighting then we’d have a big problem, but they haven’t, and we’ve just got to try and get through this period.

“We’ve got to re-find ourselves and reboot then see something through, and when we do I have no doubt the good vibes will come back into the building.”