TURNING Warrington Wolves' displays around has to come from within, says Mike Cooper.

The 28-year-old England international admits to being ‘embarrassed’ by the product served up in his return year from a three-season spell in Australia with St George Illawarra Dragons.

Warringtonian Cooper knows what is missing from the team, but admits there is no ‘magic fix’ to putting things back on track.

“It’s embarrassing, like our season so far. I can’t hide it, it’s embarrassing,” he said of the team’s third successive hammering when losing 44-4 at Huddersfield Giants on Sunday.

Although not setting the world on fire, Wolves had lost only once in nine games prior to the start of the three-game debacle.

So what does the former Latchford Albion junior believe has gone wrong since the 24-24 draw with Wigan at St James’ Park in Newcastle on May 20?

“Confidence is shot at the minute,” he said.

“We’re conceding early in games and not getting back out of the hole really.

“We’re putting ourselves under a bit too much pressure and it kind of snowballs.

“When you’re conceding and not playing well it’s very easy to concede again.

“We haven’t got the tough mentality that we used to have and it’s got to change quickly.”

But how do Wolves turn the tide?

“We’ve got to keep working hard, spend more time at training, and do the little things well which we’re not doing at the minute. That’s about it,” he said.

“There’s no magic fix for this, it doesn’t matter what you change – signings or anything – it’s got to come from within.”

What can be done within to get the confidence back?

“If I knew that I’d be a world-class coach,” he said.

“It comes from hard work, doing the little things right and we’re not doing them at the minute.

“Our attack’s poor, we’ve scored around 12 points in a couple of games but conceded another 40 again.

“Confidence comes from defence. We’re in a bad place at the minute and we’ve got to get ourselves out of it.”

Now it gets even tougher as Wolves prepare for a trip to in-form table toppers Castleford.

“It doesn’t matter that it’s Cas next or a team in the Challenge Cup from three leagues below, it’s not about who we are playing it’s about us because we’re beating ourselves up,” said Cooper.

“I firmly believe once we get things back on track no team will live with us. We’ve seen bits of it in training, bits of it this year – such as in the Brisbane game.

“I firmly believe we’ve got one of the best sides in world rugby league but we’re just nowhere near at the races at the minute.

“Regardless of who we’re playing, we’ve got to fix it up internally and we’ve got to work harder and accept the criticism that’s out there – it’s only natural.

“Trust me, it’s not easy when you walk around the town and you know people who are expecting a lot of you and asking questions.

“I’m hurting as much as everybody else is.

“I don’t blame the fans for feeling disgruntled. I’m a Warrington lad, I’ve been in situations where we’ve not done so well in the past, year on year, and we also have had good times as well and people have to remember that.

“It’s a tough competition this year and although things aren’t going too well now it can easily turn around.

“Other teams who have been in positions like this, Leeds quite recently and St Helens have had some tough times, it’s just part and parcel of rugby league.

“You want to be at the top. Our expectations are so high that when we don’t reach those standards then rightly so you’re going to come under criticism but I hope people can remain behind the team. There’s nobody hurting as much as I am as a Warrington lad.”