Callum Kennedy admitted he felt embarrassed on Sunday after Leyton Orient succumbed to a 6-0 defeat at the hands of Sheffield United in the FA Cup first round.

A hat-trick from Harry Chapman and one a piece from Chris Basham, Stefan Scougall and Kieron Freeman were enough to see the O’s fall to their heaviest defeat in 34 years.

Alberto Cavasin arrived at E10 at the beginning of last month and has so far only recorded one win out of six in his tenure.

Kennedy said: “I am embarrassed for myself, embarrassed for the team but most of all I am embarrassed for the fans.

“I think I’d be furious as a fan if I’d travelled up, paid good money and spent a Sunday that I could have been with my family to come and watch that, I’d be raging. They have got every right to feel the same way we do.”

Orient failed to get out of the starting blocks when the whistle blew to begin the game while Sheffield showed their complete dominance over the League Two side.

But this result is not a one off as the O’s are currently 23rd in the table following a string of bad results.

When asked where he thinks the problems lie the former AFC Wimbledon player added: “I am not sure if it is a case of it going bad so quick but as it stands we go a goal behind and instead of steadying the ship and putting things to kick on and get ourselves back into the game it seems to go the other way.

“We shell up a little bit instead of facing the adversity head on. We seem to be taking a step backwards and we invite more pressure.

“When you start losing games it becomes a habit, just like when you are winning games you have a positive mind set.

“Every time you go on and score a goal you imagine you can go on and win by two or three nil. And when you concede a goal, I think there is elements of people in our team they get that feeling of ‘here we go again.’

“The only way I know out of that is by digging your heels in and working extremely hard to put things right.”

Cavasin said in their 3-1 win at Hartlepool he was working with the players to try a new defence system of zonal marking.

Set plays have remained a problem for the O’s as each week they fall to goals from corners or free-kicks.

“Obviously as it stands, all season, even when we were not zonal we were conceding from set pieces,” said the 26-year-old.

“Yesterday it was highlighted even more as four of the six goals came from set pieces. Of course everyone is going to turn to the zonal marking but I keep talking about our mentality.

“From a set piece, it doesn’t matter if you are zonal or man marking, there has to be an idea of they cannot score from this.

“If we are not scoring from our set plays why should anyone score against us? And I included, hands up, I have made mistakes and I have played parts in goals conceded and it is not good enough. Simple.

“That is the be all and end all of it. It is not good enough and it needs to change because set pieces play a huge factor in where you are at the end of the season.

“If you do not address that then like I said things are not going to get any better.”