Teddy Mezague believes Leyton Orient must play as a team if they are to improve their lowly League Two standing.

The O’s find themselves in the relegation zone, one point adrift of safety, and have lost four league matches in a row.

Mezague, who was among Orient’s better performers during Saturday’s 2-0 loss to Mansfield Town, feels a lack of cohesion on the pitch is hampering results.

“It is not just the central defenders it is all the team. We have to feel like a proper team on the pitch and that is not the case at the moment,” he said.

“It is very important to pick up some points at home and move up the table.

“Game after game it is the same result so we are in a bad series.

“It is not easy, we concede a lot of bad chances and don’t have any chances to score, so I don’t know what we have to do.”

Orient looked devoid of ideas in defeat at Field Mill and frequently reverted to a long ball approach which rarely troubled the Stags.

After playing for Montpellier and Belgian side Mouscron-P, the demands of League Two football are new to Mezague.

He is having to adapt his game and questioned whether the style of play can lead to an improved run of results.

“We don’t create a lot of chances and don’t’ play great football. We just smash the ball forward to the front, so it is not easy to create chances. I think we need to change something to get some results,” he said.

“We play more on the floor in Belgium and France and I struggle more in the UK. I have to be ready to jump during all the game and fight with the striker.

“I haven’t played a lot of football in the UK so I have to adjust my football as well. It is not easy, but I am working hard to do that.”

The defeat against Town saw Leyton Orient remain relatively resolute up until half-time as they kept the hosts at bay and held onto their clean sheet.

A slow start to the second half once again undermined their hopes of taking anything from the game as Mansfield took the lead in the 48th minute.

The goal continued a worrying theme of conceding in the early stages of the second half and left Orient with little hope of taking anything from the game.

Mezague, 26, says the players are aware of the need to eradicate the issue if they are to climb up the table and says they will prepare appropriately for Saturday’s match with Carlisle United.

“We are able to keep a clean sheet up to half-time but we come out in the second half and concede a goal,” he said.

“We have to keep working and it is not easy because we are in the bottom two.

“We are going to prepare well for the game against Carlisle.”