Dagenham & Redbridge skipper Scott Doe knows things much change at home ahead of hosting Solihull Moors

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Daggers have lost each of their last four games at Victoria Road

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Manny Smith of Gateshead celebrates scoring the final goal in a 5-0 win at Victoria Road (pic: David Simpson/TGS Photo) Manny Smith of Gateshead celebrates scoring the final goal in a 5-0 win at Victoria Road (pic: David Simpson/TGS Photo)

Skipper Scott Doe admits Dagenham & Redbridge’s recent poor home form has become a big worry ahead of entertaining Solihull Moors in the National League on Saturday.

After losing just one of their first 11 games at home in all competitions this season, Daggers have now lost each of their last four at Victoria Road.

The latest home loss was to Ryman Premier side Worthing in the FA Trophy first round on Saturday.

And though the Daggers defender knows the club are in fine fettle away from home, winning their last three, the Essex club must now start doing the business at home.

Byron Harrison of Barrow is congratulated after scoring the second goal in a 4-1 win at Dagenham & Redbridge (pic: David Simpson/TGS Photo) Byron Harrison of Barrow is congratulated after scoring the second goal in a 4-1 win at Dagenham & Redbridge (pic: David Simpson/TGS Photo)

“The hardest thing about losing at home is we have had that too many times now,” said Doe.

“I know we keep bouncing back from negatives and like the manager rightly said, you will get beat in football, that’s a fact.

“But it’s how you get beat, and against Worthing we were beaten and I don’t care what division they are, we allowed ourselves to get beat.

“We didn’t perform, we made errors, we didn’t pass, we didn’t battle – we didn’t do the basics in football.

Kieffer Moore of Torquay United is congratulated after scoring the only goal in a 1-0 win at Dagenham & Redbridge (pic: David Simpson/TGS Photo) Kieffer Moore of Torquay United is congratulated after scoring the only goal in a 1-0 win at Dagenham & Redbridge (pic: David Simpson/TGS Photo)

“That’s why we were beaten, because Worthing wanted it more than us.”

With another home game to come this weekend, Daggers will be looking for the experience of players like Doe to shine through in training this week.

As skipper, the 28-year-old is fully aware it is his responsibility to help the club turn around their poor home form, but says the squad will learn a lot from the rotten run.

“We have to pull through and I’m glad the manager said some hard words for me and everyone because sometimes it has to be done and that’s when you see your strongest players,” he added.

Lloyd Dawes celebrates scoring the second Worthing goal at Dagenham & Redbridge (pic: David Simpson/TGS Photo) Lloyd Dawes celebrates scoring the second Worthing goal at Dagenham & Redbridge (pic: David Simpson/TGS Photo)

“It’s not always jolly and bright in football, far from it, so it will be interesting to see how people react.

“The one positive is we can’t get worse than we did against Worthing.

“We will need every strong character, every older head, every bit of experience we have to kick on leading up to playing Solihull.”