Lewis O'Brien believes Wrexham benefitted from having "hard chats" in the aftermath of their 1-0 loss to Sheffield United.

Players and coaches held a meeting following the defeat by the Blades after boss Phil Parkinson urged everyone connected to the club to hold themselves to account for the lacklustre display at Bramall Lane.

The Red Dragons responded in impressive fashion by beating Middlesbrough 2-0 at the Racecourse Ground three days before holding Wolverhampton Wanderers to a 1-1 draw in north Wales.

"I think we had to look at ourselves, deep down. It was a tough couple of days," said O'Brien.

"We all had to stand up and say that we weren't good enough as players, as staff and as coaches.

"The way everything was going, it didn't seem right, it didn't seem like Wrexham.

"We've had those hard chats, we've come out the other side and hopefully these two performances have proved that."

O'Brien netted his first goal of the campaign just two minutes after Adam Armstrong gave Wolves the lead last time out as Wrexham claimed a hard-earned draw with Cesar Peixoto's side in their final match before the November international camp.

The 28-year-old believes Wrexham's performances against Boro and Wolves have helped to shut out the "background noise" around the club.

"When we came into this week, there was a lot of mumbling background noise," added O'Brien.

"The boys have been able to shut that out and prove that the performances were a little blip.

"We've come out against two fantastic teams who were first and second in the league and taken four points away."