ACCRINGTON Stanley boss John Coleman has urged his side to shed the fear factor ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup third round tie at home to Luton Town.

The Reds are without a win at the Wham Stadium since beating Blackpool on October 15, a run that was extended to five games when Hartlepool United twice came from behind to snatch a late 2-2 draw with Coleman’s men on Monday.

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And the Stanley chief admits he is frustrated by his team’s recent home run and their failure to close out the points against fellow strugglers Pools.

“We made enough chances and we are playing well but we have to stop this anxiousness at home, it is as if we are scared to win at home and that we don’t believe we can win at home. We have to get away from that,” said Coleman, whose side have one win in eight matches on their own patch.

“We played some good football in the first half and I think we would have been worthy of going in with the lead but we didn’t.

“We pinned them right back in the second half and then for some reason once we scored we let them off the hook. That is the frustrating thing for me, we could have gone and got two or three. We had that much dominance.

“We have got this mental block at the moment where we don’t think we are going to win. That is a mindset that has got to change.

“It is frustrating. This is not the first time, it is probably about the 12th time this season that we have managed to not win a game that we are completely in control of.

“We have taken four points from the three games over Christmas and we should have taken nine, that is the harsh reality of it. We were superior to the three teams we played.”

The point leaves Stanley 21st in the table, four points clear of the bottom two ahead of the cup clash with league rivals Luton.

But Coleman was left to reflect on two points dropped after Stanley old boy Padraig Amond and Scott Harrison cancelled out Billy Kee and Matty Pearson goals.

“We should have won,” said the Reds boss who was critical of Pearson’s defending for the opener and referee Graham Salisbury for Pool’s leveller.

“We dominated the game and pinned them back. They were not near our goal until we scored.

“We scored after knocking on the door for an hour and you think that is job done.

“Then they score and we have to go and win the game again and we do. Matty leaps like he does for the goal, why doesn’t he leap like that in his own box?

“We invite them in for the last five minutes, they are getting a bit desperate and are committing men forward and the referee invents a free kick and the ball is in our box and it’s a goal.

“We shouldn’t have had to defend a foul because it wasn’t a foul. Having said that we should defend the free kick better. We dealt with the first one and then we didn’t deal with the second or third phase.”

“Even then we could have won it at the end.”