BEN Tozer is confident that Newport County AFC will remain in League Two this season, insisting he’s played in teams “much worse” than the Exiles’ current crop.

The midfielder made his first league start on Saturday as County went down to a 2-0 defeat at Doncaster Rovers to slip to 22nd in the table.

He admitted that the team failed to perform at both ends of the pitch but he’s convinced they will not be involved in a relegation scrap.

“I’ve played in much worse teams than this and not had a problem,” said the former Northampton Town and Yeovil Town player.

“We’ve got a lot of men, a lot of experienced players in this team.”

But with bottom club Cambridge United come to Rodney Parade this weekend Tozer knows the Exiles need a win to help raise morale.

“They’re all big games but when you look at the table and see where they are and where we are it is a big game,” he said.

“You never want to be in the bottom two and the boys have to stick together and get through this tough spell.”

Tozer says the team as a whole is to blame for conceding 12 goals in seven league games, which has led to three defeats, three draws and just one win.

“At the end of the day it wasn’t good enough,” said the 26-year-old after the defeat at Doncaster.

“The defending for the goals collectively as a team wasn’t good enough.

“I wouldn’t point just at the back four because it’s not fair – it gets to the back four somehow.

“We’re a team and we all take the responsibility.

“But week in week out it seems like we have to score two goals to draw a game.

“I don’t know what to say really – it is frustrating.”

He added: “We did create four good chances – Sean Rigg put one wide, Jon Parkin had a chance where he should have taken a touch and just passed it into the net and Rhys Healey came on and had a one on one and I had a chance and put it over.

“But we shouldn’t have to score two goals just to get a draw.”

Tozer says hard work on the training pitch will lead to an improvement in results.

“We’re conceding poor goals but we’ll work on that,” he said.

“It’s easier said than done to keep it out of our net but it will come.

“And we’re still creating chances and scoring goals in pretty much every game.

“When you’re not creating chances and scoring that is when you’ve got a problem.”