WREXHAM extended their unbeaten run to six matches in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Torquay United at the Racecourse but manager Denis Smith could not help but feel that his side had let slip another two valuable points.

Juan Ugarte's 87th-minute equaliser salvaged something from a frustrating afternoon for the Dragons and the Racecourse boss still insists his side are too good to suffer relegation, despite their lowly current position in the League One table following the 10-point deduction.

"My players know they are good enough to get out of the trouble the league has put us in and they are determined to prove the league wrong," he said defiantly.

"We are now unbeaten in six but we've had three draws in games that we could and possibly should have won.

"It was a frustrating game today. It was bit like cricket in that it was a toss we couldn't afford to lose. We needed to have had the advantage of the wind in the first half.

"If we could have taken the lead then it would have been a very different game but the wind was with them. They scored with their first attack and then just sat back."

Smith admitted that one or two of his players struggled to cope with the conditions and the tricky Racecourse surface, but had no complaints about the defensive mindset adopted by United.

"It's very difficult to break down sides in that frame of mind and you need your creative players to be going past people," he added.

"The conditions weren't ideal for Carlos Edwards, but he looked tired after his midweek trip to Trinidad and Mark Jones was quiet as well. I need them to be going past people when you've got a packed defence in front of you, and the first goal was all-important.

"Carlos looked well below what we know he's capable of and Mark has not had one shot at goal all day, which is unusual for him."

And Smith was disappointed that Wrexham had failed to make the most of their overwhelming possession.

"It's not easy but you have to do what you are good at," he said. "We passed the ball about, although we didn't really hurt them. Juan possibly should have done better with the rebound when the keeper couldn't hold Danny Williams' shot, but when the chance finally did come he put it away.

"But to have that much of the play as we did in the second half and only get one goal was extremely frustrating."

The Dragons' boss confessed he had considered taking Ugarte off, but instead introduced Hector Sam at the expense of midfielder Jones.

"I brought Hector on to see if he could go past people, and at least he pulled their defenders about a bit more and that brought about the chance for the goal. Juan took it well but that's what he gets paid for.

"Sometimes he does very little in a game, as was the case at Chesterfield, but then he went on to get four goals and that's what he's capable of doing."