AFC Bournemouth continued their unbeaten start to the season with a 2-1 win over Luton Town on Saturday, a run that is "no mean feat" according to Scott Parker.
The head coach's side went two points clear at the top of the Championship table, though Parker says he knows there is more to come from his team as the season progresses.
"Being undefeated is no mean feat in this division," he said. "That’s very tough to do and at the moment we are winning games and that is a good sign.
"That is what pleases me, because there is loads and loads to improve.
"This is a young team in development, I am someone that really believes in processes, we have processes in place, and this is exactly what this is about.
"We'll come in tomorrow, come in Monday we will go over everything, over the good stuff but what is more important is, okay, where do we need to improve in these moments and how do we get better?"
Despite the side’s strong start to the campaign Parker is still looking for improvements, especially later in games.
"They made us fight in the second half," he said. "In the first half I thought we were fantastic, weathered it a little bit early on, they come out of the traps which I think we knew they would - they're a difficult team to face.
“I think they have proven that this season in terms of the results they’ve got, they put you under pressure, they're right up there in goals scored and goals created.
"In the second half the game changes as they didn't have a lot to lose. They put the ball in the right areas and we had to show a different side to us.
"We want to improve in those moments, certainly we want to control the game a little better in terms of with the ball and try and assert ourselves back into the game and get some control in those moments.
"We did not manage to do that today, at that point you soon realise that it is about character, it’s about mentality, it’s about nous, it’s about defending your goalmouth and doing the real basics at a world-class level and I feel we did that – that’s why we got the result and that is what’s key.”
The Cherries head coach believes the issue may be “psychological” and is drawing on his own experience as a player to help the players understand what is required.
"I think we need to improve, and we need to recognise how they have changed, what we need to do in those moments and how we need to be brave in certain moments." he said.
"I also understand – I’ve been in the arena and at certain moments it is easier said than done.
“Long throws and corners, it sometimes can take a dent and at that moment, I want players to have ownership of that and understand the game. There’s definitely elements we need to look at.”
Ryan Christie was the standout player in the first half and contributed two assists, the first of which was a dinked ball for Philip Billing and Parker was delighted with the Scotland international's contribution.
He said: “It was a lovely assist, a nice bit of class in terms of the little flick and a good finish from Phil and then the second as well – I'm pleased with him, he has done well.
“We are fortunate we have players in there, players who can operate in real tight spaces inbetween the lines and have the quality to feed passes – he was very good at that.”
