Players and staff held a series of frank in-house talks after the 1-0 loss away to Sheffield United, the Reds' second defeat in a row.

But O'Brien felt a series of honest and uncomfortable conversations helped Wrexham rediscover their identity as they took four points from two of the Championship's top sides, with a 2-0 win against then-leaders Middlesbrough at The Racecourse followed by a 1-1 home draw with high-flying Wolves.

The midfielder feels those discussions helped spark the impressive response.

"We had a couple of hard conversations with each other and between ourselves, with coaches, players, staff, everyone," he said.

"It was a tough couple of days at the start of the week but we've come out of that, looked at ourselves and come out better.

"We're just trying to do the best for each other and the best for the club, and put this club where we all want it to be.

"Let's be honest, the fans, the players, everyone wants it to be in the Premier League and sometimes you do have to take a couple of bad results and very bad performances from all of us to look at it and be like right, we need to get back to basics, back to the reasons why the gaffer signed us and prove that the fans can cheer us.

"When they're singing and giving us their support, like the 12th man in that crowd, it's unbelievable.

"It feels great to have that support and it's obviously been a bit quiet, but that's probably our fault as well as theirs.

"You need that reaction on the pitch to get them going and I think the last two games have been fantastic."