The Reds went into the double-header at The Racecourse against two teams flying high at the top of the Championship on the back of two defeats, with Parkinson questioning his players' effort and desire following a woeful first-half performance in the 1-0 defeat at Sheffield United.

But Wrexham responded by beating then-leaders Middlesbrough 2-0 before drawing 1-1 with Wolves, who were second in the table when they arrived in north Wales on Saturday, in the final match before the international break.

Parkinson feels his players have rediscovered the intensity and commitment required to compete in the second tier and he wants more of the same when the Reds, up to 15th in the table after taking four points from a possible six, return to action away to Lincoln City on Saturday November 21.

"I think we have shown what we need to do and we have shown we can compete," he said.

"We had a bit of a reset in terms of what the performances need to look like for our supporters and everybody at the club, and I think you could sense that kind of understanding from the stands.

"We know we have got the capabilities to win games but like everybody, you can easily have the capability of losing games.

"You have got to be right at it. There is no 80 per cent scenario in this division, everybody has got to be at it, focussed and ready, and we really were ready in these two games.

"We can take a lot of credit from that."

Parkinson believes the Championship remains as unpredictable as ever and says Wrexham's recent results have reinforced just how fine the margins are in a division where a single moment can transform a match and a team's position in the table.

"In terms of the tightness of the division, I think it is similar to last year," he added.

"You can be in the top six one minute then you can be in the bottom six, there's very little to separate between the teams.

"The division's about someone, when it's needed most in the game, showing that calmness or that desire to go and get that key moment in the game."