It's going to be the exact opposite, in fact, as the Magpies aim to turn around their season following another hugely disappointing defeat on Sunday.

Forbes was outclassed by Parkes in Sunday's annual derby battle and conceded seven tries in a heavy 32-12 defeat.

It leaves the Magpies with just one win to their name and sitting above only Narromine on the ladder as the season approaches its halfway mark.

"We stick together and we know we can come out the other side but it's about getting that belief," Greenhalgh said on Sunday.

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A number of Forbes juniors and teenagers again lined up on Sunday and some were found wanting against an imposing Parkes forward pack.

Halfback Tom Toohey failed to appear in the second half due to a shoulder injury and that tested the side's depth with regular number seven Nic Greenhalgh already sidelined with an ankle complaint.

But despite the injury concerns the Magpies remain their own worst enemies, with a number of handling errors and a string of penalties hampering any chance to build momentum.

"A lot of the young guys have had a lot of success in juniors and the 18s and now they've stepped up into grade and they know how important it is not to make those errors," the coach said.

"They'll be better for it and we've got a couple weeks off now and we'll train harder than we ever have before.

"And our training has been really good but we're just coming up with errors and coming out on the wrong side of penalty counts and that's killing us."

Despite the struggles on Sunday fullback Mitch Andrews again shone.

The NSW Country representative got through a mountain of work and had a huge amount of carries to get his side out of trouble while he was flawless under the high ball and muscled up in defence.

Forwards Ben Maguire and Jake Haddrill were also busy but, like so many of their teammates, were guilty of mistakes at key moments.

Forbes has next weekend off after playing on what is generally a bye for the long weekend while they have their regular bye the following round.

"The talk was positive," Greenhalgh said after spending time with his players in the shed after Sunday's game.

"It was about what we need to fix and we've got another half of the season to fix that."

After a couple of weeks off the Forbes will be in action back at home against Wellington.

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