Newcastle Knights’ veteran winger James McManus says his struggling team is putting plenty of pressure on Akuila Uate and himself but the flankman says he wouldn’t have it any other way.

“Our errors are putting plenty of pressure on us and it ends up with guys like Aku and I having our carries really early in sets,” McManus told nrl.com.

“If that’s what needs to be done then that’s what I have to do, I’m confident the polish will come soon enough.

“In a lot of your play ones and play twos it’s important to win those plays and get a quick play-the-ball and the whole set comes off the back of that.

“The rest will come once we start completing sets a little bit better, build a lot more pressure and don’t make as many mistakes.

“The cream and fun parts of footy will come, and quite often 80 per cent of the game is that yardage battle, but if that’s my role at the moment then I have to do a great job of it.”