Josh picked for the friendly tonight
Reds must learn from mistakes
Wrexham were unable to settle in a first half dominated by Burnley who set a high tempo with their slick passing moves.
Burnley led 2-0 at the break and although Wrexham fought back to level thanks to a Michael Proctor double, Steve Cotterill's side sealed victory with another three goals.
Unhappy with the defending for some of the goals, Carey also stressed the importance of getting off to a better start in matches.
"We learned some good lessons and found out an awful lot," said Carey today. "I said afterwards that the manner we start games is important. You need to set a tone for a game and we just didn't do it.
"But we had to do too much work when we did not have the ball, and we didn't do enough work when we did have it.
"Burnley are a Championship side and if you allow good players room and let them do what they want, they can cause you problems.
"We have not done any work organisation-wise as of yet. It has mainly been about fitness. We are coming to a stage where that will kick in and we are hoping to get into some rhythm over the next few weeks."
But Carey, having seen six players complete 90 minutes for the first time in pre-season, said there were positives to take out of the performance.
"We responded and gave it a go for 30 minutes in the second half. We showed in that period what we can do, more than in the rest of the game," said Carey.
"Michael scored twice and Eifion Williams got two last week, and that is a good sign for us. We have lacked goals here and both have now got two already. They are the positives I got out of it, and some decent performances from a few.
"Fitness wise it was a great work-out again. A few players had 90 minutes and others 60 or 70 minutes, so it was a bit more football for them again."
Goalscorer Proctor paid tribute to the quality of Burnley's performance.
"It was nice to get a couple of goals and it was a decent work-out for the lads, but performance wise I didn't think it was great," said Proctor. "But performances don't really matter pre-season, it is all about fitness.
"I thought Burnley were a different class and first half especially we were chasing shadows a bit."
Another strong Wrexham side will take on Newtown at Latham Park in another friendly tonight.
Anthony Williams and Gareth Evans, unused substitutes last night, are set to be handed starting places along with Mike Williams, Mark Jones, Chris Llewellyn, Marc Williams and Matty Done, who all featured at some stage in the second half against Burnley.
Chris Marriott, Steve Evans, Danny Williams and Josh Johnson complete the side pencilled in to start, while Chris Maxwell, Lee Jones, Jamie Reed and Wes Baynes will also travel."Newtown is another run-out for those who did not play last night. And the lads who had 20 minutes or half-an-hour against Burnley will probably all start" added Carey. "The two games are being treated the same. We fielded a strong side against Burnley and will against Newtown."
One player who won't feature is striker Chris Simms, who has been on trial with Wrexham.
Simms has accepted an offer from Conference outfit Hyde United to join them for the coming season.
Carey now has to decide whether to offer another trialist, Kaid Mohamed, a deal.
Mohamed, who impressed at Carmarthen Town last season, played an hour against Burnley and Carey added: "Kai has looked sharp and he is one we will be making a decision on in the next few days."
Last Updated: 18 July 2007 9:46 AM