geoffwhiting wrote:I think the big change we're seeing is that we have regained the spirit to come back from behind in matches. These two away games (the Leeds home match too) would IMHO have been lost under Mullen, but Hutchings and O'Connor seem to have restored confidence and fight into the players. These were two very important games against teams that were capable of closing the gap on us, so to draw and maintain that gap is an excellent outcome from two long and tiring trips.
These have been two very good away results as far as I'm concerned, and it would be nice now to get some team strengthening going with the loan window now open, and see how far we can go up the table. I firmly believe it's now way too late for the play-offs, but it would be nice to achieve a decent platform for next season, and after experiencing the doldrums under Mullen, I think a real feeling of hope is rapidly returning.
Well done the lads and the new management team.
Getting in loanees is a source of some disagreement, geoff. I've read on here a quite compelling argument that with the play-offs out of sight (which you agree with also), and the spectre of relegation seemingly distant with the squad we have, is there a need to fritter money away to see if we can finish, say, ninth as opposed to, say, fourteenth?
I'd be inclined to go for a couple of loanees because I don't think we can write off the possibility of a drop in form and us beginning to look over our shoulder at the bottom end of the table, but I'd hope loanees now could be potential signings in the summer i.e. we take the opportunity to take a good look at some targets that may be available. A new centre half springs to mind in particular.