We’re entering the final third of the season and whilst recent events could have been better, we’re looking forward to the run-in.
Indeed, we could have been going into this vital stage of the season with a title run to be getting excited about but if you’d have offered us a real shot at the top four at the start of this season we’d have taken it.
What we need now, though, is the Reds to grasp this opportunity with fewer games to play than all their rivals at the moment and make sure we’re back where we belong next season.
With such a small squad, though, it really is time that every player stands up and is counted because if a few start slipping we’ll be doing the same down the table.
Time for some to start stepping up, then, and here are the two we’ve got in mind…