Caretaker-manager Chris Hutchings emphasised his positive approach ahead of today’s home game against fellow strugglers Sheffield Wednesday, a match he describes as the first of many cup finals for Town.
Speaking after taking charge of his first training session on Thursday, Hutchings said: "I’ve come in and been very positive this morning.
"I told the players what I expect, what we’re going to be working on, how we’re going to go about it. They all know their jobs and now they’ve got to carry it off.”
He says the Owls will be fighting just as hard as Town as the two sides try to claim three points which will help them to pull away from the drop zone: "Nobody wants to get beaten, it doesn’t matter whether you’re in the middle of the table, you’re top of the table or bottom of the table.
"People may say that it’s a six-pointer and all those things, but we’re only a quarter of the way through the season. But every game is a big game.
"This is the first cup final of many cup finals because we’re bottom of the league. That’s what it’s about. As far as I can see, there’s only one way, and that’s going up. And that’s what we’re going to get across to the players.
"We’ve been very positive in everything that we do and that’s how it’s going to be. And the players will be very positive in what they do on Saturday.”
Hutchings says he has always had a generally upbeat approach to the game: "My glass is always half-full. Let’s be positive, that’s how we’re going to go about it.
"We keep saying we want the fans to get behind us, well, let’s give the fans something to shout about. It’s a two-way thing.
"That’s what it’s all about. We’ve got to have people all rowing in the same direction and that’s what we’ll have on Saturday.”