A crowd of around six thousand Charlton fans walked out of the Valley on a cold Tuesday night in December wondering what was happening after a 2-1 home defeat to Crawley Town. Left in 12th place with 22 points after 17 games played, and watching football that was being sent up from front to back on a regular basis was not something Charlton fans are used to regularly watching.

Now i have no idea what happens at Sparrows Lane, but does make me wonder if a lot of frustration was vented by the playing staff and management on how things were going after that defeat, as a vast improvement has been witnessed in the much improved style of football and the excellent run of results that has followed.

The midfield are now more involved, Greg Docherty being a prime example of that. Thierry Small being moved to the right wing back role has proved to be an excellent decision, Lloyd Jones back in the side after injury and having a settled staring eleven for the majority of those 12 games has helped with the continuity as well.

25 points from the last 12 games has been no fluke. Okay every team needs a bit of luck on the way (The games versus Bolton and Shrewsbury could have seen us with no points from those 2 fixtures) but in my opinion you make your own luck and if you have a happy ship and everyone is content with the roles they are being asked to perform, then you are more productive.

Still a long way to go this season but since that game in early December, at least we are now all enjoying what we are witnessing.