MATT Bloomfield insists he is working as hard as he possibly can to turn Colchester United's fortunes around.

And the U's boss says he will not stop until he has brought success to the U's.

It has been a relentless schedule for Colchester and Bloomfield, who has already taken charge of nine games since his appointment at the end of September.

Colchester are currently bottom of the League Two table but boss Bloomfield is adamant that progress has been made - and insists there is much more to come.

Bloomfield said: “I’ve loved every minute of it and I’m working as hard as I possibly can.

“There’s not a minute that goes by when I’m not thinking about Colchester United and I won’t stop until we get success.

“I think we played really, really well in our last two home games.

“I think we’re moving forward already and I think we’re turning things around.

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“We were disappointed to concede three from set-pieces on Tuesday evening.

“I’ve watched the game back and apart from the three goals from corners, I don’t think there was too much in the game.

“We scored a good goal at the end so we’re happy with the direction we’re heading.

“Of course we want to improve but we’re looking forward to Saturday and another opportunity to win a football match.

“We’re working as hard as we possibly can to move things forward.

“We’re happy with a little bit of the progress we’ve made but we certainly know there’s a lot more to come."

Colchester take a break from league action this weekend when they travel to play Newport County, in the FA Cup first round.

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The two sides met only two weeks ago, when the Exiles won 1-0 at Rodney Parade.

This time they meet in the cup but Bloomfield says the goal is the same for any game they play, whether league or cup.

“It’s not a distraction at all," added the U's boss.

“I want to win every game I take part in.

“My whole life has been built around trying to win and this will be no different.

“Of course we want to progress; we respect Newport but any game we play we want to win and we’ve shown that with the EFL Trophy where we’ve got two positive results since I’ve been here.

“We obviously had a long trip to Barrow on Tuesday night but that’s not a problem.

“The chairman backed us by putting us up in a hotel which I thank him for.

“We’re doing everything as professionally and as diligently as we possibly can and we’ll be prepared and ready for the game."