NEW Colchester United head coach Hayden Mullins insists he will implement his own style and beliefs as he bids to secure the club's League Two survival.

Mullins has been elevated from his role as U's assistant manager to take charge as the club's new boss for the remaining eight games of the season.

Colchester chairman Robbie Cowling has insisted that Mullins will make all of the final decisions regarding team selection and tactics.

And ahead of his first game in charge at Bolton Wanderers tomorrow, Mullins says he will be looking to implement his own ideas.

Mullins said: “It will be me and my style of football and my beliefs.

“I’m sure it will be different to Wayne and it’ll be different to Steve Ball and it will be different to John McGreal, like they will be different to me.

“There will be changes and there will be bits and pieces we’ll look to do maybe differently and hopefully, we execute it well.

“The players were good in training.

“They’re professional and they’re a good group of lads.

“You just want us to win and see the confidence flying back into them.

“I’m sure one result will see that happen.

“It’s always tough when someone loses their job and it was the same when Steve (Ball) left.

“It was the same with Wayne (Brown) and it’s never nice to see someone lose their job, especially when they work so hard for the football club and they give so much.

“But the players were professional and took on board the messages.

“Hopefully they’ll tap in to them and take them into Friday."

Colchester head into their game at promotion-chasing Bolton on the back of a run that has seen them win one of their last 22 matches, in League Two.

The U's have struggled to secure points over recent months and Mullins says he will be looking to set his team up in the correct way, in order to secure a much-needed win.

“You need the players to take the field with a certain amount of confidence.

“You need them to take the field and do what they do well, to hurt the opposition.

“Players can’t take the field with everything going on in their head because they won’t be able to adjust and play.

“I’ve been there and we need to set them up right and get them in the right frame of mind, on the pitch and working hard and really taking our game and our threat to teams.

“Sometimes when you get into a bit of a bad run, the confidence is going to suffer.

“Football is a strange game.

“The boys are working hard and it seems like sometimes the harder you work, the worse your luck gets.

“When you’re relaxed and you’re enjoying your game, you play better.

“Maybe we’ve been a bit uptight and a bit stressed lately – we know the position we’re in and we need to get out of it."