IT'S been said many times, but a week is a long time in football and this week has really rung true to that manta.

We started the week licking our wounds from the Barrow debacle, but finished putting Salford to the sword in a 3-0 away win, via defeat at Sutton and a much-needed change of manager.

If you'd have offered me a draw up in Salford this time last week, I would have taken it straight away while trying not to laugh at the stupidity of the hosts giving up all three points.

But instead, we have a new manager in the shape of Wayne Brown along with Joe Dunne as his assistant, a combo that seems to have had the required effect and galvanised the squad.

Before the trip to Salford, it was a joke in the car that Aaron had picked up more points for his licence this season travelling to games than the U’s had for their league position.

All joking aside, it was not a fun place to be as a U’s fan, almost expecting to lose and celebrating a point like a win.

Hayden Mullins had run out of time and finally Robbie Cowling removed him from the role, about two months later than he should have been in my opinion but beggars can’t be choosers and better late than never.

Step forward a couple of club legends; would they be able to steady the ship before it sunk below the EFL waves, possibly not to be seen again for a fair few years?

Well one game does not define a season, but from what we saw on Saturday it seems a very positive start.

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Wayne himself said that last season was a learning curve and from what we saw, he has learnt from that, for sure.

Everything felt better up at the Peninsula Stadium; there was a togetherness, a plan that the players bought into finished off with a first-class result.

As Salford had plastered all along their stands, ‘Success Starts Here’ who knows, was it a sign to the travelling faithful?

Maybe the U's squad has not been the issue after all and our recruitment was spot on over the last year or so - it just needed the right man to use them correctly.

While it is early days, it feels like a change has swept over the club and things are finally heading in the right direction.

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The next two home games will be key and show where we are heading.

Two wins against Swindon and Rochdale will see the gap start to open taking us further away from the drop zone and into the unfamiliar - well for this season at least – territory of looking up rather than down.

The players have shown they can do it and play with passion, giving their all, so let's hope it is more of the same over the coming months.

Now I know I am getting carried away and one game does not make a season, but after months of negativity and disappointment there is renewed hope within the fanbase that maybe, just maybe, things are on the up.

Let's get behind Wayne and the lads to have a strong end to the season and see where it takes us.

We're in this together and everything crossed, a change is in the air. Up the U’s.