Raith Rovers star Aidan Connolly believes boss Ian Murray is starting to get the best out of the side.
The Starks Park outfit have lost just one of their last five games, with three wins over that period moving them away from the bottom three.
An impressive 3-0 win over Partick Thistle last weekend saw the Kirkcaldy side move within just five points off the top of the table.
Connolly opened the scoring and bagged his brace just after the half hour mark, taking his tally to four in the league.
The 27-year-old has also chipped in with three assists.
Good form aside, he is just happy to see the side performing well.
Good cop, bad cop
Asked how he felt his season had started, Connolly said: “It has been good but the main thing for me is that the manager has trust in me and we have a good changing room.
“Sometimes when you go from one manager to another it can be hard to adjust but it has been good.
“He’s calm and always positive with the boys and puts belief in the boys.”
The softly approach brought by Murray is now complimented by a conflicting management style from new No.2 Colin Cameron.
Connolly believes the good cop bad cop pairing is good for the side.
“[Cameron] can be angry – he’s been on at the young boys.
“He’s different from the manager, sometimes it’s like chalk and cheese. It has been good to have two different styles.”
The addition of ‘Mickey’ has been one of many changes around the club since last season.
Connolly believes that could be why Raith suffered a sluggish start to the campaign.
Raith starting to click
Over the summer boss Murray arrived from Airdrie, replacing John McGlynn.
There have also been many changes in personnel with a turnover of 17 players – 10 new arrivals with seven departures.
Connolly feels like things are now starting to click, as shown by recent results.
He’s urging his teammates to continue that form against Hamilton on Saturday.
“There were a lot of new bodies who came in,” Connolly said. “It takes time to adjust and get used to how people play.
“There was a big turnover and the boys are starting to gel.
“I think the system we are using now is suiting us so we have to keep but in football things can change quickly.
“We have to work hard and the boys have been in training.
“Sometimes you can take the foot off the pedal but we want to keep going. If we continue to work hard, we’ll see where it takes us on Saturday.”
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