We're 12 matches into the campaign, and I don’t think many people expected we would be second in the table.

I mention this because we’ve had a frustrating time in our last few league games but there is no question that our season is not still on track.

It was a difficult summer, which followed a season that ended under a dark cloud in May. But it’s been a sunny week and the future of the club looks equally bright.

We seem to have come out the other side with a team that is challenging at the top rather than struggling near the bottom. The atmosphere is totally different now and everyone knows which direction the club needs to be going in.

We know what some people are saying. We’ve not scored in our last three league games (although we scored four in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy) and we’ve only won one of our last six matches but that’s no reason for concern.

We had a bad night at Colchester at the end of last month but the above sequence includes two good away draws against Leeds and Norwich and we were only denied victory at Carrow Road by a controversial late equaliser.

We also played Southampton at home, so that’s three games and no defeats against some of the most in-form sides.

Then, on Saturday, we came up against a defensive Oldham side and unfortunately, we weren’t able to break them down. We changed a few things around at half-time and in the second half in a bid to find a way through and I don’t think anyone could doubt our effort. We persisted until the final whistle and were it not for a bit of misfortune, we would claimed a deserved victory.

After such a good start, it’s also easy to under-estimate our opponents. Oldham hadn’t been beaten in their last four games and were on a good run and Huddersfield, our opposition this Saturday, are also around the play-off places.

They’re not short of good players and 11-goal Jordan Rhodes has certainly caught the eye.

I’ve played the last five games and enjoying being back in the side. It was tough being out of the team. Don’t get me wrong, I want the team to do well but it was hard being on the substitutes’ bench.

When the team is winning week in, week out, though, there’s not much you can do. You just have to be patient, work hard in training and wait for your chance.

It’s about biding your time – chances will come and you have to be ready to take them.