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of the squad to work with over the two-week break.

That represents a welcome period of focus for Cowley, who started his reign at the club with a run of five games in 21 days.

He said: “Yeah, it’s been good, we’ve been able to get some good work in.

“It was a crazy first 30 days [for me and Nicky] and it gave us an opportunity to reflect and have a look at the work that we’ve done and also add to it.

“We’ve had a good couple of weeks. We’ve certainly been able to get some more information into the players, hopefully some more understanding, and some further alignment.”

He added: “We’ve been working the last two weeks on our organisation in possession and out of possession and from restarts.

“We’ve continued to keep trying to work on how we want to play in possession and keep trying to give players the framework and the understanding within that so that then can then problemsolve and make good decisions in the way that they have to once the ball starts rolling.

“So that’s been good, and obviously with the game at Blackburn we’ve done some valuable work off the ball as well to keep building on the work that we’ve done in the first 30 days.

“We’ve got some framework in terms of how we want to play in and out of possession, and it’s just about layering that learning and layering that understanding and getting to a place where with continued rehearsal the players’ decisionmaking almost becomes autonomous and certainly they start to gain a much better understanding of each other and their relationships.

“You always as a manager and as a coach enjoy time on the grass with the players and the opportunity to move the players forward.

“It’s been good, bearing in mind we took the job mid-season, it’s been good to have a twoweek period on the grass and we feel we’ve done some valuable work in that time.”

Asked whether he felt the timing of the break was unfortunate for Town given that they had just finally started to pick up points, Cowley took the opportunity to reflect on an excellent eight days that featured a draw against Millwall and wins against Stoke and Hull.

Those two victories that preceded the international break were Town’s first since February this year and

We’ve had a good couple of weeks – we’ve certainly been able to get some information

into the players