IT has been a very enjoyable start to my period in charge.

I have had a good response from the players, results have been good and performances have improved.

We are gradually getting better and better – we have had three or four weeks with the players and they are starting to get what we are trying to do.

They are working a lot harder so, in general, things have gone quite well.

I’m delighted with the way that the fans have greeted my appointment.

I hope to bring to the club those things that Hereford fans know me for – passion, commitment, work-rate and for the way we are going to try to play football, I’m in charge until at least the end of the year and our biggest aim is to get out of the bottom two.

We will be looking for a consistent run and to improve the squad.

We shall aim for some consistency in our performances and so we shall keep working at our game – the players will get fitter, they will adapt to what we are doing and, hopefully, their concentration will improve.

We start our involvement in the FA Cup on Saturday and that’s a competition that it is always excellent to be in involved in.

I’ve taken part in some Giantkillings but sides I have played for have also been beaten by a minor team.

There is a lot of anxiety around the sides who are under pressure and that will be us on Saturday.

We just have to go out and try to concentrate; do the things properly that we have been doing recently.

Hopefully then we will go on and win the game, but we are not going to take it lightly – in a one-off game, anyone is capable of beating anyone else.

Unfortunately, up to now, probably my biggest contribution to Hereford United in the FA Cup has been to knock them out!

That was in a Fourth Qualifying round tie when I was playing for Woking a few years ago.

It was a bizarre game and probably should have been called off because of the torrential rain – for the last 20 minutes the pitch was absolutely sodden.

I scored with a header at the far post and I remember that it didn’t go down too well.

A headed goal from me was a bit of a rarity and Graham Turner was not a happy man!

It was a good occasion for me at the time but I know what it could have done for Hereford then as the club were in bad financial trouble and needed the run.

Graham said to me when I came back to Edgar Street in 2002 that that defeat nearly broke the club – I’m glad it didn’t!

The financial constraints are not there now but we are after the dream tie that everyone wants – everybody is looking to get into the third round for that big tie that makes it special.

First and foremost, though, our objective is to get out of trouble in the league. That is our major priority.