I'm in the too late camp, for me you change the manager 15 game minimum out of stick with what you have. In my view Cheltenham made a massive mistake sacking Yates, I'm pretty confident they would not be bottom now with him in charge.
Take a look at the goals conceaded by Cheltenham and Mansfield at the weekend if you want poor defending, no one down the bottom is exactly rock solid.
I think apart from the points you already have, you just about have the hardest run in of all the teams down the bottom. It's going to take one hell of a turnaround in your fortunes to pull away. Having said that you're playing the team with the worst home record in the division on Friday, think...
It's always going to be difficult bringing in a young inexperienced manager into a struggling side used to playing a certain system. Does he try and change the style of play that was so effective under Cox. Does he have the respect of individuals he was on the same level with the week before...
While Carlisle were very poor in both games against us the're not close to the worst team on current form, looking at that you would put money on Cheltenham and Tranmere. While I guess it's human nature to fear the worst the stats suggest you could well stay up.
Big win for us against a team with a decent home record, if only we were as good at home as we can be away. We need however to follow this up with a performance at home which has just not happened this season. Still think we have enough quality to stay up.