Harrogate Town v Swindon Town: Blank out the 'outside noise' says boss as Sulphurites stay busy in transfer market
SIMON Weaver has urged his Harrogate Town players to blank out the outside noise as the EFL's bottom club seek a lifeline at the start of a new calendar month.
Town's winless streak at league level is now assuming epic proportions and it extended to a 19th game after a 2-0 reverse at Crawley Town.
No-one can accuse the Sulphurites of not being proactive in their quest to engineer a recovery, with the club making a host of signings in the winter window.
Wigan Athletic midfielder Tobias Brenan arrived on loan on deadline day, with the club having also brought in Burnley keeper Sam Waller to act as cover following an injury to Mark Oxley.
Waller, 22, have joined on a deal until the end of the season having spent the first half of the campaign on loan at Crewe, making 11 appearances.
Manager Weaver said: "Just keep fighting, keep going and keep being relentless.
"Nobody from within the changing room can witness and know the feeling the players actually brought me and Paul Thirlwell before the game (on Saturday). They were brilliant, they were so wired in and up for it and motivated.
"And they played with belief because of that. And the disappointment was there for all to see within our changing room after.
"I said: 'Look, don't scroll down your phones, don't listen to outside noise'. Whether you bump into people and they say: 'oh yes, you're not doing very well', don't let that feed you. We're professional people and the only way we're going to get out of it is staying close together in the changing room and changing the narrative."