Ar'Jany Martha says Rotherham United are finding their way as the season goes on and manager Matt Hamshaw tweaks his methods.

Ten games into the season, the Millers were in the League One relegation zone with just two wins, behind Saturday’s visitors Wycombe Wanderers on goal difference.

Now they are 12th, again only below Wycombe on goal difference.

Curaco forward Martha believes it is hard work paying off.

"I'm happy I've found my way to play with the team and that we're doing well the last couple of games,” he says of a side whose only defeat in 11 games came in the FA Cup.

"I guess we just needed confidence to play together, to know what we can do and what we're capable of. Now you can see we know each other and what we want to do. We're still getting better."

Hamshaw, in his first full season as a manager, is still refining his methods, especially on the training ground, where the most notable shift was moving the players’ day off from Wednesday to Thursday.

"I just feel like everything's improved," said a man who learnt his trade on Paul Warne's coaching staff at the New York Stadium and Derby County's Pride Park. "The last time I was here, we generally started off a bit slow and as the season progressed picked up speed.

COMFORT LEVELS: Rotherham United forward Ar'Jany Martha (right) feels more at home in the team he joined in the summer (Image: Jonathan Gawthorpe)

placeholder image — COMFORT LEVELS: Rotherham United forward Ar'Jany Martha (right) feels more at home in the team he joined in the summer (Image: Jonathan Gawthorpe)

"We've monitored the loadings a lot more. We're trying to manage things differently.

"I've changed the schedule a little bit and I think that's reinvigorated everybody.

"Winning games, drawing games and being competitive breeds confidence. It's pleasing from my point of view and the staff's that the hard work that we're putting in every day is paying off. But we're not there yet, and I keep saying that to the lads.

"We keep working our damned hardest to make sure in every game we're competitive and the lads know what it means to wear this badge. I don't like us losing duels or battles."

TINKERING: Rotherham United manager Matt Hamshaw (Image:Jonathan Gawthorpe)

The focus on training methods is due to a terrible injury list which is likely to see Jordan Hugill play with a badly swollen ankle in lieu of any fit strikers on Saturday.

The hope is that Sean Raggett will be fit to play in a defensive unit still missing Jamal Baptiste, Zak Jules and Lenny Agbaire.