Newport County manager Christian Fuchs says it is "time to build the momentum" after his first win in charge of the League Two club. The Exiles had lost four and drawn three all-competition games under the Austrian before Tuesday's 2-0 home victory against Crewe Alexandra. Newport's fourth league victory of the campaign saw them move off the bottom of the table and just one point away from rising out of the relegation zone.
Newport County manager Christian Fuchs says it is "time to build the momentum" after his first win in charge of the League Two club.
The Exiles had lost four and drawn three all-competition games under the Austrian before Tuesday's 2-0 home victory against Crewe Alexandra.
Newport's fourth league victory of the campaign saw them move off the bottom of the table and just one point away from rising out of the relegation zone.
"When you look at the last six games that we played, we had two losses but we also had three draws and six points overall, so there's a lot of good things happening here," said Fuchs, declaring himself proud of his side's performance.
"They stuck together, they stayed patient off the ball, they did their job really well and then were always waiting to break them."
The 39-year-old former Leicester City defender was particularly pleased with back-to-back clean sheets in the league for the first time this season, having also played out a goalless draw with Barnet at Rodney Parade on 26 December.
"Everybody was like, OK, against Barnet, a clean sheet - top, right? And today, you felt it coming somehow and you should not forget we have two clean sheets against teams that are way higher up the table than we are, and we just played really well," added Fuchs.
"The boys believe in themselves. I think now we've built the confidence, and it's time also now to build the momentum."
County face an even bigger challenge next with a New Year's Day fixture away at second placed Bromley.
However, it remains unclear whether he will be able to call on the services of Sammy Braybrooke and Nathan Opoku for the trip to south east London.
Initial loan deals for the two Leicester City players expire on 31 December but Fuchs is hoping they can be extended.
"We'll find out very soon," he said.
"A player like Sammy Braybrooke obviously is a top player for us and an ambitious player as well. So we'll see what's going to happen. We definitely want him here."
The 21-year-old former England age-grade international, who scored his second goal in three games in the victory over Crewe, has said he is keen to stay at Newport into 2026 to help in the fight against League Two relegation.
Opuku, who was a late substitute in Tuesday night's victory, is also keen to stay according to the County boss.
"Nathan wants to be here definitely. I think today he's shown again he comes on and he's right away a threat for the opposition," said Fuchs.
"He's just stirring it up and has very good movement off the ball. He's very creative, he's just a threat in behind as well.
"So Nathan, I hope we will see him here again in 2026, a similar situation, it's going to be resolved over the next two days."
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