Cardiff City are keeping the faith with Steve Morison, who after four points from three games has earned the right to take the Bluebirds hot-seat for the rest of the season.
What happens beyond that remains to be seen, but after a sour end to Mick McCarthy's reign, there's a real feeling of positivity around the capital once more.
There's plenty of work to be done on the training ground over the coming weeks, of course, while the addition of Bluebirds hero Mark Hudson will certainly come as a welcome boost to Morison's bid to get the most out of a group of players that has largely failed to meet expectations.
That said. There is certainly some room for improvement within this squad, although the rise of a promising batch of young talent has understandably been pushed as a meaningful cause for optimism amid the clouds of an otherwise hugely disappointing season.
The likes of Rubin Colwill, Mark Harris and Kieron Evans have already shown that they have a part to play in this squad over the coming months, but few would say that any of them are the finished article in the Championship.
Just ask Will Vaulks, who when asked about the changes under Morison, recently admitted that the squad perhaps needed an injection of experience to help complement Cardiff's emerging new generation.
"We are relying on young lads as it is and look where we are. At the moment, we are not in a great position," he said.
"We possibly need some more bodies in, in January, if that’s something the club are looking at, I don’t know. But, at the end of the day, they’ve got an opportunity and they are taking it."
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Morison, having worked with the club's young stars as under-23s boss, knows about the capabilities of these young players as well as anyone, but even he recognises that they may need the help of some fresh blood.
However, he insisted that huge investment wouldn't necessarily be needed.
"I wouldn’t say heavy recruitment," he said earlier this month.
"It just needs to be the right recruitment. Do you need players in all positions? No. Do you need players in certain positions to help the players? Yeah."
It's probably just as well given the financial picture painted by Mehmet Dalman shortly before McCarthy's dismissal.
"We have no money, let me be utterly clear about that," he told fans before the defeat to Middlesbrough. "We set out to bring the youngsters through, told Mick this and he embraced it.
"There will be no money to buy players in January, there will probably be no money to buy in the summer.
"We are in a transition period of trying to bring through younger blood, on a lower cost. It takes time."
With that in mind, many Cardiff fans are understandably preparing themselves for a lean January.
Indeed, one suspects that if any incomings are to arrive when the window re-opens, the club will surely be looking at the loan market, although even those deals are likely to come with some form of price tag.
Getting in a proven, experienced player at this level on a loan deal is also unlikely to be easy, with the loan market largely filled with promising young players unable to break into the first team at their parent club.
When it comes to exciting youngsters, Cardiff are reasonably well stocked.
Morison himself dropped something of a clue as to what might happen next shortly after his appointment.
"We head into the January transfer window where hopefully we can improve our squad slightly, whether that's bringing people back or getting new people in, whoever that might be," he said.
Josh Murphy, Ryan Wintle, Max Watters and Gavin Whyte were all shipped out on loan under predecessor McCarthy, but Morison may well feel they are deserving of a fresh opportunity.
Watters, who's in red-hot form for MK Dons, is a figure of particular interest to many Cardiff fans given the struggles of James Collins in challenging Kieffer Moore for a starting berth up front, and a recall could very much be one of the options considered.
With there clearly being little in the way of money to spend, any incomings in the upcoming window are highly likely to be names already familiar.
Of course, things could quickly change, particularly if an acceptable offer came in for one of the first-team stars.
Perhaps the most valuable asset in this Cardiff squad is striker Moore, who attracted interest from Wolves over the summer, but a move never materialised due to a disagreement over the player's valuation.
Cardiff were understood to have valued the Wales international in excess of £10m at the time, a move that was enough to put off any potential suitors.
The Bluebirds were in a strong position in the summer, and certainly don't have to sell this time around, with Moore's contract not due to expire until 2023.
However, given the lack of cash available, there may well be realisation that the striker's value may well never be bettered, while the player himself, who turns 30 next summer, may also feel that the time is right to try his luck at a higher level.
That's assuming Premier League interest is forthcoming, of course, which given his struggles for form this season is by no means a certainty.
Cardiff will be relaxed on things at the moment, but there's still a chance that they may need to make a big decision on the former Wigan man's future.
Big decisions will also need to be made on Sean Morrison, Joe Ralls, Marlon Pack, Vaulks, Aden Flint and Alex Smithies, all of whom are out of contact at the end of the season.
There's a case for all of them to be offered a new deal, but at the same there's every chance that one or two of those names will be shown the door.
Isaac Vassell, given this injury struggles, is also likely to be on his way when his deal ends at the end of the season, but a clearer picture on City's out-of-contract stars is likely to be a big part of the narrative in the capital over the next couple of months.
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