Mark Robins has issued a big "thank you" to Coventry City's travelling fans for the way they responded at Peterborough United.
A near 2,000-strong Sky Blue Army backed the side from the first minute until the last at London Road, helping the team to an impressive 2-1 victory over The Posh to push them to within a point and place of key play-off rivals Doncaster Rovers who currently occupy sixth place in League One.
The City boss had been critical of some supporters following the Ricoh Arena defeat to Burton Albion recently when he felt protests from the terraces about the club's owners and on-going off-field concerns about he stadium affected the players' performance.
He said after the 2-1 home defeat to the Brewers: "I think that there's a frustration around the situation that then feeds from the terraces onto the pitch which we have got to guard against because it has an impact, it has a negative impact.
"Just stick together, just keep going.
It was a completely different story at Peterborough on Saturday where the football took centre stage and there were few, if any, protest chants as the majority focused on the game in hand.
Goals from Amadou Bakayoko and Bright Enobakhare either side of the break handed City the full three points and sparked an outstanding second half display that had the fans enjoying ever minute of their away day.
"They were brilliant, absolutely brilliant because they focused on the football and were cheering the players on and kept it away, all the stuff that's going on," said Robins , who said he remains hopeful that City's stadium issue gets sorted out.
"We hope that gets resolved and we have got to believe that's going to happen and keep going because we are pretty close (to the play-offs).
"But I can't thank them enough because I know that that is something that's very emotive for everyone and they have kept it away and concentrated on the football, and that was brilliant.
Robins and his squad galvanised the fans and forged a closer relationship between them following the club's success in the Checkatrade Trophy in 2017.
That built further during last season's memorable promotion campaign that climaxed with a superb play-off semi-final second leg at Notts County, followed by an emphatic victory and another big day out at Wembley in the final against Exeter City.
A number of new supporters' clubs have formed during that time and as a result of that success continue to build links with the players and fans with regular events and Q&A sessions organised to maintain that contact between Robins, his staff, squad and the fans.
And following the Burton Albion game, the City boss was keen to remind people about the club's motto that has served them so well over the last couple of years.
"Like I've said we have to stick together, we have to make sure that that's what happens," he said.
"We've got choices to make, as supporters and players, are we together or are we not?
"Because that's what we've spoken about all the way through.
"The motto is 'Rise Together,' not let's rise together when it suits.
"We all want easy lives, it'd be great for an easy life but it doesn't happen like that.
"What's going on off the field shouldn't have an impact on the field," he said, speaking after the Burton game.
"I know it's frustrating, it's frustrating for everybody but we have to stick together.
"People who come to the stadium should come to support the team and those that come to the stadium generally do support the team, but I don't want things shouted to the players from just behind us. They were shouting totally ridiculous things.
"Just support. At the end of the day let everyone deal with what's going on and don't let those frustrations seep over into the football.