Middlesbrough's early revival in form under Michael Carrick feels like "turning round the QE2" ocean liner, says head of football Kieran Scott.
Former England, West Ham and Manchester United midfielder Carrick was appointed as successor to Chris Wilder, joining with Boro a point above the drop zone.
Carrick has engineered three wins from five since for Boro, who are now 14th in the Championship table.
"The initial vision was to stop the rot," Scott told BBC Radio Tees.
"We'd started poorly [before Carrick's arrival], any Middlesbrough fan would say, we expected better so that was the initial impact which was needed - which has been done.