Last Updated: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:31
Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson is looking for the club to launch a bid for promotion following the arrivals of new players.
The chairman now wants to see Boro push on and fight their way back into the scrap for a place at the top table following the arrival of seven new players at the Riverside.
He told the Evening Gazette: "I'm pleased with the progress we made in January.
"It's been a very busy time for everybody at the club.
"We decided that we needed to change from a technically based side to one which was based mainly on hard work, in order to give ourselves a better chance of getting out of this league.
"It needed a huge effort from everybody throughout the month to make things happen, and Gordon Strachan was instrumental in identifying players who wanted to come here.
"Keith Lamb has got through a lot of work to bring them here.
"We're pleased with what we have got and hopefully we will be good enough to put a run of results together."