Blackburn Rovers held a clear-the-air meeting after their defeat at Oxford United which helped sparked their comeback victory over Millwall.
Morale was at a season-low after a poor performance on Wednesday night as Rovers lost at the Kassam Stadium. Collecting only one point from two matches against relegation rivals was a major disappointment.
The logistical challenges of the week enabled Rovers to stay down South, training at Bisham Abbey before travelling to London to face Millwall.
That extra time together allowed for a dressing room discussion. Sean McLoughlin revealed the players gathered to discuss their issues and also spend more time together as a squad.
"Being in the hotel for four or five days, away from family, is long but we had a chance to have an honest chat after the game on Wednesday," he told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"We had a meeting on Thursday morning and spoke among ourselves, a few truths and I think that's the benefit of being down there together, you get the chance to do so.
"We always address the game afterwards and have conversations but being down there gave us a chance to have a proper meeting, spend time together.
"New staff have come in, there have been lots of games. We haven't had the chance to get to know each other as well as we'd like. It's been relentless. To have four, five days together has been a good thing.
"I think if you said we'd take three points from this trip, the last two games, we'd have taken it but maybe the other way around. It is another step forward to where we want to go."
Rovers then came from behind to beat Millwall with two goals in five minutes from Mathias Jorgensen. It's the first time they have won from behind away from home this term.
"It was a tough game; it's never easy here and they are flying as well, trying to get promoted," he said.
"Coming off the bad result that we had on Wednesday, we knew we needed to put things right. We were disappointed to go a goal down but we have come back before.
"We are very pleased to come back and get the win I felt we deserved. The goal we conceded was against the run of play, I thought we were the better side until then.
"We showed some character, going a goal behind, it's not an easy place to play or come back. We earned that bit of luck today."
Rovers now host Middlesbrough before the international break. Considering most of the team's best results have come against those above them in the league, this win will help boost confidence to achieve a similar feat.
"We weren't the worst team in the world on Wednesday and we're not the best team now," he insisted.
"We have to be consistent. We're going into a tough game against Middlesbrough but anyone can beat anyone in this league; Charlton showed that in midweek.
"We have to build our momentum, keep going. Confidence is massive in football and this will do us the world of good. We said at half-time, it was 0-0, but we felt that the first-half performance showed we can believe.
"The second half performance also showed we're good enough. Things have gone against us this season but we have to bounce back."
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