Tony Mowbray and his recruitment department deserve all the credit in the world after the last two transfer windows, writes Tom Schofield.

I don’t think many of us anticipated much business this January, but injuries obviously forced Mowbray’s hands and credit must go to the owners for trusting him with additional funds.

We seem to be coming the go to destination for the Premier Leagues brightest future stars and while these are short term solutions, they may bear promotion-winning fruit.

I am getting ahead of myself, but the point remains that being a destination for young talent is only going to aide us in our journey.

What is perhaps most satisfying is the research that has gone into these signings, it is a far cry from the position we found ourselves in when Mowbray first took over.

Mowbray would often buy players based on how well they’d played against him in the past, Bradley Dack was a perfect example. Of course, that has turned out brilliantly, but that method of recruitment is only going to take you so far.

The Rovers manager has overhauled the scouting network and him and his team deserve the plaudits that are rightly coming their way.

In this window we have also seen Rovers build for the future, the signing of Harry Pickering has been an inspired bit of business.

We are getting a quality player at a cutthroat price; I am just sad we won’t get to see him play in the blue and white halves this season.

Again, credit to the owners for trusting Mowbray with the funds to bring in players that are only going to improve this Rovers squad.

What this window does do though is raise expectations yet again, it must yield results or fans will get restless.

We had already started to see a split form in the fanbase of those that clamoured for change and those that were happy to stick with Mowbray for the rest of the season at least.

I was in the 'Mowbray In' group, but I concede that I was beginning to grow increasingly frustrated with results.

In fairness that talk has died down after a strong January which saw us pick up 10 points from a possible 12, leaving us in eighth and just three points off the play-offs.

Performance levels may not have been as high as they were earlier in the season, but we lost in some of those games.

I will take a scrappy 1-0 win against Luton or Middlesbrough over an attractively played 3-1 defeat to Watford.

It’s cliché, but this is a results business and if we are picking up three points then I am one happy Blackburn fan.