Gary Brazil's tough baptism as caretaker manager continued on Saturday with a 5-2 defeat at Queens Park Rangers although the margin of victory flattered the hosts as they netted three times in the final six minutes.
"At 2-2 and with 15 minutes to go, I thought we looked the side more likely to get the third goal," said Brazil afterwards.
The focus of the final four games of the season has now changed to generating some sort of momentum for incoming boss Stuart Pearce when he takes over in the summer.
Easter provides two games that provide a good chance to end the Reds long winless run as they entertain Birmingham City on Saturday and then travel to Leeds United on Bank Holiday Monday.
Then it is fixtures against two sides still very much in the hunt for a play-off place with a trip to Bournemouth and the season finale against Brighton at the City Ground.