After a wonderful performance at Sunderland last week the players deserved a better response.

It shows how big is the mountain still to be climbed to win back hearts and minds of people with a wide choice of alternative entertainment and a diminishing family income, but this is the season when it can be done.

The entertainment in the game against Brighton was marvellous value (as long as you didn't have a weak heart) and our football was polished and thrilling.

However, to fill empty seats, nothing short of an extended winning run in the league will do the job, and to achieve this we must stuff our chances into the net.

Without that end product, the most exciting play comes to nought, and there were some worrying moments on Saturday when forwards were too happy to keep the ball safe instead of trying the killer cross or snap shot at goal: It's a difficult margin to decide, because no-one wants to see the ball given away from a good position.

Loan striker Karl Hawley summed it up when, with goalkeeper Michel Kuipers stranded in mid penalty area, he spurned a first-time possibility of a narrow-angle shot into an unguarded net in the hope of getting a better vision, by which time the goalkeeper had covered back.

I hope we can keep Hawley for a lot longer, he's going to take a defence apart very soon.

The only thing we are missing up front is that instinctive pot for goal – our only player with it at the moment is Adebayo Akinfenwa.

He bagged a couple, somehow getting through two defenders for the first, then headed the second in the sixth minute of added time when, with most of us cursing defeat and packing our bags to go home, he put in Danny Jackman's corner to wipe the mocking sneers off Brighton's faces, and give us a point.

Someone sitting level for his early disallowed 'goal' tells me he was definitely not offside.

You can see why Bayo is a crowd pleaser, he lollops around like a beast ready for the knacker's yard, and then explodes into dynamic action with a mixture of enormous strength and delicate ball-play.

I don't know whether he frightens defenders or just lulls them into a sense of false security, but whatever it is, he makes them do the wrong thing.

Other players are getting back on track.

Colin Larkin had another good 60 minutes, and when he was replaced by Leon Constantine, he too continued his rehabilitation.

Putting someone the size of Jason Crowe in the middle of defence breaks all the rules, but no-one seems to have told him it's wrong, so he played it right.

Mark Little played a few wayward balls but he's still a great asset.

Loan players always vow allegience to their parent cub, and Little has done it this week, saying he wants Premier League football with Wolves, but as I always used to say when class-tutor to a group of 16-year olds, you must also have a 'Plan B'.

So, if you'd like Coca-Cola Championship football with us soon, Mr Little, stick us second on your wish-list!

Stuart Gray must be wondering about risking Chris Doig on Saturday – maybe another week off toward total fitness?

Abdul Osman and Liam Davis are really coming into form, and for those who doubt the quality of the squad, remember that we had Jackman and Giles Coke who could not get in the starting 11, while Ryan Gilligan didn't even make it onto the bench.

If you go a bit lower down the pecking order, young players like Alex Dyer must be wondering if they'll ever get another chance, the answer to which is 'yes'.

It's a long season and you will be needed!