Newport have given fans hope - Fuchs

Christian Fuchs feels Newport County's performance in the 2-2 draw with Barrow will have given fans hope that the club can preserve their League Two status this season.

The Exiles twice surrendered the lead against the Bluebirds, but ultimately claimed their first point since Fuchs was named as Dave Hughes' successor at Rodney Parade.

"We wanted to get the fans on board right away. How they have supported the team was incredible," said Fuchs.

"They have been suffering as much as we did over quite a stretch now.

"We created some sort of hope amongst everybody, especially with the team, they (fans) have seen what they are capable of doing.

"The starting point was today and now we'll move forward."

Newport remain at the bottom of the League Two table and are five points adrift of safety having played 18 league matches this season.

But former Austria international Fuchs feels his side showed plenty of encouraging signs against Barrow following their 3-0 loss to Oldham Athletic in his first match as manager a week earlier.

"We made a lot of improvements compared to the weekend before," Fuchs added.

"The boys took everything at heart and played good football in my eyes.

"What you've seen today was a team that has good quality and is brave on the ball.

"It's just the beginning, we've worked together for just one week. In my eyes, it's a massive improvement.

"We'll keep working and address what the issues were and how we can be defensively better, but overall, a top performance from the boys."