Three wins out of four for Blackburn Rovers, two out of two for the new boss and a local derby double for the season with a winner in the final minute of added-on time. Ewood Park feels like a different place all of a sudden.
Friday's 1-0 victory saw them move six points clear of the relegation places, and it's a firm 'over to you' to the other clubs down there this weekend.
As we get ever closer to the final dozen league games of the season, it's never going to be a given that the football on show is going to always be easy on the eye.
For long periods, Blackburn and Preston slogged it out for territory with largely defences on top. Two teams occupying similar systems trying to find that moment of quality that, in the end, took one of the last moments of the match to find.
The BBC match stats confirm that both goalkeepers made two saves each over the piece. But Rovers were certainly the more proactive after half-time. It was more a case of the final ball just not being quite right, which meant this game looked destined to be a goalless draw.
The winner was a flash of inspiration from a player who has had his fair share of stick this season. Yuki Ohashi is everything a football fan wants from a player. With a tireless work rate, chasing down lost causes, he's a real team player – but far too much has been expected of him this season due to issues with other strikers.
He had been running on empty for weeks after 21 successive league starts, leading the line for a side struggling to create much.
Three substitute appearances in the past four games look like it's helping to bring the freshness back. The way he took a couple of steps back, watching a high-hanging cross to guide a header into Dai Cornell's far corner, was the mark of a striker finding his touch again. It's only his third goal since early November, but such a crucial one.
Michael O'Neill has employed a 4-4-2 and a 3-5-2 in his first two games.
There doesn't seem to be an overcomplicated plan. He's selected players in arguably their best position and it's reaped rewards. He'll know his work is far from done, but watching them, it's pretty clear to me that Rovers have a nucleus of players that, if they stay fit, I think they'll have enough to be ok.
If they can choose Toth, Alebiosu, Carter, Cashin, Tronstad, Morishita and Gudjohnsen for all or the majority of the remaining games, that's enough quality to start with. Then they can worry about how many of that select group will be part of the plan going forward.
O'Neill is only in the hotseat until the season ends, but his first two matches back as a Championship manager must have whetted his appetite to make it a more permanent arrangement.