NEWPORT County AFC have lost two games on the spin, but it is now imperative a blip isn’t allowed to become a crisis.

It’s never going to be viewed in a good light when you lose back-to-back contests 4-0 and 3-0, whatever the circumstances and it is little surprise that County fans are currently feeling as glum as a person who has just been informed they have to host Katie Hopkins and Perez Hilton for dinner.

However, there is definitely cause for a little perspective here, because the Exiles are still exceeding all expectations this term.

The number of us who would’ve predicted being in the promotion race at the start of the campaign would have been a small one and not even the ultimate optimists would have stuck by their assessment after three games when the Exiles were rock bottom of the table with no points.

Want to do your bit to help the club through this period? I’d argue the best course of action for Newport fans is to be a little less pessimistic and a little more pragmatic.

It’s with a double-thick tin hat that I ever broach the subject of online opinion, because every time I do so I get hammered on the County messageboard even though 99% of the time my references are to the comments on the Argus website.

Our website provides as good an online snapshot of the eclectic views of Newport fans as any other and the reaction to Saturday’s defeat was predictably all over the place.

Justin Edinburgh appears to be getting a particular amount of stick at the moment for the fact Sky Bet still have him as the favourite for the Gillingham job, but it was only last week the Argus were being told off for “inventing,” the link in the first place by several online snipers.

I think the truth is that if Edinburgh had no interest whatsoever in a job that is closer to home, pays more and is in a division higher, there would be something wrong. A manager with no ambition is no manager at all.

However, it appears County’s boss has decided he’d regret not completing the task of trying to capitalise on Newport’s fine first half to the season and his desire to be loyal to the Exiles until the right offer comes along is to be applauded.

Edinburgh has done an incredible job with County and if he could get them into the League Two play-off spots, his stock would rightly rise even further.

However, there are some on our website who think differently, opining that Newport need a manager who is here for the long haul, who will never want to move on.

Where would you find such a candidate?

A manager who has no interest in managing at the highest level possible isn’t worth having, in my estimation and unless Spytty the Dog takes the role, it’s unlikely Newport could ever find a manager for life. Tim Harris was as close as you’ll ever come in his director of football role and even he departed.

Edinburgh has been incredibly loyal to Newport, he’s the ninth longest serving manager in the English game and he is absolutely the right man to help the Exiles bounce back from this blip.

He’s going to get the backing to add to his squad and can definitely get some of his out of form players – Andy Sandell, Ryan Jackson, Adam Chapman, Lee Minshull and his strikers – back to form.

We are talking about proven commodities in League Two with the majority of the Exiles’ players who have had a little dip and they can get back to their best with a little patience.

This has been the most enjoyable season I’ve had covering County, the standard of football, the spirit among the players – who we deal with on a weekly basis, so is important to a journalist – and the results all combining to make for a very exciting campaign to date.

I fully appreciate that pessimism is part of a football supporters’ DNA and that’s never truer than with a club who went out of business, but we need to curb our instincts to moan and assume the worst at the moment, because it truly is a case of 'Crisis? What crisis?'

County expect their manager and coaching staff to pen new deals this week, are chasing signings before the end of the transfer window and appear keen to add clarity to their off-field plans in the with rumours swirling about possible board room additions.

It’s the best time in over 30-years to support the amber army and we mustn’t lose sight of that in the wake of a couple of poor results and some unwelcome speculation.

You’re stronger when you’re together.