After a cagey opening against a Blackburn side who occupied third position prior to the match, Carlton Morris scored his sixth goal of the campaign and Reece Burke followed up 10 minutes later to solidify the lead, which proved a challenge too far for the away side.

“It was a wonderful performance, especially second half,” Jones said post-match. “We haven’t actually scored in the second half at home so we really put a big emphasis on it, they’ve had to come back from midweek where we weren’t great but we still should have won the game.

“They had to cope with quite a lot but today we were magnificent. Second half we were aggressive, we pressed, we looked a threat, and we should have had more.

"Jordan Clark passed it to Cauley when he should have shot, Cauley had a volley and we had real good opportunities to have made it more, so it was a wonderful performance.”

The boss made five changes following the midweek draw against Coventry City and he was played with what all offered, including the returning Burke who made his mark with a stunning strike.

“They were wonderful today. Dan Potts came back from a tough night the other night and was excellent, really superb and he’s playing through injury, so it shows the character that he has.

“Cauley Woodrow has had to bide his time and was excellent in terms of everything he does and then for me Reece Burke had a wonderful game but Carlton Morris – what a performance from a centre-forward.

He did everything – held it up, got his goal, comes in, works hard and he’s hungry. That is what we build on, anyone in our group that isn’t hungry, it shows and that is why we paid a lot of money for him.”