DAVID Hopkin has stressed that “everybody’s job is on the line” at City right now – and that includes his backroom staff.

The Scot retained coaches Greg Abbott and Martin Drury when he took over from Michael Collins last month.

He was happy to maintain the continuity behind the scenes but is threatening to review that situation if results don’t pick up.

Hopkin said: “The longer things go, it’s something I need to look at.

“Nothing’s changing. We’re getting the same results and I need more out of everybody.

“I got that at Livingston where I was successful. We’d had everybody pulling in one direction.

“These are things that I need to push forward and make sure that we are all in it together.

“Over the coming weeks, we’ll see if everyone is. I don’t want to be where we are just now.

“Everybody’s job is on the line now.”

Hopkin gradually changed the fortunes at Livingston from a struggling club to one who clinched back-to-back promotions. But he admits he won’t have the same amount of time at Valley Parade.

“At Livingston I was in the same position and it took me two years to change it,” he added. “It’s a different mentality.

“This is a fantastic club. I told the players and staff in no uncertain terms that they don’t realise how big a club this is.

“You should be glad to be here. I worked for 10 years at lower level coaching and managing to get a job like this - I ain’t letting it go easy.”

The approaching home games against Rochdale on Saturday and Coventry next Tuesday give City a chance to pull themselves out of the League One relegation zone.

Hopkin is desperate to jolt the club out of their current malaise.

He said: “We’re at the stage where we need to do something to change.

“Fans are seeing the same stuff, I’m seeing the same stuff.

“My ego is not that big that I won’t change things.

“I’m working until 10.30-11pm every day to get the recruitment right and make sure we’re ahead of the game in January.

“That’s no disrespect to the players, we just need help.

“I just think everything that’s done at the club is too similar. It’s a difficult one to get off.

“We need to get the right culture. We seem to get it one week and then it disappears the following one.”