The Millers are back in pre-season training and Joseph and his Rotherham team-mates are keen to improve upon last season's creditable ninth placed finish in League Two – a finish which would have been higher but for a 10-point penalty imposed on the club in March for entering into administration.

Despite a similar threat hanging over the club at present, the ex-Hull and Peterborough man is positive the club is moving forward on the pitch, and insists that the players have their minds on more than consolidation this season.

"The players are obviously aware of the problems the club is facing, and that things away from the pitch are not as stable as they could be, but it doesn't affect us as a group really, and certainly doesn't affect how we perform.

"We can see that the playing side of things is moving forward, and that is all we're really concerned about – anything besides that is out of our hands.

"All the players are confident of having another good season, everyone has returned to pre-season fully focused on the task in hand, and we're all really looking forward to getting started."

Rotherham's financial difficulties have even led to the club being forced out of their historic Millmoor home, after new Millers owner Tony Stewart and Millmoor's landlord Ken Booth failed to reach a suitable agreement to allow the club to stay at the ground.

The club have since confirmed their temporary residence at Sheffield's Don Valley Stadium for at least the next three seasons, bringing an end to 101 years of Rotherham matches at the ground.

The club have even been threatened with a fine of £750,000 by the Football League if they do not move back to the town within the next four years.

Despite this enforced change of scenery and the continued air of uncertainty around the club, Joseph is backing the Millers' fans to create an atmosphere at their new Sheffield base to rival the club's previous home.

"It's sad to be leaving Millmoor, but I'm sure the fans will get behind the team even though we're not playing in Rotherham at the moment.

"The fans will have to play their part in making the new ground feel like home and in making it a difficult place to come to, and I'm sure they will do that.

"I haven't visited the new ground yet, but I'm told it's more of an athletics stadium than a dedicated football ground, but again, our focus is on the footballing side rather than the off the pitch side of things, and I'm sure it will be a good place to play."

The emphasis from Joseph is clearly that the primary concern for players and fans alike should be how the club is performing on the pitch, and the Leicester-born full-back is keen to replicate his own sparkling form of last season – form which saw him called into Antigua's national set-up for their two World Cup qualifiers against Cuba this June.