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"Credit where credit is due," he added. "The proof of the pudding was putting out a team that would test the squad that passed the test. This is my squad now and I am proud of the way the players have responded.
"These are games people question the changes you make and whether you are taking the game seriously. We made nine changes, but we have a strong squad and that wasn't a reserve side. The players out there produced the football that suggests we have got a strong squad."
Only Clarke Carlisle and Wade Elliott remained from the team that beat Leicester three days earlier and Laws added: "It was always going to be a tough game and a battle at times, but the players that came in did well and it was a professional job done.
"Even going a goal down, which I thought was suspect, we showed resilience and came back well and fully deserved it in the end. At times we opened them up and eventually we got that break we needed.
"At times it wasn't pretty and we had to mix it. That's what happens in this competition, but once we got the goal from Chris Eagles it sparked the recovery and I thought in the second half we started to show the football I know we are capable of.
"We took control of the game and all in all it was a really pleasing night. Winning games breeds confidence and we have a little momentum going. Let's home that goes on for a long time."