Danny Cipriani is hoping his crucial cameo role in Sale's 34-33 Heineken Cup win over Cardiff will earn him a regular start in the side.
"His attacking flair has never been in question, but he had three great kicks for field position and he made his tackles when he needed to, and that was just as important."
After making their worst-ever start to a Premiership campaign, Redpath admitted this nerve-tingling victory came as a "huge relief".
"We've been on the wrong end of these results," he said. "We created two great chances in the first 25 minutes but in the next 15 minutes we conceded three soft tries, and suddenly we're thinking deja vu.
Mindset
"I said to the players at half-time we were staring down the barrel of a gun. We had to go out with the right mindset to win the game.
"It's been a tough six weeks. We've taken a lot of flak, quite rightly so in many ways, but hopefully we can turn the corner. The next two games are huge for us."
Cardiff's defeat - their second in the competition by a point after going down 27-26 at Edgeley Park three years ago - was tough on winger Alex Cuthbert, who scored a first-half hat-trick of tries, and full-back Leigh Halfpenny, who kicked seven goals from as many attempts, including two penalties from inside his own half.
They were also forced to play all but the first five minutes without Wales captain and flanker Sam Warburton, who was sent to hospital after medical staff were unable to put a dislocated finger back in place.
However, director of rugby Phil Davies managed to draw positives from the loss. "It's a bit frustrating but overall it was more like the performance we're looking for as a team," said Davies, whose side went into the game on the back of consecutive defeats in the RaboDirect PRO12.
"The platform up front was pretty good and with the ball in hand in the first half we were pretty clinical. We just weren't consistent enough, particularly in the last quarter of an hour.
"There are lots for us to take away - the bonus point plus the way we played. It's a young team and I thought today they came of age a bit and performed really well away from home.
"After the dust has settled, this will give us confidence. I thought we went up a level today."
