To be able to draw on WIlshere in the Championship is just a cheat code A goal and assist today.

BBC correspondent has us dominating. Much improved over the last 15. Sucker blow time?

Bournemouth and Bristol City losing, with Boro drawing. Whisper it quietly, but a win would see us in the playoffs as it stands.

Went down as an OG too.

Interesting to see the comments of our new recruits upon signing: The ambition of the club (Credit has to be given to Mowbray here, he does talk a good game) Recent history and status (I feel we still have kudos from being one of the few clubs to win the Premier League) Facilities and youth system It may well be the line they have been fed, but it does bode well re: the direction of the club. The trust we have developed with the big teams re: their players is also a big plus. It is such a pity that Mowbray cannot produce the results on the pitch as he has been doing off the pitch. He may well be suited to a Director of Football role. I don't think it will happen, but Mowbray has taken the club in a much better direction than previous managers and it is the results that have been lacking. As things are, the next few weeks will prove whether this is another false dawn or we genuinely could challenge. Let's hope it is the latter.

How unpredictable is this league? Watford were 1-0 up at home against QPR, having won 10 of 13 at home, and contrived to lost 2-1 in the last 15 mins. Whisper it quietly, though we felt the same way at the end of the last window and no doubt this is where our nosebleed occurs, but surely we're not going to get a better opportunity to make the top 6.

Coincidental that everyone form 3rd to 11th are playing each other (8 teams today. All drawing too, except us.

Team for Saturday (though no point second guessing Tony!) Walton Nyambe Tosin Williams/Mulgrew Bell Travis Downing Samuel Buckley JRC/Rothwell Arma Mulgrew possibly instead of Williams (if he is even fit). I understand his issues defensively, but set pieces were dire today. So desperately need creativity, and Swansea are not the bruising side Stoke are. Johnson was pretty poor today anyway.

Bottom 3 all winning too... Everyone from Reading in 16th in significant danger now. Really hope Wigan can stay up.

What a disappointment. Looking at it with rose-tinted glassed, Swansea and Milwall lost in the fight for 5th/6th. Because that is the group we are working with, considering our limitations. Leeds, Forest and Fulham (maybe Brentford) are probably a level above. We just have to hope we can break the glass ceiling, somehow get in and somehow beat them in the playoffs.

Games for tomorrow.... 1. Fulham - Swansea 2. Milwall - Birmingham 3. Middlesbrough - Leeds We would obviously prefer Boro and Big Club to win. Thoughts on Fulham - Swansea? Best is probably a draw, but if not, leaning towards a Fulham win.

I know his signings have been very hit and miss, and there have been times when I would have advocated the sack for him. However, I would say that he has built a team that is greater that the sum of it's parts and a great spirit. We shouldn't always jump on his back as standard over a poor result, especially in a league as unpredictable as the championship.* *No doubt I'll be calling for him to go if we lose tomorrow.

As you mentioned, the difference should be that we are at home.

I say this with hesitation, but with the form and quality of the teams around us, I think it really is getting to the point where we are almost favourites for the sixth spot. I would say Forest, Fulham and Brentford are probably significantly better than us individually and of a similar level collectively. I do feel we have the measure of Bristol City, Preston, Cardiff and Milwall. The only club I do fear slightly are Swansea. A victory against them on Saturday would go a long way to allaying that.

Watkins again

Forest winning at Cardiff. In a way, I do feel this isn't too bad. Forest winning keeps the pressure on Leeds, and if (a big if, I know) we put a run together, 2nd isn't completely out of the question.

2-0 Luton...a familiar scoreline for Brentford! Could not be going better at the moment. Here's hoping!

Very interesting to read the fan comments on that article...absolutely mirrors our situation (except he doesn't like wingers anymore!) 'Goodbye and good luck to a thoroughly decent man, but an awfully incompetent manager. I could spend the rest of the day chatting about how crap the team has been. We have more talent individually than we did last year, but not a single scrap of organization to build it. Not to mention the lopsided nature of the squad - 45 wingers, 275 strikers and just two vaguely-defensive midfielders, one of whom can't tackle and the other of whom can't pass.' Even the last sentence, prior to Travis coming through, reminds me of our travails with Smallwood and Evans forever.

I do feel we will get enough points over the next three games to stay in the hunt, 6 to 7 would be good. If we don't, Brentford away could well be the death knell to this year's promotion campaign.

Buckley with a bright start.

We can't be too downhearted. Wigan have drawn 4 of their last 6, against good teams in us, West Brom, Huddersfield and Millwall. They are almost like us in that they have lost to poor teams in Luton and Reading.

Hindsight is a great thing but 7 changes were too many. Really missed Tosin Need to find a space for Holtby in the team, even if Dack's injury is not too bad Johnson should have been in from the start

With 6 of the top 7 playing each other next week, and Preston away to Cardiff, we could well be in the playoffs IF we win against Wigan. Not counting our chickens though, as it's the typical game where we slip up. Our thoughts on whether we prefer West Brom and Leeds to beat Fulham and Brentford as playoffs are our best hope, or vice versa in the faint hope of automatic promotion?

Three wins on the trot starting just as we were finishing that horror run of the top 5 in a run of 6 games. We're possibly not at the level of the very top teams but, provided the right teams are picked and we remain injury free, I don't see why we can't possibly aim for a 5th/6th place finish.

At least the right noises are coming out from him http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_3011562,00.html