Luke Chambers has no doubt that Town will pull clear of relegation trouble and be playing in the Championship again next season.

The central defender, who faced a similar struggle for survival with previous club Nottingham Forest last season, declared: “I’m 100 per cent confident.

“I think we have some tremendous players at the club and I think we have shown since the manager came in that we can be a very decent team in this division.

“It’s just about taking our chances when they come and at certain times in the game, if you manage to get a chance to go 2-0 up, I think that kills the game for us.

“While it’s 1-0 there is always a chance that teams can get back into it. We need to be a little bit savvier and a little bit stronger in our approach to set pieces.

“We conceded from one at Blackburn last week and that was very, very disappointing in a game we felt we should have definitely got something from.”

Chambers has urged his team-mates to pay as little attention as possible to the other teams locked in the scramble for safety.

He added: “If you want to get caught up in what’s happening around us — other teams winning and looking at the table — you can. But we’ve got enough quality in our dressing room.

“We shouldn’t have any problems getting ourselves out of the trouble we are in. I think we just need to keep focusing and keep doing what we’ve been doing since the manager came in, and I’m sure we will be alright.”

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chunkymunky added 08:53 - Feb 15 It's a sad sign of the times for our 'once great football club' that we see avoiding relegation and staying in this division as an achievement!
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BillBlue added 10:22 - Feb 15 Agreed!
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Kesgraveblue57 added 11:14 - Feb 15 You are so right chunkymunky
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forensic_bloo added 11:45 - Feb 15 I seem to have heard this a few times this season from different players, stretching back now several months. And yet here we still are!
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MVBlue added 12:27 - Feb 15 Chambers with 4 press stories today on twtd. His turn to quote? Cone on lets push on.
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Strikes added 12:54 - Feb 15 I trust Mick Mc to pull us out of the doldrums
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Wickets added 15:18 - Feb 15 I would much prefer players to do their talking on the pitch particularly when we are in the postion we are.
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chippyblue added 17:03 - Feb 15 I wish players wouldn't come out with things like this !! do your talking on the field !!!
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