The battle for play-off places will be ongoing until the final day of the Championship campaign, Town skipper Luke Chambers believes.

He said: “I think it will go right down to the wire. We’re playing catch-up at the minute, two points off, but that could all change come Saturday evening.

“We’re just happy the way we’re going and if we can sneak in right at the end of it, all the better. I don’t think we want to be coming in on a Monday with nothing to play for. We want to make it last as long as we can.”

Town travel to take on Blackburn on Saturday and will return north for Tuesday’s visit to Huddersfield, with Chambers targeting a maximum haul of six points.

He added: “I don’t look past six points. If we want to get in the play-offs we’ve got to go for six points. What would I take now? I don’t really know because we’ll have to see how the other results go.

“But we want to be going up to Blackburn, giving a good account of ourselves and coming home with three points, ready for Tuesday night at Huddersfield.”

Chambers also praised the Town supporters, who have been following the team away from home in increasing numbers recently and are set to be out in force at both Ewood Park and the John Smith’s Stadium over the next few days.

He said: “The fans have been brilliant ever since I came here. In fact they were probably more patient when we were down the bottom last season than they are now.

“It was amazing the amount we took down to Yeovil, which isn’t exactly round the corner, and then Brighton, where our fans out-sang theirs.

“It’s phenomenal commitment from them to go all that way to watch us. It’s the same at Portman Road with them really getting behind us and playing their part.

“In the Forest game last week we weren’t at our best in the first half. We had a bigger crowd and they were probably expecting us to win the game. But that’s how the Brighton fans were feeling — they had their biggest crowd of the season when we went down there.

“They were on a good run of form and were expected to brush us aside to get into the play-offs, but it didn’t work out that way and it was a bit like that when we took on Forest after we had beaten both Brighton and Derby.

“When we came out after half-time against Forest and the whistle went to start the second half it was one of the best atmospheres I’d experienced in my entire career. The fans were brilliant, we came out flying and it can only help when we have that relationship with each other.”

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tractorboyupnorth added 08:14 - Apr 4 Well said Chambo, we all know what this club is more than capable of when we work together, sadly I can't be at Blackburn but will be at Huddersfield on Tuesday nigh to take my place as part of the twelfth man and I can't wait! COYB
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Blue041273 added 08:39 - Apr 4 While there no easy games in this league, we do seem to have a relatively easy final run in. Of course that in itself might be a problem. Blackburn would appear to be the hardest game left and if we get anything out of this one we will be in a good place for the rest of the fixture programme. On this Friday, a top six finish is definitely possible. At least we are in a position where we can dream.

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essextractorboy93 added 11:00 - Apr 4 Going both Blackburn and Huddersfield and can't wait. Fans have been impressive all season. COYB!
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boysinblue added 13:09 - Apr 4 Blue04... we've still got to play Burnley! Reckon we could beat them too though! Anythings possible, and I'm expecting a sea of Blue at Wembley come the end of the season.
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Blue041273 added 13:55 - Apr 4 Yes Boysinblue. Good point. Although I too fancy our chances if we get a run of steam going in the next couple of games. Burnley may have secured promotion by then and we might just catch them on a good day for us. Despite the ifs and buts it's good to be able to think, nay believe, we have a chance.
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