We've closed the gap to sixth from 13 to 11 points. Still no chance of getting to the playoffs, but the good news is that we're now completely out of the pack at danger of relegation and are comfortably competing with the mid-table sides who are actually chasing an outside shot of a playoff place - our actual position hasn't changed because we've been keeping pace with the people above us, rather than those below us. With our form noticeably ticking upwards we should start to see a move up in places too. A couple more solid wins (and we should really be beating both Burton and Wigan in the next couple of weeks), and we could be on the edge of breaking into the top ten, we're only six points off it as it stands.
EDIT: I don't know about anyone else, but for me it's starting to feel a lot like our first season back in the Championship under KJ in terms of momentum. The difference is that that year our form recovered before Christmas, not after, so we had enough time to catch up, goal difference notwithstanding. We realistically need another 40 points from our last 18 games, and that's just not going to happen this year, sadly. But after being in the cautiously optimistic camp about Lambert, I'm now completely sold. Can't imagine how angry Norwich fans must be.
