WE'LL be aiming to get back to winning ways on Saturday and I reckon we need at least 12 more victories if we are to clinch promotion.

It's going to be a hard game against Burnley.

They're one of those teams who know exactly what they're doing.

They will come here with a gameplan and we have to be ready for that.

We're still top of the table and I don't see any reason to panic after Tuesday's defeat at Preston.

It will be nice to be back at home after two away games.

I might get some sleep for a start!

Martin Albrechtsen is my room-mate these days for away matches.

He's quite quiet and watches his movies.

But sometimes when I'm trying to sleep he makes a right racket from drinking out of plastic bottles.

I've told him about 20 million times but it doesn't make any difference!

He's a good lad really so I haven't got much to complain about.

I did room with Pele and Zolly so I guess you could say I sleep around a bit!

On the pitch, it's been a mixed few days on the road.

Peterborough were really fired up for our FA Cup fourth-round clash on Saturday but we played to our strengths on the day and they didn't really have an answer.

The game was pretty much over after we scored two early goals and they struggled to make many chances.

On Tuesday, we conceded two bad goals from set pieces but we were also a little bit unlucky.

We had more than enough chances to win convincingly.

But it wasn't our day and it was really frustrating.

A lot of teams really focus on set-pieces.

In my Stoke days, we trained 20 minutes trying to score from set-pieces and then 20 minutes keeping set-pieces out.

A lot of teams will do that because they know that's their best chance of scoring.

We haven't conceded many more than any of the other top sides so we must be doing something right.

It's frustrating to concede from set-pieces of course and we'll keep working on it.

We did today in training and had a good chat about it.

We can't stop believing in ourselves because then the moans and groans start and it will be difficult.

If we keep believing in what we do we should be all right.

It's a boost that we've also got a chance of getting through to the FA Cup quarter-finals if we beat Coventry at the Ricoh Arena in the next round.

It's a dangerous draw because everyone will expect us to win.

We have to go for it - simple as that.

I'm sure it will be a good game for the fans and being a derby will make it even more exciting.

At the moment though, the only colours in my head have nothing to do with sky blue.

My eyes are hurting a bit because this morning I was blinded by Pele's yellow and green underpants.

They're unbelievable!

It was quite a shock to see them first thing in the morning.

If you're not awake, they certainly wake you up! 

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