WE'VE got to forget all about Monday's game.
 
And it will be a massive help being backed by our biggest away following of the season at the Ricoh Arena on Saturday.

Coventry is a big game for us to focus on and it's a local derby to boot.

We know we'll have at least 6,000 Baggies fans there getting right behind us, as they always do.

We have to go there and play like we did at Burnley, when we started really brightly.

Our fans have been fantastic all year and they will make a lot of noise at that one end of the Sky Blues' stadium.

They have travelled everywhere and shown their true colours in style.

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Taking that number of fans to Coventry shows the great support we have and that they are willing us to where we want to get.

This club deserves to be in the Premiership because of the fans we have.

We now need to go and do it on the pitch on Saturday.

As with quite a few of the lads, this will be the first time I've played at the Ricoh Arena.

It looks like a fantastic stadium and the pitch looks amazing.

I'm looking forward to playing there.

Iain Dowie is a fantastic manager.

He always has his sides well organised so I'm sure they'll work hard for each other and it will be a difficult game for us.

 

Today (Thursday) we're keeping our fingers crossed Macca's appeal against his very harsh Turf Moor red card is upheld at the FA hearing.

The lads were pretty down after the Burnley game because we were comfortably winning 2-1 before he was sent off and had a great chance of getting three points.

I think the majority of the players were gobsmacked with the red card.

Macca only had eyes for the ball and there was an unfortunate clash of heads with James O'Connor.

I was concerned about Jimmy's welfare at the time and I'm delighted to hear he's out of hospital.

But, having seen the replays as well now, I felt it was a poor decision.

Their first goal was also offside.

We knew Burnley were going to get it up to their two big frontmen early on and we dealt with it when we had 11 men.

After Macca was sent off, we still wanted to get the victory and it was frustrating when they scored the winner three minutes from time.

I also felt a bit sorry for Pezzer that things conspired against us during his comeback game.

It was like he hadn't been away up until the sending off.

He's an exceptional defender and a great player to play with positionally.

It's great to have Chris back because his experience could be crucial at this vital stage.

Three of the lads - Curtis Davies, Diomansy Kamara and Jason Koumas - were named in the Championship Team of the Year this week and I won the West Bromwich Albion Disabled Supporters' Club Player-of-the-Year trophy, which I was delighted about.

But these awards won't mean anything to the players or fans if we don't win promotion back to the Premiership.

That's the most important thing. We just need to keep performing as a team and get results.

We're hoping we also get a few decisions go our way in our final two games because Coventry and Barnsley are not going to be easy fixtures.