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It's been another great week for the club. Not only has the recent run lifted the players and staff of the football club, but also the fans.

Everyone has changed their view about us going down and now they're all talking about how we've now got a great chance of staying in the Premier League.

The fans have played a massive part in it all. the atmosphere in the Liverpool game a couple of weeks ago was unbelievable. We're all in it together and I think everyone has pulled their weight to help us get out of it.

I still don't think the FA Cup is a priority this season in the grand scheme of things. But this game against Sheffield Wednesday is a massive chance for the club.

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The cup isn't a priority - but this is still a great chance

People always label the cup as a distraction, saying things about each round and the replays, saying we don't need them. But to me it gives the manager a few extra games and the chance to try new things to know what he's got. So, in a roundabout way it is a help.

One of the best things to have come out of the cup run is that it's given some of the younger members of the squad a chance to shine.

Connor Roberts has done particularly well and has made a solid impact on the first team.

We shouldn't be afraid to blood the youngsters. Don't forget we brought through the likes of Ben Davies, who is probably in a similar mould to Connor, who will surely be looking at the end of the season and the start of next season as an ideal chance to nail down a starting place in the first team.

The redemption of Jordan Ayew.

Jordan's been unbelievable recently. His confidence in taking people on and getting in the right areas is allowing him to create chances and, crucially, score goals.

He's been the star since Carlos came in and he clearly excites many of the fans watching the games.

Obviously he's playing alongside his brother too, which is a rather interesting point for both of them. Playing in the Premier League is always a a massive achievement, so the arrival of Andre will surely only spur Jordan on, and that will surely have a positive impact on both of them.

It will be nice to see them both firing, because they can both cause problems going forward.

We don't need the backing from the pundits

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Mark Lawrenson has tipped us to still go down this week, despite the upturn in fortunes.

I saw a stat on Twitter about his predictions and just laughed.

In seven of his predictions he hasn't had us down to score in any of the games, so you look at think there's something wrong there or that maybe he doesn't like us.

But then again, I don't think it will have too much of an impact. As a player, I was never bothered what people on the outside were saying or predicting.

No one knows what's going to happen and Lawro's proof of that, putting forward seven guesses that are wrong.

To be fair, if you looked at the Arsenal and Liverpool games, I wouldn't have expected us to get anything from them. I wouldn't start worrying about things like that at all.

If you thought about it as a player, you'd be worrying during every game.

It's football. Every man has their own opinions.