Fifth win in a row, close the gap over Wolves to 3 points, and remain 4 points clear of Villa. Third lowest crowd this season, second 16,000 crowd inside a calendar month.

There are at least 4,000 fans no longer attending, possibly more. Ticket prices are good, team are winning, fans like the manager - but crowds are much lower than expected.

Is it down to just a fickle fan base? If so, surely we'd start to see crowds moving up?

18 games of which only 4 have been above 20,000. 4 have been below 16,500 - 2 of which have come this month as we enter the final straight.

It is a problem, and it will be a bigger one if the club are still in the Championship (sans Premier League parachutes) next season. Thankfully, it looks like they will go up, possibly as the top team.

There has to be 22,000 plus against Birmingham on Saturday, surely?