I felt in the summer that the appointment of Bilic at West Brom was an outstanding piece of business and looks like it will get them promoted just as they need it before the money stops. Last year they were hampered by the inexperience of Darren Moore then when they sacked him had no succession plan and left it to a caretaker. Learned from their error and got it spot on with Bilic. Leeds - pay the money for a quality manager and allow him to bring his staff and let him get on with it. Surely the end for Cook at Wigan though I half hope that they keep him until they come to Ewood on 23rd.

We'll be moving above Swansea today on GD if this continues. 5-1 now.

Credit to Mowbray where it is due. Whether by accident or design we have ended up with a side that looks balanced, organised and effective and the performances and results are significantly better than they were. I do laugh at the 'holier than thou' people out there who now we've won a few are taking great enjoyment in the 'I told you so' game. Portraying those who questioned Mowbray's position as fools, idiots etc. Let's get to the point. Anyone watching us play up to and including the Barnsley game this season quite rightly had serious concerns about what we were doing. Results were mediocre, the bottom 3 was in sight and we had the look of a disorganised rabble. As manager Mowbray quite rightly got stick for that and had his position questioned. Because it wasnt good enough. It goes to show now that this team is and was capable of much better than what we saw earlier this season. Our good form has repaired the damage of our nosedive culminating in the Preston defeat and we are back in the 'comfort' of midtable. A few good results from here before Xmas and the play-offs will be reachable. A couple of poor results and we could well be back down in 16th.

Swansea are pretty poor at home. So whilst it will be whipped up as mission impossible i think a result is there for the taking. I'd be happy with 2 points from 6 this week and delighted with 3 or more.

A good win, fully deserved. My only criticism would be that it wasn't more comfortable and that we allowed them to hang in there when really we should have been home and dry. We don't quite ever seem to be able to just get that 2nd goal and make it straightforward. Good to see some consistency both in selection and in performance. That must be maintained. For all Mowbray thinking he is clever with regular chopping and changing it is obvious that consistency wins. Long may the wins continue. The victories in recent weeks have repaired the damage of the period prior to that, the next batch of fixtures other than Bristol away are all against average/ struggling sides so a good opportunity.

Why should Macclesfield receive anything but the same as Bolton e.g. 5 points suspended for 6 months?

Whenever I've bought clothing from the shop that isnt made by Umbro or the kit manufacturer I've found it to be poor quality. Usually badly fitting and uncomfortable to wear and doesn't last.

Charlton in free fall

Promotion fever at Deepdale with 11,600 home fans on v rivals West Brom.

I want to get as far as possible in the competition and am more than happy to get through the first couple of rounds playing unattractive fixtures against sides below or alongside us in the tables. The closest we have been to Wembley in 2012-13 we had boring games against Bristol City and Derby, we then got the 'glamour' game at Arsenal, beat them but then fluffed it at the QF stage against Millwall.

Not great but Birmingham better than horror journeys to Reading, Cardiff, Swansea, Brighton, Bournemouth etc. It's easy to get to, usually well priced and winnable. Could be a lot worse.

Relieved at avoiding the dingles. A dull draw but winnable if we want it. Dont want to play the dingles unless or until we are in the same league as them.

We all know how this goes by now. He will be gone by the end of the summer at the very latest. Venkys won't pay the wages we will need to offer to persuade him to sign a new deal. I dont think anyone would deny the lad a move to a Premier League club to fulfil his career ambitions at his age. The problem is I don't think there will be many Premier League suitors and so we then get to the Championship ones. This is where clubs like Fulham and Stoke come in. Sides that may well be looking for a few signings to get them promoted in the next couple of years. It would be a sale to those sort of clubs that would be self destructive and show where the ambition is at. Simple solution- give him a good contract and promise not to stand in his way if a Premier League club comes in.

Fylde home or away looks good. In all honesty any game against lower division opposition is ok. Worst ones are the dingles or sides like Watford, Norwich, Brighton away.

But our poor attendances are to some significant extent, a direct result of the current owners and their operation of the club. So it becomes self fulfilling.

I'd be satisfied with a point to arrest our poor away form and continue some positive momentum after 3 home wins going into a decent fixture against Derby at Ewood. The worst that could happen is another defensive horror show and back to 2-3 goals against. We aren't that far ahead of Stoke especially if they beat us. I'll never accept going away for a point especially not to a side 2nd bottom of the division but I dont think a draw would be a bad result and would consider it a good weeks work if we got a hard fought point.

Apart from Wigan, both Sheffield clubs, Forest, Wolves, Birmingham, Leicester, Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth and Cardiff who all obtained foreign ownership despite being loss making 2nd or 3rd division clubs and not being London based. We can do better than Venkys.

The point is that the club knows or bloody well should know that if they don't reduce prices for this one then the crowd will be dreadful. That's the way it is going across this league with midweek televised matches regardless of ticket prices. I watched some of Millwall v Wigan on Tuesday and I reckon less than 7000 on. Reading looked to have about the same against Leeds. Clubs have to do something to address this. It isn't cynical to point this out. It will not attract a massive crowd because it is a tv night game. You could give tickets away for free and plenty won't bother due to it being the day before Xmas eve. Last minute shopping, doing stuff with the kids, travelling, finishing work for Xmas. The £10 offer might put a thousand or two on and see an extra thousand Wigan fans come but I think 15000 is optimistic. Hopefully I'll be wrong on that. The Birmingham one is a different kettle of fish. Afternoon match, not on tv, people looking for something to do. That could have been a 20,000 day if pushed and marketed. Big club may well have brought 4000 at a tenner.

Charlton taken over by an Abu Dhabi group. 'But nobody wants to buy struggling 2nd division clubs'

And yet it is still open. They havent given up and taken the easy option. They want to try and turn it around.

Burnley go with the same team whether they are playing Bournemouth or Man City and it tends to work for them. When they got out of this league they used the same players and system every week. We need an identity and consistency and the way to get that it to settle on a system and preferred XI.

Which is the John Lewis suite?

Arsenal and United two of the biggest guilty parties. Frequently thousands of empty seats especially in cup games yet announce full houses.

Fernhurst across the road. Brewers Fayre or whatever it is at Lower Darwen. 150,000 on the doorstep. Why did Fylde bother opening their restaurant and bar in a field on the outskirts of Kirkham?

See above. Its overpriced and rubbish. Put what people want on at a decent price and I might, though I don't live in the Blackburn conurbation so probably not.