Some excellent posts.
On home form alone there is very little between the top 4 teams, the big difference SO FAR is the away form of the top 4.
Coventry certainly have championship winning away form with 70% of the available points.
Nottingham and Belfast are hovering around the 50% mark.
Cardiff are around 26% which has SO FAR damaged our championship aspirations.
Coventry certainly have an advantage at this stage but there is a long way to go.
We have gained 3 wins out of 5 (5 out of 7 including cup) against Coventry including wins at the Skydome.
We have 3 more games against Coventry, so the possibility of seriously narrowing their advantage is in our own destiny.
Coventry notoriously have a late season stumble and if things start to get tighter at the top, there is every possibility of another team pipping them at the post.
As mentioned Cardiff's away form needs to improve to improve our chances of getting in the mix at season end and I believe we have the opportunity to create the platform now.
Our next 5 away games are against the 4 teams with the worst home records. THIS is our opportunity to significantly improve our away form and transform our belief that we can win consistently away from home.
We also need to continue our excellent home form.
Though this will not be easy, it is certainly within our capabilities, our own destiny and within reason within our own control.
By the time we meet at Coventry on 18 Feb, we will have the opportunity to seriously narrow the gap on the top 2 teams.
The pressure will have increased on them and the momentum will have been gathered by us, they have everything to lose - we have everything to gain.
By the time of Stoney's testimonial we could seriously be in the challenge cup final and within 6 points of the top team with 9 games left.
It's a tough ask, but this is very possible. It certainly needs belief, confidence, composure, focus and determination.
With those in mind now we have to bring it down to playing one game at a time, one period, one shift at a time and playing in the moment.
We can only be in control of the game we are playing, what other teams do to each other may be to our benefit or not.