He told the club's official website: "We're enjoying some good performances at the back, and we're at a stage where Emmerson Boyce, (Paul) Scharner and myself are all comfortable playing with each other and forming different partnerships.
"We want to hit that magical 40-point mark, that's really important to us. It's fortunate that teams below us keep getting beat so we'll make sure we get back to winning ways soon.
"Unfortunately we've lost our last two games now and we want to get another game underway to rectify that. We'll have to work hard in training and focus on getting three points at Sunderland."
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