Chris Wilder responds to potential final day drama for Middlesbrough

It’s still all to play for in the Championship as we head into the final week of the campaign. Middlesbrough are currently on the outside looking in to the top six as things stand – and even though other results can impact the side, Chris Wilder has claimed to the Yorkshire Post that he isn’t interested in other fixtures.

Boro have been desperate for a top six spot all season and even brought in Wilder halfway through the campaign to help them get it. They were sat in midtable, neither threatened by relegation nor looking like promotion contenders, under Neil Warnock.

The experienced manager then decided to step aside and almost instantly he was replaced by Chris Wilder, who has steered them up towards the play-offs.

Despite having games in hand on other clubs around them heading into April though, the side have now slipped into seventh – and even a win this weekend might not be enough to get them into the play-off spots. Luton are ahead of them in sixth on 72 points – and it means that even if Boro pull off a big victory, it might not matter.

The Blades too in fifth can be caught but that comes down to goal difference. The results of all three games then will define whether or not Boro end up in the top six or not come the final whistle.

Chris Wilder though, who is experienced in promotion from the second tier having led Sheffield United out of the Championship previously, has rubbished claims he will be keeping an eye on the other scorelines though. Instead, Wilder has told the Yorkshire Post that the focus is purely on his own game.

Wilder is experienced and has been here before and therefore knows what it takes to get the job done – and he won’t be feeling the pressure or checking the scores of any other games it