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  4. Browne, Hughes, Smith and Taylor up for January award

    (L-R) Alan Browne of Middlesbrough, Charlie Hughes of Hull City, Sam Smith of Wrexham, Caleb Taylor of Millwall.Getty Images

    (left to right) Alan Browne of Middlesbrough, Charlie Hughes of Hull City, Sam Smith of Wrexham, Caleb Taylor of Millwall

    Alan Browne, Charlie Hughes, Sam Smith and Caleb Taylor are the nominees for January's Championship player of the month award.

    Browne has come back into favour under Kim Hellberg at Middlesbrough and has been deployed at right wing-back as well as in central midfield.

    The 30-year-old Republic of Ireland international helped Boro to five wins in January, scoring in the 4-0 home wins over Southampton and Preston and scoring one and assisting the other in a 2-1 win at Stoke.

    Hughes was part of a Hull City side that enjoyed a fine month, with four wins in five matches and just three goals conceded.

    The 22-year-old centre-back also headed what turned out to be the winner in a 2-1 victory at Southampton, his first goal of the campaign.

    Smith took his chance at Wrexham, replacing the injured Kieffer Moore, with the 27-year-old forward scoring in all four of his starts in January to help the Red Dragons to 13 points from six games to move into the play-off places.

    Taylor impressed at the back for Millwall, who claimed 11 points from their six games with Taylor helping ensure three clean sheets and also weighing-in with goals in wins against Swansea and Charlton and two assists too.

    The winner will be announced on Friday, 13 February.

  5. Clement, Eustace, Hellberg & Parkinson up for manager award

    (L-R) Philippe Clement of Norwich, John Eustace of Derby, Kim Hellberg of Middlesbrough and Phil Parkinson of Wrexham.Getty Images

    The nominees for January's Championship Manager of the Month award have been announced.

    Philippe Clement guided Norwich to four wins from six games last month to pull clear of the relegation zone, winning on the road at QPR, Wrexham and West Brom and toppling then-leaders Coventry at Carrow Road.

    John Eustace also picked up 12 points with Derby, starting the year with a home win over Middlesbrough and collecting three away wins, culminating in a 5-0 thumping of Bristol City.

    Kim Hellberg's Middlesbrough earned five wins from their six fixtures, scoring 14 goals, with 4-0 home wins over Preston and Southampton and a 1-0 success against in-form Norwich to round off the month.

    Phil Parkinson led Wrexham to 13 points from their six games to move into the play-off places, their four wins included a 2-1 success at Derby and a dramatic 3-2 victory at QPR.

    The winner will be announced on Friday.

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  11. 🎧 'Middlesbrough are Championship's best team'

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    Millwall midfielder Massimo Luongo says Middlesbrough are the best team in the Championship this season.

    Boro are two points clear of Coventry at the top - having wiped out the Sky Blues' 10-point lead - following their 2-1 win at Sheffield United on Monday night.

    "Honestly… patterns, running, detail, everything is top," Luongo told BBC's Football Daily 72+ podcast.

    "It's so good to watch. I put it on the other night and it was nice to watch. OK, you're full of confidence, you're top of the league but everything is sticking, they're running hard.

    "You've got people overlapping, under-lapping, full-backs coming into the middle of the pitch. They are the best team I've seen this season."

    Luongo described Boro's trip to Coventry on Monday as a "heavyweight" clash between the Championship's top two.

    "Coventry rely on their goalscoring and they can, they can score goals," he added. "But I think Middlesbrough have a tougher chin."

    Ex-Crystal Palace, Watford and Reading winger Jobi McAnuff also praised Boro boss Kim Hellberg for making his team "outstanding and really good to watch".

    "Coventry have to be really careful because what has been the big problem for them of late is too much space in behind," he said.

    You can follow live text coverage of Coventry v Middlesbrough on the BBC Sport website on Monday, 16 February (kick-off 20:00 GMT).

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  25. 'Six straight wins and top - what's not to enjoy?'

    Middlesbrough midfielder Riley McGree says it is great to go top of the Championship after the 2-1 win at Sheffield United - but knows there is a lot of football still to play.

    McGree netted a vital second goal for Boro at Bramall Lane on Monday night to help make it six league wins in a row and send them two points clear at the summit, wiping out Coventry's once 10-point lead.

    "We're winning games, we're playing well, what's not to enjoy?" McGree told BBC Radio Tees. "Especially the camaraderie we have as players and staff too.

    "It's the best place to be at this point in time [top of the league]. It's nowhere near done yet. We need to consistently keep performing and we have every intention of doing so."

    Boro travel to Coventry in their next game for a perfectly-timed encounter between the top two sides in the division and McGree says they will approach it like any other match.

    "We're in form, aren't we? We're six from six, but you need to respect everyone in the Championship, whoever you come up against," the Australia international said.

    "And I think we will continue to prepare like we always do and go out there and try to continue the run we're on."

    Kim Hellberg's side came out on top against the Blades in what McGree described as "a basketball game at times".

    "At times it is controlled chaos, but there is definitely a method to it," the 27-year-old added.

    "We train for these moments, we train for the output that we're going to have in games and I think it paid credit to that."