Nicky Butt: “Until we brought a few of the loan lads in, we were quite a small squad.
“When it is small, you tend to speak to each other a lot more – you do not have any little cliques.
“You speak a lot more as a whole, and that is what we have been doing.”
“There are no problems. You can see that on the pitch – we all like each other and are working hard for each other. It is good nice to have that.
“The results have been going great for us, especially at St James’ and hopefully that continues against Boro.
“We should not lose another game there.
“There will be difficult games away from home, and we might slip up once or twice, but we are confident of winning wherever we go at the minute.”
“We are going really well. We have a massive advantage on our hands. We will keep ticking the games off, and if it means a draw away from home then so be it.”