I suspect people who were saying that were talking about the remainder of the season, not the relatively small sample you are using, from the start of the season to today we are still tracking over 2 ppg, and are the only team to do that.
I know it's Football League World who are mostly rubbish, but this is an interesting read.
also predicting 87 will be enough with Ipswich 3rd on 86
https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/the-exact-results-coventry-city-middlesbrough-remaining-efl-championship-fixtures-simulated-by-ai/
Yes, and we might drop to 3rd at some point, although I don't think we will, but if we do we are still very much in this and we have the kind of fixtures to enable us to come back.
And don't forget we dropped to second a couple of weeks ago.
Before we beat Preston at home last year we hadn't beaten them in 22 league games home or away dating back to 2007, and we had only beaten them twice in a league game this century having played 35 games against them in various divisions.
I don't believe in hoodoos as such but you can't deny many...
I think people are over thinking it at times, A blues win has got to be the best for us, and that doesn't mean Boro won't still take points off other autos rivals when they play them.