TROLL WITH THE PUNCHES

Pratley urges Charlton pals to stay away from Twitter if they don’t want to lose heart

as you are not going to find nice things when you’re down the bottom.

“You can’t go on the internet for 24 hours looking for praise.

“We’re in a dogfight and need to pick up points. It is a nine-game season now. We are all in this together and everyone is still fighting.”

Charlton’s main attacking hope Lyle

Taylor (top) showed his despair at the end of a drepressing game that Boro won thanks to Paddy Mcnair’s 17thminute goal (below).

Athletic improved in the second half but Jonathan Woodgate’s Boro side held on to record their first victory in 13 games, a run that stretched back to New Year’s Day.

Despite that, Addicks boss Lee Bowyer thinks his old Leeds teammate’s side are still very much relegation contenders.

However, Mcnair reckons Middlesbrough can at last set their sights higher after a tricky couple of months. He said: “A bit of momentum goes a long way and we hope this can be a turning point and we can start moving upwards. We knew that if we kept playing well it would turn. “We have drawn far too many games and if we could have turned those draws into wins then we’d have been a lot higher up the table.

“Where we are in the table doesn’t reflect how we have played in some games and I don’t think it’s a true position. It is massive to move out of the relegation zone. No player likes being in there.

“We are creating a lot of chances and I feel like we are more solid at the back. We enjoy winning and we want this feeling next week, and the week after.“