Manager confident Boro can hit target
By Chris Dunlavy

FALSE DAWN: Middlesbrough’s Rudy Gestede, right, celebrates scoring the opener in the 2-0 win at Preston on New Year’s Day and, inset, Boro boss Jonathan Woodgate
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WHEN Middlesbrough beat Preston on New Year’s Day to secure a fourth straight victory, relegation was the last thing on Jonathan Woodgate’s mind.
Boro finished that weekend in 16th position, just seven points shy of a play-off place and a whopping ten clear of the drop zone.
“We needed those results...