Blackpool are one of the surprise packages in the Championship this season and this week I examine whether they can stay the distance in the promotion race.
I also give my views on the appointment of Gus Poyet at Brighton and Kevin Dillon at Aldershot, as well as the departure of Darren Ferguson from Peterborough and the future of Gillingham striker Simeon Jackson.
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Having been a long-suffering exiled Blackpool fan it is great to see the club where they used to be in the 1970s - at the top end of the Championship.
Do you think they will be able to maintain this current run of form and make the playoffs? Regardless of how they end up it must give encouragement to all small clubs that despite lacking a huge fan base and the income that generates they can punch above their weight. Stephen Bradshaw, Australia
Absolutely - what Blackpool are doing must be inspiring to many other clubs. I also think Blackpool fans realise their club are overachieving and do not expect this sort of form all the time.
Can Blackpool stay where they are? They can if they maintain their current level of performance. I remember one season at Millwall when we had some good players but quite a small squad. It meant that there was a huge importance placed on eight or nine players, who turned out every week and played to pretty much the maximum of their ability. We finished third that season but it really does not happen very often.
The following season we lost our opening game 6-0. I think there was a feeling that we needed some help, a few new faces to freshen up the squad.
Holloway has done a sensational job at Blackpool so far
There is certainly nothing lucky about Blackpool's position of fifth in the Championship table. After five games you might be top by virtue of a few lucky breaks but certainly not by this stage of the season. They are playing some good football - scoring goals going forward but with a fairly solid defence behind the attacking players.
However, it will not be easy for Blackpool to stay in the top six. A lot will depend on whether people can stay free of injury and maintain their level of performance consistently.
You never know, they might be having one of those rare seasons in which everything is working out for them. Good luck to them.
Ian Holloway is a fantastic bloke and apart from one bad year at Leicester he has proved that he is a very good manager. He had quite a lot of money at the Foxes and will probably be disappointed with how it turned out there. But at Blackpool, like the QPR and Plymouth teams he managed, he will be working to a modest budget and he seems to be able to thrive on that sort of challenge.
Blackpool and Holloway look perfect for each other at the moment.
What do you think of the appointment of Gus Poyet and Mauricio Taricco at Brighton? Do you think they can take us to the Championship by the time the new stadium is ready in 2011? Joseph Westwood, England
It is very difficult to answer whether Poyet will work out at Brighton - quite simply because he has not been a manager before.
I'm not saying it will or won't work out for him - but what I do know is that he is in a great position. It is an absolutely fantastic time to take over at what I think is a very, very good club.
Watch Poyet's Brighton win his first game in charge at Southampton
There is a relatively new chairman at Brighton and the new stadium at Falmer is finally being built. The timing of Poyet's move into management is ultra-important and he has got that spot on by taking over at Brighton.
Brighton have an excellent catchment area and I really think that potentially they could really take off in the near future. When they move to the new stadium it will be a great place to play football.
I wasn't particularly surprised that Brighton choose to appoint somebody like Poyet. Micky Adams and Russell Slade both had a spell as manager but it did not work out for them.
The Seagulls have now opted for somebody with everything to prove and I am in favour of that. I want to see new people being given a chance.
Poyet always comes across as bubbly and enthusiastic - and that is the behaviour of a typical number two, not a manager. It will be interesting to see whether he makes the transition.
Steve, Peterborough have sacked Darren Ferguson, a move I find quite amazing. Darren brought in a lot of quality players from the lower leagues and put together a side that took Peterborough from an average League Two side to the championship via back-to-back promotions. Surely, the board must have understood that at some point they were going to go through a rough patch? The Championship is a very strong league and to ditch Darren at the first sign of trouble after all that work seems to me to be totally ruthless and disloyal? Rod Marsh, UK
Let's be honest. This is not about football, it is about a clash between Ferguson and the people who control the transfer budget.
Ferguson had been given decent money to spend over the previous couple of seasons but unfortunately that was no longer forthcoming. Peterborough have hit a brick wall and Darren obviously wanted to spend again but the club do not have it.
There has been a difference of opinion. After winning back-to-back promotions, Ferguson would not have been sacked after 16 games of the current season even if Posh are bottom of the Championship table.
I thought Ferguson did a good job at the club. OK, he had funds at his disposal but he still had to buy wisely, which he clearly did. One thing I would say is that it is easier to manage at the level you have played at and he spent most of his career in the bottom two divisions.
Peterborough have appointed Mark Cooper as successor to Ferguson. He did well at Tamworth and Kettering and is making a big step up.
However, as I mentioned when talking about Poyet at Brighton, I want to see new people being given a chance in League management. I don't want to see the same old tired faces who fail and fail over and over again.
Cooper is probably used to working within budgetary constraints and he is less of a gamble than appointing Poyet at Brighton because at least he has proved he can manage.
My side Gillingham have been struggling recently after a good start to the season. We're going to lose Simeon Jackson to a Championship/Premier League side in January. Do you think that without Jackson, we'll be playing in League Two next season? Chris Rainbow, UK
No team is about one player but it is not going to make life any easier for the Gills if he does leave the club. If you lose your goalscorer, the player everyone is looking at to win you games, then you have a problem.
It would be a shame if Jackson does leave. I'm not sure that he should move at this stage as I reckon it would be a good idea for him to remain at Gillingham for another 6-12 months.
He is still a little bit raw, although he is learning how to use the pace and strength that he has.
Jackson is willing to come short or he will go over the top and he has an eye for goal. He might be a touch naive but you certainly cannot pigeonhole him as just one type of striker.
Steve, how do you think Kevin Dillon will fare in his new job at Aldershot? Rob, England
I think that he will be alright. He has inherited a decent squad and his task is to keep their decent form so far this season going.
The Shots are one of my former clubs and I think it is a super place to start your management career. They are well run and seem to know what they are about.
I was actually Kevin's boot boy when he was at Portsmouth. I know him quite well and think he is a good lad.
He is in his first managerial role after quite some time as number two to Steve Coppell at Reading.
As with Poyet at Brighton, it will take time to work out whether Dillon has it in him to succeed as a manager.
I would need to see the shape and balance of the sides that he puts out. If he has that right then you have a big clue that he knows what he is doing. A poor tactical manager will ruin the very best team.
Another big thing is the character of the players that he signs. It is more important for them to be 7.5 out of 10 every week as oppose to five one week and 9.5 the next. A successful manager will buy players who turn up every week.
Steve Claridge is a BBC Football League pundit who played more than 800 matches for 15 clubs over the course of a 24-year playing career. He was talking to Paul Fletcher.
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