'It's time' - David Prutton throws down gauntlet to Leeds United player and rubbishes Whites rumblings

I know that might sound condescending to Leeds fans but it was never going to go all your own way. Looking back at the last three games since Christmas, at Preston I thought Leeds were out of sorts and Illan Meslier was quite rightly sent off.

Regardless of whether you think incidents like that are soft or whatever, it's just a red card. There are no two ways about that and it seemingly came from nothing. It wasn't like he got barged into. There was the briefest hint of a bit of contact and the next minute he's slapping their centre forward which is never going to go down well with the referee.

As for the West Brom game, West Brom are a good team and Carlos Corberan is a good coach. There was that kind of possibly toothless nature which was again put to bed in the Birmingham game. I don't know whether that's a misnomer that one or a bit of a red herring because Birmingham aren't very good at the moment so Leeds should be beating teams such as that.

In saying that, Leeds have been good at taking points from the teams that are around them and above them which is a good sign. There's no essence of being a flat-track bully. But those other games that are the real bread and butter of promotion, ie Preston, Coventry and Rotherham are the ones that you really need to put to bed. I don't think the win against Birmingham sways any doubt at such. I think it alleviates a bit of frustration off the back of what Christmas was.

But if there were any rumblings from fans of ‘Farke out’ or anything then I would say that is rubbish really because he knows how to get a team promoted and it was only a month ago that he was being hailed for what he was doing on the touchline. To get carried away from that point of view smacks of a bit of short-sightedness I think.

Looking at the table, I think the second spot is still attainable. I'm not really sure about first spot given what Leicester are doing which in theory Leicester should do. There were not many catastrophic ins and outs for them and they've got a very, very good squad.

If Leeds end up just behind Leicester at the end of the season then you get the feeling that would possibly lead to promotion but it's just obviously getting there at this moment in time. The debate surrounding Ipswich is over performance or that kind of momentum that they've got hitting a bit of a glitch. Time will tell with that. They've been wonderful so far but Leeds showed they are equal if not better in that thumping win against them at Elland Road.

I think the second spot is absolutely still up for grabs and I wouldn't completely box off the first spot. But realistically now there are ten points between Leicester in first place and Ipswich in second and 13 between Leicester and Southampton in third place. The second spot is well up for grabs but as for the top spot, if Leicester go through the gears which it appears that they are, then they are going to be very tough to catch.

The away form with Leeds is definitely something that needs to be looked at. Championships are not won and promotion isn't attained purely by your home form and if you are not winning away then make sure you don't lose.That sounds like an obvious thing to say but that's literally what it is, that slow and steady nature of trying to get two points per game over the course of a home and away season which absolutely applies.