Socceroo Rhys Williams still believes Middlesbrough can gain promotion back to the Premiership despite the club’s recent slide down the table.The 21-year-old Australian was part of Burnley's successful promotion campaign late last season and claims Boro can emulate their example.
"My experience from last season at Burnley is that if you go on a run then anything can happen. Burnley didn't have the best of starts because they didn't win any of the first four games," Williams said.
"But this is a league where everyone drops points, and Burnley showed that if you go on a run, you keep climbing the table. They lost only two of the last 17 games and earned promotion on the back of it."
Boro started this campaign brightly but have struggled in the midst of a change of manager having not won in their last five in the league.
Williams added: "We know that things haven't been going our way.
"The gaffer has told us that we get nervous when we go into the lead, and that's what happened again on Saturday (a 2-2 draw at Peterborough). But we know what we need to do if we are to improve, and that's the big thing.
"If we can concentrate for 90 minutes and shut teams out, then we can get back to where we were at the start of the season when we were smashing teams.
"Then we can think about going on a run."
Middlesbrough go to fifth-placed QPR on Saturday in the Championship.
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