Flying flanker Adam Reach believes Boro delivered a statement of intent after their five-goal frenzy at Millwall.
The 21-year-old was in fine form down Boro’s left as the Teessiders ran riot at the New Den.
Jelle Vossen opened his goalscoring account in the Boro red in stunning fashion with a first-half hat-trick, while Patrick Bamford and Kike Garcia were also on target.
Reach believes his side’s merciless display will have caught the attention of the Championship’s other promotion hopefuls.
“That win is going to bring a lot of confidence,” Reach told the club’s website.
“You know we’ve drawn the last few games which is disappointing, but we haven’t lost and if we keep putting in this effort and the team morale stays up then those draws will turn into wins.
“We’re climbing that table and I think the most important thing about Saturday’s win was the way we played. We didn’t rest on our laurels – we kept going and could’ve got six or more.
“We’ve sent out a big message by going to supposedly a hard place like the Den and turn them (Millwall) over like we did.
“I think it’s set us in great stead to play Derby on Saturday which is the big one.
“We’ll get a couple of days now to rest then we’ve got another important week to prepare and make sure we’re at 100% and I’m sure whatever team goes out there on Saturday will give their all to try and hopefully emulate last Saturday’s result.”
Reach himself has been in scintillating form for Aitor Karanka’s side this season, and his fine displays have kept summer recruit Yanic Wildschut on the fringes of the first-team squad.
And despite going into half-time at Millwall 4-0 up, Reach revealed Karanka was quick to urge his side to put that out of their mind and pursue even more goals.
“It probably could’ve been double figures and at half-time it could have been five or six, that’s what the manager said”, Reach added.
Adam Reach in action against Millwall
“He (Aitor Karanka) told us at half-time to go out in the second half and play as if it was 0-0 again and win the second half.
“Their goal came, but there was a good chance of that happening because they had nothing to lose and were throwing men forward but we replied instantly and that’s what we’re all about this season.
“Winning 5-1 away to Millwall has put a big message out to the other teams.”
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