It really all comes down to Frank Lampard and Coventry City.
One game, in their own hands, and they will be in the play-offs. They could have made it easier for themselves by winning at Luton last week, but a late defeat after battles with 10 players meant it wasn't.
“It was a tough game and it was disappointing,” Lampard tells Sky Sports. “But it's normal to feel low after such a defeat.
“But it leaves us in a similar position. We have one competition to give everything. We have not been in the top six the entire season, we came in 17th place.
“If you had offered us this a while ago, we would have absolutely taken it. You would never win, win, win the season.
“But now we just have to take another step and see if we can perform.”
The last day experience is that a Lampard has had a few times before. His last spell in the championship with Derby County saw that they needed a result to make the play-offs that they reached.
“That experience at Derby is a good thing to have,” he recalls. “I don't remember the details that much, but I remember the feeling and the delight when you get there.
“I had comparable in Chelsea where we had to win on the last day to make the Champions League, and we did that.
“There will be a lot of emotion, but as a club's manager you are the one who has to try to stay as cool as possible.”
A man who knows how to stay cool will be his opponent in the Dugout on Saturday – Middlesbrough -Baas Michael Carrick.
The two, it is safe to say, go back a long, long way. From young people in West Ham to opponents in the Premier League for years – fighting for titles, meeting in a Champions League -final – and teammates with England.
The respect runs deep.
“We came from West Ham together,” says Lampard. “I was a few years older than him, but I have had a real bond with him for a long time.
“As a teammate or as an opponent, he always wore himself with great respect. He was a great boy on the field and always played the game in the right way.
“He had so much quality and was always such a difficult opponent at Man Utd, and always very calm as a teammate with England.
“I have enormous respect for ex-players who have really, really great careers, such as Michael's, who are going to work hard as a coach.
“Many people on the outside do not know the context of the work. Everyone comments on your role, and that comes with the territory, but Michael holds his head down and does great work.
“I saw him on vacation a few years ago and we also spent quite some time together. He is always great company.”
There will undoubtedly be a lot of mutual respect in the structure, but as soon as the game starts, it will be business time.
“It's a big game and we both have a lot of driving,” says Lampard. “But at the same time I always respect Michael for the way he carries himself. He is really a Lord.
“I think Middlesbrough plays in a similar way like us. They have a number of really good attacking options and good quality in their team. So we have to prepare for that.
“They also have everything to fight for, so we will have to respect them. But we also need faith in ourselves. If we can continue the home we have shown, it gives us a good opportunity.”
Coventry is in a strange position where they have risen remarkably under Lampard to reach the play-offs, but it will probably still be seen as a failure if they now miss on the top six.
They were 17th in the table on their way to Christmas, so to be even in their own hands to go into the last day, must be considered a great success.
However, Lampard says that what happens on Saturday, he will be proud of his players and what they have done this season.
“The players must believe and they have to understand what they have done this year,” he says.
“We have achieved a lot since we have worked together, and I say that a lot to them, even after we have lost a game.
“They have been brilliant in terms of how they apply themselves. There is a real humility in the group, but they must believe in themselves and ensure that whatever happens on Saturday, they do not leave the field with some regret.
“Many things can happen in a football match. But as long as they give everything, I will be very, very proud of it, regardless of the result, because I think they have taken a long way this season.”
Lampard will certainly hope that they can go one step further and that the season will not end on Saturday.
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