Emerton targets top-six spot

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Last updated: 27th October 2008

Emerton targets top-six spot

Emerton: Optimistic

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Blackburn star Brett Emerton has revealed the club are hoping to achieve a top-six finish this season.

Rovers have made an encouraging start under new boss Paul Ince and currently sit in 11th spot in the table.

Ince's men travel to Aston Villa on Wednesday night and Emerton believes they can take positives from their last-gasp draw with Middlesbrough into the clash at Villa Park.

"Obviously after the weekend we felt we should have possibly won the game, we didn't take our chances, but in the end got a deserved equaliser," Emerton told Sky Sports News.

"We will pick ourselves up and take positives from the game and take them into the game against Villa on Wednesday.

"Going forward, even in the game on Saturday against Boro, we were quite good and created numerous chances and just didn't find the back of the net, but that is football.

"I think we still have a lot of positives from the game and like I say, hopefully if we play as well as we did on Saturday against Villa, we can get a result there."

Emerton believes they have enough quality in their squad to achieve a top-six finish this term.

"I think when we first set out we were aiming for a top-six finish, as we did in the last couple of seasons, and I think we have the ability within the side to achieve that.

"So hopefully if things go well we can get there."