Charlton boss Chris Powell feels his side could need more than 50 points to guarantee their Championship surival this season.
The Addicks are currently on 43 points, eight clear of the relegation zone, ahead of Saturday's home game against Burnley.
"Everyone talks about 50 points but I think it will be a bit more this year because of the nature of the league," said Powell.
"It's very tight and the players know what they need to do over our last 12 games.
"Just look at the week Leicester have had. They lost to us, drew away at Blackpool and beat Blackburn, who have been on a terrific run.
"It's just up and down for everyone and it can be tough for supporters as well as players.
"You feel 'my team is in a good place' and then you don't win for five or six games and everyone asks 'what's going on?' Then you can win again. It's very up and down."
The Bees gave their survival hopes a huge boost on Tuesday as goals from Jake Hyde and player-boss Edgar Davids secured a valuable three points.
Byrne said: "It was a very scrappy game but we dug in and got the three points which is exactly what we wanted.
"We have played well recently but against Southend we also showed that we can win ugly when we have to.
"Earlier on in the season we would not have come away from that kind game with a win but now we are grinding out results.
"That has allowed us to progress up the table and the more points we pick up, the more teams get dragged into trouble.
"We have to take each game as it comes so right now we are focused on what is a massive game on Saturday against Plymouth Argyle.
"Hopefully we can build on a good win and get another three points."
Only four points separate the top seven clubs, with the Blades currently lying in second place, one point behind leaders Doncaster and one better off than third-place Tranmere.
"The fact that there have been three leaders of the division in the space of a week suggests things will continue to change at the top," Wilson told a press conference ahead of Saturday's game at Oldham.
"Our aim remains to stay in the shake-up and, obviously, we want to keep our heads above our rivals if possible.
"I think it could all go down to the wire and we have to make sure we are ready to fight all the way to the end.
"On Tuesday only Doncaster won in the top six; this weekend everyone could go and win - that's how things seem to go in this league.
"It's a funny situation that develops in a football season. When things look to be plain sailing you drop points and all of a sudden you're in the pack again."
The Railwaymen drew a blank during Tuesday's disappointing 3-0 reverse at Hartlepool and Saturday's League One clash with Torquay could see a recall for top scorer Mathias Pogba, along with highly-rated youngster Max Clayton.
"We didn't create enough chances and didn't get in behind them enough," Davis told his club's official website. "We have tried different players in different positions and in different systems to make us more of a threat.
"At Hartlepool we were slow to get bodies in the box and have those forwards with a real desire to get in there and get a goal.
"The forward players have to realise that they are in the team to score goals and create chances. They aren't going to get many if they are not in the box and having shots.
"There was a whole host of things to look at after Hartlepool and making us more of threat in the final third is one of them."
The 25-year-old Frenchman has been sidelined since December 10 by a hamstring injury, and has seen proposed comeback dates come and go with his manager having pencilled in last Sunday's Premier League clash with Southampton and this weekend's trip to Swansea, only to find the player was not ready to return.
A disappointed Pardew on Thursday revealed that Ben Arfa is still short of match fitness and prescribed a diet of good old-fashioned hard work.
He said: "I have to say his conditioning has disappointed me this week, and we will be working hard in the next few days to get him up to speed because he lacks a bit of fitness, for sure.
"I just think it's something we need to push him on at. His upper body strength is there, but we want to work on his general fitness. I think that needs to improve."
Doe is currently in his fifth season with the Daggers, making him the longest-serving member in the club's squad, and has featured in all of their 35 league games to date this term.
His current deal was due to expire at the end of this campaign but he has agreed a new two-year arrangement.
Interim manager Wayne Burnett said: "I am delighted Scott wants to stay and be a part of what we are doing here.
"With him signing the new deal it shows the football club are keen to retain the service of our key players. Scott has had a great season so far and I am looking forward to working with him further."
Mark Dingwall, a RST board member, does not believe Scottish football can now start the healing process, even though an SPL-appointed independent commission decided against stripping the 54-time Scottish champions of titles.
Oldco Rangers were found guilty by Lord Nimmo Smith's commission of failing to inform the league body of side letters relating to Employment Benefit Trust payments that were issued to dozens of first-team players.
But the commission concluded Rangers did not gain any sporting advantage and settled for a ?250,000 fine, most if not all of which is irrecoverable given that the company is in liquidation.
And Dingwall claimed that the findings proved the inquiry had been a "complete waste of time".
He said: "The fans have been vindicated, and there's now no question of the SPL stripping our titles.
"I'm saddened that everybody has been put through this vindictive process. It's particularly tragic that at the end of this, the fine has been levied against the oldco when the deadline for claims against the oldco has long since passed.
"So around ?350,000 in legal fees has been completely wasted by a wild goose chase.
"I'm told by people at the club that is the figure that has already been spent by the SPL's lawyers, Harper Macleod, during the build-up to the case as well as the cost of hiring Lord Nimmo Smith and the two QCs for the commission enquiries."
The SPL were unable to confirm how much money had been spent on the year-long investigation.
Newco Rangers chief executive Charles Green, whose club were unaffected by today's outcome, declared it time to move on after the verdict but Dingwall believes that will prove difficult.
He said: "There is a cloud of vindictiveness and mistrust that been created over the last year or so against Rangers and I think that will probably last a lifetime and poison the atmosphere.
"But Rangers fans have been vindicated in their stance and I believe that Scottish football will suffer as a result of this for years to come. It's done nothing but damage Scottish football as a whole."
And the fans' representative argued SPL chief executive Neil Doncaster's position was untenable.
He said: "It's been disastrous for the SPL in particular and Neil Doncaster now has no alternative but to resign.
"He has presided over this but has not acted like a chief executive should have done. He didn't control the process and has ended up with an absolute unmitigated disaster.
"It's cost his member clubs around ?350,000 in legal fees and it's tipped Scottish football into a mad dash for reconstruction purely to stave off financial disaster for many clubs.
"All that could have been avoided if he had been stronger. He should now do the honourable thing and go."
Spurs moved up into the third place in the Premier League after Gareth Bale's superb stoppage-time goal secured a hard-fought 3-2 win at West Ham on Monday night.
However, should Arsenal - who are unbeaten in five league matches, winning three in a row - secure victory on enemy territory this weekend, the gap would be reduced to just one point as the race for Champions League qualification hots up.
It has been some 18 years since Spurs last finished above the Gunners in the league, and Diaby - hopeful of recovering from a calf problem to be fit for Sunday - is all too aware of just what this match means for everyone involved.
"We all look forward to these big games because they are not only important to us, but to the club and the fans. It is more than a game," Diaby told Arsenal Player.
"The atmosphere around the game means we all want to win, so that makes it very exciting. That is why I think there are so many goals."
Diaby feels Arsenal can use their 5-2 victory over a 10-man Spurs at the Emirates Stadium earlier this season as leverage when the battle lines are drawn again at White Hart Lane this weekend.
"It will be difficult because they play at their ground and have the crowd supporting them, but we just have to deal with that," the France international added.
"Of course [we have a psychological edge] because from the last game against them we took some lessons and we know them well.
"We know how to deal with them."
However, just how Arsenal will go about trying to shackle the threat of Bale remains to be seen.
Right-back Bacary Sagna was on Thursday ruled out by Arsene Wenger with his ankle problem, so Carl Jenkinson could again be asked to step in.
Wenger, though, is hopefully Diaby will be available to add a physical presence to the Gunners midfield.
"It is a question of days. He will have tests and then we will see if we can use him on Sunday or not. It is a 50:50, actually maybe a bit more for him playing," Wenger said.
Arsenal, meanwhile, on Wednesday confirmed they would honour former striker Dennis Bergkamp with a statue outside the Emirates Stadium.
Holland international Bergkamp, 43, scored 120 goals for the Gunners as he helped spearhead Wenger's team to unprecedented domestic success as part of the Invincibles' unbeaten Premier League season of 2003-04.
"He deserves that statue," said Wenger.
"I am very happy for Dennis that he gets it. He has what we want to have at the club: dedication, huge desire to win, and a touch of class as well.
"Every single supporter who thinks about Dennis, speaks about class.
"He was completely dedicated to the club. Every day, until the last day of his career, he had the complete 100% focus on every movement he made.
"I believe he had what you need to have if you want to be recognised - print your name in the spirit of people with elegance and class.
"Dennis had efficiency, but he added that kind of elegance that makes people admire you.
"He had something more, and that is very difficult to have when you are a football player."
