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Championship verdict: Garry Monk takes step forward at Birmingham as Benik Afobe impresses for Wolves

Following another busy weekend of Championship action, Sportsmail's AMITAI WINEHOUSE selects his highlights...

SHOCK OF THE WEEK

Garry Monk started the season trying to take Middlesbrough up out of the Championship.

He ends the campaign battling to keep Birmingham in it.

Monk took an impressive first step with a 3-0 win over Hull on Saturday, the St Andrew’s side’s first win since February 3.

‘We are not perfect, it needs a lot more work. But this should give the players that smell or sight of doing it and what we can do when we are fully at it as a team,’ he said.