Midfielder Jay Tabb insists that a top two place is still within the Blues’ grasp, despite Town’s indifferent form since the start of the year.
Mick McCarthy’s men have taken only 14 points from their 12 league games during 2015 up to now and have dropped to seventh in the table, five points away from the automatic promotion places and one off the top six, having been in the top six since November.
"There are still 30 points to play for and the top two is still within our grasp,” Tabb said after Saturday’s 1-1 home draw with Brentford.
"Finishing in the top two might need a slightly lower points tally than usual, but getting in top six might need a bit more [than in previous years]. It is going to go to the last game of the season for top two and top six.
"If we can go on another little run as we have before in the 10 games left then we are in with a great chance. It is crazy at the top, no one seems to want to win the league.
"We had a mini-blip but it is not like we lost a load on the run. It was good to get a point and if we can get a win against any of the top teams we have coming up then it will more than make up for dropping these two points.
"Teams are dropping points because it is nervy trying to get to the Premiership with everything that’s at stake.
"Everyone down to us and even Wolves are still looking at the top two, which is crazy really because in previous years teams have run away with it.”
The 31-year-old felt the Blues put in their best display for a few games and that it was important not to fall to another defeat having just lost back to back league matches for the first time this season.
"After losing two games on the bounce it was good to stop the mini-rot and get a point,” he added. "We are only five points off the top and that was the best we have played for a while.
"Daryl took his goal very well, it was a poacher’s goal and he has not got many of them this season, they are usually crackers.
"He might have fancied a couple of those in the second half but he has 22 goals for the season, the league’s top scorer, but even he can’t score them all. I certainly wouldn’t have scored them.”
Brentford’s Stuart Dallas was content with the draw but thought his side might have grabbed a win: "It was great to come away with a point but there is a still a disappointment that we have not got all three points.
"We said before the game if we can’t win it, then let’s make sure we don’t lose it. If we can win the home games, picking up points away is a bonus. But all we are looking at is Cardiff next week."
He added: "We keep going until the last minute. Like Ipswich we were pushing for the win.”