Christophe Berra remains in positive mood about Town’s chances of securing a play-off place for the second season in a row.
They are just off the pace going into Saturday’s home clash with Nottingham Forest and appear to be in a four-way battle with Sheffield Wednesday, Cardiff and Birmingham for the coveted sixth spot.
Berra, 31, said: "It’s all to play for and there are obviously so many games still to be played that it will obviously come down to which team can get most points on the board.
"We’ve probably punched above our weight a little bit and we’ll keep on going and never give up.
"Our ultimate is definitely to finish in the top six and we showed that last Saturday at Huddersfield, even if we rode our luck a bit in the second half.
"We changed it a bit and defended well — they didn’t really get through us. There have been games earlier in the season where we’ve played better than that but ended up getting beaten.”
March is a huge month, with Nottingham Forest, tomorrow, Blackburn and Rotherham on the agenda at Portman Road — three games that all appear winnable, even given Town’s lack of consistency at home this season that has seen them collect just half the points — 24 from a possible 48 — up for grabs.
Berra warned: "They might look winnable on paper but Nottingham Forest, for example, are no mugs.
"They’ve just lost three in a row but before that they were 13 unbeaten and if you look at their squad it’s full of familiar names and looks strong.
"If people were looking at the two squads they probably wouldn’t think there was that much between us.
"It’s about whoever turns up and performs on the day. We won’t be setting any targets, just taking each game as it comes and trying to win it.
"We don’t look too far ahead and I think as a footballer you can’t get too carried away — or too down — with results.
"You just have to deal with it as it happens and move on. It would be great if we could win every game and be sitting at the top of the league but this league is so competitive that we just need to worry about ourselves and concentrate on trying to pick up as many points as possible.
"Yes, we’ve had our dips in form, but if you look at most teams it has been the same. Middlesbrough are going through it now, Derby as well, and they’re both teams that have spent tens of millions of pounds and whose wage bills are probably 10 times the size of ours.
"It happens to everyone but we’re on 51 points at the moment and in a strong position to challenge.
"There are still an awful lot of points to play for and you never know, if we can go on a run like we’ve done before and get some of the injured lads back it could give us some momentum through to the end of the season.”