Goalkeeper Bartosz Bialkowski has virtually dismissed the possibility of Town being dragged into a relegation dogfight.
While some supporters would disagree and even fear the worst, Bialkowski is adamant that it won’t happen and that he and his colleagues will soon be making their way towards the other end of the table.
Town head for second-bottom Wigan tomorrow after dropping down to 17th place following Tuesday’s 2-1 defeat at Birmingham. They have 25 points, five outside the dreaded drop zone and seven better off than the Latics who are finding it tough after promotion from League One last season.
Bialkowski had the misfortune to commit a costly error six days ago, dropping a corner at the feet of Icelandic star Aron Gunnarsson, who fired Cardiff into a first-half lead, and although Luke Varney levelled soon after the break the Polish keeper’s clanger still proved expensive as the game ended 1-1.
The 29-year-old said: "It is frustrating but it is never easy when you are losing games, conceding sloppy goals and making mistakes — but that’s football. We just need to stay positive and turn things around because I believe we are good enough to do that.
"Let’s not concentrate on the league position. There are still lots of games left so let’s concentrate on the next one at Wigan on Saturday.
"Let’s do everything we can to win that game — be solid at the back and keep things simple, which will give us a platform to go on and win the game.”
When it was pointed out that a growing number of supporters are of the opinion that manager Mick McCarthy and his players face a struggle to survive in the Championship this season Bialkowski added: "Let’s just stay positive. Every bad spell needs to end, I believe, and if we think positively it can only make things better and make things easier for us.
"We are good enough to do that and I’m sure we will be okay. I am absolutely certain of that — I know we are good enough to be a lot higher in the table. We all want to achieve big things by playing as well as we can for this great club.
"We are not only playing for the fans and the club, we are playing for ourselves, for our futures and for our families. For me, personally, that drives me on to really do well and I’m sure all the other lads will agree with me.”
Bialkowski admitted that the players spend time chatting among themselves after games but explained: "That is something we always do, regardless of whether we win or lose.
"We always talk about the games, what we can improve upon and what we’ve done well.
"We are always discussing the games because we want to make things better and we are the only ones who can turn things around. We have a great group of lads and we need to stick together.”