Head coach Brian Barry-Murphy insists Cardiff City are still in a "brilliant position" to win promotion from League One despite their poor recent form.
The Bluebirds are second in the table but have had their lead over the teams outside the automatic promotion positions cut from 11 to seven points.
Cardiff could only manage a 1-1 draw at Peterborough United on Monday, meaning Barry-Murphy’s side have only two wins from their past eight matches.
However, they have a game in hand over Bradford City and Bolton Wanderers in third and fourth place respectively, and Cardiff host Bolton next Saturday.
"We have to accept the results recently haven't been what we've wanted but our response has been to work incredibly hard," Barry-Murphy told BBC Sport Wales.
"We're in a brilliant position. If you'd have given us this position at the start of the season, we would have been ecstatic.
"Not a lot of our players will have experienced this situation and we're trying to be as aggressive and assertive in chasing the games in what is an exciting situation."
The game at Peterborough was a familiar tale of frustration for Cardiff, who had close to 60% possession and 29 shots, including eight on target.
But as has often been the case in recent weeks, the Welsh side were unable to make their dominance count.
"We created enough chances to win the game but we didn't take them," Barry-Murphy said.
"We've been working on our attacking play to create more clear-cut chances in the wake of our recent performances where we've had domination of the ball but not enough chances.
"That element of our game was really good today and the next bit is to convert those chances."
