Blackburn Rovers manager Michael O'Neill has been speaking to the media before their trip to Oxford United on Wednesday (19:45 GMT).
Here are the main talking points:
Blackburn continue to be hit with injury woes as striker Andri Gudjohnsen was spotted after the 1-1 draw with Portsmouth wearing a boot. "He damaged his ankle, he has had a scan. He will see a specialist in the next 24 hours and until then we don't know the full extent of the damage." O'Neill told BBC Radio Lancashire.
Defender Connor O'Riordan is also injured: "Connor has a thigh injury just picked up in training," O'Neill confirmed. "You want your squad as fit and healthy as possible but unfortunately I think Connor has a four to six week recovery timeframe." Midfielder Kristi Montgomery is a doubt with a hamstring issue.
O'Neill is still searching for his best XI as players continue to return from injury that are yet to play for him. "Some of the lads coming back in are an unknown quantity to me, like Sidnei Tavares for example."
Despite using a back four in the 3-1 win at Queens Park Rangers, O'Neill believes using a three-man defence with wing-backs suits his available squad better. "You have to try and shape whatever system you play around the players you have available."
There is some "anxiety" surrounding the run-in but O'Neill sees every one of the remaining 10 games as "an opportunity to put some distance between ourselves and the teams beneath us." Each game is a chance "to step further away from the relegation zone."
On their next opponents Oxford United, O'Neill said: "we expect a very tough game. Having had long periods of not winning they've recently picked up a couple of wins so it will be tough. They're a threat from set pieces and the players are aware of that."
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