Just eight games to go until the end of a turbulent season starting with the visit of Reading on Saturday following a welcome two-week international break.
Sitting 14th in the Championship table, safe from relegation and 12 points adrift of the play-offs, City will set their targets to achieve a top-half finish with the opportunity to start preparations for next season. With little to play for, although Nigel Pearson won't necessarily agree, it could give the likes of youngster Omar Taylor-Clarke to earn more minutes following his impressive full debut before the break.
A victory against the Royals at the weekend could kick-start the momentum needed to finish the season strongly with some tough games still pencilled in the calendar. Middlesbrough, Burnley, Watford and Sheffield United all await and Pearson won't let his side take their foot off the gas until the final kick of the campaign.
