It's all based on City winning their games, which of late hasn't been regular enough to justify a serious automatic promotion effort but you never know. Win our two in hand, Birmingham lose a game and all of a sudden the gap gets very close.
"If you'd have said at the start of the season this is where we'd be, then I'm sure many people would have taken it," said the City manager.
"But, because of the expectation and ambitions we have, we're still prepared to fight for an automatic spot.
"And, if Birmingham do slip up, we've got to be ready to take advantage. It's still there for us as long as the points are still there.
"We've been chasing for a long time, probably since Christmas, and it's hard. We've been steadily getting close, then having a little blip.
"But no-one thought a few months ago that Wolves could have been caught, and now look at it."
Cardiff must start winning games again after just one point from the last 6 available, that from the Swansea match on Sunday.
The Bluebirds are clear favourites against Derby tonight in a match that if City can win, will go a long way towards securing a play off spot, then after that who knows.