Swindon Town boss Ian Holloway insisted his side are in a great position to earn automatic promotion from League Two after Junior Hoilett's late winner gifted the Robins a 1-0 victory against Tranmere Rovers.
Hoilett struck late in a tight and well-balanced game, producing a deft finish from the six-yard box after fellow substitute Michael Olakigbe's accurate cross.
Town now sit fifth in the division, three points off third-placed Cambridge United.
Despite the U's having a game in hand on the Reds, Holloway believes his side have what it takes to avoid the playoffs and move up to League One after 46 games have been played.
He said: "It is all about us now. We have enough points for us to get our target, which is automatic promotion, I'm not taking anything less than that.
"We've got the safety net of the play-offs but I believe we should be aiming for the top three - if not the top."
Prior to Hoilett's winning goal, former Town forward Kaiyne Woolery had a golden opportunity to put Tranmere ahead at Prenton Park.
Woolery, who signed for Rovers on Friday afternoon as a free agent, was the final destination of a fast-paced counter attack, but found himself reaching a brick wall in the form of Swindon goalkeeper Connor Ripley.
Holloway gave credit to the home side and admitted he would have been pleased with his side, regardless of the result.
The 63-year-old said: "I am very pleased for the lads. Even if we hadn't scored at the end, I would have been delighted with the performance of the lads.
"I thought Tranmere did really well to try and stop us. They did something different - they backed off and let our centre-backs have it. We weren't used to that so we failed to make the most of it.
"It could have gone either way, but I'm delighted it went in favour of us. You've always got to just keep going until the very end."
The eventual winner, came courtesy of two substitutes, demonstrating the strength of the Reds' squad.
Both Hoilett and Olakigbe entered the pitch after the hour mark, before combining to put the game to bed in the 91st minute.
Holloway believes he has a strong group of players, who can guide the Robins to greatness.
He said: "I know whoever I have got on the bench, I have got one hell of a chance of hurting teams late on.
"I believe in my team and I believe they will hopefully get us one goal in front of everybody else.
"Yes, we needed a late goal, but we also needed a fantastic couple of saves from Connor. He did very well today."
Swindon return to the County Ground next Saturday where they will host Fleetwood Town. The Reds will be looking to continue reducing the gap between them and League Two's automatic promotion positions.
Despite not being in pole position, Holloway insisted the onus is solely on Town and their results.
The former Premier League manager said: "We have got seven games to go now and it is going to be a roller coaster ride.
"We will have ups and downs, but I won't look at other scores. It's about what we do."
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