Tony Humes says he has always had confidence that his players could turn their form around.

But the Colchester United manager has warned they must maintain their momentum, if they are to stay in League One.

The U’s have given themselves a fighting chance of staying up, after recording back-to-back wins for the first time this season.

Colchester have taken ten points from a possible 12 in their last four games and have pulled to within two points of safety, with six games to go.

They now head into this weekend’s crucial relegation battle at fellow strugglers Coventry City full of belief that they can avoid the dreaded drop.

Humes said: “It’s something that we’ve always believed is possible because we know that on our day, if we play to our capabilities we know we’re a good team.

“(Maybe) it’s just clicked at this time or it gets to a point where the players recognise there isn’t long to go and they have to knuckle down.

“We just have to keep on that same track and we can’t get carried away.

“We have to make sure that the momentum stays but we do it in the right way and we work hard.

“It’s a huge game against Coventry now on Saturday but we go there with belief and hopefully we can catch them on the hop.

“They’ve not won at home for a while so hopefully we can exploit that and take advantage of that situation.”

Colchester have found their shooting boots over recent weeks, finding the net 11 times in their last five matches.

The U’s have scored at least two goals in each of those games, something Humes believes has been helped by the form of the likes of Jacob Murphy and Gavin Massey.

“That’s what the game is about - you have to score goals to win games and put yourselves in that position,” said the U’s boss.

“With the wide players’ pace and danger, we have to make sure that we get them into the game.

“That’s the way we want to play the game.

“There have been calls to play two-up front but we want to play with two wide players and have midfield players running from the box and supporting.

“It shows that it works when the players are on their game and we get them in the game as much as we can.”