Coventry City manager Andy Thorn has said City need to kick on in 2012 and look upwards rather than downwards.
Speaking to Sky Blue Player, Thorn said: "The year has been really tough but there's people out there who are finding things alot tougher so we are all determined to make 2012 better.
"What we need to do is kick on in 2012 and go into the last half of the season looking upwards rather than downwards.
"To be honest we have to take encouragement from the fac that the games have been so close this season. We have not been walking away from games losing 4-0 and 5-0.
"If we can improve in that area we will win alot more games and enough to be up there at the end of the season."