Ben Pearson hopes Stoke have turned the corner and can look forward to the Championship run-in with excitement.
The Potters picked up just one win, and four points from seven games either side of Christmas, to drop to 10th in the Championship, as low as they have been all season.
However three straight wins in January - league victories at Hull and Norwich, then Saturday's FA Cup win over Coventry - keeping a clean sheet in each, have lifted spirits at the bet365 Stadium.
Midfielder Pearson told BBC Radio Stoke: "We're in a good place.