Dundee United midfielder Charlie Telfer believes embarking on a second unbeaten run is not out of the question.
The Tangerines stormed to the top of the Championship on Christmas Eve after going 14 matches without losing, stretching all the way back to late September.
That superb sequence of results came to a very unhappy end on Hogmanay at Dumbarton and they have also made an inauspicious start to 2017.
Since that shock defeat to the Sons, United have been comfortably beaten by Hibs at Easter Road, salvaged a 3-3 draw at home to Queen of the South then been dumped out of the William Hill Scottish Cup courtesy of a painful 6-2 loss to Ross County in Dingwall last Saturday.
They now face an extremely tricky trip to East End Park this afternoon in the league to play an in-form Dunfermline side.
The Tangerines have no room for error if they are to stay in touch with leaders Hibs, who currently sit six points ahead of the second-placed Tannadice men.
It is a testing time for Ray McKinnon’s team but Telfer thinks they are capable of recovering the form they showed up to and including that last victory over St Mirren.
He said: “The boys are very, very disappointed with that Ross County result and we been working hard to get over it.
“We were just so poor on Saturday but I do think that one good result is all it will take to get us back on track.
“We need to take heart from the good run we were on before.
“We all know we are capable of going on another good run.
“We need to try to win all of the games we have left, even though I know that’s easier said than done.
“For me, there is no point in saying that we will try to win, say, 10 of the matches we have left and put a figure like that on it.
“So we will try to win them all, even though that’s a huge challenge.
“We need to get back winning games and start feeling good about things again.
“What we need to do now is get back to the standards we reached when we were playing our best football.
“First and foremost we need to defend properly then create more going forward.
“I think we have been a bit more reserved in our play over the last few weeks or so.
“The poor result at Dumbarton started it all off and we have just not gotten over that yet.
“Hopefully, we can start to put that right at Dunfermline.
“Indeed, if we can go down to East End Park and put on a performance that gets us a good result then I think the fans and players will feel a bit better.
“It would show that we are not down and out yet.”
It was put to Telfer that United supporters have every right to be bemused by their team’s change in fortunes, given that it had all been going so swimmingly so recently.
For him, the form dip has been a case of not getting the simple things right.
“They will be wondering what’s happened but we are wondering that as well,” he said.
“I think we wanted the run to continue for as long as possible but I guess it had to come to an end sometime.
“We don’t know for certain what the problem is but maybe we have not done the basics well.
“We are also not creating as much or scoring as many goals, as well as conceding them at the other end.
“We had gone six games without conceding a goal and that was a massive positive for us.
“That helped the whole team, to know that we were keeping clean sheets at the back.
“So we need to get back to basics.”
United have a perfect record against the Pars this season, winning four out of four matches in league and cup.
However, that doesn’t tell the whole story of their meetings, with the Fifers entitled to feel a little bit unlucky to have come away with nothing.
“The games we have played against Dunfermline have been really, really close,” admitted Telfer.
“Even the one when (goalkeeper) Cammy Bell saved the three penalties was a tight match.
“They (Dunfermline) can maybe say that they have been unfortunate to get at least one good result against us.
“However, I hope they are still saying that on Saturday night!”
