Gary Caldwell has given his thoughts ahead of Saturday's league clash with Charlton Athletic at St James Park.
City return to league action after a successful week in two cup competitions in the last two fixtures, with wins over Bristol Rovers and Barnet, and hope to use that as a platform to return to good League One form.
"Charlton probably aren't in the position in the table that they would like to be. They've been well financed and have really improved, and their squad looks really strong.
"We know they will be desperate to win this game to take themselves further up the league. The league itself is not quite settled - a couple of wins can put you right up there and vice versa, and we need to make sure we are doing what we can to keep ourselves in that top half."
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