Terry Butcher is enjoying the "wonderful pressure" of trying to extend Inverness' unbeaten run as they prepare to host crisis club Hearts.
Caley have recovered fully from a ropey start to the season and are unbeaten in nine games, a run which has taken them into third place in the table and into the semi-finals of the Scottish Communities League Cup where, coincidentally, they were drawn against Hearts on Thursday.
The Gorgie club is fighting for its life after this week being issued with a winding up order by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs over a tax bill of almost ?450,000.
Inverness boss Butcher admits to being concerned about "one of the great sides of Scottish football" but is looking for his own team to stay on the upward curve.
"It is wonderful pressure," he said.
"It is so different. In the early part of the season we were equal bottom with Dundee, it was only goal difference that was keeping us off the bottom.
"Last year we were at the bottom for three months and that's not nice.
"It's not nice to look at the table, the papers, the websites and television and see your name at the bottom.
"Now it is the reverse. It is wonderful to see your name up there, we have been fifth, then fourth
and now we are in the top three which is a fantastic achievement.
"It is all heady stuff but it is brilliant, we are enjoying being where we are and it keeps the players going.
"We went 21 matches unbeaten in our promotion season so it's not the best run we have been on at Inverness but probably is our best run in the SPL.
"We are just delighted and we want to keep it going."
Butcher will be without midfielder Ross Draper who twisted his ankle near the end of last week's 2-1 win at Kilmarnock.
The former Motherwell manager said: "Ross's studs caught in the turf and his ankle twisted.
"He hasn't missed a training session this season and it was strange to not see him there, but someone will come in and fill his shoes."
