Wayne Rooney's Derby revival continued with a 2-0 home victory over Swansea which extended their unbeaten run to six games.
Colin Kazim-Richards fired them into a fourth-minute lead which was doubled by Kamil Jozwiak eight minutes before the break to dent the Swans' promotion drive.
Derby are still in the bottom three on goal difference but are unbeaten in six since Rooney was made interim manager.
And he said: 'There's a lot of games left and I'm very confident we will not be there (in the bottom three) at the end of the season.