Holloway is relishing the challenge at Leicester

"I believe that they can do it," Holloway told BBC Radio Leicester. "They are the ones that can still have a good season."

The Foxes are at Cardiff at the weekend, just two points above the bottom three places in the table.

"The minute you see me panicking, then my team's going to panic. We have got to learn to be resilient," he added.

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This is the best challenge I've ever had in my life Ian Holloway

With 12 games to go, Holloway accepts they need to pick up their form.

"We are going to need to get a few results together very quickly, because each game you don't it builds and you are in a worse and worse situation.

"A club the size of Leicester shouldn't be down there, but we are and it's about finding out about yourself."

Leicester have finished in the bottom half of the Championship table in the last three seasons since being relegated from the Premier League, and the side have never been in the third division in the club's history.

Holloway says: "This is the best challenge I've ever had in my life, it's absolutely fantastic because you find out about yourself."