Barnsley were one of the standout teams of the 2020/21 Championship season and would have been hoping to build on that this year.
Instead, they've been drawn into a relegation battle at the other end of the table but defender Michal Helik has told the Yorkshire Post that his side can still 'perform' in the Championship.
The 26-year-old has been an ever present in Barnsley's first-team so far this campaign, featuring in 12 games for the side and battling hard to try and secure a result in each one of them.
So far though, the second tier outfit have struggled to replicate the same kind of form that took them up into the play-off spots last season.
In fact, they haven't won a league game since their tie against Coventry back in August and it has meant that rather than look up towards the Premier League, they're now facing the prospect of a demotion back into League One if things carry on.
With four losses in a row and another key game at Middlesbrough coming up in midweek for Barnsley, defender Helik has now spoken out about his team and believes that they do have the quality in their squad to be able to battle out of their current rut and away from relegation. Speaking to the Yorkshire Post, Helik said: "It’s harder to be confident when you are losing games, but we know we still have good quality in the team and we can perform.