Joe Worrall has set his sights on landing the Nottingham Forest captaincy on a permanent basis - and wants more players to become leaders at the City Ground.
The centre-back has been in terrific form in recent weeks having skippered the side in the absence of striker Lewis Grabban who is currently sidelined through a hamstring injury.
The 24-year-old says he has enjoyed the responsibilities that comes attached with the armband which has inspired an excellent defensive partnership with Tobias Figueiredo as Chris Hughton's side moved away from the relegation zone.
And he says he would like the opportunity to be given the captaincy full-time.
Asked about his own form, Worrall said: "I'd rather play crap and win games, but I don't stray too much with my routine.
"I don't get too high when it's high or too low when it's low.
"I just try to keep a happy medium and work as hard as I can in training, on matchday and try to influence the team as much as I can.
"I'm relishing having the armband at the moment and I think that's something that I want to have on a more permanent basis looking into next season.
"It's something that other players need to need to strive for as well - to be leaders on the pitch and to really push us up the table."
Forest's defeat at Watford at the weekend left the Reds eight points clear of the bottom three with goals having been a problem all season.
Only four teams have scored fewer goals than Hughton's side this term which is something they must address in the transfer window in the summer.
And Worrall says they need more from their attacking players from now until the end of the season.
“You can talk about the attacking players we have and the quality they possess, but how many goals have they scored this season?," he said.
"When you look at them in training, you do definitely think that there are goals in these players. But these are the facts, aren’t they? We do not score enough goals.
“Lyle Taylor is our top scorer with four goals and he has not started the recent games.
“You look at all the talent we have got, and I keep going back to (Ryan) Yatesy. There are more talented players in this team, but if they had a pinch of his desire to get on the end of crosses, to put their body in front of the ball… people mistake what bravery is.
“Yatesy has had broken ribs, he has been hit by balls in the face and that is brave. But you have to be brave in other ways. You have to bust a gut to get on the end of crosses, you have to bust into the box, you have to take those opportunities."
