Mellon will not let good form get ahead of Oldham
Oldham's last top-half finish in a Football League season was 10th in League One in 2008-09
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Oldham Athletic boss Micky Mellon will not allow his side to let their impressive recent form get ahead of them as they target a top seven spot in League Two.
The Latics are unbeaten in their past eight games, having won six league games during that period.
Tuesday's 3-0 win at Chesterfield lifted them up to 11th in the table, and four points off the play-off places.
"I'm not afraid of it. I'm enjoying it," he told BBC Radio Manchester.
"But I will not allow us to get carried away with not coming in and being ready to go again on Saturday.
"I watch little things and [at the end] we weren't over-celebrating and that tells me that's a team that's just getting jobs done now and that's a good sign."
Mellon: 'They were brilliant'
After their promotion from the National League through the play-offs last term, Oldham had a mixed start to the season on their return to the English Football League.
Mellon's side failed to win in their opening eight games in all competitions at the start of the campaign, but have since pushed on and peaked with the end of the season in sight.
Their most recent defeat, against Swindon on 7 February, left them 16th in the table and 14 points off both the play-off and relegation places, but their impressive form since then has put them in contention of a top seven place - and with two games in hand on their nearest rivals.
"For us to be sitting here at this time, would we have taken that this time last season? We'd have probably bitten your hand off," Mellon added.
"But we're calm about it, we're not going to get overly excited about it. We know that there's work still to be done, but we're certainly heading in the right direction."