Brian Barry-Murphy previewed Saturday's clash with Bolton Wanderers by speaking to the press.
This weekend's opponents sit seventh in the Sky Bet League One table, having defeated Huddersfield Town in their last fixture.
"I think we’re seeing from week to week how difficult this league is and the level of challenge is consistently high," Brian began.
"So many of the games have been decided by the odd goal and we’ve been both on the right side and wrong side of that previously ourselves.
"Every analysis of this team in particular tells me that they’re top of the league on so many different metrics and they’re one the best teams, it’s clear.
"To be competitive in that game and to give ourselves a chance to win, we’ll have to be at our absolute best.
"But, I believe we’re one of the best teams in the league ourselves. Our intention is to go and show that on Saturday."
City recorded a 2-1 win over Reading last time out, with a crucial equaliser coming from loanee Omari Kellyman.
Brian continued: “I’m very pleased with the amount of progress he’s making. We’re wary of how much we want to push him and expose him to playing long periods in games.
"He hasn’t gone past the 60-minute mark for us yet. While we’re pushing him and we want to be competitive, at this stage of the season, I think you’ll see the benefits of what he can do later on in the campaign once he gets that consistency and confidence going from game to game.
“We see him very much as a central player who has an incredible ability to arrive in the box and score goals.
"He’s a brilliant finisher, but at the moment, opportunities have arose in wide areas. Ollie Tanner is injured and Omari’s level of performance in training has been so good that he has played in that wide position.
"His combination with Ronan [Kpakio] who can attack on the outside of Omari has been a good solution. The best of him is yet to come."
The City boss concluded with an update on the fitness of the Bluebirds' backline.
“Will Fish has an ongoing knee issue which is getting better. Particularly with his longer passes, he’s feeling some discomfort in his knee, but the amount is becoming less and less. He’s making good progress.
“Dylan Lawlor has had a good week of training so far. It’s important that he can do certain things that we want when we train later on today. Hopefully, he can be available for Saturday.
“There are no fresh concerns from the Reading game. The international break brought a lot of moving parts where players were in different places physically.
“Once you come back from that, it always feels reassuring when you get back to your routine. For the whole of this week, it’s been a lot more settled and the players are looking very well.”