Lee Bullen thinks the Bairns have turned a corner and will be delivering more wins from now on.

After he played his part in Saturday's 1-0 home win over Motherwell, veteran Falkirk defender Lee Bullen believes they are back on track to reach their their top-six target. After a run of three draws, John Hughes' men survived late pressure to win and move to eighth place in the SPL. Following the disappointment of the equaliser at Inverness in midweek, Bullen was pleased to pick up three points and move to improve on back-to-back seventh-place finishes in the top flight. Bullen joined the Bairns from Sheffield Wednesday in the summer and has helped the Bairns lose just two of their last 12 games, but he felt a spate of draws was hurting their progress.

He said: "
It was a very satisfying win. I felt we had been hitting the bar recently with regards to results and been disappointed. I think frustration is the word I'd use. Draws have been killing us and it was nice to turn that into a victory. We were were really disappointed heading down the road from Inverness the other night, but we kept a clean sheet against Motherwell and stood up to pressure, especially in the second half. Fair play to Well, who threw everything at us, but it's a massive pat on the back for everybody involved in the team to hold on. It was a tremendous team effort. Our target is to take that one step further than last year and get to the top six. We are all of the belief we have a group of players capable of doing that and we'll be very disappointed if we fall short this season. We've jumped a couple of places and now we can start looking up the way instead of behind us."

Michael Higdon's third goal in a week proved the difference between the sides. The goal ion the 37th minute was a superb combination goal, the Englishman finishing off a flowing five-man counter-attacking move with a well-placed 18-yard shot. Bullen, however, feels fellow front man Steve Lovell deserves just as much praise for his efforts. He said: "
I feel a little bit frustrated for Stevie at the moment, because he is working his socks off and the two of them are building a really good understanding. But it's Higgie who is getting all the headlines when Stevie's is doing a heck of a lot of work too. As a pairing, they are brilliant for us at the back to see them holding the ball up and giving the opposition's defence a roasting at times."

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