This week's Premier Division fixtures are scattered over three days again with attention tonight on whether Cork City can continue a salvage mission in a tough encounter at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium.
The Rebels had looked all but down when they fell 11 points behind Sligo Rovers a fortnight ago.
Josh Fitzpatrick’s goal against Galway United last week ended a three-month wait for a win to reduce the deficit to eight and offer some hope.
The clash in Derry is the first of three tough away encounters for Cork with visits to Inchicore and Phibsborough also on the horizon.
Failing to win away from home all season is often a sign of a club bound for the drop.
Cork City have just two points from 12 matches; their need to make a breakthrough on the road could not be any greater.
Time is running out.
Nash said there is a changed feeling within the camp, one of which is relief, while still know there are in a difficult position: "The league win is really important, I think it gives us a chance to breathe a little bit. The players should take confidence from a number of the performances, not just from last Friday.
"People talk about it differently when you do win, and also the way we won in terms of the clean sheet and in a real tough game against a team that really threw everything out. It was as a team of men we played against, a really experienced players, and the challenges they brought. We had a lot of young players who really stood up to it and led by the senior players."
The City boss has overseen radical changes to the squad in his three months in charge.
"There's a core group of players that are giving me absolutely everything. We've had three clean sheets now in six so there's definitely something improving in that respect. There is signs that there's more of a resilience in that respect, so that should give the players confidence.
"It's a new group that's forming. I think there was maybe eight differences in the team from my first game was against Galway to the Galway game last week. That's a new team in a really short amount of time so we're forming something that really crucial time in the season.
"We know that we're under pressure, huge pressure, but the group are giving me everything at the moment."
Derry have their own battles ahead. Their title aspirations looked to have ended on Sunday in Tallaght Stadium with Shamrock Rovers moving 11 points clear.
The race for Europe is far more realistic with a host of competitors.
A place in the Conference League would represent a good starting point in Tiernan Lynch's first year in charge, while they also have the FAI Cup to come.
Drogheda United have put themselves in a great position after once again defying predictions by taking maximum points from Dalymount Park last week.
Kevin Doherty continues to work wonder with one of the lowest budgets in the league.
Having missed out on Europe due to ownership rule breaches in what was a devastating blow to the club, they now have the chance to turn a story of heartbreak into another memorable success.
Waterford FC are the visitors to Sullivan & Lambe Park tonight with United looking to move into second place if results go their way.
The Blues were second best against St Patrick's Athletic last week and have work to do to ensure their safety.
Manager John Coleman was impressed by Drogheda's win in Dublin last week: "Drogheda have been very, very successful at what they do. I thought it was a class performance last weekend againts Bohs.
"Both teams stuck to their principles, and one was going to come out on top, so you've just got to applaud that, because the game plan worked to a certain extent.
"We’ve got to be mindful of what our game plan is, because I’m trying to do to them what they did to Bohs."
