"We want to go into the play-offs on form and come through as winners", he told the Scunthorpe Telegraph.
Hayes has been influential alongside Gary Hooper in recent games and has warned his team mates that there is no room for error in the final run in.
"Obviously you can afford to slip up a couple of times at the beginning and in the middle of the season but, towards the end, it matters
"We have got eight games left, so if we can get a run, then I would fancy us in the play-offs", he added.