The Alex have made a slow start to the League One season and Holland already has his sights set on an important fixture at rock-bottom Hereford United at the weekend.
"This is the fun bit, a bonus, but we have already talked with the players about Saturday's game," he said.
"I'm sick of being at the bottom end of the table and three points on Saturday would guarantee us a top-half berth. I've seen enough to suggest we are heading in the right direction.
"It is great to get through as we were miserable in the cups last year. We only got four games in all three competitions.
"The players are really excited and they deserved to progress. We had spells when we had to defend, but we probably had three or four of the game's best chances, two of which we took."