Chris Hargreaves has urged his Torquay United side not to be overawed by their upcoming fixture list, which sees the Gulls play three of their next four fixtures against teams challenging for automatic promotion or the Play-Offs.
On Tuesday night, Torquay host Burton Albion before travelling Hartlepool, and their next two fixtures sees them play Fleetwood Town and Rochdale at Plainmoor; but Hargreaves believes they should believe that they can claim the three points at stake in each game.
"It's not the Premier League or La Liga - it's a division where anyone can beat
anyone", said Hargreaves.
"You just have to move on and do what we can do that is going to affect the
Burton game.
"I'm expecting a reaction: that's what I was like as a player and I expect them
to be the same."
Since the Gulls' last win against Portsmouth on February 1st, they have lost their three subsequent fixtures since then-including two defeats against relegation rivals Northampton and Accrington.
This run has left Hargreaves' side five points adrift of safety and they are only off the bottom of the league on goal scored (they have found the back of the net more often than Northampton).
However, those well versed in other great escapes by Torquay United will no doubt remember when the Gulls travelled to Carlisle United in 2006; the Cumbrians needed three points to clinch the League Two title and Torquay required three points to aid their survival prospects.
First half goals from Kevin Hill and Jo Kuffour gave the Gulls a two goal cushion before Zigor Aranalde pulled one back for Carlisle, as Torquay's survival mission under Ian Atkins was virtually accomplished; a point in the following week's home fixture against Boston United made it a mathematical certainty.
If the Gulls can go into their final match of the season, which is at home to Wycombe Wanderers- currently 22nd in League Two and one place above Torquay at the time of writing, and still have a chance of survival, the prospect of another great escape could be on the cards.
