Managing Stoke City is not an impossible job and the club has the infrastructure to succeed, according to head coach Mark Robins.
The Potters need to win at fellow-strugglers Derby County (12:30 BST) on Saturday to be assured of Championship football for next season but a failure to take three points would still require wins for Hull City, Luton Town and Preston North End to send them down.
"The challenge is there and significant - it's been branded an impossible job but it isn't," Robins told BBC Radio Stoke.
"Around the club things are good and are moving forward.