Werribee City doesn’t have any wriggle room as it tries to ensure its future in the Victorian Premier League 2 competition.
The Bees find themselves third last with the bottom three teams set to be relegated at the end of the season.
There are just seven points between eighth and bottom with five rounds remaining.
Bees coach Craig Moore said they have five mini cup finals in the run home.
“Ideally we need to win most of those games,” he said. “We need at least three wins out of the last five games.
“Anyone can beat anyone in the league. You see the top sides playing the bottom teams and the bottom side brings out the result.
“We have to be on point. We have to do our own thing and turn up and produce and get some points and look at our own situation.”
The Bees looked to strengthen their list during the transfer period with one eye on surviving this season but also looking to the future.
Josh Markovski, Jake McKetterick, Robert Taylor and Aaron Ricken have joined the club, Ali Dulleh returns to the first team while Gabriel Pablo has been promoted from the under-23s.
Moore said they wanted to tick both boxes in terms of now and the future.
“We want to build a culture and it can take a long period of time,” he said. “Changing players and coaches means it takes more time.
“We are building the foundations for the future. We bought in about four and bought in a couple that have come back to the club.
“They’ve come back which is pleasing that they trust the club. We bought in players to restock after having some long term injuries.
“We bought in four or five, but didn’t let 4-5 go.”
Moore said they would continue to look to bring some younger players up to at least train with the senior side as they have one eye on the future.
While most teams had the weekend off due to a catch up round, the Bees were in action on Friday night against Brunswick Juventus.
Brunswick sits in the top three.
The Bees managed to come away with a point in the 1-1 draw.
Moore said they deserved at least a point out of that match.
“We were really happy,” he said. “We understood how we thought they would lay and the boys set up well and did exactly what we wanted them to do.
“They got a penalty in injury time. We’re trying to get them to play the whole game,not just the scoreboard.
“We thought we deserved a draw, if not more with all the chances we had in the first half. We would have loved the three points.”
The Bees task doesn’t get any easier as they face ladder leaders North Geelong on Saturday in Geelong.
“If we play how we play as well as we did on Friday night we should come away with at least a point if not three points.”
