Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Dean Saunders has warned that a second consecutive relegation would be a disaster for the Molineux club.
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Defeat at Barnsley saw Wolves drop into the bottom three of the Championship for the first time this season.
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Saunders told BBC WM: "Hopefully the reality will hit home because I've been trying to drum it into the players since I got here.
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"If we don't stay in this league, it would be a disaster for the club."
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Saunders, who was appointed after Wolves sacked previous manager Stale Solbakken last month, has now overseen seven league matches, four of which have been drawn and three lost. Play media.
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"We should have enough in that dressing room to get better results than we're getting, though saying that we've lost three games since I've been here, all by 2-1, and we could have won them all," said Saunders.
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"We have to dig in, we have turn up against (league leaders) Cardiff (on Sunday) and pull ourselves out of it.
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"Hopefully the reality will hit home because I've been trying to drum it into the players since I got here: 'Don't think it can't happen to you'."