QPR manager Harry Redknapp insists his side can still avoid relegation from the Premier League if they beat fellow strugglers Wigan in a crucial clash at Loftus Road on Sunday.
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Redknapp's team are seven points adrift of safety in 19th place but can move to within four of Wigan, currently out of the bottom three on goal difference, with a victory.
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The other side of the coin for QPR is the fear that defeat could see them faced with an almost insurmountable challenge to beat the drop.
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Redknapp, keen to sending as bullish a pre-match message as possible, made it clear he wouldn't quit even if QPR are relegated, but the former Tottenham boss is determined to ensure that never becomes an issue.
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"When I stop believing, the players will stop believing," he said. "If I send out the wrong message they'll down tools, thinking we've had it.
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"I don't feel we've had it. I couldn't tell you the pleasure keeping QPR up would give me. It would be fantastic.
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"We have to keep going - we've got to beat Wigan. There's nothing else for it, we have to beat them.
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"Nothing else but a win would be any good to us. We need to win and keep winning. We need to win four or five games. It's a tall order, but not impossible."
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QPR owner Tony Fernandes has indicated he intends to stand by Redknapp should the club be playing in the Championship next term and that is music to the manager's ears.