Last Updated: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:32
Portsmouth manager Paul Hart says he is staying focused on Sunday's trip to Stoke rather than the club's tough end to 2009.
After this Sunday's trip to the Britannia Stadium Pompey face Premier League champions Manchester United next weekend, followed by games against Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal all before the end of 2009.
Wth Portsmouth still firmly rooted to the bottom of the league and four points off safety they will be desperate to start picking up points before the big four come to town to avoid being bottom of the league on Christmas Day.
While Hart admits that it will be important to pick up three points against Stoke he says he isn't worried about their upcoming fixtures, despite their current position.
"I do know who we're playing up to Christmas, but I choose to talk about the game that's closer and try to deal with that," he said.
"It's hard enough dealing with one game and that's without putting three or four more in your head.
"We're bottom of the table and I keep getting asked what must-win games are. They're all games we need to win.
"I concede that the next games are difficult, but we'll get the Stoke one out of the way and then deal with what comes next."
Having already beaten Stoke 4-0 in the Carling Cup this season, the south coast outfit will go into the game full of confidence and punters may fancy using their free bet to back Pompey to come away from the game with only their third league win of the season.