ARGYLE manager Paul Sturrock believes the hope of the Greens plying their trade in the Championship next season rests in part with victories over the division's "small teams".
The Pilgrims, currently 20th in the Championship table, host promotion chasing Burnley at Home Park on Saturday. As an outcome of the international break next weekend, they will then have a fortnight to train and recuperate before travelling to Blackpool on April 4.
Luggy believes that if the Pilgrims take their chances and are on-target at Bloomfield Road, they will be in good stead ahead of the Greens' remaining home fixtures.
"I think the next two games are they key to the rest of the season," he said.
"We've got to come into the game [against Burnley] with a different mindset to the game in two weeks time.
"I don't think we've scored a goal against any of the so-called small teams when we've gone away.
"That shows we have to change our mentality because the only way you win football games is by scoring goals.
"When we have scored first in most games we have gone on to win.
"The essence is we've got to go in and be positive with our approach on Saturday.
"The next two weeks will then be totally focused on the Blackpool game and making sure that everybody on the team knows exactly what they need to do.
"I will be expecting people to be towing the line to my orders.
"Obviously the two weeks can help us put a shape in the team and those players carrying wee niggling knocks can get freshened up and prepare for the challenge at Blackpool.
"Against Blackpool and our [subsequent] home games, we've got to be on the front foot.
"When we have been on the front foot [at Home Park] against decent opposition with the backing of the crowd, we've produced results."
Luggy understands the importance of Argyle's remaining seven fixtures and has warned his players that he will not tolerate poor performances like the one against Norwich last weekend.
The Pilgrims failed to find the net at Carrow Road and were punished in the 53rd minute by David Mooney's strike for the Canaries.
"That was the frustrating thing for me," he said. "I was very disappointed in the players.
"They thought they could go in and steal a goal and like I've said before you can't do that.
"I don't believe it was a conscious thing, it's a subconscious thing.
"It's been proved in the Doncaster game and the other one-nothings. It was all going well until we came up against Doncaster [in December].
"We turned up there thinking mentally that we just needed to turn up and that was where our season took its twist."
Matt Skinner
