JIM Paterson has endured a frustrating season as Argyle's utility man but his focus remains firmly set on Saturday's massive game at Blackpool.
The Pilgrims have six games to avoid the dreaded drop out of the Championship and Paterson believes every one will take on the importance of a cup final.
"Saturday is massive," he said. "The next six games are massive.
"Everybody wants to stay in this league and build for next season. We are all geared up for Saturday and we have got six cup finals."
Paterson played in his favoured left-back position in today's 1-0 Combination win over Cheltenham Town but he would be more than happy if manager Paul Sturrock called on him to play his secondary role of centre-midfield at Blackpool.
New signing Rudi Douala scored the only goal against a young Cheltenham team but Paterson felt the performance warranted more, and the exercise could benefit the team on Saturday.
He said: "We are all competing for places and you could see that today, where everybody wants to be involved and keep the club in this league.
"It was a good exercise. We have got a lot of boys and everybody needed a run-out. We were playing against a young side and we could have won by more goals.
"I enjoyed it. Obviously, with the situation at the club, we have got Chris [Barker] and Gary [Sawyer] as left-backs, but I enjoyed the game at left-back.
"I will take any place where I can get a game - that is up to the manager. He knows I will play anywhere for him.
"I have just been one of those players this season that sort of fills in when other players have been injured, which has been frustrating, but we have got a big squad and everybody's competing for places.
"It is one of those things where you have to get your head down and work to get back in the team."
The challenge for Argyle at Bloomfield Road is to perform to the standards achieved in the unfortunate 2-1 home defeat to Burnley ten days ago.
The fear for Argyle is a repeat of the dismal display in the 1-0 loss at Norwich the week before the Burnley game.
"We seem to have put in a lot of disappointing performances against the teams below us," said Paterson.
"When you look at our squad and the players we have, the most disappointing thing is that we have gone to places like Wolves and won, and then we go to Norwich and put in a really disappointing performance.
"In the Burnley game it was all us, and then we conceded. We equalised straightaway and it was all us again.
"If any team looked like winning, it was us, but we were beaten by a great finish. We all came off scratching our heads, wondering how we managed to come away with nothing, and that seems to have been our season.
"All defeats hurt but the Norwich game hurt more. In the Burnley game, we have played well and everybody's put in a good performance.
"Sometimes this season we have just not turned up. If we knew the root of it, we wouldn't be in this position but we have six games left to get our heads down and work."
