Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish says seventh place on the table isn't good enough.
The Reds moved into the position after victory over Fulham last night.
"I think we are better than that," he said.
"It is getting a bit more realistic but we are not getting carried away with being seventh - that is not where this football club wants to be.
"We want to be further up than that but to do that we have to win more games and that is what we will try to do, starting against Stoke next Wednesday."
Asked what his long-term objective was he replied: "To beat Stoke next Wednesday, the same we have done here since I can remember.
"We have never come in at the start of the season and said 'we're going to do this or that', we just went out to do the best we could.
"At the end of the season we added up the points to see where we were and I don't any reason to change that.
"It never did us any harm. It is the only way I know, that is the way I was brought up."
