Fulham chairman Mohamed Al Fayed insists he will "keep on believing" that Roy Hodgson's side can survive in the top flight this season.
Fulham face bottom club Derby on Saturday having failed to win on their travels for 18 months.
"I want to encourage the boys to play with freedom and self-belief at Pride Park, to endeavour to get the best result possible to improve our current position.
"Of course we are realistic about where we are, but it is important that we are confident that we can reverse it. Our fate is in our own hands and having spoken to many of the players I know that they remain focused on the challenge ahead and committed to keeping Fulham in the Premier League where we belong as a club.
"Roy has organised his team and got them playing better football than we were previously. Obviously we haven't scored enough goals recently and of course that is something that we need to improve if we are to be in with a chance of survival.
"Again I am convinced that we can do that. I have said it before - no task is insurmountable and this one is no different.
"We still have enough games left to change our own fortunes and I believe that we can, and until such time that it is not mathematically possible for us to remain a Premier League team, I will keep on believing."