Steven Gerrard admits Liverpool's targets for this season are still achievable.
The Reds sit seventh on the Premier League table and are still alive in both the Carling Cup and FA Cups, suggesting to captain Gerrard that those goals touted in pre-season are still there for the taking despite the club copping some criticism recently.
"We're six points off fourth and there are 16 games left. You're not telling me that this team and the players we've got here are not capable of making that up?
"The sides who we are competing with aren't on all-out consistent runs. Manchester United got beat 3-0 by Newcastle the other week, Chelsea drew with Norwich and Arsenal have lost their last three.
"Why isn't it possible? Why are people crying out for change?
"We've got a fight on for fourth but we had a fight on at the start of the season, when we were telling people our aims for the season.
"Of course you go into every season wondering if you can get into the title race but at the moment we're not in it and our realistic aim at the start was top four and two good long runs in the cup.
"At the end of this week we could be going to Wembley, we could be in the fifth round of the FA Cup and six points off fourth. The flip side of that is different but big weeks happen at big football clubs and this is a big week.""Our targets were to get into the top four and go on two long runs in the cup and it's still possible," he told the club's official website ahead of tonight's Carling Cup semi-final second leg against Manchester City.
