Najeem Olukokun is confident that the Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) will beat the drop in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) this term.
The Ibadan club have struggled to sew up a consistent run including losing twice at home to Lobi Stars (0-1) and Warri Wolves (1-2) but Olukokun told supersport.com that they cannot afford to slip up again when the second round of the season starts this weekend.
"It has not been the best of season for us," began Olukokun while speaking to supersport.com. "But we know we have to keep fighting because we cannot allow 3SC to be relegated this season."
However, the striker acknowledged that the route to the club's survival will not be easy having found themselves in the deep end of the NPFL standings.
The former Kwara United man said: "To be honest it will not be easy because every team wants to pick points in the second round. So we will do our best and hopefully we can win enough points to stay in the league for another season."
Olukokun has scored twice in all competitions for 3SC this term including in their 2-0 win over Wikki Feeders in the Federation Cup round of 64 last week.