CRAIG EDWARDS remains confident of his side's chances of avoiding the drop as they prepare for a crucial month of fixtures.
Billericay are in action nine times in March – six of them at New Lodge – and Edwards knows things can change very quickly at the foot of the Blue Square Bet South table.
"It is going to be a big month," he said. "We go Tuesday, Saturday every week, and if you have a good week and win Saturday, Tuesday and then Saturday, all of a sudden you're up the top of the table.
"We played Eastleigh about six weeks ago and they were second bottom. They gave us a bit of a hiding (5-0) and I thought they were a very good side, and they went up to sixth. They lost on Saturday and went down to seventh but that's what they can do in six weeks."
Edwards' men were due to be in action last night (Tuesday) with a tricky trip to in-form Dorchester, another side who Edwards views as an inspiration to his struggling side.
He added: "Dorchester have been in the bottom three all season. I read their report on Saturday then looked at the table and I'm expecting them to be 15th or 16th, but they're up to eighth on the back of a few wins, so it can change very, very quickly."
The Blues slipped to a third successive defeat on Saturday when a stoppage-time penalty from Danny Waldren gave Bromley a 3-2 win at New Lodge.
And after making the long trip to the south coast to face Dorchester, they are back on the road on Saturday when they travel to Basingstoke.
"They are two tough games," Edwards added. "But win, lose or draw that won't decide whether we stay up.
"We'll go out there and give it our best shot like we always do.
"We always knew it was going to be tough this year in this league and unfortunately with falling behind with the weather, we've dropped into the bottom three and that's coincided with a bad run and not being able to get out of the bottom three.
"We've got a long way to go, we've got two tough away games this week and then after that we've got 14 games, of which nine are at home. Although we lost on Saturday our home form has been decent, so we're very optimistic that we'll get out of trouble."