Sir Alex Ferguson has set his Manchester United players a 90-point target to win the Barclays Premier League.
United have endured a miserable couple of days since their shock defeat at Burnley.
Professional and amateur analysts have been offering Ferguson their advice, with most arguing it is time the Scot spent another chunk of the £80million received from Real Madrid for Cristiano Ronaldo to bring in a speedy forward.
Yet Ferguson has no intention of abandoning his policy of sticking with the players he already has, although he realises there is not too much margin for error.
"I will not be buying anyone," he stressed.
"I made the point - and I am sure of it. This is a great group of players.
"Yes, we would like to score goals. We have to step up to the mark and I am quite confident we can do that."
United must step up to the mark on Saturday because, by Ferguson's reckoning, another 29 wins are needed to clinch an unprecedented fourth successive league championship.
"There is not much leeway," he said.
"Last season we had a points total of 90 and even though we say it is the most competitive league, you still have to think of that figure to be the winner.
"Liverpool got 86 last season, which is an exceptional total too, but they only finished second."
Clearly, in order to achieve the short-term objective of extending a nine-match winning sequence and the long-term aim of landing more silverware, United need to start finding the net on a regular basis.
So far, all they have been able to manage is a single Wayne Rooney goal, with both Dimitar Berbatov and Michael Owen failing to take opportunities to get off the mark.