Sunderland boss Dick Advocaat is ignoring what their rivals are doing.
The Black Cats are currently in the bottom three, but just a point behind Hull City and Leicester City - who visit the Stadium of Light next weekend - and two shy of Newcastle United.
Advocaat said: "I don't care at all. I only care about our club. I don't care about Newcastle or Hull or whatever.
"We have to do it by ourselves and not look too much to other teams. We have to do it on the pitch and show them what we want.
"That's the most important thing - but everybody is counting only the first two games. They are important, but we still have two games to play against Arsenal and Chelsea as well.
"Everybody is counting those already as nothing, and I don't see why."