Stoke strikers Peter Crouch and Jon Walters told Goals on Sunday the club's next six fixtures will be vital if they are to achieve their ambitions this season.
Ambition
"We have fantastic facilities," he said. "The ground is magnificent, the training ground is first class, and everything is in place to establish ourselves as a really good club.
"The reason I came to Stoke was because I believed there was a project in place and it was a club moving forward. It wasn't a case of taking a step down.
"I genuinely think we can move forwards and certainly with the players we have signed this season. No-one has lied to me, everyone has told me we can leap forward and we have done since I have been at the club and I think we will again.
"We have a belief. We have got backing from the owners and as you can see with the players we have signed I think we have added more quality again.
"And we will look to strengthen again next season. We are improving all the time. We are nowhere near the top four or five at the moment but I believe we can finish in the top ten then go on from there again."
Supersub
Owen came on as a second half substitute for the fourth time this season against Sunderland, though he has yet to register his first Premier League goal for the club. But fellow strikers believe it is only a matter of time before their team-mate and striking rival starts to hit the back of the net.
Walters said: "He has been fine in training and sharp as normal and great finishing as you would expect. But it is difficult because we are playing a different system this season."
"Crouch added: "I have been playing up there on my own and we have been playing Charlie Adam just off me. But he has looked very sharp in training and I think that it is only a matter of time before he gets his chance. He is a top quality finisher and player and you know when he gets his chance he will take it."
