Whitstable Town boss Marcel Nimani looks ahead to matches against K Sports, Holmesdale and Lordswood inside seven days

Marcel Nimani will not underestimate Whitstable’s opponents ahead of a busy seven-day period for them.

The Oystermen are at home to second-bottom K Sports this Saturday, followed by Wednesday’s trip to Holmesdale before welcoming Lordswood to The Belmont next weekend.

Whitstable’s hopes of finishing in the top two of the Southern Counties East Premier Division are all but over after they lost 2-1 at high-flying Phoenix Sports last weekend.

They have played more league games than most of the teams above them as they head into the final 10 fixtures.

Boss Nimani said: “We have got a tough seven days coming up.

“We have games Saturday, Wednesday and then play at home next Saturday again.

“It’s been a tough month, really. We had four games in February and three were away.

“Now, we’re hoping to pick up a little bit better consistency in terms of results.

“We have a very exciting game on Saturday against a good footballing side but I feel this is the wrong time to be playing teams at the bottom of the league.

“They go through a recruitment phase and the bottom teams become stronger than they were.

"So we’re very aware of the teams that we’re playing below us.”

K Sports lost 4-0 at home to Rusthall on Saturday.

But Nimani noted: “They’re a side recruited on 3G.

"I’m sure they will relish playing on our home turf so we need to make sure we’re very organised.”

Nimani felt two key decisions went against his men in their loss at Phoenix.

A Ryan Hayes penalty halted a bright start by Whitstable, with the spot-kick controversially awarded for a foul by skipper Tom Mills on Tashi-Jay Kwayie, who then made it 2-0.

Midfielder Liam Gillies was sin-binned in the 37th minute but substitute James Jeffrey got the Oystermen back in it, 16