Miron Muslic has declared he is very optimistic he can help Plymouth Argyle achieve their overriding goal of retaining their Championship status this season.

The new head coach boss described the task as a challenge, but 'a possible challenge' as he spoke at his introductory Press conference yesterday afternoon. The 42-year-old Austrian will take charge of the bottom-of-the-table Pilgrims for the first time when they take on Oxford United in the Championship at Home Park tonight.

Muslic's belief that Argyle can stay up has been fuelled by the excellent all-round performance he saw them put in when they upset Premier League club Brentford in a 1-0 Emirates FA Cup third round win at the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday for what was their first away victory of the campaign.

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Formerly the boss of Belgian Pro League club Cercle Brugge, who he led into European competition for only the fourth time in club history for this season, Muslic took his first training session at Harper's Park yesterday before meeting the local media.

Muslic said: "I did my analysing over the last couple of days. It was very busy, very hectic. So you can get a little bit of a feeling, or a little bit of insight, of Argyle, of the team, of everything that the videos can give you and the data can show you.

"But when you are here, and especially when you meet the people, I then understood how important Argyle is for the people so I'm very honoured to be here and I'm also very much looking forward to experience our first home game.

"I had this first experience already just two days ago in Brentford. I think 2,500 of the Green Army were there and it was just goose bumps from minute one until the end. So I'm very excited and looking forward for this new adventure."

Argyle are without a Championship win in 11 games and Muslic said about their relegation fight: "It's a challenge no doubt, if you just purely look without any feelings at the rankings then you know it's a task and it's a challenge, but it's a possible challenge otherwise I wouldn't be here.

"I truly believe that if we can organise the structure of the team in a different way that we are competitive enough to reach all the goals - and the goal is very simple, we want to stay up.

"The challenge will remain the same over the next couple of weeks because I think very similar to Belgium, it's a very competitive league, a very compact league and a very tight league. Our goal is clear and the first step to this direction was done already two days ago in Brentford.

"It's not the same competition but especially the way the players performed should give us a confidence boost we need to challenge the next days and weeks in front of us."

Muslic was struck by 'the passion, the togetherness' that Argyle's players showed against Brentford. "There was still some injured players, not everybody was available, but that was a very good first impression," he said.

"But this was also something I saw before in the analysing, when I looked a little bit deeper inside Argyle. Then when you are actually there to see them, to feel them, to feel the atmosphere, to see the team, to feel the crowd behind, that's why I'm very optimistic that we can reach all our ambitious goals over the next weeks and months."

On the qualities he will bring to Argyle, Muslic said: "I'm very structured and organised coach. I'm a very structured and organised human being. I like to feel this because every structure and organisation is empty without heart, passion and commitment.

"I think the way I see football also fits perfectly towards Argyle and the profiles we have within inside our team. That's why I'm very confident we can get the structure and organisation right.

"Above this, this is just one part of football, to fill the structure with passion, with commitment, with conviction, being brave. These are ingredients I love to have inside a team and inside an organisation, but it's also things I'm trying very hard on a daily basis to give this.

"I said to the lads this morning I'm a very demanding coach no doubt, and I will try to raise the bar in everything, gradually and step by step, but I'm also giving everything. So if you give everything it's a little bit easier to get something back. My strength is to maximise the profiles we have and the potential we have. This is the way how I work."

Muslic admitted it was 'a dream come true' to become a head coach in this country. "I have said this I think several times throughout the last years, when I was asked all the time by colleagues from Austria, from Bosnia, from Belgium, from all over the place where did I see my future, what was I going to do in three years, in five years, I was always very clear - it's England." he explained.

"Again, I think the way I see football and especially the way I play football fits to the English football culture, it fits to the stadium, and it also fits perfectly to Argyle, so this is why I'm very much looking forward to start."

Muslic revealed how he had travelled from London to Plymouth by train at the weekend. He said: "I had a very interesting four hours with the Green Army, so I know every supporter in and out!

"It was very important for me to be on that train. At this moment I realised it means a lot to them, and it means a lot also to me. This is now my new home, this is my club, these are my colours, this is my badge and I'm here to give it all!"

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