As Swansea City got off to a great start to the season win a win over Tranmere Rovers at the New Stadium on Saturday, Kenny Jackett has challenged his promotion-chasing side to create one of the best away records in League One as they prepare to travel to Colchester United tonight before heading to Huddersfield on Saturday.
Jackett is sure Swansea's performance away from home this season will have a "massive" bearing on their bid to finish inside the top six.
Swansea face a tough week, with two away games in four days, and we should get a measure of how the Swans will fare in League One this summer.
Jackett said: "It's a testing week for us and I'm going to find out a lot about my players over the next few days.
"It would be a terrific achievement to get through this week unbeaten. That really would lay down a marker.
"Everyone's after the same thing, but what we want this season is to have one of the best away records in the division.
"We've got to be strong on the road as well as at home.
"We won as many away games as anyone else last season and it would be lovely if that were the case again this year.
"Away form is going to have a massive bearing on where we end up - even on our belief as a club that we can have a successful season at this level.
"League One is a competitive division and it looks quite tight at the moment. It looks as though everyone will take points off everyone else.
"It's important we're strong at home, but the commitment and work-rate will need to continue away from home.
"Brian Little certainly seems to believe away form is the key to this league and his side finished third last season, close behind Luton and Hull."
Jackett has told his players they must reproduce the same level of work rate they displayed in their 1-0 win over Tranmere when they arrive at Layer Road.
"I watched a video of the Tranmere game and it struck me that our effort and our work-rate in that game was huge," he said.
"We need to maintain that. We need to try to set some standards early in the season that we can carry right through.
"But Colchester is a tough place for us to go. I've been to Layer Road as a coach with both Watford and Queens Park Rangers, and Colchester do start strongly there.
"Traditionally the bookies reckon they'll struggle. That's got a bit to do with the fact they're battling against crowds of just two or three thousand.
"But in a one-off situation, with them having lost on Saturday, I look at it as a fierce place for us to go.
"They've got some talented players. People like Greg Halford, a very good wide-right player, and Chris Iwelumo, someone with a lot of Championship experience who they've signed from Stoke.
"If we can first match their physical presence and organisation, that will give us a foothold in the game.
"Then you look to play some football. You look to those people in the side who can go on and win you the game. We've certainly got players who can do that.