Wayne Bridge is focusing on his first full of week of training at West Ham United after a tough debut in Saturday's 3-0 Barclays Premier League defeat by Arsenal.
The left-back endured a difficult first match in a claret and blue shirt, conceding a second-half penalty before being withdrawn with cramp late on.
West Ham's new No36 conceded that the Gunners had been the better side for long periods, but that his new team-mates had created enough opportunities to achieve a more positive result.
"It was a difficult first game. Arsenal are a great team and keep the ball well, so most of the time we were running around chasing after the ball. We had a few chances and if we'd have put them away it might have been a different story. We've just got to look forward to the next game now."
Bridge, who has joined on loan from Manchester City until the end of the season, is hoping to bring a winning mentality with him from Eastlands.
Saturday's defeat was just the third the 29-year-old had suffered this term and he is eager to score the victories required to keep West Ham in the top-flight between now and May.
"We've just to forget about this and look forward to the next one and get a win. Once we get everyone fit and fighting for places, I see that this team can create chances and we've got to finish them.
"Obviously we've also got to concede less but not team is going to be as hard Arsenal. We've just got to make sure we concentrate and keep our focus and hope the games are a bit easier than they were on Saturday."
Bridge's chief tormentor on Saturday was lightning-fast England winger Theo Walcott, who scored one goal and made two more for Robin van Persie.
The new boy is hoping to have an easier ride at Everton on Saturday, having trained for a week at Chadwell Heath and increased his levels of fitness and understanding with his Hammers team-mates.
"It was a difficult game for me, really. Theo is really quick and that was first 90 minutes for a while. I've not played too many this season, so I had a little bit of cramp at the end, but I didn't feel too bad for the first 60.
"I'll just improve next week and things can only get better.
"I try not to look too far ahead, to be honest. We have got Everton at the weekend and I just want to win. One thing I don't want to see is West Ham go down."
While Barclays Premier League salvation is Bridge's No1 priority, the former England international is also targeting a League Cup winner's medal to add to the one he won with Chelsea in 2007.
"We've also got a chance of winning a medal this year and that would be great. We should just take one game at a time and hopefully we'll end up staying up and getting a medal.
"It's a bonus for me to be allowed to be allowed to play in the League Cup and it would be lovely to end up with a winner's medal."