And he admits his players will have to shape up, or ship out, having conceded seven goals in two games.

Burnley were back in training yesterday for some hard graft, ahead of Saturday's trip to Crystal Palace, while Coyle continues to search for defensive solutions, including bringing in new blood, with Middlesbrough's Wales Under 21 international centre back Rhys Williams the latest name to be linked.

The Clarets responded to the opening day 4-1 setback at Sheffield Wednesday with a clean sheet in the Carling Cup win at Bury, but individual errors again came back to haunt them as they went down 3-0 at home to Ipswich on Saturday, and Coyle said: "They can do one of two things.

"If they want to go away and feel sorry for themselves, then they're no good to me.

"But if they prepared to come in, roll their sleeves up and get some hard work done, then that's the type we need.
"If they're not, then they'll not be here.

"We're here to make sure the players are out on that pitch and representative of what I would expect.
"If you want to feel sorry for yourself, then you're no good here at Burnley Football Club.

"You take your medicine and the kick in the teeth, which it undoubtedly is.
"We came here to win the game, and we've not done that. Of course we're hurt by it, and we'll get the necessary stick for it, but that happens in football.

"We'll come back stronger for it, but that means hard work, and if it means trying to wheel and deal and try to get one or two in to strengthen us in that department, in terms of conceding soft goals, that's what we'll look to do."

And he takes full responsibility as manager, although he feels there was an element of bad fortune against Ipswich: "You don't feel for anybody because the bottom line is, it's happened.

"Ultimately I'll take responsibility, because I pick the team. But I would never envisage losing the sort of goals we've lost again.
"We shot ourselves in the foot again. You don't need to be Einstein to see it.

"We have to be defending better, and I don't just mean the back lot.
"We worked hard during the week, and you've seen that with the way they've controlled the game – we just had to get that goal.
"We never got it and paid a heavy price.

"The players will be hurting, and rightly so because it's a horrible feeling. But the bottom line is you pick yourself up.
"The margins are minimal. There's not a great deal in the Championship between winning and losing a game.

"If we'd have taken one of those chances we'd have gone on to win that game, maybe by the same scoreline, but we didn't and we've been punished.

"So we come in and we work hard and stay together and get even closer.
"You work off the shoulder of your pal and make sure the next time you go out you achieve a positive result."

Chris Eagles was replaced by Alan Mahon with seven minutes remaining, but there was nothing untoward: "Chris showed some lovely touches in the game, so much so that he had nothing left to give at the end.

"Equally we think, and Chris does, there is improvement in his game and we think we can add to that as well.

"But that wasn't our problem. One was never taking our chances, but equally we conceded really, really soft goals.

"For fear of sounding repetitive, because I think I was saying the same stuff last week, if it means changing personnel and moving other players about until you get the right people in there..."

Meanwhile, Burnley will have four players on international duty this week.

Tonight, midfielder Kevin McDonald is with Scotland Under 21s for their European Championship Qualifier in Lithuania.

And tomorrow night, the remaining three will come up against each other.

Graham Alexander was drafted into the Scotland squad on Sunday, for their friendly with Northern Ireland at Hampden Park, where he could come up against Michael Duff and Martin Paterson.

Injuries have led to 36-year-old full back Alexander earning a recall for the Tartan Army's final warm up match before the 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign starts next month.