'Doesn't look pretty': Scott Parker assesses Burnley's bleak survival hopes as gap to safety grows
Scott Parker accepts the league table looks far from pretty for his Burnley side, but insists things can change very quickly.
Despite an upturn in form over recent weeks, with the Clarets playing out consecutive draws against Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham, the gap to safety has actually grown to 10 points.
On paper, Burnley face a kinder run of games in the coming weeks, with games against West Ham and Crystal Palace following Monday night’s trip to Sunderland.
Parker famously insists he doesn’t take much notice of the table. When asked if that continues to be the case, he said: “Even more so now, to be honest with you.
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“You look at that table and, yeah, it doesn't look pretty. But you then look at the fixtures we have coming up…you focus on yourself. Can you go and pick up some points? Can you get some positive results coming up with the fixtures coming up?
“Things change very, very quickly and you've seen that over the course of this year where teams have all of a sudden a couple of wins and so that's exactly how we go about it now.
“Take no focus on this table at this moment while we know the challenge is there for sure and that is the case.
“We'll keep producing and trying to produce the performance we have over the last three or four weeks to try and get some more positive wins.”
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