Scott Parker makes 'horrible' demand amid Burnley's fight to end losing run
Scott Parker has called on his Burnley players to embrace their “horrible” side as they bid to re-ignite their survival challenge.
The Clarets fell to a sixth straight defeat last weekend as Newcastle United ran out 2-1 winners at St James’ Park, leaving Parker’s men five points adrift of safety.
But having fought so valiantly with 10 men, Parker is encouraged by what he saw – but wants more of the same going forwards, beginning with Saturday evening’s home clash against Fulham.
“The team [at Newcastle] today was a different team,” he said. “It was a different group of players today.
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“We've had some lovely bits and we're a good team in certain parts in terms of how we play, but we've been missing a little something and that something has just not quite been there.
“We've been nearly a few times, but still, I've not had the feeling of the team in certain moments today. [Against Newcastle] I had every bit of that and that was largely down to them really.
“I stand in front of them and preach and tell us what we need, but I just felt that we showed an intent about us today.
“It's never going to be enough for us this year just to be a nice, pretty team and that's been proven over the first 14 games.
“We need to have an intent about us, it needs to be horrible at times. There needs to be that and today, there was an intent about us which I really liked.”
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