Source: Team_Talk
Coyle: Trotters won't ease up
olton boss Owen Coyle has warned his players not to lose their focus for the final two games of the season now they are safe from relegation.[LNB] Wanderers' Premier League status was secured for another year last weekend, although only once Burnley had been beaten by Liverpool on Sunday.[LNB]A day earlier, Coyle's side had missed the chance to do the job for themselves after throwing away a two-goal lead at home against already-relegated Portsmouth in a match which finished 2-2.[LNB]After taking a 2-0 lead into the break Bolton appeared to switch off and their manager knows they could be punished even more heavily should their concentration waver again at Tottenham on Saturday.[LNB]Spurs, currently fourth and looking to seal a Champions League berth, have been on a hot streak of late at White Hart Lane, where they have secured impressive wins over Arsenal and Chelsea in recent weeks and beat Wanderers 4-0 in an FA Cup fifth-round replay in February.[LNB]Bolton now have comparatively little to play for, but Coyle is expecting a competitive performance from his players, both in Saturday's game and when Birmingham visit the Reebok Stadium on the final day of the campaign.[LNB]"If they are not focused on Saturday, they will be in for a long afternoon because Tottenham are a quality side," Coyle said.[LNB]"They are a side that is going for that Champions League slot and they have shown that, particularly at home, with the form they have been in.[LNB]"You only need to look back at their last two home games - the victories over Arsenal and Chelsea - to see what a tough afternoon you could be in for, so we will make sure we are focused and looking to do our very best.[LNB]"We want to finish as high up the league as possible because of the prestige it involves and the financial implications, so our goal will be to get as many points from our two remaining games against Tottenham and Birmingham as we can."[LNB]Taking Spurs into the top four would mark the latest chapter in Harry Redknapp's remarkable success story since his arrival at the club in October 2008.[LNB]At the time, Tottenham were in the relegation zone, but Redknapp guided them to an eighth-placed finish last term before launching their Champions League push this time out, which Coyle says he has not been surprised by.[LNB]"It doesn't surprise me because he has been a fantastic manager wherever he has been," Coyle said.[LNB]"He has had success at every football club because he is very good at the job he does.[LNB]"He has galvanised every club he has been at, and he has done that again at Tottenham."[LNB]Redknapp also took Tottenham to last season's Carling Cup final, having ousted Coyle's Burnley side in a dramatic semi-final.[LNB]Having looked bound for Wembley, the Clarets - a Championship side at the time - were defeated in the dying moments of the second leg at Turf Moor, but Coyle was impressed with Redknapp's manner towards him after the game.[LNB]"Certainly I have got a lot of time for him because he has given me a lot of his personal time after games - none more so than after the Carling Cup semi-final," Coyle said.[LNB]"My Burnley team showed the qualities that we had, coming back from a 4-1 first-leg deficit. We beat them 3-0 in the 90 minutes and then cruelly lost out with two minutes to go in extra-time.[LNB]"After the game he was so gracious, as he always is - he is just a top man."
