Trotters boss refusing to ease up

25 February 2009 18:06
A second victory in three Premier League matches allowed Wanderers to move back up to 12th with 30 points - seven more than third-bottom Blackburn.[LNB]It is also only seven short of what they achieved in the last campaign when they finished two places above the relegation zone after a late scrap for survival.[LNB]But with more clubs involved in the struggle this season Megson is under no illusions that they cannot afford to rest on their laurels.[LNB]"We've got it (the gap) to seven points at the moment but other teams are getting decent results as well," he warned ahead of Sunday's visit of Newcastle.[LNB]"That means other teams are being brought back into it, so the whole matter is not getting any clearer.[LNB]"I still think the same number of teams are involved in the relegation battle as were the week before, including ourselves and Newcastle, so it is another huge game."[LNB]Because the situation is so tight in the bottom half of the table, with 10 points separating 10th-placed Manchester City and bottom side West Brom, Megson is reluctant to set a target for his team.[LNB]"It makes me laugh when people start doing it. You can't apply mathematics to football. It doesn't work," he told the Bolton News.[LNB]"Nobody knows what it (the safety mark) is going to be. You've got to just keep plugging away and not take your foot off the pedal.[LNB]"It is so tight. We're all in the same boat. I defy any of the managers of any of the teams that are down there to say they are not looking at anyone else's results. We're exactly the same."[LNB][LNB][LNB] Bolton v Newcastle. Click here to bet.[LNB] 

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