Source: Team_Talk
Laws demands away improvement
A short Tyrone Mears back-header and a wicked deflection off Clarke Carlisle contrived to serve up a 2-1 win for Wolves at Turf Moor which lifted Mick McCarthy's visitors clear of the bottom three.[LNB]Having picked up a solitary point from successive home games against Wolves, Stoke and Portsmouth, Laws now knows his side must get points on their travels despite picking up just one from 15 games so far.[LNB]Laws takes his side to Wigan next week and admitted: "We've got to battle away and improve our away performances. There are some disappointed players but it's our job to pick them up and get them ready.[LNB]"We'll keep fighting away until it's mathematically impossible. There is now a bit of a gap but it only takes one win to get back in it. Nobody at this club will be disillusioned. We will keep fighting away."[LNB]The Clarets could hardly have suffered a worse start against a Wolves team who travelled north bemoaning their own recent luck and knowing a loss would dump them in the bottom three at Burnley's expense.[LNB]The home side's solid opening spell was undone in the 26th minute when Mears' header back towards goalkeeper Brian Jensen fell short, allowing Matt Jarvis to nip in, round Jensen and dribble the ball into the empty net.[LNB]Jensen may have been feeling fortunate to still be on the pitch at that point having raced from his goal to up-end Kevin Doyle on the right flank in the 12th minute, for which referee Steve Bennett handed him a yellow card.[LNB]The home side came close to an equaliser in the 44th minute when Mears knocked the ball down in the box for David Nugent, whose shot from eight yards struck the ground and bounced up to hit the crossbar.[LNB]Any hopes the home side had of piling on the pressure after the break were undone less than two minutes after the restart when Adlene Guedioura's miscued shot was deflected past Jensen off the boot of Carlisle.[LNB]Doyle almost grabbed a third when he dribbled a shot across the face of goal from a tight angle but otherwise the visitors were forced to sit back and defend against a home side enthused by the introduction of Robbie Blake.[LNB]He came close in the 65th minute then Laws' men gave themselves a potential lifeline eight minutes later when Graham Alexander's ball into the Wolves box was headed home by substitute Steven Thompson.[LNB]Blake had more chances but Wolves held firm for a result which lifts them clear of the danger zone for now but will not convince their deadpan boss Mick McCarthy that they still have anything other than a fight on their hands.[LNB]McCarthy said: "We're out of the bottom three but the results today have concertina-ed it up a bit with West Ham beaten and Wigan beaten and most important Burnley beaten.[LNB]"We're not safe yet. It wasn't the be-all and end-all but it was one hell of a big result. I thought we were comfortable in the first half and in the second half it was a bit of an onslaught but we survived it."[LNB][LNB] Barclays Premier League. Click here to bet.
