Clough warn Rams to keep your foot on the throttle

01 April 2010 08:39
Championship survival a priority Coventry City's next opponents Derby County, who visit The Ricoh Arena on Saturday needing points to ensure their Championship survival, have been warned by their manager Nigel Clough  not to take their foot off the pedal. The rams are unbeaten in four matches and Clough is keen  to see the run continue. He said, "Ideally, you didn't want Crystal Palace to win on Tuesday but it leaves Watford very much in it. They have tough games coming up, like everybody." "There are three or four teams down there below us, and this weekend it is our aim to keep that six point lead intact and whittle the games away. We still have a lot of work to do, and even if we were there we would still want to keep going to get as many points as we can." "We could be sitting here safe in four or five days' time. We hope we are, but even then we will not be easing off for the last few games." Derby finished 18th on 54 points last season and are currently 17th on 48 points with six games left to play. "Going beyond the 54 points we got last season would be nice but staying up is the bottom line,When you are in this situation with six games to go, the priority is to stay up." said Clough.

Source: FOOTYMAD