Adkins: No need for Iron to panic

Published: 15 Mar 2010 - 12:57:41

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Connor Wickham's late winner condemned the Iron to their second successive defeat and saw them slide into the relegation places for the first time since the opening day of the season. But Adkins believes his team can retain their status in the second tier - and backed his players to bounce back from the damaging loss in their trip to leaders Newcastle United on Wednesday. He told the Scunthorpe Telegraph: "We'll have a little break and we'll refocus. There is a resilience about the players to achieve this season. Nobody expects us to achieve anything but we do - and we will. We've got to pick ourselves up and go again. "Everyone thought we'd be in the bottom three for the whole of the season. What we've done is give ourselves an opportunity of survival. The fact of the matter is that it's all about winning. We didn't win. "We will regroup again for Newcastle away on Wednesday. It's a great one for the supporters to relish. Nobody will give us a chance of getting something there but we believe we can."