Mears eyes Premier League survival

urnley defender Tyrone Mears is desperate to avoid a second Premier League relegation in three seasons with two different teams. The right-back was a member of the Derby side which almost sank without trace in the top-flight campaign of 2007/8 and he finds himself in another scrap for survival at Turf Moor.However, Mears believes Burnley are better equipped than the Rams were and is confident they can beat the odds to stay up."I had a bit of a nightmare with Derby. It's hard for promoted teams to come up and compete, you always find it difficult," he said."We were a bad team, but here I think the bonding is still there, the lads are still close. I've seen it when times get tough and players turn on each other - that's not happened here."Everyone's stuck together and we're still digging in and hopefully that can help us."

Source: Team_Talk