A win would get the feel good factor back

"It's a faint home and we know we have to be exceptional now, but I think we're capable of being exceptional and I think that's the thing we're all aiming for," he said today.

"Our first half of the season wasn't good enough and it just means we have to put an incredible run together to even have a chance of making it. The players believe they can win any game, so that's what we need to keep doing.

"Burnley will be a difficult game, they'll be working hard and will be a well organised and physical team. We have to go there and match them and it will be nice to kick on again if we can do that."

Looking at the game he highlighted one Burnley player who could cause them problems, striker Ade Akinbiyi who has previously played for Palace and also for the Legend at Leicester.

"I think Ade has had some great spells at Gillingham, Bristol City, Wolves, Stoke and Burnley and he's always been a good servant to the clubs he's been at. He's a cracking lad and an honest professional.

"He looked shot at when he came to Palace after Leicester but he was never as bad as people imagined at Leicester, it is just that you hear the minority speak. Even the Leicester fans, despite giving him some stick, liked him because of the way he worked so hard and in his first season there he scored ten goals. I don't think Emile Heskey ever managed that in one season for Leicester and he went for £13 milion.

"Clubs can't wait to sign him and he went to Sheffield United and helped get them promotion. I'm expecting him to be a real threat on Saturday."

Steve Cotterill continues the search for a first win since November and admits he wants it for others more than himself. "A win would get the feel good factor back and while I would get great satisfaction, I actually want a win for other people more than myself, I really mean that.

"I want the win for the players, for our supporters, for the Chairman and the directors more than myself. I think they have had enough of this sufferance period as well and if we get that win against Palace, if things drop well for us and we play well, nothing would make me more pleased.

"Those who know me personally know I'm a winner, so not winning is tough. Every day is tough, but I'm fine with it. I'm fine because you have to be. You have to be strong and calm, and keep a level head when everyone else around you is losing theirs. It is important I do that because if I start losing mine, then the players will have no chance.

"They will know what's required when they take the pitch on Saturday. We just need a few bounces of the ball and the rub of the green to get us out of this. It hurts me, but I'm strong enough to cope with it, and if we win then on Monday I'll come back in and do exactly the same as I've done for eleven years.

"It is a tough game, but it is more than winnable and our performances of late have been better than our results. Times like this galvanise you. It is easy to have a good team spirit when you are winning but the test is when you are not winning. Are they still receptive to new ideas? Yes they are."

Speaking about the support he added: "When you walk around town from time to time, the amount of goodwill is phenomenal. Whether we are top of the league, down the lower reaches or in mid-table, our supporters get behind the team and that won't change.

"They are first class and we really need them to be passionate against Palace. At the moment we need them to be the difference, they need to be as noisy as they possibly can because the lads rise to that."