I think here is a growing belief among players and fans

Last updated : 08 February 2014 By Tony Scholes

Holloway has a shocking record at Burnley as a manager with various clubs. He was still looking for his first win at our ground with his latest club and he's gone back down south with his players with the record having got that little bit worse.

He saw his team go 1-0 up before succumbing to a 3-1 defeat and he said after the game: "I'm very disappointed for the lads to be honest. Important things need to start happening for us and I'm sure they will do against other teams."

Speaking about the opening goal, he added: "It was a decent free kick. We put it in there and it came back out. We did what we wanted to do but we're not able to hang on to anything.

"We had a game plan to stop Vokes and Ings getting into the game and for the first few minutes you could see Burnley weren't quite at it. We started the better team and it's a big ask to continue it for 90 minutes. When you're down the bottom you don't seem able to hang onto it.

"That was the first moment of the game where we lost the game plan. It went wide and they played it into Ings. For the first time in the game they weren't there. He spun, smashed it and it's gone in.

"From there we showed a bit of resilience until five minutes before half time when we dropped deep so badly that a midfield player slotted it in from the edge of the box. At the moment those things are killing us."

Holloway wasn't happy with the penalty decision just before our second goal. "What on earth was the penalty for?" he asked. "I didn't see any of their players appeal. That was harsh. I thought it was a ridiculous decision. I thought our luck had changed (when it was saved)."

"We got a bit of woohoo, here we go and it didn't last long. That sums up the feeling in our dressing room that we've got to shake off.

"I thought we weren't bad against the best team I've seen this year apart from some of the Premier League teams of course.

"From my point of view the third goal was the killer. We've worked hard, we've got there. We've given somebody some time with it. One ball over the defence , he gets on it and scores.

"We've added some new players. We've got to get some breaks really quickly as that dressing room is pretty low at the moment.

"I believe that the harder you work the luckier you get, and we can learn from the structure of Sean's team today. They don't take any risks, that's why they've got such a good team going and have got great individuals in that structure."

Dyche really was a happy man after this latest win, one that saw us achieve 19 successive home league games unbeaten for the first time in post war football.

"I have made it clear that if you perform well that is a marker and if you get results that is another," he said. "If you put all the markers together, things start happening. We've had a few records this year and I am proud of that.

"This club is rich in history and the group, staff and the overall collective mentality is about winning. I have made it clear to the group that we are just that. I only try to lead them and I am really pleased.

"There was no panic today, and great credit to the fans. There was no panic in the stadium after they scored. There was a calmness and I think here is a growing belief among players and fans that if we now have a setback we will go all the way and force the issue.

"That builds more belief because sometimes you can't always stop players scoring against you, but we scored again pretty quickly with that backing and maybe the fans are beginning to believe more and realise that if we have a setback we have the firepower and quality, good organisation and energy to respond."

He continued: "Sometimes people have questioned whether we can continue playing like that, so to come back from that 1-0 and stay calm, get the lead and make good work of it was really pleasing.

"I think it's fair to say our fans are probably scratching their heads how we haven't won any of the last three, but I thought we were thoroughly deserving of it today and the more points you put on the table the higher it can take you."

Leading goalscorer Danny Ings helped himself to two more goals and, speaking about his second and our last goal, Dyche added: "Danny is one of the best I've seen at controlling a ball over his shoulder. He does it in training and I thought the way he dealt with his own bit of disappointment (the penalty miss) was great.

"I said to him at half time 'you keep going and enjoying what you are doing'. He was full of beans in the second half and could have had more."