"The only people writing our season off are some of our former players in the media," he said. "That's just got very boring for us now.
"They've got a job to do and they need to earn the same as everyone else but did they never lose games?
"It happens. It may not be very nice. It hurts like hell but it's a fact of life in football.
"I hope the fans are more positive than that because the players and management at the club don't believe the season is over.
"We've got a big job on our hands in the Premiership because no one is happy with the gap between us and the top two.
"We want to keep chipping away at their lead and see where that takes us at the end of the season.
"And there seems to be a belief in some quarters that we are already out of the Champions League because we're up against Barcelona.
"We don't believe that's the case. The same people said the same things in 2005 and look what we did in Europe that year.
"It's going to be tough going up against a great side like Barca but we like to think we can play too."