"We showed we are far from dead as a club by going to Naples and doing well as we have in other Europa League games,'' he said after a below-strength side earned a goalless draw in the Euroa League.
"We are going through a very bad passage at the moment and things have not gone our way for a variety of reasons.
"We are down at the bottom and desperately want to get away from there. But the new owners have done a lot for the club, they've given the club a lift and they did that before the Everton game.
"There was a certain buoyancy and a feelgood feeling and we can start to rebuild, put things right and get ourselves on a good footing once again. Of course Sunday is the ideal opportunity to do this. Unfortunately Blackburn will have something to say about that. They won't be lying down.''
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