Hughes calls for fresh focus
12 Sep 2008 - 09:08:41
Falkirk boss John Hughes has urged his side to find renewed motivation to move away from the foot of the SPL table.
The Bairns have lost their first four league games this season, with Hughes concerned that his players have been taking it a bit too easy.
He told The Scotsman: "Over the last couple of years, after getting into the SPL, everybody said they'll get relegated.
"We created a siege mentality on the back of that to say 'we will show you'. It stood us in great stead because we played like underdogs every week.
"People were saying the second year is harder and all the newspaper cut-outs went on the wall.
"So proving everybody wrong was there again. But just this year, right from the pre-season, it's not been there.
"Maybe that has resulted in us not having anything on the board at the moment."