GARETH Taylor celebrated his 14th goal of the season and immediately hailed the support of the man who has helped him to a career best season's total - manager Stan Ternent.

"I can't thank the gaffer enough," he said. "I have never had a regular run at another club and hopefully I am repaying him.

"I got a bit of luck with my goal as Crichts (former team mate Paul Crichton) went down like an old woman and it bobbled in," he smiled.

It is almost exactly a year since Taylor moved to Turf Moor from Manchester City, firstly on loan and then on a free transfer last summer.

His total for the Clarets now stands at 18 and his total for this campaign is two ahead of his previous best at both Bristol Rovers and Sheffield United - but he has not finished yet.

"It's nice to have got to 14 but there are still ten games to go and I want to get as many goals as possible," he said. But that said I know that the team winning is paramount."

The Wales international was aware of Stan Ternent's concerns about the boo-boys and he admitted the players did hear them but he said: "We are a bit further from it and so the gaffer hears it a lot more.

"We do understand the fans' frustrations but it is still disappointing. The players here are a great bunch and we are all in this together. If one is getting stick from the fans it affects us all.

"If the fans get behind us it makes a hell of a difference and gives us such a lift.

"Until Christmas we had a great home record and the pitch was in great condition but it has deteriorated a bit. We just have to make the best of what we have got."

Taylor is now ready to lead from the front again as the team prepares for the tricky trip to relegation threatened Walsall tomorrow night.

"We have got some big games coming up, they are all big games, but we have got something to build on.

"We did have chances but it just didn't happen for us on Saturday in the second half."