STAN Ternent stressed again that his side is not yet the finished article despite their derby triumph over Blackpool which lifted Burnley back up to the fourth place in the Second Division.

And the Clarets boss will be looking to bolster his squad when the funds are made available - with a specialist left-sided midfielder a potential target when that situation arises.

Burnley did everything asked of them yesterday as they clinched their seventh home win in nine attempts in a game watched at Turf Moor by Sunderland boss Peter Reid.

And Ternent was able to reflect on a job well done, while keeping half an eye on the future.

He said: "If you want to be in the top half-dozen, then every game is of vital importance.

"It's a great challenge and it's much more satisfying than having to win in last season's debacle when I had a sorting out job to do.

"I've sorted that now and I've got good players but we certainly are not the finished article.

"I need a little help and I'm sure the chairman and the board will give me that, eventually, and we will be a force to be reckoned with. But our priority is to be in the shake-up at the end of the season, certainly in the top six."

Despite their superiority, Burnley had to wait until 14 minutes from time to clinch victory through Micky Mellon, whose spectacular strike kept his former club in the relegation zone.

"I thought the players were fantastic," Ternent added. "I thought they showed exemplary patience and they kept playing away and playing away.

"We created a couple of clear-cut chances in the first-half, numerous half-chances and their goalkeeper played extremely well.

"But we came up with the goods at the end and I was delighted for Michael Mellon.

"We can get goals from various positions and that's important. Michael Mellon has been a goalscorer all his career. He's a forward-going player and Paul Cook compliments him.

"We had a bit of width and John Mullin is doing a very difficult job for me on the left side. The balance of the side isn't quite right but we'll get their eventually. It was a really good derby match and I think that overall we deserved the three points."

And while maintaining a promotion challenge is a pressure situation, it's one Ternent and his squad is relishing.

The boss added: "The credit goes to the players not to me because I've been through this all the time. As a manager you have to win every game you play because it's a results game.

"Every game is of great importance. The Burnley public and the expectation levels associated with the club and all the things that go with it make it a great situation to be in. But it makes you go grey quickly!"

Clarets defender Steve Davis thought it might have been one of those days as Seasiders' keeper Tony Caig made a string of fine saves, including one from Davis himself, but felt justice was done in the end.

"They came here to see if they could get a 0-0 or maybe nick one but we just chipped away and in the end got what we deserved.

"I think that's the fourth time I've hit the bar now so it's about time I started putting them in the net. The keeper actually got a touch and it was a good save, one of many he made on the day," said Davis, who shared in a fifth clean sheet in six games.

He added: "It's nice. Paul Crichton gave us a moment in the last minute but he's very confident and he's playing well. We attack as a team and we defend as a team so it's a good team effort."

Meanwhile, Andy Cooke picked up a head injury in the final minute of yesterday's 1-0 win but should be fit to face Rotherham in the FA Cup next Saturday.

"Cookey will need a few stitches in the back of his head. He had another fantastic game and led the line really well," added the Clarets chief.

Former Burnley defender Ally Pickering has joined UniBond outfit Radcliffe Borough. Pickering has had spells with Hyde and Altrincham since being released by Burnley in the summer.

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