DEFIANT Shakers boss Neil Warnock has called for the club's boo-boys to get behind the team in the crucial final half dozen games of the campaign.

A section of the Gigg Lane crowd were chanting for his resignation at the end of Monday's 2-0 defeat by Bradford City but Warnock laughed off suggestions that he might throw in the towel.

"There's not a cat in hell's chance of that," he declared.

"I still believe I'm the right man for the job. But there were even people jeering me after the Wolves game in which we played superbly, so I can't win.

"In the three home games we really need all genuine supporters to concentrate their efforts on getting behind the team."

The Shakers found out yesterday that Tuesday night's clash against Sunderland at Gigg Lane is to be shown live on Sky TV, a game in which the Wearsiders could wrap up the First Division title should they win.

"We've really got to play above ourselves in our next two home games because with the TV cameras here we'll be under national scrutiny," added Warnock.

The Shakers take on fellow strugglers Oxford United at the Manor Ground tomorrow knowing failure to win will put them in the record books for all the wrong reasons.

If the Gigg Lane men don't return up the M40 with the three points they will have gone a miserable 20 consecutive games without victory, eclipsing the existing record of 19 matches that spanned April to December 1911. It's just another pressure the goal-starved Shakers could do without especially as they haven't picked up a win on their travels all season.

Yet if anyone's looking for positive omens the final defeat before getting back to winning ways back then was a 1-0 reverse at the hands of Bradford City.

"We've heard all about the records but that won't bother the players because they know they should have won a number of the games recently," said Warnock.

"We can't feel sorry for ourselves, the mood in the camp is terrific and training has been brilliant all week but it's no good just doing it on the training ground."

The Bury boss hinted he might go for an ultra-attacking line-up at the Manor Ground and that could mean Laurent D'Jaffo linking up with Paul Barnes and Derek Lilley up front.

Oxford boss Malcolm Shotton's big poser is whether to start with highly-rated winger Joey Beauchamp.

The former West Ham ace completed a three-match suspension last Saturday and started Monday's game at Tranmere Rovers on the bench coming on when the U's were 2-0 down to help his side to a crucial 2-2 draw.

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