DETERMINED Owen Coyle isn't scared of being down to the bare bones of his Burnley squad.

The Clarets travel to Ipswich Town without suspended midfielders Chris McCann and Joey Gudjonsson, while Kyle Lafferty is desperately trying to shake off a knee problem, and Alan Mahon and Clarke Carlisle are rated doubtful with hamstring injuries.

But he is viewing the first team absences as a chance for players who have yet to start under his reign, such as James O'Connor and John Spicer, to shine, and firmly believes that his depleted Clarets are still capable of causing an upset at Portman Road, where Ipswich are unbeaten in 11 games this term.

"Alan Mahon's not been able to train as yet, Clarke Carlisle's in the same boat, so the way it's looking they're probably looking very doubtful," said Coyle.

"Given that Joey and Chris are suspended we'll just have to adjust accordingly, but that's the nature of football.

"In terms of away fixtures they probably don't come any thougher than Ipswich, but we've shown at Watford, Charlton and Wolves that we can go and play and we'll look to do that tomorrow.

"Nothing changes. We'll go there really positive and look to be the first team to go to Ipswich and win this season.

"Any win in this league is a big win, and that's been borne out in recent weeks. We'll have to be focused and make sure we're at our best individually and collectively, and if we do that we have a real chance."

FROM BACK PAGE He added: "It's a busy period but it won't be any busier than the period we've had.

"We played seven games in 21 days, and at the start of that period it suited us. But we had a full compliment of players, which we don't have at this moment in time. So it will be up to others who come in to show that they are ready to play.

"James O'Connor's come on in the last couple of games and looked terrific, so the way it's looking he might get a chance tomorrow, and he'll be ready, I've got no doubts about it.

"There might be one or two others, and they just need to show they're ready and go and give of their best."

And Coyle is eager to banish the frustrations of back-to-back home defeats, in the last of which they were reduced to nine men against rivals Preston North End.

"I don't want to go back and reflect on that, because there's nothing we can do about it. We'll look at it in as fair a light as possible, take it on the chin and bounce back," he said.

"It's a tough place to go and it's come at such a tough time in terms of the amount of games you play, but we've all been in football long enough to know that's going to happen.

"There's no point wallowing in it or feeling sorry for yourself, that does nothing.

"You're resolute, you're tuned in mentally strong and ready to go and play because we know within that we've still got good players who can hurt opposition and that's what we have to do.

"Wallowing in self pity isn't going to achieve anything. You get your mindset right and go and show what you can do.

"Hopefully the boys will be rested up instead of playing two games in a week.

"They've worked hard in training but not to the same extent of games, and hopefully we'll see a freshness about them tomorrow and really playing at the top of their game.

"Because if we do that we're capable of creating chances and scoring goals."