NEIL Warnock won't even contemplate giving up the Gigg Lane reins following Saturday's nightmare FA Cup defeat at the hands of Stockport County. Angry fans chanted for the sacking of the Shakers boss during the game but Warnock is in no mood to give up the job he inherited from Stan Ternent last June.

"It's only natural that fans will get angry when they see their team losing 3-0 after a few minutes of an FA Cup tie, but I'm assured they chanted for Stan and Walshy's head as well!" he declared.

"Even if Alex Ferguson was in charge here he couldn't have done much about what happened on Saturday. I've never experienced anything like it at all.

"To lose your centre half on the morning of a game is one thing but to have your centre-forward injure himself in the warm-up is incredible - anyone would think I'd run over two or three black cats, never mind one!

"Laurent (D'Jaffo) aggravated his achilles just before kick-off but we decided to give him five or ten minutes to see if he was okay while Lennie Johnrose shouldn't really have played and only did as a favour to me. "But I really don't think people fully realise just what kind of a two weeks we've had, it's been really horrific and the sooner we get rid of this bug from the club the better."

Warnock held a meeting with his players minutes after Saturday's traumatic game and they each had their say about the crisis of confidence that has taken hold.

Apart from the debilitating virus that has gripped Gigg Lane, another major worry to the players is the adverse reaction of certain fans when they go behind but they are all fiercely determined not to let recent poor results catapult them into an end of season relegation battle.

"I told the lads that when the supporters start chanting for my head and have a go at individual players it's time for us to fight back and the only way to do that is to roll up your sleeves and get some results," added Warnock.

"We have 20 games left and I've never been one for quitting or throwing in the towel. We've just got to get back to playing like Bury have in the past, with the same values and that was missing in the first half hour of Saturday's game."

"We let the crowd get at us a little but we have to put it behind us and the quicker we get everyone back fit again the better because with such a small squad we need everyone to be 100 per cent."

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