Gary Megson insists he is doing all he can to bring about an improvement in fortunes at Bolton.
Trotters boss accepts that he is under pressure to deliver results
Gary Megson insists he is doing all he can to bring about an improvement in fortunes at Bolton.
A run of four defeats in five outings has left the Trotters languishing second from bottom in the Premier League table, with just 12 points taken from 14 fixtures so far.
They remain just two points adrift of safety, but there is a growing sense of unease beginning to sweep around the Reebok Stadium.
Under-fire coach Megson has paid the price for the slow start and has quickly become an easy target for disgruntled supporters unhappy at the club's current plight.
He accepts that he finds himself under ever-increasing pressure, but is adamant that he is doing the best he can with the resources available to him.
Megson said: "There are a lot of people under pressure - there are three million people unemployed in this country, people losing their businesses every 20 minutes, there is a war in Afghanistan, a really good friend of ours here at Bolton is battling against cancer. That's pressure.
Opportunities
"I accept that we are talking about football and I accept I'm under pressure as a manager of a football club that isn't doing particularly well, but it's not the same.
"The way you try to cope with that is not to accept it, it's to try and get better results so that confidence moves on elsewhere.
"We are second bottom, but we are not out with the washing. One win will get us out of the bottom three and then hopefully give us an opportunity to push on from there.
"We are not happy with the position, which is an obvious statement, but I think we have had the opportunities not to be in this position.
"In order to get out of this position we need to get in better players, better than we have got and better than the ones we would replace. Invariably at this level that means spending a lot of money and we haven't got that at this club.
"We have to try and make it better by degrees. That is not as easy as it would seem."
