Mort: 'Don't Look To Us - Only The Players Can It Around'!

"But everybody at the club is working as hard as they can to achieve that.

"This certainly isn't what we bought into last summer. However, this is an incredibly competitive league and we are where we are. The points don't lie and we need to make sure we get points on the board and make sure we secure our Premier League status.

"Myself and Mike (Ashley) are determined to turn this round. We have Kevin in to do that.

"We appreciated after Christmas that this clearly was going to be a transitional period.

"The aim was to stay in the Premier League and take it on from there.

"Our fans were absolutely brilliant throughout - yet again.

"We've had unfailing support throughout this season.

"Mike is like all other supporters. He follows the ups and downs with great enthusiasm. He enjoys the wins and is very disappointed with the defeats.

"He was in Birmingham with the fans and enjoyed the second half like everybody else."