Shearer Knows The Sands Of Time Are Running Out!

"But we are in it, so we have got to face it head on and we have got to get out of it, and that's what we are trying to do.

"We are in the situation we are in - and Middlesbrough are as well - because previous results haven't gone as well as people would have hoped.

"But I believe we have still got enough time, I still believe we have got enough in the dressing room to get us out of this and I have got confidence in my squad.

"The pleasing thing is that results keep going for us elsewhere. Yes, there have been one or two occasions when we could have changed that ourselves and we haven't.

"But, from a positive side of things, other teams haven't taken advantage of that, so we are all still in it, we are all still fighting and we will be fighting to the very end, believe me."