Steve Harper: "Players respond to discipline, it's needed.
Toon 'Still In Touch' With Reality!
"At times in the past, it maybe wasn't what it should have been here.
"But he [Shearer] has tightened it up and players respond to it, and that can only be a good thing.
"He has tightened things up and lifted the atmosphere around the place.
"The fixture list hasn't been kind to us and we have been missing a few players, but he is definitely the right man to try to get us out of this situation.
"We were drifting along. We have lost three of the games and managed to get a couple of draws.
"But just remember what Alan Shearer does to this club - if anybody was going to get us to win these next two games and go into Villa full of confidence, then it would be the gaffer.
"We are still in touch. We have got two home games now and if we can get maximum points, we have got to fancy our chances.
"We have got to do our job. These are two fixtures we identified a long time ago, and the time has come.
"There has been a lot of talk about them, but we have got to go and win these two games because that is our only chance now."