Ryan Taylor: “John’s been around the game for a lot of time.
“It’s not that he doesn’t have the experience.
“Yes, it’s a big job, but it’s down to the players.
“We were unlucky to have those injuries, but we still had a lot of quality in the squad and we just haven’t done it.
“It’s down to us to put it right in the last game to stay up and then build on that, make sure it never happens again.
“Everything’s riding on it for the club.
“We’ll have chats this week and I’m sure John will be putting his message across that if you don’t want to be under that much pressure, come and see me, but that’s the type of guy he is.
“I’m sure the lads will respond.
“We had a half-decent result last week when we stopped those losses, we really thought we could build on it. We were two different teams in two different halves (at QPR).
“Not with the amount of experience and international players we have.
“Maybe it is a big confidence thing. We have a few players new to the league and now we’re down to the nitty gritty, we really need characters now.
“The good thing for us is that we’re at home.
“I remember watching the game at Villa Park, I was on the bench, and we really lacked a lot of things. We’ve got to make sure that doesn’t happen again.
“We can’t do what we did then, we’ve got to put things right and just have a buzz around the stadium.
“We’ve got to try and lift everyone this week, including the fans, to help us get over the line.
“People need to know that what’s gone in the past – forget it.
“We can only go against what we have in front of us. It’s one game, against West Ham, and that’s the end of the line.”