Burnley manager Sean Dyche is not happy with the effort that he is getting from his players.

The struggling club are currently eight games without a win, a run which has seen them fall into the bottom three.

It will be a tough task for Burnley to survive and Dyche knows he must get more out of his players.

"We've set a few markers this year where we've risen back to where we think we should be and then we've come away again," Dyche said to reporters at his press conference.

"So it's important to find that consistent level of performance where we're up there, we're pushing, we're relentless in our nature.

"Minimum requirement is maximum effort, which I always say to them, and that's a big thing for us and I think we've come away from that in spells this season.

"(There have been) other challenges, but I always believe in a no excuse environment, including my own. So we've got to get back to that because that gives us a base to work from and it gives us an increased chance of getting success."