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Allardyce says that everyone needs to stay focused during the last few months of the season and keep the same momentum going which has seen the side rocket into the top half of the table when many would have beleived the Trotters to be fighting at the wrong end of the table at the start of the season.
"We have got to make sure we compete at the same level against Leicester as we did when we met Liverpool, We must not take our foot off the gas and slip up. We must continue and plough on"
Allardyce says that Wanderers must not let their standards slip during the last 14 games of the season and points out to last season's survival success when Wanderers went on a revival following their defeat by Everton last January which eventually pulled the club to safety and he says that the clubs below Wanderers will be looking to do similar.
"I am just glad we are nowhere near the relegation zone at the moment and I hope that scenario will continue. I hope we don't get sucked back into it, because there are still a huge amount of games. If anyone considered we are safe at this club they would get slapped down and almost knocked out by me.
Just look at last season. It all came down to the last 12 to 14 matches.''
The Bolton manager says that the relegation battle at the moment is between three out of four clubs but points out that the teams above, including Bolton could all be sucked into it given the narrow gap in points between the comfort zone and the drop zone.
"It is looking like three out four, Life is looking very difficult for Leeds particularly. Leicester and Wolves haven't won for a while, and Portsmouth are just keeping their noses above water. But there is a lot above them, including us, who could quite easily slip back down.
"You can look on the upside and say you are just a few points away from the top four. On the downside you are only a few points away from being dragged in to a relegation battle again