STAN Ternent has ordered Burnley to "buck up" following another demoralising defeat at Derby.

Ternent was unhappy at seeing another gift goal cost his side dear at Pride Park, where Arthur Gnohere compounded the misery by picking up a red card in stoppage time.

And the Clarets chief pinpointed next Saturday's home clash with Rotherham as the game Burnley need to start changing their fortunes.

He said: "We start again for next Saturday because we are in the **** at the moment and we need to buck up.

"The players are more than good enough to do that, so that's a good thing.

"There's not a lot in the league and we have lost three in ten, but haven't won enough. It's onwards and upwards I hope - that's all we can go for."

David May's costly mistake on his first team return was the killer moment in a game Burnley should never have lost.

The experienced defender stepped up, but failed to catch Lee Morris offside as the striker raced clear to effectively win the game.

County skipper Ian Taylor sealed victory from the penalty spot in stoppage time, moments after last man Gnohere had been dismissed for a professional foul on Daniel Dichio.

Ternent added: "We gave a very poor goal away and of course they got the penalty right at the end of the game, which glossed over what wasn't really a convincing win for Derby. "

"I thought we were every bit as good as them and probably better. Inbetween times we had enough chances to get something out of the game, but we couldn't find a goal and goals win you games and get you points. We are short of them at the moment.

"David May stepped up and that's not something we normally do. It's just the same thing that has happened in the last four or five matches. We gift sides a goal and it's got to stop.

"If it's not one thing it's another and it's just ridiculous."

Ternent is now hoping Premiership referee Uriah Rennie will overturn Gnohere's red card, arguing that fellow defender Lee Roche was covering as the last man following the foul 40 yards out.

Ternent, who faces being without the Frenchman for the forthcoming trip to Sunderland, said: "He sent Arthur off when Lee was away round on the cover, so he wasn't the last man.

"I'll ask him to have a look at that, but knowing him as I know him I think I'm wasting my time.

"It was the wrong decision, but Uriah gets himself noticed - he always has done - and I think that's one of the reasons he was demoted from the big league.

"I'll see what he says about the sending off because if he looks at it properly on the video he will see that Arthur wasn't the last player."