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Darren Pratley wants an end to the hard-luck stories when Wanderers visit Burnley on Saturday.
The skipper says he is fed up of the same post-match feeling after a winless start to the campaign away from home.
The last outing before the international break saw Wanderers take an early 2-0 lead at QPR only to be pegged back and ultimately lose with virtually the last kick of the game.
A fourth defeat from five Championship away games led to another post-mortem and a sinking feeling for Pratley who chalked up his 100th league appearance for the club in west London.
And ahead of the Lancashire derby at Turf Moor, the Whites midfielder is in determined mood to shake off the 'losers' tag.
Pratley said: "You don't want to be known as losers or a weak team that gets beat all the time despite playing well.
"I think we could have seen it out at QPR but we didn't and it's 'poor old Bolton' again and I'm doing the same interview post-match.
"We were in the changing room for a while afterwards and there were a few words said.
"We can't keep doing it. We can't keep coming out making excuses."
Just one win so far this campaign has led to another slow start for Wanderers with most of their problems coming away from the Macron Stadium where they have picked up just one point from 15 available.
This weekend sees them on their travels again, albeit a short trip to face Sean Dyche's Clarets.
The omens may not be good either, with Wanderers winless in their last four visits to Turf Moor – stretching back to December 2000 when a Michael Ricketts double secured a 2-0 triumph in what ended up as a promotion-winning season for Sam Allardyce's team.
But Pratley, who returned from injury at Loftus Road to play for the first time since the opening-day draw with Derby County, is not concerned about records.
He just wants to get points on the board and move up the table as quickly as possible after another poor start to a campaign.
He added: "We need to start again against Burnley and see if we can get three points away from home in that game.
"We are in the bottom three and it seems to happen every year in the first half of the season and then we end up playing catch-up.
"We didn't want to do that this year and it's been frustrating."
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The skipper says he is fed up of the same post-match feeling after a winless start to the campaign away from home.
The last outing before the international break saw Wanderers take an early 2-0 lead at QPR only to be pegged back and ultimately lose with virtually the last kick of the game.
A fourth defeat from five Championship away games led to another post-mortem and a sinking feeling for Pratley who chalked up his 100th league appearance for the club in west London.
And ahead of the Lancashire derby at Turf Moor, the Whites midfielder is in determined mood to shake off the 'losers' tag.
Pratley said: "You don't want to be known as losers or a weak team that gets beat all the time despite playing well.
"I think we could have seen it out at QPR but we didn't and it's 'poor old Bolton' again and I'm doing the same interview post-match.
"We were in the changing room for a while afterwards and there were a few words said.
"We can't keep doing it. We can't keep coming out making excuses."
Just one win so far this campaign has led to another slow start for Wanderers with most of their problems coming away from the Macron Stadium where they have picked up just one point from 15 available.
This weekend sees them on their travels again, albeit a short trip to face Sean Dyche's Clarets.
The omens may not be good either, with Wanderers winless in their last four visits to Turf Moor – stretching back to December 2000 when a Michael Ricketts double secured a 2-0 triumph in what ended up as a promotion-winning season for Sam Allardyce's team.
But Pratley, who returned from injury at Loftus Road to play for the first time since the opening-day draw with Derby County, is not concerned about records.
He just wants to get points on the board and move up the table as quickly as possible after another poor start to a campaign.
He added: "We need to start again against Burnley and see if we can get three points away from home in that game.
"We are in the bottom three and it seems to happen every year in the first half of the season and then we end up playing catch-up.
"We didn't want to do that this year and it's been frustrating."
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