MATTY Pattison has told the Eastern Daily Press that he wants his feet do the talking after his much publicised drink driving offence and resulting court appearance earlier this week.

"The one way to put it all behind you is with the football and just obviously playing well - and hopefully I will keep doing that.

"It has been a difficult time, but I'm just trying to keep it all together with the football and that's going good.

"I'm loving it - it's just what I want to do, so I'll just concentrate on that now."

Commenting on reports that manager Glenn Roeder had banned his players from going out clubbing, Pattison said: "Obviously he wants us all to be professional. He doesn't want us all out on the drink and anything like that - just be together and concentrate on staying up and keeping the club in the Championship and building on it next season."

The 21 year-old admitted the support and reception he received at the recent Colchester game has helped him overcome his misdemeanour.

"I have had good support from the club and the players - the players have been great, the boss has been great and all the background staff as well, so it's been good," he said. "The fans have been great as well - you can tell by that ovation when I came off against Colchester. It was obviously a big moment for me and it just shows how good the fans have been about it - it's been great support.

"Obviously I made a mistake and I am going to learn from that mistake," he said. "I've been punished for it and I have to learn by it.

"I am a bit disappointed in (the national media coverage), but when you play football and you're in the public eye stuff like that is going to happen so you have to take it on the chin - it is a bit disappointing."

Pattison now wants to concentrate on Saturday's home game against Burnley after the controversial defeat at Bristol City on Saturday which has left City just three points clear of the Championship relegation zone.

"It will be a big game, but we are not going to change our style or anything, we are just going to keep playing football and hopefully do the same as we did to Colchester."

"It's unbelievable how tight it is in just that little bit of the league," said Pattison. "Even at the top really it's everything still to play for, for everyone, so it's just keep getting points on the board.

"We have too much in the squad for that (relegation). There is too much quality, as was shown by what we did at Bristol at the weekend. They're top of the league and we totally outplayed them.

"Hopefully we can just put away our chances because we missed a few at the weekend. Another day they go in - it was just unlucky."