BRIAN Laws’ has had his belief that Burnley can perform the Great Escape enhanced by Fulham.

The London club has fallen under the spotlight this week, with West Ham set to complain to the Premier League about Roy Hodgson resting key players against relegation-haunted Hull City last weekend.

The Tigers subsequently moved level on points with the Hammers after recording only their second win since late November.

But, although Hull leapfrogged the Clarets in the process, Laws is more concerned with Fulham’s results from two seasons ago than more recent events.

Like Burnley, the Cottagers were second bottom with six games to go at the end of the 2007/08 season. Having won only two out of 21 games up to that point, they were six points away from safety – double the Clarets’ current disadvantage - and with a sizeable goal difference to make up.

But they ended with a flurry, winning four out of their last five games.

To add to the irony, they faced three of Burnley’s final six opponents – Liverpool, Manchester City and Birmingham.

Laws’ message to the Clarets is: ‘Match that!’ “They were on a similar run to us of not winning and they won four out of their last five games against real tough opposition, almost similar to what we're trying to do here,” said the Burnley boss, who inherited a side that had not won in nine games and has only won once in the ensuing 12 Premier League fixtures.

"They did it!

"Nothing's impossible. We've just got to keep believing it is possible, and that's the important thing. Otherwise, do we finish the season now or continue battling on, because sooner rather than later luck will be on our side. At the moment it's been running out on us.”

Meanwhile, Laws admitted he would find it hard to complain about Fulham fielding a weaker side against relegation-threatened Hull City, because he might have done the same in Roy Hodgson’s shoes.

"Probably. Hand on heart,” said Laws.

"Obviously each manager has his own reasons for doing it. But you've got to respect the fact he is actually playing against a bottom club and it does affect not just that bottom club but four or five clubs.

"He obviously felt the team was strong enough to win the game. To be fair they had two chances where they were off the line. Had one of those gone in it could have been a different story.”

He added: "Mick McCarthy got slaughtered for putting a weakened side out against United and then he won the next game because he felt he rested the key players.

"Roy Hodgson's quite clearly rested his key players, but unfortunately it affects the bottom part and it almost handed the result over to Hull.

“But it's a bit difficult for West Ham to be tarnishing other football clubs with the Tevez scenario.”