CAPTAIN Steven Caldwell has told Burnley it’s time to get tough, both physically and mentally, after losing round one of this season’s East Lancashire derbies.

The Clarets were outmuscled en route to Blackburn Rovers adding three first-half goals in response to Robbie Blake’s fifth-minute opener.

And although they have been imperious at Turf Moor, where they entertain both Wigan Athletic and Hull in their next two games, the defender called for a fuller focus on their travels.

Ironically, Blackburn are the only other team in the division who have yet to pick up a point away from home.

And Caldwell was disappointed their own “sloppy errors” inflicted a longer wait.

“It’s a big thing because we’ve done it for five (away) games now, but it’s not a massive structural thing in the team or anything about our shape, it’s just sloppy, sloppy goals,” said the 29-year-old Scotland international.

“The concentration at this level has to be so extreme. If you give chances away you lose goals. There are quality players – guys like David Dunn, (Yossi) Benayoun, whoever you want to talk about – they will score chances when they come along. If the ball sits there it’s a goal.

“We really should have got something from the game. In the second half especially we were the better team, played some lovely stuff, cut them open and looked a lot more assured defensively, although I think the first half they were really sloppy goals to give away.

“There wasn’t a period of time we were under concerted pressure by any sort of great play by them. It was just putting the ball in the box the old fashioned way and we never really stood up strong enough.

“You’re going to expect an aerial bombardment but we conceded crazy goals.

“We would lose those goals at any level; they were really sloppy goals and it’s been indicative of what we’ve done away from home this season.”

Caldwell was particularly annoyed with the second goal, when scorer Franco Di Santo and full back Stephen Jordan tussled on the line and goalkeeper Brian Jensen went to ground and left the net exposed.

“I still think their man obstructs Stevie to cause Brian to come into him,” he said.

“I’m going to say that, but I was angry. Without going into mega details, I felt that if it was at Burnley the referee would have given a foul.

“I was pretty angry at that, but these things happen when you’re away from home and the home crowd’s up for it.

“I also think Brian should have and could have come out and taken everybody out of play.

"It’s one of those things, it’s a team game and we’re in it together and unfortunately the three goals we’ve lost are sloppy as a team.

“It doesn’t matter who does what, it’s disappointing to come away from home, score two goals, play such lovely stuff and lose the game.”