BURNLEY boss Stan Ternent will finally get his meeting with chairman Barry Kilby on Monday - with both men hoping victory against Crystal Palace tomorrow will have eased the crisis at Turf Moor.

And while he repeated he has no plans to quit the current battle at the foot of the first division he admitted: "If other people feel it is for the best that is okay, that comes with the job."

Ternent stated after the defeat at Reading that he needed a "chat with the chairman" and he repeated that desire ahead of the Palace match.

"I need to talk to him because I want him to where we are from at the moment," he said. "I need to put him in the picture as to exactly where we are up to. I have got a few things on my mind.

"I have a good relationship with him, he is my boss but he is as close as a friend. If he didn't want me to go, I wouldn't go.

"He is a businessman while I am a football man. If he feels it is better for Burnley Football Club that I go, there is no decision to be made."

Kilby, who missed the Reading game because of a business trip, is looking forward to a positive meeting as he said: "It will be good to get frank views from all sides.

"We both know that Burnley Football Club is the thing that matters most and I do want to speak to Stan.

"But it is far too early to start panicking because we have been through this before. You do have runs where you get a few results on the trot that go the wrong way but we do need to have a look at it.

"We haven't started well and I don't want to pre-empt anything that will be said at the meeting.

"One thing I do know is that Stan has been the best manager this club has had in the last 25 to 30 years and we have had some fabulous success working with him.

"Everyone is also well aware of the constraints that he has been working under during the summer.

"The reason for the meeting is simple, we will get the chance to listen to each other and between us hopefully get it right for Burnley."

But one thing Ternent will not be asking for on Monday is more money.

"I won't ask for anymore because I know there isn't any," he said. "The financial situation is how it is.

"I have been here for five seasons now and from a managers point of view you do wonder about the players hearing the same voice all the time.

"Also, it is not that we have no competition for places, it is just that we are not as strong as we would like.

"That is the situation I want to explain the the chairman.

Both men have been instrumental in reviving the fortunes at Turf Moor over the past few years and both men remain determined that the progress made will not be lost.

But Monday's meeting could be pivotal in deciding how the club moves on in the coming months.