CHRIS McCann freely admits he has found playing six games in 17 days physically demanding, but is reluctant for the run to end.

After entering into the last international break with just two points from a possible 12, Burnley were consigned to a place in the bottom two.

But with just this afternoon’s game at Reading to play before another fortnight off, Owen Coyle’s Clarets have conjured an inspired turnaround.

A significantly profitable return has seen them shoot up the Championship ladder into fourth place, courtesy of a morale-boosting comeback against Watford in midweek to stay unbeaten in September, with a draw at Swansea their only flaw.

It culminated in Coyle being crowned Championship manager of the month on Thursday, and McCann is desperate for the good times to keep rolling.

“We’re flying at the minute, everybody’s full of confidence and the lads are really looking forward to the next game,” he said.

"When you go into an international break and you're not on such a good run the first thing you want to do is come back and make a good start. We did that and you've seen how much we've pushed up the table since. We're bang in the middle of the play-offs at the minute and hopefully we can keep ourselves there.

"We're on such a good run we probably don't want the break at the minute. We want to keep going.

“But it will be nice to have a relax for a couple of days and get everybody fresh again and get ready to work hard for the next block of games coming up.

“They're another hard set of games this month and it's not going to get any easier.

"Saturday-Tuesday, Saturday-Tuesday is a very tough thing to be doing. I think this is only my second time doing it and it does catch up on you.

"I think everyone will feel better for going away and getting the batteries re-charged and come back stronger.”

Burnley have come a long way in a short space of time after recovering from a poor start to the new campaign, and McCann believes they have become mentally stronger as a result of the heavy defeats suffered at the hands of Sheffield Wednesday and Ipswich Town.

"We all knew we were capable of playing better, performing better and defending better as a team and I think it was just a matter of time before everyone gelled together,” said the 21-year-old.

"We've settled down with a proper formation and since then we haven't looked back, we've just progressed.

"We're playing okay at the minute so I'm happy enough so I've just got to keep working hard and keep getting into my own game and doing well, and hopefully getting better results for the team.”

He added: "At the start of the season it wasn't the best place to be. Everybody was down; you don't feel great when you're on a bad run of results. But since we've started picking up points it's been a joy to come in, everyone has a smile on their face, everybody's working hard and just enjoying their football.

"We had a bit of a slow start the other night (against Watford) but we won the game 3-2, which is a really good result for us. I think last season we probably wouldn't have won that game; we probably would have felt sorry for ourselves and caved in. But we showed great character to come back.”