BEN Mee says Burnley are going to West Ham United with one message: “We believe”.

The Clarets have four games in which to preserve their Premier League status – with only one at Turf Moor – and after defeat at home to Leicester City last Saturday potentially need to win at least three.

Burnley have won only once since returning to the top flight.

But Mee insists there is a siege mentality – fuelled by manager Sean Dyche’s unwavering positivity – in the Clarets camp.

“That determination has been there for a while. We have been proving people wrong for most of the season,” said the defender.

“We have been getting results, and important points here and there but not turning them into wins as we should have done.

“There is a little bit of frustration but we concentrate on this weekend and going there and looking to obviously get the three points.”

And Mee said the Foxes, where he spent time on loan from Manchester City before joining Burnley, have served as inspiration for the way in which they climbed out of the bottom three with four wins on the spin.

“We have seen what Leicester have done – four on the bounce, they have done and it’s a great achievement for them to be honest,” he said.

“We are looking to emulate that, get four on the bounce.

“We win on Saturday and everyone else drops points and we are right back in it with three games to go, so you never know what’s going to happen.

“It can all change around quickly in a week or two.

“We didn’t win a game for 10 games and then everyone was writing us off then suddenly we are back in it and we have a chance. We have every chance to do it, we will keep going hard and working very hard to get the results.”

Although a cruel blow at the time with the manner of defeat to Leicester, with Jamie Vardy scoring less than a minute after Matt Taylor had missed a penalty at the other end, Mee feels the disappointment could have a positive effect.

“We were obviously up for the game last Saturday because it was a massive game, but you never know the way it worked out could spur us on a bit more and we can go on and have that never say die attitude.

“We were frustrated more than angry. You can’t blame anyone for it, over the (penalty) miss or anything like that. It just happens and that’s the way football is. You have to get over it and move on to the next one.”

And Mee said the team spirit that was key in their promotion season is as strong as ever.

“There’s a good bond between the lads definitely,” he said.

“The whole group has a good togetherness about it and has a good spirit about it.

“We’ve been through a lot. We’ve been constantly written off – we were told we’d go down last season and ending up getting promoted.

“We’ve had a lot of good times and hopefully this season will be another one if we can get out of where we are now.

“It would be massive for us to get out of this situation.

“We’re all together and looking to move in the same direction.

“Playing the top teams has been a great experience this season and obviously you want it to carry on.

“We believe.”