Burnley's Championship campaign got off to a disastrous start as they lost 4-1 at Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday.

The Clarets get an immediate opportunity to out things right at Gigg Lane in the Carling Cup first round, and, after a weekend pondering what happened at Hillsborough, Coyle is looking for a response: "I think that's the beauty of football, you've always got an opportunity to address what went before.

"Disappointment is an understatement – we would have never envisaged that start to the season, being 2-0 down after three and a half minutes.

"But it happened and it's how we deal with it, and we'll leave no stone unturned to make sure we rectify it.

"It's fair to say I've given them a few messages, and putting it behind us is certainly one of them.

"It cut me to the bone, there's no getting away from that and it's been a very long weekend.

"As much as I'm hurt I know everyone at the football club is – the supporters and everybody connected with it – it's important we go to Bury in good heart ready to go and get a victory and progress in the cup competition.

"When they cross the white line, for all the preparation and everything we do, the players are the ones who have to go and bring their top game to bear. When they wear that Burnley shirt, I expect that.

"It's an opportunity for them to try to right some wrongs."

But the Shakers will certainly be no pushovers, buoyed by their 1-0 win over Brentford on Saturday, and aiming for what would be a giant-killing.

Coyle is wary of the danger the tie poses: "I always, as a player, coach, manager or whatever, love cup competitions.

"I've been on both sides of it, as a favourite and an underdog, and that's why we all love cup competitions.

"Tonight there's no doubt we go there as favourites, and Bury will be boosted by their own result at the weekend and probably see us as a big scalp to take.

"So we have to make sure we're at our best, we'll give them every respect but look to try to impose ourselves in the game and play our style.

"You're on a hiding to nothing, there's no doubt about that. You're expected to win a match and if you don't it's seen as a big shock.

"So we have to make sure we're ready to be at our best, and any advantage that comes in the game, make sure we take it.

"Any cup competition gives you the opportunity to want to have an extended run, for the prestige and the glamour that goes with it, but equally, if you can get a decent run, with some bigger clubs you're playing against with decent gates, there's obviously a financial impact as well.

"We want to make sure we do both, but to do that we have to overcome a very tricky game, but it's one we'll be ready for and we're looking forward to it."

Clarke Carlisle completes his two-match suspension tonight, and will be available for Saturday's opening home game against Ipswich Town.

He will obviously boost a defensive unit that didn't cover itself in glory against the Owls, and Coyle continues to search for reinforcements: "Clarke Carlisle's suspended so in terms of defensive possibilities we don't have too many of them at the moment.
"We've been trying to bolster that side of things since pre-season,and we'll continue in that vein.

"We'll look at it and decide who's fit and who's not, and the best way to go forward for the match."

Coyle was pleased with goalscorer Martin Paterson on Saturday, as well as Wade Elliott and Stephen Jordan, saying: "I thought there were two or three pass marks within the team.

"I thought Martin Paterson did well, Stephen Jordan did well at left back and I thought Wade Elliott did well wide on the right."

Jordan's selection at left back, ahead of summer signing Christian Kalvenes, was one of his tougher decisions, and Coyle said: "When you sign players, people automatically think they're going to be playing.

"When I was at Bolton, Bruce Rioch signed Gary Parkinson from Middlesbrough and brought him in to be the right back, but Gary never played a game because Phil Brown was revitalised because he saw it as a challenge, stepped his game up, and Gary never played for two years.

"So much so that he ended up leaving the club, because he couldn't get in because of Browny's form. That's what happens sometimes.

"Christian's done nothing wrong – he's actually done very well, but Stephen Jordan stepped his game up in pre-season and it was one of those decisions that you have to make.

"That applies to everybody. When you bring players in, if other players ante-up and show that level of consistency, then they'll play."

Parkinson, of course, left Bolton to join Burnley – and went on to score the winning goal in the Second Division Play-off Final later that season, at Wembley in May 1994!