HEAD coach Anthony Eddy refuses to concede Worcester are in danger of being cut adrift at the bottom of the Guinness Premiership despite suffering their sixth league defeat out of six at Leicester.

The 40-21 loss leaves Warriors rock bottom of the table and trailing 11th-placed Harlequins by five points.

But Eddy believes there is plenty of time for the club to haul themselves to safety.

"There's a long, long way to go," he said. "We'll take each game at a time.

"Hopefully we will get a result this week. We haven't even talked about relegation."

But Eddy did admit the next three games - a home match with Northampton, followed by visits to Harlequins and Saracens - could be critical.

"In the next three weeks, we have got three very important games," he said. "There are lessons to be learned.

"We played better in the second-half at Leicester. Our execution was more clinical than it has been and we are a team that can put the opposition under pressure."

Saturday's defeat was particularly worrying given Leicester had a number of players missing from their line-up. The hosts were 23-0 up at half-time and Eddy admits there was little to cheer Worcester supporters in the first-half.

"It was a disappointing day, particularly the last 35 minutes of the first-half," he said. "During that period, we lost the game as a result of our lack of execution.

"We are not a team that loses heart. Our set-piece struggled and Leicester, to their credit, capitalised."

The fact Martin Corry and six other Leicester players were on international duty makes the defeat even more painful.

"Even if they were playing, we would have come here expecting a win," said Eddy. "We are bitterly disappointed we didn't perform better."

Eddy confirmed both Simon Whatling and Chris Horsman had suffered ankle injuries although early indications suggest neither are major concerns.

Horsman played for Worcester rather than Wales, who drew with Australia, due to a Premier Rugby ruling.