It is time to change things - Vale midfielder Byers

George Byers has said it is "time to change" Port Vale's poor league form and get out of the relegation zone in League One following their encouraging results in cup competitions.

Vale are bottom of the table and fell six points from safety, after all four teams immediately above them won this week while their game against Bradford on Tuesday was postponed.

Despite that, Byers says results in the Vertu Trophy and FA Cup second round - where they beat Barnsley 5-0 and Bristol Rovers 1-0 respectively - has given the squad a big boost.

"Mood's good and morale's high," midfielder Byers told BBC Radio Stoke.

"We've had two good results in the cup so everyone's full of confidence at the moment which is how it should be.

"We're one group and we're all together. We want the best for this club. We need to kick on now and show what we can do.

"We have shown it in periods but the form's not been good enough and the results haven't been good enough recently.

"It's time to change that and kick-start our season."

Despite their exploits in the cups, Vale have not won in the league since beating Barnsley on 27 September - eight matches ago.

The Valiants go to Luton Town, who were in the Premier League two seasons ago, on Saturday (15:00 GMT) and Byers says although the Hatters are vying for the play-offs "these are the games you want to play in".

"We've worked so hard to get to League One. Last year was long and we faced a lot of challenges," he added.

"We're here now and we have to maximise this opportunity of staying.

"Games have been tight but things will change and it's time for us to do that.

"We've got difficult games coming up but we wanted to face these challenges and we want to embrace it. It will turn for us.

"We know where we are and only us can get us out of this position. We've had two good games in the cup and it's time to put that form into the league."