The owners took them over last year apparently? Put the club in heavy debt to fund the take-over. Like our initial Glazer years they won't have funds to strengthen the squad.
Burnley sack Sean Dyche
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The owners took them over last year apparently? Put the club in heavy debt to fund the take-over. Like our initial Glazer years they won't have funds to strengthen the squad.
I wonder if they have a progressive candidate lined up to take over like Leeds did when they ousted Bielsa?
Something tells me we are looking at a daft Pardew or Allardyce style appointment.
Something tells me we are looking at a daft Pardew or Allardyce style appointment.
RiP Brexit FC.
Well I took it people knew I was joking about that
Nope, he's developed a style and mentality that suits the club and brought in players that have the attributes to do what he wants.
It's a bit like Stoke under Pulis, once he left they started to move away from what made them a solid PL team and tried to be more attacking with more flair players they lost the grit and determination that made them what they were.
The club obviously didn't think anyone could do better until now which is why they've waited so long.
Revolutionary thinking. Wonder why everyone running these multimillion pound organisations haven't come to the same conclusion.
Have you ever considered switching from stacking shelves at Tesco for becoming a CEO somewhere?
Thinking about it Carrick would probably be a decent shout for them if they want a more progressive style in long run.
Boggles the mind they actually sacked Dyche without having anyone actually lined up. You wonder what goes through the minds of football owners sometimes.
Boggles the mind they actually sacked Dyche without having anyone actually lined up. You wonder what goes through the minds of football owners sometimes.
Not sure I saw any evidence of a progressive style under Carrick on the games he managed for us.
Kieran McKenna is getting good reviews for the football Ipswich are producing under him. He might be a shout though I think he might be better off staying where he is
Panic... in about a week he will realise that with the players they have the best shot they had of staying up was dyche... so they will end up getting in big Sam for the last few games.
I would take him at OT. Sort out the whiners
Anyone hearing the rumours about him and Duncan Ferguson?
Obviously most likely complete BS but it actually wouldn't shock me if it turned out true.
Obviously most likely complete BS but it actually wouldn't shock me if it turned out true.
What rumours?
Apparently he was on the piss with big Dunc and one of them chinned a bouncer. I say “one of them”, you can probably guess.
Ran up a huge Premier Inn bill over a months long affair.
Or what 2 man mid said.
All allegedly, of course.
He was on the lash in Dublin over the weekend
I didn't say it.
"Sean Dyche was having an affair with Duncan Ferguson and you can quote me on that" - Bubz27
My least favorite team outside of our rivals. Very surprised they sacked him but hopefully the next guy does not love ankle kicking as much.
Can't wait for the sex tape.
Who knew, they seem to be doing better without him.
Maybe they'll overtake Everton after all.
Maybe they'll overtake Everton after all.
Was going to say. 4 points out of 6.
And everybody is saying maybe their best performance this season.
Another win. And out of the relegation zone for the first time.
7 out of 9 since Dyche went.
7 out of 9 since Dyche went.
Fair play. If they stay up, it was certainly the right decision
Never fails to amuse me when fans of big clubs get outraged and wish misery on lesser clubs for sacking underperforming managers.
Not really about underperforming. It's that smaller clubds should not dream for something more than drab/defensive minded managers whose only wish is to make life difficult for opponents.
Football team can now play football.
Yep. Even League one is now a progressive division with teams playing front foot football.
Give them 2 seasons and they'll be dominating Europe.
Dyche was holding them back.
Dyche was holding them back.
To be fair I don't think Dyche was underperforming even this season, as he'd done brilliantly to keep in the Premier League for so long (including 7th and 10th place finishes with more than 50 points) in the first place. It seemed inevitable that their lack of spending on transfer fees and more importantly wages for Premier League standards was always going to catch up with them eventually, and that's unlikely to improve under their current owners. It was also a fair assumption that if they were to get relegated, that he'd be the best man to get them promoted again given that he has already done that twice before, and in very impressive ways.
But I certainly wasn't expecting them to pick up 7 points in their next 3 games after sacking him. The players have clearly responded well to hearing a different voice, after being used the same regime for so long. If this change works and keeps them up, fair play to them, they'll have proved me wrong ! It's also reasonable for managers who play more 'cautious' brands of football to face more pressure when results are not good, as bad results plus negative football is never a good combination.
I completely agree that there is often this mentality that smaller clubs should 'stay in their lane' and know their place'. I also remember the outrage when Brighton sacked Hughton in 2019, when they had narrowly survived after ending the season in a disastrous run of form, while playing negative, cautious football in the process. Hughton had done an excellent job there but it was time for a change. They made the change after the end of the season though and they appointed his (highly rated) replacement pretty quickly.
Happened when Brighton fired Houghton, or when Watford fire their managers.
Goes along the same route of "spoilt fans, who do they think they are?, what do they want? I hope they go down"
Think Dyche had just got set in his ways a little with regards team selection.
Jack Cork barely started a game all season. Nothing fancy about him but he can dig in and protect the back 4 reasonably well. Started all the games since Dyche went.
Dwight McNeill bench warming recently was also odd as even when he's not in form he's still someone who can get Burnley up the pitch quickly. Vydra also not started much so those are three players who've had a new lease of life since he went.
Have to say James Tarkowski been brilliant at the back, him and Pope gives them such a solid base to build on particularly at home.
Think two more wins will be enough for them so very nearly there if they win at Watford, fancy them to finish above Leeds with this momentum.
Jack Cork barely started a game all season. Nothing fancy about him but he can dig in and protect the back 4 reasonably well. Started all the games since Dyche went.
Dwight McNeill bench warming recently was also odd as even when he's not in form he's still someone who can get Burnley up the pitch quickly. Vydra also not started much so those are three players who've had a new lease of life since he went.
Have to say James Tarkowski been brilliant at the back, him and Pope gives them such a solid base to build on particularly at home.
Think two more wins will be enough for them so very nearly there if they win at Watford, fancy them to finish above Leeds with this momentum.
Ben Mee > Stevie Me
Bob Lord will be turning in his grave.
Like cutting an ugly wart off.
I disagree he wasn't underperforming this season. Maybe he reverted back to par a bit in recent weeks but 1 win in the first 21 is an absolutely horrendous return under any context.
I have a friend who supports Burnley and he was starting to turn earlier in the season, to summarise he said investment and better players came in and he was still not evolving and it was the same tactics and formation while relying on wonder goals. In a way it goes back to the point I have made a few times that good work on a shoestring doesn't nesseserily translate to being linear and the good work naturally continues when they get a bigger budget.
Hughton/Potter is definitely the go to example here, as when that happened I remember using the Adkins/Pochettino example to defend them. Both proven completely the right decisions not just because of the success of Potter and Poch but the fact the game has well and truly passed both Hughton and Adkins by and they're now struggling badly in the lower leagues.
It's fine to sack a previously succesful manager if they're not cutting it anymore, honestly don't get the extreme outrage everytime it happens.
Unfortunately sacking Dyche might do them the world of good. Leeds have a horrendous run in whilst Everton are in horrible form.
It's strange how well they've done since Dyche went. Maybe some of the players had an issue with him?