http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39417971Good article about Sean Dyche and his methods. Brings me back to how Curbs used to do it....
A little bit about Nick Pope, who's been a naughty boy :-)
To get there you cross a bridge over the River Calder, which is in flood at the moment and is also freezing cold - but goalkeeper Nick Pope still had to lie in it for a minute last week
A dip in the river is one of the challenges on the Burnley squad's infamous 'wheel of fortune', used to decide the forfeit for anyone stepping out of line - which includes offences like lateness and leaving a cup in the wrong place.
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Still find his " everyone's against us" post-match interview mentality tiresome though.
I remember after the last game of last season their directors were in the Princess of Wales Blackheath buying rounds for everyone.
Stark contrast to the way we were treated by our directors on the same day.
But Dyche comes highly recommended and you have to say he has build a very decent team on very limited resources. Lots of similarities with Curbs in that the players all seem to want to play there and - let's be honest - Burnley doesn't exactly sell itself to you as a place.
I do wonder if he is planning on having his voice sorted at some point though. It sounds like it should be really painful
Dont think I'd have been as happy with anyone else in charge.
Burnley are so similar to us back in the late 90s. They go up the first time, and rather than splash the cash on expensive flops as the likes of QPR did, banked the money and used it to improve behind the scenes and keep a similar squad in place for the next season. Even his signings have tended to be UK based players
Of course even Dyche has made mistakes in the transfer market. Defour (£8m) didn't work out, probably the only signing he's made from abroad (his other foreign players like JBG have English experience already)
As a Burnley fan, I must say Dyche's transfer dealings have generally been good, but it is true Steven Defour was a disappointment last season when this thread was started. His talent was there for all to see but his arrival the second match into the season meant he was not "Dyche-fit" and could only last 55-60 minutes and struggled defensively.
With a full pre-season last summer, Defour has been a revelation this season and probably our best player until a knee injury against Man United on January 20 ended his season prematurely. In his 24 league games (ever-present), Defour lasted the 90 minutes in about 20 of them/
At 29, he regained his Belgium place after joining Burnley and still has a lot to offer in the PL and internationally (although he will unluckily miss the WC because of injury).
Indeed I'm struggling to think of big name signings who've flopped at Burnley, but then virtually all his signings are British based players which really reduces the risks when compared to punts from the Greek or Portuguese leagues.
Most clubs tend to rely on the same names who have played in the Premier League to keep them up (i.e. Your Nigel Quashie's of the world etc.) yet if you look at their squad, the following have joined with very little experience in the top flight here in England.
Pope | Gudmundsson | Brady | Wood | Wells | Westwood | Hendrick.
Apart from Wells, thats half their squad thats starting each week
https://podtail.com/en/podcast/the-edge-with-joey-barton/01-sean-dyche/
This is a manager who gets all the basics right. He seems in some important (and commendable) respects old school but in others very forward-thinking, e.g. using psychological profiling in order to identify players' different learning styles. What comes across is a complete absence of bullshit and someone who makes it absolutely clear to each and every player what is expected of them.
Well worth a listen.
I watched them against Everton and he gets his team playing good Football!!
I've always thought it was terrible when promoted teams then completely junk the players who got them promoted in the first place, rather than giving most a chance to prove themselves
Of course, you need to improve your squad, yet Charlton under Chris Powell are perfect example of that when we got promoted and finished 9th - If we had a better partner for Kermorgant (yes it sadly would have meant ditching Wright-Phillips) then we'd have gotten into the Play-Offs for sure
It's amazing how many managers, with good ideas and a desire to play attractive football, overlook this principal.
They soon pay the price.
Each and every season Burnley have bad runs but Dyche always seems to get them going again - after 7 games they were rock bottom with a single point to their name. Yes their football isn't great at times but Dyche has to cut his cloth accordingly and get the best out of the players at his disposal.
It would be interesting to see if he could adapt and be successful at a bigger club.