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15 hours ago, Ivo den Bieman said:

I can remember Burnley being a game away from relegation to the Conference in 1987, playing down in a crumbling, run-down dump of a stadium. Memories are short. They're a big big club historically; their survival made the 6 O'clock news that day.

Sean Dyche comes across as a bit of knob (his weird drivel in post match interviews about top 3 clubs being "market leaders") but there's no denying he and Burnley have defied gravity for a long, long time. Chris Wood wasn't replaced well and results have been poor all season. So, it may seem harsh from the outside but most other managers with this kind of record this season would have been away long ago.

Nuno Espirito Santo would be a very good shout for them but with only eight games left it's a big risk for him personally after his profile was damaged badly at Tottenham. Would expect a new man to be in place early next week.

Edited: Michael Carrick & David Unsworth listed amongst frontrunners for the job alongside more predictable shouts for Fireman Sam & Nuno. Cheltenham boss (and ex Burnley legend) Michael Duff mentioned fondly by supporters but not a serious contender. Slaven Bilić "interested"

I went to Burnley about 7 years ago and they were still playing at a crumbling dump of a stadium 

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20 hours ago, eez-eh said:

Anyway, Dyche would have been about the last manager most would expect to be sacked. Looked like a job for life.

If they go down he’d probably have been best placed to bring them back up. Could be a very short-sighted decision.

To be fair Burnley under Dyche are horrendous to watch. They are the poster boys for PL survival on a budget, and that looks like the height of their ambitions. 

I don’t really blame them for wanting to get rid of Dyche, try to make it better to watch and maybe they have accepted relegation and want to refresh things.

It’s just the timing seems strange, if they are doing it in the hope of staying up - that horse has surely bolted, I am not sure there’s enough games left for a new manager to do much. We’ll probably see by who they choose to bring in what their goal is.

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United, Spurs and Arsenal in some battle to see who is the least worst. The winner gets top four and the champions league. Three truly hopeless sides.

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3 minutes ago, Lex said:

United, Spurs and Arsenal in some battle to see who is the least worst. The winner gets top four and the champions league. Three truly hopeless sides.

It would be fantastic if West Ham or Wolves finished fourth

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What a goal from Ronny, there’s his hat trick.
Man Utd are utter dug meat but looks like the goat’s going to get them top four all by himself.

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