Recent content by dsr-burnley

Since Dyche arrived, players signed cost £110m, players sold for £60m, net spend £50m.

To be fair, Burnley had key injuries too. For the second half, 7 of our first XI were out injured.

But they never are. It's very very rare that a youngster with no experience will be better than a senior pro in the Premier League, hence why (this is true even more so at clubs like Burnley than at Man City) they can't get in. Given half a season in the team, the youngster may be one of the...

If I may stick my oar in - first, Burnley do have six first XI players out injured - Heaton (goal) Ward (LB) Tarkowski (CB) Defour (CM) Brady (wing) Wood (CF). That's about £40m of talent missing, or more than half the cost of our total squad. But most of them were injured when we narrowly...

I don't dispute that Guardiola is currently (and quite probably long-term, time will tell) the best manager in the league and that's why Man City are a vastly better side than others who have spent almost as much, especially Moaninho who is completely losing the plot. Guardiola makes players...

Apologies to Sheik Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan - is it Sheik Mansour for short? - and to everyone else offended on his behalf. I don't have a good memory for names, I should have googled but I knew you would know who I meant. The third division gates were better than any of the previous 15...

Since you ask - yes, Burnley fans are enjoying the season and do appreciate the way the team plays. Most of them anyway - there are one or two who don't see any reason why all teams, regardless of who is playing for them, shouldn't play the same way as Man City do. Our fans, even the absentee...