Burnley

[ClaretBarca]

Hi guys.
First of all another good win for barca yesterday although i didn't agree with the penalty decision.

I just wanted to get a neutral 'non-expert' point of view on my club Burnley. If you have read my post introducing myself you will know that they are the team i support with barca being my 2nd team. We play good football and look dangerous going forward but defensively look shakey and i think we will survive but thats my claret tainted view on things but i just want other opinions from those that follow the premier league and wondered if you lads thing we can survive?

[Hamzah]

hows danny fox doing?

[ClaretBarca]

Made a very good debut, scored a cracking goal from a free-kick and set up David Nugent with a 60 yard through ball. He looks a very good player

[Hamzah]

yeah i felt we didn't give him enough time up here at celtic. all the best though i think he'll do well for you.

[ClaretBarca]

Thanks mate. Like i say he had a good debut and gives our side balance. When i read that he only had 6 months at Celtic i did wonder what had gone on to make Celtic want to sell so early but a few more performances like that i am hoping we can do OK.

[blueduck]

I've got a lot of respect for Burnley.

But I don't like how you lot have treated Coyle. He moved on to further his career and you are all bitter about it.

You'll go down now Laws is manager imo. I'm a big follower of Wednesday and I thought he was hopeless there.

[ClaretBarca]

I've got a lot of respect for Burnley.

But I don't like how you lot have treated Coyle. He moved on to further his career and you are all bitter about it.

You'll go down now Laws is manager imo. I'm a big follower of Wednesday and I thought he was hopeless there.

He moved to a relegation rival leaving a club who he claimed to have cared about totally in the shit. As a manager, we fully recognise and appreciate the work he has done for us but are pissed off at the lack of respect shown towards the fans in the manner of his departure. He built us to where we are today and has potentially destroyed it within a week using this club as a guinea pig as the Bolton chairman chose not to appoint OC the last time they were in a search for a manager - leaving us to appoint him on his reccomendation. Anyway that aside at first i thought Brian Laws would not have been a good appointment for the reasons which you have mentioned but a few decent performances and a good result has restored belief and with us havng the better run in towards the end of the season i think we have a chance.

[VivaBarca]

I'm on claretbarca's side Owen Coyle shouldn't have left for Bolton, it was sad how money drove him to go sideways.

[blueduck]

He moved to a relegation rival leaving a club who he claimed to have cared about totally in the shit. As a manager, we fully recognise and appreciate the work he has done for us but are pissed off at the lack of respect shown towards the fans in the manner of his departure. He built us to where we are today and has potentially destroyed it within a week using this club as a guinea pig as the Bolton chairman chose not to appoint OC the last time they were in a search for a manager - leaving us to appoint him on his reccomendation. Anyway that aside at first i thought Brian Laws would not have been a good appointment for the reasons which you have mentioned but a few decent performances and a good result has restored belief and with us havng the better run in towards the end of the season i think we have a chance.

Bolton may be battling relegation but they are an established PL side. I'd say Burnley are about 5 years behind where Bolton are now. They can pay PL wages and can compete in the long term.

Without Coyle you would be a mid-table Championship side. Don't forget he's also moving to a club he has affection for and not just any old club. So imo, you lot should forgive him as you owe him, big time.

Laws is having a honey moon period atm, let's hope it can last long enough to keep you up. I would love Hull and Wigan to go down with Portsmouth. Never really liked Wigan's owner or style of play and Hull are Yorkshire scum.

[VivaBarca]

I think West Ham and Hull will go down with Burnley and Wigan scraping it.

[blueduck]

West Ham have decent fans and it would be a shame to see them go down because of the egg's stupidity and financial mismanagement.

[Antimilan]

I'm about to start a KF Tirana thread !

[AnfieldEd]

My first Anfield match was Liverpool - Burnley in a fa cup match in 1996.

Sadly I don't rate Laws, nor do I think they have the quality to gain enough points away from Turf Moor to stay up.

So I think Pompey, Burnley and my surprise pick Blackburn will go down.

[Lemmi]

Chris Samba will not let not Blackburn go down.