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Spent about £90m in the Summer just to be bottom, behind Sheffield United and a team with a 10 point deduction. Shocking.
I know they were excellent in the Championship last season but I don't really get what Kompany offers that Dyche doesn't to Burnley. Dyche also won the championship (only 8 points less than Kompany's Burnley managed) and kept them in the PL for ages. Kompany just looks a bit out of his depth.I've thought they'd always back Kompany given what he achieved last season and changing their DNA from Dycheball but does feel a good time to roll the dice if they don't beat Sheffield United next weekend, that is obviously a must win for them now.
Kompany looks much hipper while standing on the touchline looking clueless in a cap. He's also balder which is aspirational in management todayI know they were excellent in the Championship last season but I don't really get what Kompany offers that Dyche doesn't to Burnley. Dyche also won the championship (only 8 points less than Kompany's Burnley managed) and kept them in the PL for ages. Kompany just looks a bit out of his depth.
Kind of think it's fair enough that they fancied a more 'modern' style of football, especially given that eventually they were looking almost certain to get relegated under Dyche.I know they were excellent in the Championship last season but I don't really get what Kompany offers that Dyche doesn't to Burnley. Dyche also won the championship (only 8 points less than Kompany's Burnley managed) and kept them in the PL for ages. Kompany just looks a bit out of his depth.
I can't say I watched enough of Burnley week to week when Dyche was there but watching him now at Everton I don't really see a problem with his game. A lot of the facets of the modern game that are popular (pressing, countering and concentrating on fine margins) are what he utilises.Kind of think it's fair enough that they fancied a more 'modern' style of football, especially given that eventually they were looking almost certain to get relegated under Dyche.
I'm not sure how good/bad Kompany as it this stage though, given how bad he was at Anderlecht, how amazing he was in the Championship, but then how bad he us again in the Prem...
They just wanted to change the football culture from top to bottom. Dyche was happy to sign older British players like Bardsley, Lennon, Rodriguez etc with little resale value and showed little interest in engaging with the foreign market until last year of his reign when likes of Cornet and Weghorst were suddenly thrust on him.I know they were excellent in the Championship last season but I don't really get what Kompany offers that Dyche doesn't to Burnley. Dyche also won the championship (only 8 points less than Kompany's Burnley managed) and kept them in the PL for ages. Kompany just looks a bit out of his depth.
I think this is also Burnley as a club during that era as much as it was Dyche.They just wanted to change the football culture from top to bottom. Dyche was happy to sign older British players like Bardsley, Lennon, Rodriguez etc with little resale value and showed little interest in engaging with the foreign market until last year of his reign when likes of Cornet and Weghorst were suddenly thrust on him.
With Kompany he had knowledge of Belgian league and some of those signings did very well last year, less so this year obviously.
Berge was the only top level experienced player they signed in the summer and even then he played more for Sheffield United at championship than prem so that's the big problem, they're too lightweight and not streetwise enough to see out 1-0s like the opportunity presented today. Were also 1-0 up at Bournemouth and lost that a few weeks ago.
I genuinely thought they'd be better than this given their style in the championship but just 4 points, behind a team with -10 and losing all 7 home games is very very poor.
Yeah they had the takeover aswell in Dyche's last season. Guy in charge is similar to Bill Foley at Bournemouth, could've just kept the steady British option and let him get on with things but preferred a more expansive style on and off the pitch.I think this is also Burnley as a club during that era as much as it was Dyche.