Burnley sack Dyche

[dontcallme]

People forget what happened to Charlton after they sacked Alan Curbishley because he wasn't good enough. Turned out Charlton weren't good enough.

It may be some years before Burnley grace the Premiership again with their presence.

I don't think Curbishley was fired. I thought he resigned after taking them as far as he could.

 

[Pochemon94]

this whole thing is going to be tifo football video in about 5 years. "The rise and fall of Burnley". This just feels the what could be the proper downfall of the club. Just hope they don't pull a sunderland and just dissapear into the night to never be heard or seen from again

 

[whitechina]

this whole thing is going to be tifo football video in about 5 years. "The rise and fall of Burnley". This just feels the what could be the proper downfall of the club. Just hope they don't pull a sunderland and just dissapear into the night to never be heard or seen from again

TBH I don't care if they drop down the leagues~ it's a very peculiar situation with them sacking the manager at this time~ very lucky for Lampard n Everton tiz all.

 

[Chris Finch]

I don't think Curbishley was fired. I thought he resigned after taking them as far as he could.

Yeh he resigned but only because the fans were on his back for only finishing 7th every season…..?

 

[easley91]

Something tells me there's more to this than just potential relegation as the reasoning. Reckon he had a disagreement with the owners or something.

 

[LSUY]

“Under-23s coach Mike Jackson, assisted by Academy Director Paul Jenkins, Under-23s goalkeeping coach Connor King and Club Captain Ben Mee have been asked to take charge of the team for Sunday’s game with West Ham United.

Thank Christ we aren't playing Burnley this Sunday as we would defintitely find a way to lose to the caretaker player-manager and his Under-23s babysitter.

 

[dontcallme]

Something tells me there's more to this than just potential relegation as the reasoning. Reckon he had a disagreement with the owners or something.

That was my initial thought. But with the way new owners show ambition by sacking managers when in trouble, I'm not so sure.

 

[worcestersauce]

I can't help thinking that losing to Norwich convinced the board that they can't now avoid relegation so decided to sack him straight away rather than wait until the closed season. They may be right and if Burnley go down I think they'll find their natural level in the Championship.

 

[1882andallthat]

My prediction is that they've just flushed any remaining hopes of survival in the Premier League down the toilet with this daft gamble.

I'm not saying that with Dyche staying they would definitely have stayed up, but I reckon they'd have a better chance of doing so, he knows how to scrap for points and if you look at their next four games and Everton's next 3 it was possible that Burnley could have overhauled them going into their last 3 with all to play for.

I give it next to no chance now. If Everton finish this sequence of 4 with a 4 - 6 point gap with 3 to play that's Burnley pretty much done IMHO.

 

[Trix]

I can't help thinking that losing to Norwich convinced the board that they can't now avoid relegation so decided to sack him straight away rather than wait until the closed season. They may be right and if Burnley go down I think they'll find their natural level in the Championship.

It's all odd imo. If they wanted to avoid relegation, they shouldn't have sold prem proven Chris Wood in January.

 

[Tucker]

It's all odd imo. If they wanted to avoid relegation, they shouldn't have sold prem proven Chris Wood in January.

Was a release clause wasn’t it?

 

[Japhet]

It seems mandatory now for managers to be sacked when relegated. Burnley's owners presumably think they're too good to be in that situation whereas the rest of the World knows that without Shaun Dyche they'd have been in a lower league for years. I doubt they'll even manage to be a yo yo club any more. They'll probably fare similarly to Stoke after they sacked Pulis.

 

[FrankSpencer]

I’ve not felt this much absurdity since the time Southampton sack Nigel Adkins.

 

[sausage]

I don't think Curbishley was fired. I thought he resigned after taking them as far as he could.

Yeh he resigned but only because the fans were on his back for only finishing 7th every season…..?

Not so much resigned, but let his contract expire. They still revere him, but seems like West Ham put him off the job.

Fun fact: His name isn't actually (well, legally) Alan.

 

[dontcallme]

I’ve not felt this much absurdity since the time Southampton sack Nigel Adkins.

An interesting point. It looked absurd but turned out for the best. Leicester firing Pearson and hiring Ranieri looked absurd.

It all comes down to whether the board have read the situation correctly and their plan works out.

 

[Wadec]

Was a release clause wasn’t it?

I'm sure I've heard Simon Jordan mention that the release clause wasn't active until the Summer. However as Newcastle paid it all up front they were happy to sell in January.

 

[whitechina]

I’ve not felt this much absurdity since the time Southampton sack Nigel Adkins.

yeah that was a funny one- at the time I was not too impressed about that one either.
But they appointed a certain Argentine who took them up a level and he then came to us- strange how things work out sometimes.

 

[al_pacino]

Not so much resigned, but let his contract expire. They still revere him, but seems like West Ham put him off the job.

Fun fact: His name isn't actually (well, legally) Alan.

I think he was going to see out his contract and leave on his own terms but Charlton got rid of him a year early.

 

[IfiHadTheWings]

The more i have sat and thought on it the more i hope that Burnley reap what they sow, new owners come in and are obviously hoping to get a manager with more of an attractive brand.

Although the brand of football was pretty archaic there was atleast for me a bit of a charm about Burnley under Dyche, very old school Premiership feel with a very localish British presence (not that it matters but it was effective in that it was very oldschool “British football” put it abaaat a bit) but it was quite Nostalgic to see a club scrapping for survival and taking points off the “mega brands” playing a style of football that has been pretty much confined to the 90’s/ early 00’s.

 

[fridgemagnet]

2007. With a Berbatov classic (1min in)

I always loved that second goal!