Relegation

[davek]

Burnley correspondent for the Burnley Express:


Unfortunately, the Clarets were unable to find a way to get through at Carrow Road, as the Canaries stamped all over any hopes of moving back within a point of the Toffees.

With eight games to play, a four-point gap is not insurmountable, but it felt like a chasm on Sunday night. And you wonder whether this setback was the death knell for Burnley’s hopes of avoiding a return to the Championship after six years. Right now, you would imagine it would take maybe four wins from the final eight games to give the Clarets a chance of survival. But when you have only won four of 30, it puts it all into perspective.

And things don’t get any easier. Although Burnley play three times before Leeds play again – sitting nine points behind the Whites – in which time Everton play once, the Clarets face a tough assignment at West Ham on Easter Sunday, who are top five in terms of home form. And they then host Southampton in a re-arranged game, before Wolves – with the fifth-best away record – come to Turf Moor.

 

[Bohemian Toffee]

Marty, I do wish you’d stop posting haphazard thoughts before engaging your brain.

 

[COYBL25]

lol

 

[NathDogg]

We’ve just gotta take care of our own business at home, try and nick something from the away games and we will be sound - if they show the effort, commitment and desire to battle and fight as they did against utd then we will be fine, but Saturday performance has to kick start us. Didn’t think I’d be saying this but I’m hoping Delph can stay fit, thought he was great.

I don’t think Leeds are out of it yet, or Newcastle - there’s more twists and turns to come and I hope it’s us twisting and turning our way up the league table.

 

[allen]

Burnley correspondent for the Burnley Express:


Unfortunately, the Clarets were unable to find a way to get through at Carrow Road, as the Canaries stamped all over any hopes of moving back within a point of the Toffees.

With eight games to play, a four-point gap is not insurmountable, but it felt like a chasm on Sunday night. And you wonder whether this setback was the death knell for Burnley’s hopes of avoiding a return to the Championship after six years. Right now, you would imagine it would take maybe four wins from the final eight games to give the Clarets a chance of survival. But when you have only won four of 30, it puts it all into perspective.

And things don’t get any easier. Although Burnley play three times before Leeds play again – sitting nine points behind the Whites – in which time Everton play once, the Clarets face a tough assignment at West Ham on Easter Sunday, who are top five in terms of home form. And they then host Southampton in a re-arranged game, before Wolves – with the fifth-best away record – come to Turf Moor.

There really is a huge amount of gloom surrounding that club.

I think the the hope of Wednesday night being followed by the disappointment of the weekend has amplified the effect of this defeat.

Whereas we’ve bounced in precisely the opposite direction.

It’s crazy how much and how quickly perceptions can change.

 

[Drico]

Burnley correspondent for the Burnley Express:


Right now, you would imagine it would take maybe four wins from the final eight games to give the Clarets a chance of survival. But when you have only won four of 30, it puts it all into perspective.

This is the pertinent statistic. Even allowing for the often bizarre results we see at the end of any season, Burnley have to double their wins total for the whole season in the next eight matches - and that only "gives the Clarets a chance of survival."

If they win those four - and lose the other four - we would need nine points from our last eight games to stay up. That's three wins, or two wins and three draws from eight. That's doable. And our "doable" starts to become even more doable if Burnely cannot manage the four wins.

There will be plenty twists and turns to come yet, but if we cannot get 8-10 points from here, well, we can't complain.

 

[blue to the bone]

For meltdowns like mattys on here part of me wishes it goes to the last 5 minutes of the last game. To see a grown man behave like this just wonderful

 

[anton66]

1) Villa are better than Burnley

2) Villa will have played back into form by the time they play them.

And their manager hates us.

 

[Bohemian Toffee]

It’s crazy how much and how quickly perceptions can change.

Really expected Burnley to look at our players body language after the final whistle on Wednesday and think they were basically home and hosed.

We looked shattered, didn't really expect anything coming into the weekend and on the face of such a dramatic reversal I am trying to caution myself against expecting it to now be plain sailing.

 

[Armaghtoffee]

Burnley correspondent for the Burnley Express:


Unfortunately, the Clarets were unable to find a way to get through at Carrow Road, as the Canaries stamped all over any hopes of moving back within a point of Unfortunately, the Clarets were unable to find a way to get through at Carrow Road, as the Canaries stamped all over any hopes of moving back within a point of the Toffees.

With eight games to play, a four-point gap is not insurmountable, but it felt like a chasm on Sunday night. And you wonder whether this setback was the death knell for Burnley’s hopes of avoiding a return to the Championship after six years. Right now, you would imagine it would take maybe four wins from the final eight games to give the Clarets a chance of survival. But when you have only won four of 30, it puts it all into perspective.

And things don’t get any easier. Although Burnley play three times before Leeds play again – sitting nine points behind the Whites – in which time Everton play once, the Clarets face a tough assignment at West Ham on Easter Sunday, who are top five in terms of home form. And they then host Southampton in a re-arranged game, before Wolves – with the fifth-best away record – come to Turf Moor.

 

[Armaghtoffee]

And their manager hates us.

These things don’t happen in football for me. He will want the wins for his own ego and won’t give us a second thought.

 

[allen]

And their manager hates us.

Evertonians vastly overestimate how much he thinks about Everton.

 

[Tony101]

For meltdowns like mattys on here part of me wishes it goes to the last 5 minutes of the last game. To see a grown man behave like this just wonderful

Horrible stuff no one wants that. I don’t want to feel the way I did after that Burnley defeat again this season if possible.

 

[Drico]

DCL's Hallowe'en photo shoot?

 

[coollino]

on top of what we have now we need 12 points and i dont think we will get them

if burnley win on the weekend the pressures back on

i’m absolutely having brown stuff in my undies

how are you even coming up with this stuff???