Big news coming soon from the Turf (Sean Dyche sacked)

[beddie]

Give it Giggsy until the end of the season

With his current predicament I think not.

[ClaretPete001]

Absolutely gutted for the long term future of the club....!

In some ways, I'm happy for Sean because I think he has escaped an ignominious end with his reputation intact. No one in the football world will think it sensible to sack Sean Dyche.

I suspect it just reflects the reality that VSL/AKL really is Premiership or bust...!

[Penwortham_Claret]

This is much worse for Dyche than it is for Burnley. I simply can’t see where his be the job is

[Shaggy]

If we get Fat Sam forget it.

I ain’t watching that.

why? Dycheball is way worse than anything served up under BFS. infact Dyche is just a **** BFS in all reality

[MrTopTier]

Tough decision to make at any time.
Personally think it is the right decision at the wrong time.

Absolutely loved the guy and what he did for the Club.

[aclaretinstevenage]

Coming back up is great but back to the same rigid 442 set in stone way's isn't and that's what would happen once we got back if at all

I was one of those that wanted a change and think Dyche has gone stale and it needed freshening up, I think the timing is bonkers and should of come at the end of the season, it's going to be a massive massive summer with a new coaching team and almost a new team needed.

Thank you Sir Dyche for some of the best year's I've ever had being a Claret but all great thing's come to an end

I would concur with all of this so no need to make a post of my own.

Worrying moment in the clubs history.

[Conroy92]

Words fail me , at this stage of the season as well ?? The man IS Burnley football club .

Burnley FC was Burnley FC before and will be after Sean Dyche. Some fans need to remember that.

[Caballo]

The integrity and identity of the club is shaken to the core with this.
On a positive, we can atleast recruit a manager with a proven championship promotion record......................Oh wait a minute!!

[DAVETHEVICAR]

Crazy decision
Pace and the other nasty clowns should be sacked
Hope we lose 10-0 at WHU

[KRBFC]

Possibly! but if we were going to push the panic button and get BFS in surely the time to do that was after Christmas, not with only 8 games remaining.

Suddenly with a new manager bounce, those games look like 8 winnable games. Under Dyche, they didn't look winnable at all, we've not turned up in big games all season long, it wasn't suddenly going to click under Dyche this season, we were doomed. The timing is weird but at least it gives us some hope of a new manager bounce, which is exactly what we need.

[GodIsADeeJay81]

This is much worse for Dyche than it is for Burnley. I simply can’t see where his be the job is

We will find out this summer, there will be clubs reviewing their managers positions.

[gandhisflipflop]

Pretty sure we're already down but the club is in that situation due to the failure to properly invest in the team in recent seasons and an apparent struggle to bring in the right players during the last two transfer windows.
I've followed the Clarets since the mid seventies and Dyche has been by far the most successful manager in that period, achieving and sustaining status in the top league where a succession of others have failed.
The alarm bells are ringing where the new owners are concerned but i hope they have a damned good plan.

Last 2 windows? What about all the other windows when Garlick was in charge?

I feel a new direction was needed but Dyche deserved better than this today. The right time was at the end of the season.

[Superjohnnyfrancis]

Give it Giggsy until the end of the season

The players could do with a battering maybe he’s the man for the job

[ksrclaret]

Crazy decision
Pace and the other nasty clowns should be sacked
Hope we lose 10-0 at WHU

Another terrible post from you. Hope we lose 10-0?

Just follow Dyche to his next club because it’s obvious you’re a Dyche fan not a Burnley fan

[agreenwood]

First off, can we have sin bins for the bizarre references to the religion of the owners? It’s irrelevant, unless we’re ok with religious stereotypes on here now?

Secondly, the timing is a shock and a gamble, but the writing has been on the wall for a while now and there’s little recent evidence that we were about to win 4 or 5 of the last 8 games.

Finally, whether a change was required or not, Sean Dyche has been the best (and most successful) manager we’ve had in my lifetime. His achievements might not be repeated for several decades. He goes with my thanks and best wishes.

[Berne Leigh]

Sean has done a great job over the years. Thank you. You will always be a legend at BFC.

However the performances have been on the slide for the last 3 years and a change was coming. Timing maybe odd but we still have 8 games and a slim chance of staying up. To be honest I am glad he has gone now rather than December with us mid table in the Championship.

Big Sam until the end of the season and Rooney to join over the summer?!

[Jamesy]

Maybe they had an apparition from their pretend friend in the sky.

Actually I think it was Donny Osmond who advised them from that big house in Utah.

[lrac]

Absolutely gutted

[DCWat]

I can just see Dyche going to a Championship club and taking them up, quite possibly at our expense, next season.

I bet there are a good few Chairmen thinking what a good option he could be for their club.

[Superjohnnyfrancis]

Too cocky and complacent did for him in the end

[AlargeClaret]

Suggestions he’d lost the dressing room particularly the senior players.

Suggestions from where ? The pub ? Twitter ? or just your own delusion ?

[boatshed bill]

Mercer could have stayed for me

Unfortunately from the actual coaching and improving goalkeepers point of view nothing has really happened for some time.

[tarkys_ears]

The irony of those criticising those wanting Dyche out - now they want the demise of the club because of his sacking?

Madness.

Maybe you can all follow Dyche to his next club instead?

[KRBFC]

It would be very unusual for a squad to be consulted on such matters.

Not sure that's true although I dunno how it works at BFC.

[GodIsADeeJay81]

The players could do with a battering maybe he’s the man for the job

The woman's team would be nervous, the men not so much

[scouseclaret]

Not sure just how they'll find a better gk coach than Billy Mercer!

In many ways this is the most bizarre decision of the lot. The guy has produced two England goalkeepers for Christ’s sake!

[Claretmisterg]

Looks like owners see relegation as inevitable and decided it’s time for a change. Sad end to a glorious period for our club. Thank you for everything Sean.

[jojomk1]

Warnock is available

[KRBFC]

Warnock is available

He officially retired last week

[jojomk1]

Too cocky and complacent did for him in the end

He was in his own "comfort zone"

[DCWat]

DAVETHEVICAR,wants us to lose 10-0 on Sunday because we've sacked a manager whose won 4 games all season.Hahaha what a prick

Let’s keep it civil

[Burnley Ace]

Looks like owners see relegation as inevitable and decided it’s time for a change. Sad end to a glorious period for our club. Thank you for everything Sean.

In that case why not wait until the end of the season!

[BabylonClaret]

8 winnable, we've won 14 out of the last 68

But we have won 3 of the last 8. Don't get me wrong it's a tough ask to stay up but not impossible. Our "bottled" results is what's done for us

[beddie]

Depends who we get in to replace him, if it's a younger more attack minded manager who might be able to promote youth and flair then I can see the logic, but if we appoint someone like BFS then I fail to see where their strategy is heading.

Dyche gone today.

Root gone today.

Now all we need is for Boris to finally go.

Rather than Boris I think Putin would be more appropriate.

[jojomk1]

He officially retired last week

So he is available

Great managers never retire

[summitclaret]

Have to say totally shocked. But and a massive but, why not?

I didnt want him next year regardless what division we were in, his presser in the week saying we are no worse off than before the everton game shows how much he has lost his marbles, we are 2 games worse off you idiot.

His constant picking if westwood and inability to find a system to fit in cornet mcneil and wout has been his downfall. Pace recognises there are other systems than 4-4-2 and that Dycheball is stale

Now lets get behind whoever it is in charge on Sunday and who knows...we may now have a chance with a different plan

Why the hell would someone use this thread as an opportunity to have another go at Westwood. Ffs leave him alone.

[GodIsADeeJay81]

I don’t think women footballers are that concerned what men can do to them. Most of them aren’t interested.

Giggs is on charges for assaulting women last I checked, with his fists.

[Superjohnnyfrancis]

Get sir Alex in always had a soft spot for Burnley

Even for a team talk on Skype would be good

[jrgbfc]

Personally think a change was needed, it's gone incredibly stale. Let's go down fighting and give some of our better footballers like McNeil, Cornet and Wieghorst the freedom to play some football.

[claptrappers_union]

Looks like owners see relegation as inevitable and decided it’s time for a change. Sad end to a glorious period for our club. Thank you for everything Sean.

I think they are DESPERATE for us to stay up - they are not thinking about next season

[Rileybobs]

Something must have happened, maybe the players have gone to ALK to oust Dyche or something along those lines. I'm pretty sure the squad would've been asked for an opinion prior to any decision.

I think both of those scenarios are highly unlikely.

[Herts Clarets]

Does this mean another change of name for the former Prinny Royal public house?

[ralph8]

Right, so they sack Sean Dyche due to the inability of this and the previous Chairman to land players when crucially needed. 6 week transfer windows are not long enough for these amateurs.

[BabylonClaret]

Suddenly with a new manager bounce, those games look like 8 winnable games. Under Dyche, they didn't look winnable at all, we've not turned up in big games all season long, it wasn't suddenly going to click under Dyche this season, we were doomed. The timing is weird but at least it gives us some hope of a new manager bounce, which is exactly what we need.

The only way that bounce is happening is if it is true the players were unhappy.

[claret2018]

Words fail me , at this stage of the season as well ?? The man IS Burnley football club .

That was the problem

[Superjohnnyfrancis]

Hope Vyds renews now , criminally underused in his time with us

[Darthlaw]

Hope Vyds renews now , criminally underused in his time with us

Don’t they need to make him an offer, first?

[Superjohnnyfrancis]

Don’t they need to make him an offer, first?

I hope there is one in the offing then

[Petersa]

Have to say I am shocked but I suspect something has happened since Sunday to bring things to a head . I doubt the decision was made today even if it was announced today..does anyone have any inside info if Dyche has been around Burnley this week?

Looking forward Burnley have a chance of the "caretaker manager syndrome" where someone from the shadows comes in and wins a few games on the bounce against expectations...think of Jimmy Mullen!

Its over 60 years since my first visit to Turf Moor as a starry eyed kid to watch a Central League game with my Dad, I was too young to go to first team games at that stage. Sean Dyche gave me football highs I never thought I would ever see again especially in the 80s. Lets hope something positive happens

[TomtheClaret]

Rooney and Unsworth in?