Been with your Mrs for 30 years and don’t love her.

[JR1882]

I think that’s how I feel at the moment. Walked on the turf yesterday, felt nothing at all. Wasn’t even that arsed when we scored.

It’s been a highly frustrating season and I feel like I’m annoyed, unhappy with every aspect of the club at present.

Renewing out of duty which is annoying when the clubs increasingly commercialised but we choose to not act like customers out of blind loyalty.

Does anyone just do away games? I enjoy those more and I’m near the top of the points after years of it so ticketing isn’t an issue.

Maybe I just need the season to end as do many of us. I don’t know if I hate what we have become or if this shambles of a season is just too much to comprehend.

I should just “get over it” but when BFC has been your life for ever, you’re going to feel strongly about it I guess.

[Vegas Claret]

lots of us felt that way then last season happened.

[Goliath]

It's easy to say this kind of thing when we are in the relationship zone. I didn't see much of it when we were running away with the league last season.

[Quickenthetempo]

Our fan base has been like that all season.

Just no emotion in them, no atmosphere.

[ksrclaret]

It’s been an absolutely wretched season where it seems to me that the fans just feel exasperated by the decisions that have been made and are just a bit apathetic to it all. The fans know that we are so brittle and we’re turning up to every game expecting to lose. Those early hidings at home did for the confidence of the both the players and the fans.

Things will pick up atmosphere and feeling wise next year when we’re back in the Championship.

[Rileybobs]

People around me were laughing when we conceded yesterday.

[taio]

Can see where you're coming from. It hasn't been an easy watch. But I would suggest giving it a sense of perspective and not over-thinking it. After all, we all have choices.

[expoultryboy]

Don't know you're mrs ! On a serious note , it does feel as though half of this lot don't seem to give a xxxx about playing for Burnley . There certainly doesn't seem to be the connection between fans and players that there used to be.

[IanMcL]

I think that’s how I feel at the moment. Walked on the turf yesterday, felt nothing at all. Wasn’t even that arsed when we scored.

It’s been a highly frustrating season and I feel like I’m annoyed, unhappy with every aspect of the club at present.

Renewing out of duty which is annoying when the clubs increasingly commercialised but we choose to not act like customers out of blind loyalty.

Does anyone just do away games? I enjoy those more and I’m near the top of the points after years of it so ticketing isn’t an issue.

Maybe I just need the season to end as do many of us. I don’t know if I hate what we have become or if this shambles of a season is just too much to comprehend.

I should just “get over it” but when BFC has been your life for ever, you’re going to feel strongly about it I guess.

Relationship counselling?

[Tricky Trevor]

The Summer transfer window and the first 6 home matches, has any club ever had a more difficult home start to a season? Put us on the back foot and I knew we would always be chasing. The colossal mistake of starting a Trafford totally unprepared for what he would face and then asking him to be a sweeper keeper.
The VAR nightmares we have endured but especially against rivals, Forest and Luton.
It’s just been a season to forget.
I’ll give VK 3 months of next season and hope he has learned. Otherwise he needs canning.

[TsarBomba]

The first couple of months set the tone, destroyed the confidence of both players and fans and we’ve never recovered.

Personally, I had given up hope of surviving after the defeats at home to Palace and especially West Ham.

After the debacle away at Palace I was erring on Kompany out. I’m still on the fence, but the slight upturn in results and performances in recent weeks should give us something to work with going into next season.

Now the end is in sight, I can feel the optimism returning. I’ve had enough of the PL and VAR, and I’m looking forward to some proper, competitive football again.

Bring it on.

[IanMcL]

No tram can be taken apart and renewed and start well in the Prem.

How many games start can you give others, in the Prem? 0.
We gave half a season, or more. It will be the same next season and the one after. This is just playing snd hoping.

[JR1882]

Relationship counselling?

I’ll book us in, Me Alan VK and a councillor haha

[Bosscat]

No tram can be taken apart and renewed and start well in the Prem.

How many games start can you give others, in the Prem? 0.
We gave half a season, or more. It will be the same next season and the one after. This is just playing snd hoping.

Trams Ian

[Fretters]

It's easy to say this kind of thing when we are in the relationship zone. I didn't see much of it when we were running away with the league last season.

Relationship zone, I see what you did there

[IanMcL]

I’ll book us in, Me Alan VK and a councillor haha

If you are looking for a Councillor, rather than a Counsellor, then I'm your man!

[claret2018]

I know what you mean. It’s got to the point where it’s just funny now this season.

[IanMcL]

Trams Ian

I have never seen a Tram rebuilt in the Prem, have you?

Probably favours the Manchester's, Newcastle's and Nottingham's of this world.

[CoolClaret]

Good post, along with TsarBomba's comment I feel like you've both captured my sentiments.

It's a strange feeling.

[equinox]

'Spoilt Brats' springs to mind.

[quoonbeatz]

This is generally because in recent years we've reached the limit of what we are likely to achieve as a club. I've seen us go from the 4th division to European football, win at Wembley twice, win promotion from each FL division, win the Championship twice, once with over 100 points playing unbelievable football, win the league at our biggest rivals ground - once in alifetime stuff - and win at or against nearly all the big clubs.

Winning either cup is very, very unlikely, as is getting into Europe again and we certainly won't win the Premier Business League. The top division isn't competitive and once you realise that the best we can most likely expect is treading water with the odd win against a big team, you can enjoy it for what it is. Pretty crap really.

Back to a competitive sporting league next season, looking forward to it but the fact that getting promoted again is only worth it for the money, means that even the shine is starting to wear off if you get out of there again.

[CnBtruntru]

Well at least if you decide to get a divorce, she has no Defence!
Oh god

[ecc]

Desire FC

[jrgbfc]

Have a break from it this summer and the excitement will be back come August. I hate everything about the Prem tbh, i'm already looking forward to some of the away days next season.

[Bosscat]

This is generally because in recent years we've reached the limit of what we are likely to achieve as a club. I've seen us go from the 4th division to European football, win at Wembley twice, win promotion from each FL division, win the Championship twice, once with over 100 points playing unbelievable football, win the league at our biggest rivals ground - once in alifetime stuff - and win at or against nearly all the big clubs.

Winning either cup is very, very unlikely, as is getting into Europe again and we certainly won't win the Premier Business League. The top division isn't competitive and once you realise that the best we can most likely expect is treading water with the odd win against a big team, you can enjoy it for what it is. Pretty crap really.

Back to a competitive sporting league next season, looking forward to it but the fact that getting promoted again is only worth it for the money, means that even the shine is starting to wear off if you get out of there again.

Me too ... problem with doing well in the Championship is having seasons like this one

[Dark Cloud]

I think unfortunately as fans we could see almost straight away that we really weren't going to be good enough and obviously that's not really counting the opening night. I found I'd given up on us avoiding relegation after a very small number of games, because we've had so many seasons in the Prem these past few years and I think we all know what it takes to survive and thrive and it patently wasn't there. As a guy turning 66 next week and having been going on for over 50 years I have always lived and breathed it and taken everything to heart. I can only guess at why I'm so ambivalent about our current plight, but maybe it's because I loved last season so much, maybe it's because I've basically seen it all now in terms of BFC and their ups and downs or maybe I just feel suddenly disconnected from the club and the game I love. I can't (yet) put my finger on it, but I'm going to Sheffield on Saturday mainly for the cracking real ale pubs and I've renewed for next season because it's actually a social thing aside from the football and it gets me out the house!!

[claptrappers_union]

Our fan base has been like that all season.

Just no emotion in them, no atmosphere.

As much as I agree that the atmosphere has been poor this season, I think the supporters have been great, considering the rubbish we have been subjected to.

The fanbase have still turned up, backed the team and been patient with the club.

[evensteadiereddie]

I've certainly been a bit more objective over the last few months, the near certainty of us going down relieving me if a lot of nervousness and tension and replacing them with an attitude of ah well, let's see what happens, however grotesque.
I still enjoy rocking up to the Turf, love my match day experience and still enjoy that feeling of being there.
Mad, maybe, naive perhaps but I think this long, hard season will serve us well for the next.

[gawthorpe_view]

Personally, I had given up hope of surviving after the defeats at home to Palace and especially West Ham.

This

[Indecisive]

This is generally because in recent years we've reached the limit of what we are likely to achieve as a club. I've seen us go from the 4th division to European football, win at Wembley twice, win promotion from each FL division, win the Championship twice, once with over 100 points playing unbelievable football, win the league at our biggest rivals ground - once in alifetime stuff - and win at or against nearly all the big clubs.

Winning either cup is very, very unlikely, as is getting into Europe again and we certainly won't win the Premier Business League. The top division isn't competitive and once you realise that the best we can most likely expect is treading water with the odd win against a big team, you can enjoy it for what it is. Pretty crap really.

Back to a competitive sporting league next season, looking forward to it but the fact that getting promoted again is only worth it for the money, means that even the shine is starting to wear off if you get out of there again.

This view totally resonates. I guess my hope in Kompanys reign has been that they are actually attempting to create a model that pushes us beyond an absolute scrap to grind out enough results to stay in the Premier league. Last season I think that started to become a view shared by a lot of fans (and pundits in fairness). Kompany at the time said we were ahead of plan and they werent anticipating the success as quickly...I guess in fairness managing expectations is always going to be at the back of a managers mind.

This season though, has been particularly hard to take, possibly because that expectation was set so high. We are like any club fans, we are much happier when we win. This season we've seen very little of that. There's undoubtedly been a lot of changes at the club and a fair few noses put out of joint. Combine that with the lack of success on the pitch and its a toxic combo.

Personally I'm hoping for next season to bring the best of the 22/23 season, but with some clear evidence of how we prevent a subsequent season similar to this one.

What I really don't think will work, is reverting to previous ways of working, and that's playing side and how the club is ran. That's not to say improvements to both of those sides isn't necessary. But then I'm sure that will be recognised by the people in charge. Big change is difficult to implement in any organisation. The state of modern football more or less dictated that we needed to change IMO. There's actually not that many clubs I'd currently trade places with.

[Clovius Boofus]

I’ll give VK 3 months of next season and hope he has learned. Otherwise he needs canning.

That is basically where I am, I'm sorry to say.

[TomtheClaret]

Wont somebody, please, think of the children

[bfcjg]

If I didn't meet up with family and friends before and after the game I really do think I could become an occasional/armchair fan, last season was awesome but I was feeling this way towards the end of the Dyche era.

[Spike]

I’ve been with my True love for a lot longer than your 30 years . Over half a century actually
The problem is this new fella that has somehow managed to get the weirdest of control over my loved one.
My love had no debts before he turned up from nowhere and was comfortable now it’s got the biggest debts ever
Every time I turn my back things are moved to the strangest of positions around Our Home
My love had very faithful paid staff who looked after it . The new carers tell me they aren’t taking any pay for looking after my Love . Surely that’s a win win situation but none of my True Love’s friend are Happy with the current situation either

[Rileybobs]

Let’s just thank the lord for the international breaks.

[claret59]

All very despondent and rightly so but it could have been so different if we had just one player who could score goals. We started the season , and continued through it, without a recognised goal scorer. I am unsure if its true that we chose not to play Luton in that first game but if so it was a mistake. Our opening fixtures spelt disaster before we kicked off where as we would probably have got three points if we had opened against Luton, that would have given us some confidence.

[Rileybobs]

All very despondent and rightly so but it could have been so different if we had just one player who could score goals. We started the season , and continued through it, without a recognised goal scorer. I am unsure if its true that we chose not to play Luton in that first game but if so it was a mistake. Our opening fixtures spelt disaster before we kicked off where as we would probably have got three points if we had opened against Luton, that would have given us some confidence.

Absolutely. Going into the season with just Foster and Rodriguez as centre forward options, one unproven even at Championship level and the other proven to be not a real goal threat in the PL was suicidal. Particularly as we signed 12,000 wingers.

[ClaretPete001]

Absolutely. Going into the season with just Foster and Rodriguez as centre forward options, one unproven even at Championship level and the other proven to be not a real goal threat in the PL was suicidal. Particularly as we signed 12,000 wingers.

Typically ridiculous exaggeration. It's 11,996....!

[Neil]

I must be the only person who took the thread title literally and was looking forward to the discussion if this was the case!

[BurnleyFC]

Can’t wait for this **** show of a season to finish and am already really looking forward to us being competitive again next time out.

[karatekid]

You could have an affair. Apparently there is an ugly old bird who lives ten miles down the road. Not much to look at but in desperate need of a real man as the locals just don’t measure up.

[Spike]

You could have an affair. Apparently there is an ugly old bird who lives ten miles down the road. Not much to look at but in desperate need of a real man as the locals just don’t measure up.
[/isn’t her house a Place of Misery

[Colburn_Claret]

There is something wrong with this season, and it isn't just the results. I've felt disengaged from the club, too many new faces, too many changes, I don't know. I do know I've missed more matches this season than in the last 6 combined.
I'm renewing my season ticket anyway, a season in the Championship might reinvigorate me as well as the team.

[Spijed]

All very despondent and rightly so but it could have been so different if we had just one player who could score goals. We started the season , and continued through it, without a recognised goal scorer. I am unsure if its true that we chose not to play Luton in that first game but if so it was a mistake. Our opening fixtures spelt disaster before we kicked off where as we would probably have got three points if we had opened against Luton, that would have given us some confidence.

Playing such a high line at home against the likes of Spurs and Villa wasn't the best idea either!

[JR1882]

There is something wrong with this season, and it isn't just the results. I've felt disengaged from the club, too many new faces, too many changes, I don't know. I do know I've missed more matches this season than in the last 6 combined.
I'm renewing my season ticket anyway, a season in the Championship might reinvigorate me as well as the team.

Absolutely this.

[Carlos the Great]

Summer months are normally exciting for me .. a new season looming and transfer talk of players coming in :.. but I’m actually filled with anxiety and trepidation.At at the thought of who VK is going to waste millions of pounds on

[Newcastleclaret93]

I think that’s how I feel at the moment. Walked on the turf yesterday, felt nothing at all. Wasn’t even that arsed when we scored.

It’s been a highly frustrating season and I feel like I’m annoyed, unhappy with every aspect of the club at present.

Renewing out of duty which is annoying when the clubs increasingly commercialised but we choose to not act like customers out of blind loyalty.

Does anyone just do away games? I enjoy those more and I’m near the top of the points after years of it so ticketing isn’t an issue.

Maybe I just need the season to end as do many of us. I don’t know if I hate what we have become or if this shambles of a season is just too much to comprehend.

I should just “get over it” but when BFC has been your life for ever, you’re going to feel strongly about it I guess.

I personally think this is more football as a whole than just Burnley.

The atmospheres and generic fan attitudes are falling off a cliff with football. This new era of 1000s of televised games and then content creators talking about every aspect of football has started to ruin it for me. I’m not sure if it’s just me but I am not as interested in football as I used to be. VAR, the massive sums of money involved and crap fan experiences certainly haven’t helped.

Watching the Arsenal/Liverpool games yesterday and I was just shocked at how bad there atmospheres were. Two of the biggest clubs in the country and they were like a library

[Clive 1960]

Haven't been on the Turf for just over two years after being a season ticket holder for donkey years, but like i said in a post i wrote not just what as happened this season on the pitch what annoys me but VAR it really took my appetite away from the game, just think we get all the decisions against us ..

[beddie]

Summer months are normally exciting for me .. a new season looming and transfer talk of players coming in :.. but I’m actually filled with anxiety and trepidation.At at the thought of who VK is going to waste millions of pounds on

I go the opposite way, I really don’t get excited about a new season looming and to be honest can’t drum up any enthusiasm. I’m not so bad once I’ve gone to a few games but prior to that I’m happy doing other things. Probably an age thing.

[Indecisive]

There is something wrong with this season, and it isn't just the results. I've felt disengaged from the club, too many new faces, too many changes, I don't know. I do know I've missed more matches this season than in the last 6 combined.
I'm renewing my season ticket anyway, a season in the Championship might reinvigorate me as well as the team.

People generally don't like change. There's a decent argument there was a lot at the club that needed to change. The downside meant there's been a lot of people employed who have left who have been there a long time, and many whom have built up relationships with much of the fan base. What I would say is, I'm not sure the communication aspect has been handled that well, and subsequently its very easy for people to feel the management and ownership are dismissing the view of the fans....only care about money... don't have any 'allegiance' to the club. Some of these prominent leavers are being reasonably vocal in their criticism of the team. Reading between the lines I'm not convinced this is solely motivated by their views as 'fans', rather suggests their maybe a bit of bitterness.

The results on the pitch add fuel to this fire and arguably reinforce the negative views. To me though, if we were now midtable, very few would voice their concerns. Its a results business at the end of the day. The disconnection is really coming from the disappointment on the pitch. I'm hoping next season the results improve, and the overall mood heads in a positive direction. Much like being on here right now, being at the matches just feels way too negative at the moment.