Thank God that’s all over

[Claretitus]

As the thread title says. Off to Dominican Republic now on Thursday, for 2 weeks, so a good chance to forget the season, stay away from UTC for a while, then come back, look forward to the fixtures for 24/25, and see what the summer has in store, and how the window unfolds. Can we be positive about the Championship? I certainly hope so. We go again!! UTC.

[PremierLeagueClass]

This has been the least enjoyable season of my lifetime. It’s going to take a while to get it out the system! Even though we have to be favourites next season, it’s hard to get too excited about that prospect right now, it’s been that bad.

[Pearcey]

Delighted it’s over as well. Didn’t watch at all today. Instead, I took my lad to Snetterton race track to watch some Touring Car racing. Lovely sunny chilled out day.

Bring on the Championship!!

[taio]

A hard season and visits to Turf Moor. Looking forward to next season.

[Vino blanco]

"We have to be favourites for next season"....I wish I had this kind of confidence.

[RVclaret]

A complete contrast to last season in every fashion. Home form incredible last season, worst ever this season. Record breaking win streaks/goal streaks last season, record breaking lowest points total and more this.

But already looking forward to next season! Bring on the fixture release day…

[Jellybean]

Just keeping fingers crossed that the people in charge of signings can bring in similar players to Tella and Maatsen who in hindsight must have impacted the team last season more than I thought.

[Ptangyangkipperbang]

Said it before I've seen the rise of the team of the 70s down to the Orient game and back again but without a shadow of a doubt this ranks as the worst season I've ever seen

[Hapag Lloyd]

Said it before I've seen the rise of the team of the 70s down to the Orient game and back again but without a shadow of a doubt this ranks as the worst season I've ever seen

Give your head a wobble fella

[Quicknick]

The worst top-flight season ever. Embarrassing.

[Quicknick]

Said it before I've seen the rise of the team of the 70s down to the Orient game and back again but without a shadow of a doubt this ranks as the worst season I've ever seen

Given the money spent, you have a point. Although I suspect the current side might have beaten the '86/'87 outfit.

[Ptangyangkipperbang]

Give your head a wobble fella

2 home wins all season I know the current side would have beat the dross of the 80 s but without a shadow of a doubt this season has been absolute garbage

[TheOriginalLongsider]

It feels worse as last season was so good. Perhaps we should have played more of the Championship winning side. Koleosho was a big loss

[jlup1980]

Give your head a wobble fella

The usual "thou shall not state that anything is worse than the Orient season" tripe! People are allowed opinions you know. Let's compare...

86/87: P46 W12 D13 L21 F53 A74 - 49 points
23/24: P38 W5 D9 L24 F41 A78 - 24 points

As bad as we were in the Orient season we actually won more, drew more, lost less, scored more and conceded less! Yes, there were more games, but the win ratio can't be disputed; 26% in 86/87, 13% this season.

There's only been one season in the history of the club with less wins, 1889-90, where we won 4 of 22 games (win ratio 18%). It could therefore be argued that this has been the worse season in the history of the club. It's certainly been the worst I've witnessed in my 35+ years watching us.

[evensteadiereddie]

Following one of the best seasons in our history, if not the best.
Let's see what this young squad and any additions can do next season.
I for one hope they do well.

[Claret86]

What an horrendous season. Kompany is under pressure now for next season, something he didn't have in the championship last season.
I'm going amsterdam for 4 nights today with the Mrs to replenish my soul after this season. UTC

[Newcastleclaret93]

This season should honestly be researched by scientists.

The collapse from last season is so monumental it’s unreal

[Blyclaret]

Not looking forward to next season. Fed up of Kompanys bullshite. Fancy dan football with absolutely no end product. Hard to find another club in any division putting up with the results we have had. The standard of football and coaching was horrific this season. Can we trust this guy with more money … how much of the £100m would we recoup if we sold now. Exactly. Think about it.

[claptrappers_union]

Said it before I've seen the rise of the team of the 70s down to the Orient game and back again but without a shadow of a doubt this ranks as the worst season I've ever seen

Relative to the league we are in, I agree. Even the signings, just non-descript, subpar future journeymen

This season saw the modern-day ‘Remember them?’ type of players - Liam Robinson, Ian Halliwell and Nigel Gleghorn in Amdouni, Delcroix and Assingon—utter crap.

When they announced three added minutes, it was just a drag

[THEWELLERNUT70]

It's been an absolute shambles of a season, from top to bottom the club looks rudderless currently, there's no accountability, Pace isn't the boss of Kompany he's in love with him. That's not the way you run a multi million pound business!

The hope has to be firstly that we can offload an number of players ( who I still think will struggle in the division below because of either a lack of bulk or a lack of application), secondly we sign some experience, thirdly VK has learned some lessons of which I have my doubts and fourthly that the championship standard has remained the same and when you look that a team as poor as Norwich made the playoffs it does give you a little hope

A startling thing pointed out to me yesterday was that we have more W's on our 3 kits than we do in the wins collum this season.

It's been an absolutely wretched, soulless, disconnected shambles of a season with so much wrong with it I feel unfortunately it'll be a long way back!

[kenyon6923]

yeah from town parades and a trophy presentation 12 months ago to a fan base that has been saying for weeks "can't wait for this season to end" - the gulf was seriously under estimated and with their careers and contacts that surprised me that VK and Bellamy got that seriously wrong. Surely if they got it half right they would have bolstered us up with some premiership experience. They obviously thought the nucleus of the championship team was not good enough but in the main bought untried players to replace them ?? baffling. We were crying out for players like Jonny Evans - Chris Woods etc etc not 50 million pound players just experience - bit like at the time Barton for that championship team.

[THEWELLERNUT70]

Just something else too, the VK situation could be completely taken out of Paces hands because Americans don't like to be associated with abject failure, which this season has been, and I'd imagine there's a growing number with an itchy trigger finger as they're watching their investments lose value

[Cirrus_Minor]

Awful season and only 2 home wins. Bizarre team selections, confusing tactics. mind boggling substitutions and defeat after defeat, week after week. All of this after a remarkable season in the championship and team investment of over £100 million. What next?

[ClaretLoup]

According to Kompany yesterday was meant to be the beginning of our re-set for next season. 15 minutes in we are 2 down and the defence looking as ropey as at any time this season. 72% possession and three shots on target tells you all you need to know about our attacking play and our goal was as jammy as they come and they never looked like adding to it.

[kenyon6923]

According to Kompany yesterday was meant to be the beginning of our re-set for next season. 15 minutes in we are 2 down and the defence looking as ropey as at any time this season. 72% possession and three shots on target tells you all you need to know about our attacking play and our goal was as jammy as they come and they never looked like adding to it.

worryingly we were also playing at home the "worst team in the league" outside the relegation zone !!!!!!

[NewClaret]

This season should honestly be researched by scientists.

The collapse from last season is so monumental it’s unreal

Not really. It’d be a huge waste of scientists time to conclude what we all know anyway, which is:

- there’s a massive gulf between the premier league and championship, which is why all three promoted teams have barely registered an attempt at staying up
- we lacked one of the core ingredients - physicality. We were technically and arguably tactically the best side in the Championship but even at that level struggled up against some of the more bigger, powerful teams.
- Luton didn’t lack physicality, which is why they gave it the best go of the three of us because they had one of the core ingredients.
- two of the players who did very well for us last year were loanees and were not adequately replaced for whatever reason.
- we also compounded it with bad team selections and individual errors.

[Newcastleclaret93]

Not really. It’d be a huge waste of scientists time to conclude what we all know anyway, which is:

- there’s a massive gulf between the premier league and championship, which is why all three promoted teams have barely registered an attempt at staying up
- we lacked one of the core ingredients - physicality. We were technically and arguably tactically the best side in the Championship but even at that level struggled up against some of the more bigger, powerful teams.
- Luton didn’t lack physicality, which is why they gave it the best go of the three of us because they had one of the core ingredients.
- two of the players who did very well for us last year were loanees and were not adequately replaced for whatever reason.
- we also compounded it with bad team selections and individual errors.

I don’t think there’s ever been a bigger collapse? Can you think of one.

Going from a 100+ point season to this needs to be investigated to understand how it happened.

Even with the factors you mentioned I still can’t get over the points we finished on.

[NewClaret]

OP feels exactly the same as me. Massive sense of relief this torturous season is over.

I usually hate it when the season ends but this time feel a huge sense of relief. Looking forward to some weekends free of football now.

I just hope lessons have been learned from this year because otherwise it’s been a total waste and I can’t really bare the thought of another one like this if we get promoted again. It almost feels a punishment, not a reward.

On the plus side I think we leave it with a much stronger squad and am looking forward to seeing how that goes in the Championship next season.

[kentonclaret]

"We have to be favourites for next season"....I wish I had this kind of confidence.

The bookies have it priced up currently as Burnley 7/1 favs
and then next best Luton at 10/1, so that is purely based on how both clubs performed last time around. Of course we don’t yet know whether it will be Leeds or Southampton joining us for next season. I must admit the 33/1 about QPR looked far better value at this stage given their improved form under their new manager.

[houseboy]

Said it before I've seen the rise of the team of the 70s down to the Orient game and back again but without a shadow of a doubt this ranks as the worst season I've ever seen

I find this statement odd. We spent years in the old fourth division and one season finished nearly bottom (but for the Orient game). We were playing in front of crowds of 2/3 thousand. We were potless. How can you even begin to compare?
I suspect a little hyperbole.

[ClaretLoup]

Surely if they got it half right they would have bolstered us up with some premiership experience. They obviously thought the nucleus of the championship team was not good enough but in the main bought untried players to replace them ?? baffling. We were crying out for players like Jonny Evans - Chris Woods etc etc not 50 million pound players just experience - bit like at the time Barton for that championship team.

Don't hold your breath Kenyon, they had the chance to bring in experience in the January window, and what happened?

They brought in three more rookies who typically have performed well in spasms as you might expect from younger players.

[Ptangyangkipperbang]

I find this statement odd. We spent years in the old fourth division and one season finished nearly bottom (but for the Orient game). We were playing in front of crowds of 2/3 thousand. We were potless. How can you even begin to compare?
I suspect a little hyperbole.

I found more enjoyment in the wilderness years than this season

[boyyanno]

Not really. It’d be a huge waste of scientists time to conclude what we all know anyway, which is:

- there’s a massive gulf between the premier league and championship, which is why all three promoted teams have barely registered an attempt at staying up
- we lacked one of the core ingredients - physicality. We were technically and arguably tactically the best side in the Championship but even at that level struggled up against some of the more bigger, powerful teams.
- Luton didn’t lack physicality, which is why they gave it the best go of the three of us because they had one of the core ingredients.
- two of the players who did very well for us last year were loanees and were not adequately replaced for whatever reason.
- we also compounded it with bad team selections and individual errors.

You're one of those posters that have chosen to die on the hill, fair enough, but when you can't even make a point without contradicting yourself it's a bad do.

[houseboy]

It's been an absolute shambles of a season, from top to bottom the club looks rudderless currently, there's no accountability, Pace isn't the boss of Kompany he's in love with him. That's not the way you run a multi million pound business!

The hope has to be firstly that we can offload an number of players ( who I still think will struggle in the division below because of either a lack of bulk or a lack of application), secondly we sign some experience, thirdly VK has learned some lessons of which I have my doubts and fourthly that the championship standard has remained the same and when you look that a team as poor as Norwich made the playoffs it does give you a little hope

A startling thing pointed out to me yesterday was that we have more W's on our 3 kits than we do in the wins collum this season.

It's been an absolutely wretched, soulless, disconnected shambles of a season with so much wrong with it I feel unfortunately it'll be a long way back!

You mention off loading a number of players. How many and who? I believe, and so do many of my friends who support other teams, that if we can keep the nucleus of this squad together we will walk the Championship again. It has been said that the leap from the Championship to the PL is huge. But the reverse is also true. We have some amazingly skilful young players who have just had a season’s experience in the PL, they were probably a bit too young and inexperienced for it but next season is a whole other ball game. And hopefully at the helm will be the man who broke records last time we were there. And just remember the fun we had last season. Good riddance to the awful, money ridden, imbalanced PL, let’s get back to having fun.

[Ric_C]

One of the things that keeps me positive is that we absolutely battered Sheffield Utd and got 4 points off Luton.

I feel that the way we play at the moment gives us a ceiling of controlling the game against similar teams, but often losing against superior opposition.

In a way we are flat track bullies. Keep the core, and move on a few to trim the squad and we should be fine. Striker and a left back are a massive priority next season.

[ArmchairDetective]

By far the least enjoyable season in memory. I know this opens me up to criticism (particularly from some posters on here) but I think I've left more games early during this season than all other seasons combined. Glad it didn't get toxic, other fan bases could easily have done so. Think many including me have just been waiting for this season to end, rather than voicing their frustration at matches.

That said I'm already looking forward to next season. Whether we reach the dizzy heights of last season remains to be seen. But it'll be nice to go on the turf again with expectation that we could do something great.

UTC

[claptrappers_union]

Glad it didn't get toxic, other fan bases could easily have done so. Many including me have just been waiting for this season to end, rather than voicing their frustration at matches.

UTC

I think the fans deserve a lot of credit this season. There’s been no attack on the board, the management and attendances have been decent

The atmosphere has been flat - and the club can try with all the LED flashing light shows and pumping big screen videos - but at the end of the day, it’s always down to football and results. That is what gets Turf Moor bouncing.

Although it’s disappointing to see supporters leave early on occasion - particularly against Arsenal and Newcastle, which were both dire performances- to be fair, the fans have stuck with the club throughout.

Maybe it's because there’s credit in the bank from last season, or fans can see the bigger picture (or both). ALK and Kompany have had it easy this season in that regard.

We’ve shown patience. Many fanbases wouldn't.

[ArmchairDetective]

I think the fans deserve a lot of credit this season. There’s been no attack on the board, the management and attendances have been decent

The atmosphere has been flat - and the club can try with all the LED flashing light shows and pumping big screen videos - but at the end of the day, it’s always down to football and results. That is what gets Turf Moor bouncing.

Although it’s disappointing to see supporters leave early on occasion - particularly against Arsenal and Newcastle, which were both dire performances- to be fair, the fans have stuck with the club throughout.

Maybe it's because there’s credit in the bank from last season, or fans can see the bigger picture (or both). ALK and Kompany have had it easy this season in that regard.

We’ve shown patience. Many fanbases wouldn't.

Agree with all of that. I think there has been credit in the bank. This season doesn't take away the achievements of last season as last season will live long in the memory. But where credit is concerned it feels like we've broken even by following up an incredible season with such a disappointing one. Let's hope they build up some more next year. I'm currently in the camp that's confident they can.

[Swizzlestick]

By far the least enjoyable season in memory. I know this opens me up to criticism (particularly from some posters on here) but I think I've left more games early during this season than all other seasons combined. Glad it didn't get toxic, other fan bases could easily have done so. Think many including me have just been waiting for this season to end, rather than voicing their frustration at matches.

That said I'm already looking forward to next season. Whether we reach the dizzy heights of last season remains to be seen. But it'll be nice to go on the turf again with expectation that we could do something great.

UTC

It wasn't toxic yesterday, but VK got a bit from some, up until then, very patient fans sat round us, particularly at half time. The attendance left at the end also spoke for itself.

I think the reaction will be very different if we don't get off to a strong start next season.

[Silkyskills1]

I found more enjoyment in the wilderness years than this season

40 years ago roughly. That era and this last season are incomparable. This season has been dire and come as a great sho k and disappointment after the previous season.
The 80's on the whole just became a way of life with 'gallows humour' helping us maintain a level of sanity. That 5 day gap between losing at Crewe and the Orient game was indescribable. Think a little bit of perspective needed before we assign this season to the bottom of the barrel.

[claptrappers_union]

We have a decent squad, especially those coming back from loan moves coming back into the fold.

My worry is, will they play for the manager? I cant imagine the likes of Benson, Zaroury, Twine, Obafemi really pulling up trees to impress him. He's cast them aside already once.

I think losing JBG and Cork will be a big miss for us, having them in them in the Championship as leaders would've been a real benefit.

I don't expect next season to be a walk in the park again. I don't think the likes of Amdouni, Tresor, Foster and Delcroix have enough about them to cut it at that level.

[fidelcastro]

I don't expect next season to be a walk in the park again. I don't think the likes of Amdouni, Tresor, Foster and Delcroix have enough about them to cut it at that level.

Blimey. If they can't cut it at championship level, then why on earth were they brought in for a PL campaign?

[Ptangyangkipperbang]

40 years ago roughly. That era and this last season are incomparable. This season has been dire and come as a great sho k and disappointment after the previous season.
The 80's on the whole just became a way of life with 'gallows humour' helping us maintain a level of sanity. That 5 day gap between losing at Crewe and the Orient game was indescribable. Think a little bit of perspective needed before we assign this season to the bottom of the barrel.

I can't explain why it is but this season for me personally has been by far the most unenjoyable in all my years of supporting Burnley.Yes we were one of the poorest sides of that era in the 80s but I never gave up on them I have never in all my 50 plus years felt it's a chore to go and watch like this season has.I have never left the ground around the hour mark until this season leaving twice Arsenal and Newcastle for the record.Do forgive me when I say this season has been the worst I have ever seen I don't care if it's top level football it's been crap knowing it's certain defeat most weeks before I even step out of the house.Will I believe there next season supporting ? Damn right I will

[claptrappers_union]

Blimey. If they can't cut it at championship level, then why on earth were they brought in for a PL campaign?

Because they were signed purely on stats and YouTube sizzle reels.

Amdouni will never make it in top-flight football in England, Delcriox doesn't work hard enough, and I've not seen anything to suggest that Tresor is even at a professional standard while wearing a Burnley shirt. Kompany might as well have played me instead.

[fidelcastro]

Because they were signed purely on stats and YouTube sizzle reels.

Amdouni will never make it in top-flight football in England, Delcriox doesn't work hard enough, and I've not seen anything to suggest that Tresor is even at a professional standard while wearing a Burnley shirt. Kompany might as well have played me instead.

Wow, and I thought I was cynical!

[Silkyskills1]

IDo forgive me when I say this season has been the worst I have ever seen I don't care if it's top level football it's been crap knowing it's certain defeat most weeks before I even step out of the house.Will I believe there next season supporting ? Damn right I will

No need to ask for forgiveness or anything like that. It has been shambolic even back to the the crazy idea of getting the players back training way before anyone else did. Then suggesting after defeat to City that would be the worst of us this season. Before yesterday's game VK told us the game was like the start of a new season. A desperate,desperate unfolding of mistakes.

[NewClaret]

You're one of those posters that have chosen to die on the hill, fair enough, but when you can't even make a point without contradicting yourself it's a bad do.

Not sure what your point is?

Quite clearly I was saying we lacked Physicality and Luton didn’t, which is why they made a better fist of staying up than we did.

[colner]

Been a disaster on a lot of fronts has this season. Last minute cobbled together pre season,membership scheme,crap strips,price hikes on everything,catering fiasco,unbelievaly bad/naive recruitment for a PL campaign and thats before a ball was kicked. We did have arguably the most daunting run of fixtures for the first ten games which meant we were always going to be playing catch up. Unfortunately we have forgotten how to win this season as much as we forgot how to lose last and if we dont get off to a good start next season,we could easily just as well get relegated again as get promoted. Hoping for the best scenario,over to you AP/VK

[boyyanno]

Not sure what your point is?

Quite clearly I was saying we lacked Physicality and Luton didn’t, which is why they made a better fist of staying up than we did.

You said we lacked one of the required elements to stop up.

You said Luton only had one of those elements.

And then used it as a reason they did better than us. Quite frankly bizarre.

[RVclaret]

Because they were signed purely on stats and YouTube sizzle reels.

Amdouni will never make it in top-flight football in England, Delcriox doesn't work hard enough, and I've not seen anything to suggest that Tresor is even at a professional standard while wearing a Burnley shirt. Kompany might as well have played me instead.