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Chris Dunlavy: Burnley have got to add attacking threat for Premier League

Is anyone at Burnley bothered that the Clarets bored their way into the Premier League on a tide of tedium?

Scott Parker has earnt his third promotion from the second tier of English football

By Chris Dunlavy - A fresh take on football

Is anyone at Burnley bothered that the Clarets bored their way into the Premier League on a tide of tedium?
Or that their attacking ambition made George Graham’s Arsenal look like Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham team with the handbrake off?
Not Scott Parker, who has fulfilled his managerial brief to the letter.
Not owner Alan Pace, for whom elevation to the top flight could be worth in excess of £250m.
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Not the players, who will have a promotion on their CV, a lion on their arm and a bonus in their bank account.
Nor supporters who can once again...

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