Clarets’ success has been no fluke

GRAHAM WESTLEY
EX-STEVENAGE, PRESTON, PETERBOROUGH AND NEWPORT MANAGER

I declare a vested interest - my 18-year-old son Joe is a young pro at Burnley so I’m thrilled to see their magnificent promotion.
The Clarets have done things the Man City way. With a possession-based philosophy. With a high-pressure ethos. With attack the priority. With excellence the agenda. With experience but more so with youth. With ambition and appetite.
I’ve admired their patience as they draw teams out at home, as they slowly wear sides down with their structured and controlled passing, as they turn the screw a...

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