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Burnley have proven they have the fight to turn things around

Burnley have proven they have the fight to turn things around
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There seems to be an annual event at Burnley, where they start their Premier League campaign slowly.

These slow starts lead to many doubting whether the Clarets can beat the drop. However, Sean Dyche’s team always somehow turn things around.

This season has been no different, as the Clarets are currently in 18th place in the Premier League table, having failed to win any of their opening four league matches. A 3-1 defeat at Everton on Monday night was their third league defeat of the season.

The thing about Burnley in their opening four league games is that at times they have played well, but have picked up nothing to show for their efforts.

The team from Lancashire have not had the easiest of starts, having to visit both Merseyside clubs, who both currently occupy a place in the Premier League’s top-four.

A trip to Anfield is always difficult, while Goodison Park has also been a bare-pit of a ground in past seasons. Burnley also faced Leeds at home, which again is not an easy game, even if Leeds have not started the season as brightly as they did last season.

The thing about Burnley is they always seem to just have enough fight and quality to pick up enough results to beat the drop each season.

They have a stable squad of playing and a shrewd head coach in Sean Dyche.

The Clarets will more than likely start to turn things around in the near future, as they have shown that being written off seems to just fire them up. There are several important matches against some of their fellow strugglers in the next few months.

If they can just start picking up a few wins here and there, Dyche’s team will start their annual road to recovery and save their season.

Premier League
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Arsenal 83 36 26 5 5 60
2
Manchester City 82 35 25 7 3 54
3
Liverpool 75 35 22 9 4 41
4
Aston Villa 67 35 20 7 8 21
5
Tottenham 60 34 18 6 10 13
6
Newcastle United 56 35 17 5 13 22
7
Manchester United 54 34 16 6 12 1
8
Chelsea 51 34 14 9 11 6
9
West Ham 49 35 13 10 12 -9
10
Bournemouth 48 36 13 9 14 -11
11
Wolverhampton 46 36 13 7 16 -11
12
Fulham 44 36 12 8 16 -4
13
Brighton 44 34 11 11 12 -5
14
Crystal Palace 40 35 10 10 15 -12
15
Everton 37 36 12 9 15 -11
16
Brentford 36 36 9 9 18 -8
17
Nottingham Forest 29 36 8 9 19 -18
18
Luton Town 26 36 6 8 22 -29
19
Burnley 24 36 5 9 22 -35
20
Sheffield United 16 36 3 7 26 -65

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