Big news coming soon from the Turf (Sean Dyche sacked)

[lewishamclaret]

Unbelievable. Blows our best chance of coming back up and securing our long term future. Managers like Sean are simply irreplaceable.

[BOYSIE31]

Players should go on strike!

Been on strike for 2 years

[Damo]

Absolute madness.

[Steve-Harpers-perm]

I think it this happened after relegation was confirmed at the end of the season it would have been accepted.

As it stands now, we've 8 games to go with no coaching staff.

I think the saying is be careful what you wish for.

[jrgbfc]

Wow! Was not expecting to wake up to that.

[gawthorpe_view]

Unbelievable!

[Caballo]

Venky-esk decision. Pace, hang your head in shame.

[Milltown1882]

So if Dyche, Woan, Stone & Mercer have gone, who’s taking the team on Sunday?

Under-23s coach Mike Jackson, assisted by Academy Director Paul Jenkins, Under-23s goalkeeping coach Connor King and captain Ben Mee have been asked to take charge of the team for Sunday’s game with West Ham

[dushanbe]

Exciting times

[BOYSIE31]

Done brilliant for us but a change was needed but would have waited until summer - maybe they did not fancy what their budget would be for the championship

[taio]

Disgrace if he's been sacked. Pace out!

[Loyalclaret]

How sad the greatest manager many of our life's will not get the send off he deserves.

[Les Lawrence]

About time,Thanks for the memories,move on

[RVclaret]

Disgrace if he's been sacked. Pace out!

Get a grip

[Claretlad]

He will be missed....

[IanMcL]

Club statement on their website.

To think that Pace said he was not worried about relegation and that the club could bounce back.

Statement says 'Disappointing results'.
Does he not realise that that is what relegation means???

Total t osser

[Brucefanclaret]

What! Now! And Billy Mercer too - the best goalkeeping coach we have ever had? Who have they got to replace them all? This is madness, at this stage in the season.

[Jamesy]

Unbelievable. Blows our best chance of coming back up and securing our long term future. Managers like Sean are simply irreplaceable.

So are football clubs like Burnley FC. Let’s hope Pace and Co don’t do too much damage in their probable short tenure as custodians of our famous old club.

[Rileybobs]

Gutted to hear this. The man has transformed our club and has given a lot of us the best times we’ve ever had as a Burnley fan. Things have admittedly got stale but I was positive about a fresh start next season. We also don’t know whether Dyche had the stomach to rebuild and take us back up so this decision may have been more mutual than us being reported.

This could go either way, as we’ve seen at Leeds. But we’re in unchartered territory and the next appointment is hugely important.

Exciting times.

[tarkys_ears]

**** YEAH!

[clansman]

It has to be more than just results surely a major fall out. Or perhaps owners caught wind of a planned move?
Who on earth will take charge on Sunday.??

[Zlatan]

Shocked and gutted.

Sean Dyche had been monumental in delivering the best time supporting football in my lifetime.

Thank you Sean and your team for all the memories.

[The Hung Juror]

Wow, Just wow.

[GodIsADeeJay81]

Well that puts to bed the claim we couldn't afford to sack him

[SouthLondonexile]

Somehow this season has been really hard. Goodbye Sean and you have my total appreciation and thanks for bringing
the best of times at Burnley Football Club in the Premier League.

[Burnleyareback2]

Left me feeling sick. Dreadful news

[ksrclaret]

I think the saying is be careful what you wish for.

Not really. Hardly anyone wished for his sacking immediately.

[taio]

Get a grip

No. It's how I feel. Disgrace.

[Burnleyareback2]

Gutted.

[Penwortham_Claret]

Who do we want in to replace Dyche?

[Goalposts]

Genuinely thought he would be given to end of season, absolutely gobsmacked at the timing - don’t see how this helps us at all to be honest.. I don’t believe Sean had lost the dressing room - so can only imagine players shock

[Billyblah]

If it’s a sacking, the timing is just mental! We’ve a chance of staying up (really slim, I know)!!!

Pretty sure we're already down but the club is in that situation due to the failure to properly invest in the team in recent seasons and an apparent struggle to bring in the right players during the last two transfer windows.
I've followed the Clarets since the mid seventies and Dyche has been by far the most successful manager in that period, achieving and sustaining status in the top league where a succession of others have failed.
The alarm bells are ringing where the new owners are concerned but i hope they have a damned good plan.

[Darthlaw]

Timing is horrific but I can’t help thinking the actual action has an ounce of justification.

Particularly astute / snide (delete as appropriate) for the board to do this once the ST renewal window has shut.

[Lancasterclaret]

I'm going to await all the experts who have convinced themselves that the only reason we are crap is because of Dyche

I mean, they have all the answers

[Milltown1882]

Should’ve gone after Watford, he did a fantastic job over the years but I’m not going to be a hypocrite and act like I didn’t want him out.

Thanks for everything over the years Dyche.

[Pearcey]

Absolutely devastated.

[ClaretFelix]

Wilder

[TheFamilyCat]

So if Dyche, Woan, Stone & Mercer have gone, who’s taking the team on Sunday?

"Under-23s coach Mike Jackson, assisted by Academy Director Paul Jenkins, Under-23s goalkeeping coach Connor King and Club Captain Ben Mee have been asked to take charge of the team for Sunday’s game with West Ham United."

I'm not confident of a "new manager bounce"

[KRBFC]

Wow, I definitely felt like a change was needed to refresh in the summer but what awful weird timing. It also hurt a little bit seeing the word ''SACKED'' I must say, felt like a betrayal of a man who's served us so well, maybe just the harshness of the wording.

[Dy1geo]

As Dyche said it’s a results business and the results over the last two years haven’t been good enough.

Anyway I thought we didn’t have enough cash to sack him

[Lancasterclaret]

End of the season, perfectly understandable

Now?

I just don't see it, and the fact that we appear to not have a replacement lined up makes it even worse

Thanks for all the memories Sean, it has been a real pleasure the vast majority of this nine years and you've taken us to places we never thought we'd get to and kept us in the premier league for more than half a decade

Gutted and very shocked

[Braindead]

The right decision. Should have gone immediately after yet another poor performance under his leadership on Sunday.

[martin_p]

Utterly bizarre!

[Claretlad]

you dont know what you're doing....

[IAmAClaret]

Would appear the new owners can add 'common decency' to the list of things they lack.

It'll be the 2nd item in the list after 'money'.

[The Enclosure]

Big big mistake at this time.

[ClaretMov]

Unbelievable. Blows our best chance of coming back up and securing our long term future. Managers like Sean are simply irreplaceable.

Coming back up is great but back to the same rigid 442 set in stone way's isn't and that's what would happen once we got back if at all

I was one of those that wanted a change and think Dyche has gone stale and it needed freshening up, I think the timing is bonkers and should of come at the end of the season, it's going to be a massive massive summer with a new coaching team and almost a new team needed.

Thank you Sir Dyche for some of the best year's I've ever had being a Claret but all great thing's come to an end

[DCWat]

Well that puts to bed the claim we couldn't afford to sack him

I’d argue it puts to bed the claim that we’d be fine if we are relegated.

Back him and we’d have stayed up, this is all on Pace.

[Bosscat]

Pochetino to Burnley anyone

[Down_Rover]

Ronnie Jepson anyone?