Burnley a market town in N. England with a population of 73,500 (less than Worthing).....

[Bring back Bryan wade!!]

Appear to have a very good chance of making the Premier League.

What can we learn from them?

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Have two 30 goals a season strikers in the squad ?

 

[dougdeep]

They were a top division team when I was a kid, won the FA Cup too if I remember rightly.

 

[Superphil]

Because they've been there before, quite recently, and have experience of how to do it.

 

[Bring back Bryan wade!!]

Because they've been there before, quite recently, and have experience of how to do it.

What's the learning for the Albion Phil?

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

The learning is that if you spend your parachute payments wisely, you can bob up and down between the prem and the championship.

 

[Kumquat]

I tell you what I've learned about Burnley on the few times that they've visited the Amex. Their team are overrated and their fans are absolute scum.

 

[Superphil]

What's the learning for the Albion Phil?

No idea, I sell stuff for a living. But I think Burnley still had some parachute payment money, maybe that's helped. Maybe they've been able to spend a little more across the board on the playing side, I don't imagine they have anything like the overheads we have either.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

What's the learning for the Albion Phil?

Sometimes things just click.

If there was a simple formula to get promoted, everyone would do it. We can learn no more from Burnley than we would off Leicester, Cardiff, Hull or THEM.

 

[Ali_rrr]

Have two 30 goals a season strikers in the squad ?

Hardly! Vokes is having his best season of his career, before he hasn't really done much. Ings is also having a great season too, but he's got lots of potential.

 

[Vegas Seagull]

Unchanged side for 6 games whereas we changed the side by 7 in 2 consecutive games and lost both by half time

 

[MattBackHome]

BRITISH manager who understands the championship because he's BRITISH.

 

[The Wookiee]

Have two 30 goals a season strikers in the squad ?

We had two of their strikers in our squad !!

 

[BBassic]

We can learn that population, and by proxy attendance figures, have little to do with promotion chances.

 

[nwgull]

You can sell your best player in the summer and use the money to build a stronger team.

 

[Gazwag]

We can learn that population, and by proxy attendance figures, have little to do with promotion chances.

Quite, look at Wigan historically

 

[StonehamPark]

What can we learn from them?

Hang around in the Championship long enough and odds are that you'll go up eventually.

 

[crodonilson]

Filled their side with a mix of promising youngsters and experienced players who have won this league before.

 

[beorhthelm]

We can learn that population, and by proxy attendance figures, have little to do with promotion chances.

this

Hang around in the Championship long enough and odds are that you'll go up eventually.

and this. i looked it up recently, there's an awful lot of teams that have been promoted in the past decade or two. it's staying there thats the issue for smaller (and not so small) clubs.

 

[worthingseagull123]

Historicallly they have been a successful club. Only slumped in 1970s to mid 1990s.