Norton Cherry
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I’m using Burnley as an example of limited resource sticking to principles with sensible acquisition. You can do that in any style of play. Swansea did it it with our style of play with Martinez and Rodgers.
Of course I wouldn’t want us to play like them. Fulham, Wigan, Swansea, Charlton, Ipswich, Southampton all finished top eight playing good football in last twenty five years.
That’s what you aim at....not champions league.
Thing is though what it also shows is that outside of the elite top 6 there is no other consistent team. One season these clubs make the europa league and then it all turns to rat s**t.
I applaud what Burnley have done this season but I won't get all misty eyed over them until they've done it next season, and the season after.
Two seasons ago our friends down the road were lauded as the model club.
This season has not been perfect by any stretch but we have evolved. We've brought younger players like L Cook, Lys, Ibe, Ake into the team and I expect them to get better and better. I expect more of the same over the summer and into next season.