by johntheclaret » Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:24 am
I have to post this, I just can't help myself. I'm sat here lookiing at the EPL table and it feels like I'm looking at a history book. Burnley are just 4 points of the top four and only 3 points behind Liverpool who have played the same number of games.
OK, so we are just about a 1/4 of the way through but no one in the media seem to be looking at who we have had to play so far. Burnley have had by far the toughest opening draw of the three new boys and considering we came up from being 5th in the champoinship, our start has been great.
Like I said to Rita, there will be lot better teams go to Anfield and Stamford Bridge and lose, ask Liverpool today, and Hull last week. But we have played Liverpool, Chelsea and Spurs away, and Man U and Everton at home and they are 5 tough games for anyone, and we have come out of it with 12 points so far. Our demolition of Sunderland and Birmingham (don't be misguided by the 2 - 1 scoreline, the clarets mopped the floor with Birmingham yesterday) and it is looking ok for us.
We have the b4stards away in a fortnight, followed by 2 home games against Wigan and Hull, so we have a real chance of keeping the good form going and maybe even break the awayday duck. And as for our "poor" away form, just look at the fixtures, Stoke won 13 games and drew 4 last season. thats only two defeats all year, then we had to go to 2nd place Liverpool, yeah like they aren't much kop (pardon the pun) at home. Then away to league leaders Chelsea, who went how many years unbeaten at home?, and finally to Spurs, who are currently in 3rd and spent more on reserve striker Peter Crouch than Burnley have spent on thier entire squad.
But on a brighter side, we still have to travel to the likes of Wolves, Birmingham, Hull, Bolton etc, wher I hope we can put in a better show.
We have already overhauled Derby's total points for thier season so that mantle is out of the way (sorry Jabber). It really is like living the dream. Yesterday was bloody awesome, bloody awesome, we just tore Birmingham apart and whilst Hart made a mistake with Burnleys first goal, he pulled of some bloody good saves to keep Birmingham in it. Fantastic.