Reasons to be proud to be a Claret
KATERINA LEE’S CLARETS VIEW
I SUPPOSE it’s that age old ‘let’s just concentrate on the league’ mentality we will have to adopt following our defeat by Manchester City in the FA Cup Third Round at the weekend.
For a while, it looked like we could do it, after Ashley Barnes’ thunder goal in the first half, but then came the inevitable onslaught, which didn’t really take them too long in the second half.
You have to hand it to City this season, they are ruthless and unplayable, so I don’t think many of us are too surprised by the outcome.
We had an extraordinary turnout, with just shy of 7,600 clarets descended upon the Etihad and we made a racket, that was certain.
This weekend, we face what I would consider a tough challenge, away to a renewed Crystal Palace under Sam Allerdyce, who will surely give us a good game, but judging by how we played in the first half on Saturday, we’re up the task.
I’d like to focus on Burnley’s spirit at the moment. Not just from the team, but from the fans alike. Everywhere you look at the moment, people are excited for us.
There are Clarets on Pointless sneaking in a mention of Jean Louis Valois, there’s articles and photo galleries depicting just what it’s like to be ‘little old Burnley’ is this big bad modern football world.
And there’s the fans that go far and wide to show Dyche, the team and all the staff that every effort they make each week makes us prouder than the proudest man in Proudsville.
So with a couple of tough tests in the pipeline this month, we could potentially come out the other side beaming with delight, or we just have to keep on plugging away, the way we always do.
It’s hard to see, because we have the flair and we love to surprise everyone.
We made a new signing this week, Tottenham winger Georges-Kevin Nkoudou, who will remain on loan with us until the end of the season and his excitement to join is palpable.
Dyche’s signings often baffle until that person changes the game for us entirely (see: James Tarkowski), so it’ll be great to see how Nkoudou fits in to our wonderful little machine.