Dyche knows score

SEAN DYCHE knows he will face the sack at Burnley if he does not start to drag them away from relegation trouble.

The Clarets boss, left, believes his achievements over the past six years will do nothing to save him, and he has to find their winning form as quickly as possible. Dyche took Burnley into Europe for the first time in 51 years after leading them to seventh last season.

But now he is under pressure after nine defeats in 11 league matches.

It is not about to get any easier for Dyche, with in-form West Ham visiting tomorrow – but he does retain the support of the Burnley board, who gave him a four-year contract only last January.

He said: “Don’t for one minute think I believe I’m set in stone here. I’m not.

“Eventually people want change. Either I go somewhere else for the reason we’ve been very successful, or we haven’t, and my position changes.

“It’s not something that concerns me. I know the work we put in here. If people do question it, that’s the way it goes. They question it on results, not on workload.”

Dyche was sacked by Watford in 2012, months before arriving at Turf Moor and is under no illusions about how quickly he could go if results do not come. He said: “I have been through that before at my previous club. There’s no worry about it, I just get on with my business.”