DYCHE HAS NO TIME FOR TALES OF TAPES
SEAN DYCHE will not go over video nasties of previous defeats at Manchester City, admitting he could watch them “100 times” and still not work out a way to beat them.
The Clarets travel to the home of the champions on a run of four straight 5-0 drubbings at the Etihad and still looking for their first league win of the season.
Ben Mee (inset) was the last Claret to score in a Premier League game at City back in 2017 and Dyche believes there is little to be gained for either him or his
by GIDEON BROOKS players by analysing what has gone wrong for them in the past.
“There are certain games I’ll watch back, for analysis. Or aspects of games, moments in games,” said Dyche. “You look at how you’ve scored goals and stuff like that but playing against Man City, what are you going to learn from the noughts? Not much.
“You can learn something from them, but can you learn enough to beat them at their game or change the way you want to play them? You can watch them a hundred times and not find a way to change things.
“One of Pep’s magical weapons has been working in transition. They see it early, not just the person next to the ball – five-yard fury as we call it –
I’m talking about the whole team, they smell it.
“You give the ball away, and they pounce. Barcelona used to do it incredibly well, often Liverpool have as
Jurgen Klopp got them to where he wanted, but Man City are superb at it.
“If one of your players puts their head down, looks a bit loose, they don’t give you a chance to breathe. “That’s their magic weapon, how quick they react to get it back and affect it when you’ve got the ball. “Its tough. When you get your moments during games, you’ve got to make them count.”