Thursday’s teams have far to go
DYCHE’S MEN CAN BE EURO HITS
THURSDAY, Sunday.. Thursday, Sunday.
It’s the trendy phrase to describe the rigours of the Europa League – and to denounce anyone in it as mere cannon fodder.
OK, so a modest team like Burnley will probably run out of steam eventually playing on two fronts.
But we’ll turn that view around and argue that they will hit the ground running when they face Southampton tomorrow.
In the past couple of seasons, other Europa Cup qualifiers like Everton and West Ham came into their early games match-fit and began their league campaigns well.
Burnley are hardly a bunch of dilettantes and manager Sean Dyche will be well aware of not losing their momentum after a stunning seventh place finish last season.
They face Mark Hughes’ Southampton who missed relegation by a whisker and have bought a whole new spine that must bed in immediately.
The clincher for us..the price. Burnley are a crazy 15/4 with BetVictor.