When I got my ticket for the Burnley match, things were looking rosey and I thought if I'm ever going to see us win then this is a good match to go to.

Now, however, I'm not so sure. Burnley are a well drilled and organised side who remind me of us under Pulis; a frustrating team to play against. We have to work on a plan 'B' and 'C' if we are unable to break them down. My only concern is that we don't actually have these plans, hence why our win percentage in 2016 is atrocious. Now we are an established Premier League Football Club with some quality international players in our squad, I am of the opinion that beating the newly promoted teams is a must and anything else is not good enough.

Scoring goals doesn't seem to be so much of an issue thank goodness but we look so frail at the back.

Can't wait for Saturday but at the same time the feeling of being yet again disappointed is expectant.

My biggest worry is that they are very strong from set pieces and our defending from them is woeful

This season, 4 of Burnley's 8 goals have come from set-pieces.

Jesus 50%

They will be tough at home for sure. 10 of their points total gained at home. Only 4 goals conceded. Mind you we are better away from home on current form and scoring goals. Could be a good game.

Burnley are not nearly as solid as some would have you believe, they give up the most shots per game in the league, the most shots on target in the league, and also offer hardly anything going forward.

They've had Tom Heaton to thank for their 'solidity' so far - he made 11 saves against Utd I think!

Any team that concedes 11 shots on target in a game is not going to keep a clean sheet very often!

We should beat them, unless Heaton plays another miracle game or we keep giving up cheap goals.

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