The departure of Sean Deitch from Turf Moor was a complete shock for the Burnley players, revealed the official boss Michael Jackson.
Jackson has been appointed to lead Sunday’s visit to West Ham following the board’s decision to fire longtime boss Deitch on Friday. Burnley are 18th in the Premier League table, four points away from safety.
Jackson also said he had not been given an indication of who would be responsible after Sunday’s trip to the stadium in London, adding that he hoped everyone at the club would adopt the siege mentality as Burnley struggled to stay in the Premier League.
“I came in the morning to prepare for the U23s game and the chairman called me to his office and then they told me about it. They told me it was happening,” Jackson said.
“It’s a shock to the players, it’s human nature.
“They’re an experienced group, they’ve come together and now it’s about the whole club coming together, all the fans, and just getting together and concentrating on what we need to do.”
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Jodie Morris and Jonathan Morgan react to Deitch’s dismissal
Jackson praised Deitch for his contribution to Burnley’s success and said there would be no major changes to the team for Sunday’s West Ham game.
“He [Dyche] build a club, but build a culture, an identity, and that’s really hard to do in football sometimes, “Jackson said.
“All you have to do is listen to some of the interviews with other managers and his colleagues to find out what they think of him. It’s sad, but we have to remember them with what they did for this club. I’m sure fans will remember that too.
“When I look at it, you just have to look back a few games ago, when they had a three-game series – Spurs, Brighton and Palace – when the band did a series together. Then there was a comeback against Everton.
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“There is a lot of good here and it reminds the band of what we are good at, to remind them of Burnley’s identity.
“I don’t think you can go and play with complete freedom. We are talking about preparing for the match on Sunday and the whole focus will be on that. We will not change the style of play in one day.
“The strength is in the group, the experienced group. They stick together and know how to play the game. We can fix some details, but there will be no big change in style. We will take one half of football on time. “
Duff is interested in working at Burnley
Image: Michael Duff did not hide his interest in working in Burnley
Former Burnley defender Michael Duff admits he is interested in working for Burnley, but says he is focused on his current job as Cheltenham manager.
When asked if he would be interested in the job, Duff said: “Yes, that would be the obvious answer, because I think I’ve had two football clubs in 27 years, Cheltenham (and Burnley) are the two clubs closest to my heart is so if, but maybe. I’m focused on working here right now. “
Duff says Burnley was not approached or contacted.
Middlesbrough manager Chris Wilder, who is also involved in the job, told Sky Sports that he was not interested in replacing Dutch in Turf Moore.
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Former West Ham player John Hartson believes Burnley chose a bad time to fire Deitch
Analysis: Daiche leaves as a Burnley legend
Nick Sports from Sky Sports:
When Sean Deitch was appointed to Turf Moore in October 2012, he inherited a team that is ranked 14th in the Championship table, conceding the most goals in the division.
Over the next decade, he will see the club’s complete transformation, winning promotion to the Premier League in 2014 and again in 2016 after a brief return to second tier.
Deitch was Burnley’s third managerial appointment in two years after Brian Lowe and Eddie Howe, but all of these upheavals soon became a distant memory, and the club instead became a picture of stability.
At the end of the 2019/20 campaign, after Burnley’s 10th place and Howe’s relegation from Bournemouth, Deitch even became the longest-serving manager in the Premier League.
The focus of his Burnley tenure remains their exclusive seventh place in 2017/18, but that is what he has done for the club as a whole, establishing their presence in the top league with a budget much smaller than that of their rivals. and building a unique identity on and off the field that supporters will appreciate the most.
The team’s struggles this season have prompted the club to act, but it is proof of Deitch’s exceptional work that even now, with the looming threat of relegation, his dismissal is a big shock. This is a gamble that their owners may regret.
Managers praise Dyche’s work in Burnley: “We need to build a statue for him”
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Thomas Frank expresses his surprise after the news that Burnley fired Deitch
Brentford manager Thomas Frank: “I’m very surprised. I don’t know what happened behind the scenes, but looking outside and as a Brentford head coach, there are many things we can learn from a club like Burnley.
“They were promoted, dropped and then promoted again and have been here for six or seven years in the PL. What they did is remarkable. Sean Deitch and his coaching staff and everyone at the club have done an amazing, supreme job.
“I think Sean Deitch deserves a lot of credit and they have to build his statue outside Turf Moore, because what he’s done is amazing – every season, entering the Premier League with probably the bottom three or the lowest budgets and then all you can still compete and not just survive, but getting at least a few places out of the top ten is a fantastic, remarkable job.
“From the outside, I think they’d have a better chance of keeping him alive because he knows everything. But of course, I don’t know everything.”
West Ham manager David Moyes: “I’m shocked and a little surprised. I think Sean did a great job and established Burnley in the Premier League for many years. Burnley has been a very difficult team to play against lately and most of it is made by Sean. “
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta: “I have only words of praise, because what he has done at the club in the last 10 years is phenomenal. He gave the club a really clear identity, managed to keep the team, with one of the smallest budgets, constantly I wish him the best of luck and, as always with his colleagues, it’s sad to see these decisions. “
Brighton manager Graham Potter: “Surprised. I feel like a colleague, someone I respect very much. It’s never good when someone loses their job, of course, but we know that these things happen in football. I don’t think he He will be out of work for a long time because the work he did in Burnley was fantastic.
“I think it’s a part of life. Sean is a great man, he knows how it is. The reality is that there are more people to regret than Premier League managers, but there is pressure, expectations.
“Sometimes it’s fair, sometimes it’s unfair,” he said. We know that when we enter it. We know that when the results are not going well, you are under pressure, you are under scrutiny. But that’s part of what you’re signing up for and you have to deal with it. “
Watford manager Roy Hodgson: “Of all the people in the league, he would be one of those who I would think would probably survive in something like this, so I have no idea what happened.
“Something must have happened because you’re not parting with a manager like Sean Deitch after all the fantastic things he’s done for this club in the last 10 years, he built the club.
“So I was also surprised, shocked and disappointed because I know Sean quite well and I admire him as a coach and manager. I didn’t think anything like that would happen to him.”
The rest of Burnley’s games
April 17 – West Ham
April 21 – Southampton (h), live on Sky Sports
April 24 – Wolves (h)
April 30 – Watford
May 7 – Aston Villa (h)
May 15 – Tottenham
May 19 – Aston Villa
May 22 – Newcastle (h)
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