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We asked for your thoughts after Saturday's Premier League game between Burnley v Bournemouth.

Here are some of your comments:

Burnley fans

Steve: Some Steller performances, dug in and showed attacking form. Dominated quite a big chunk of the game with Bournemouth having to throw bodies in the way. Just couldn't get the final touch in.

Alan: Could somebody please tell me where Scott Parker gets his rose tinted spectacles. I appreciate it is his role to talk up his team and motivate them in any way possible, but Burnley are worse now than at the start of the season. Performances are generally abject with the occasional decent passages of play, but these are few and far between.

James: Watching Burnley is only slightly less painful than toothache. It hurts, but you keep thinking it can't get worse, whilst knowing deep down it will. Relegation will bring some relief in that the team might play football again for a while, but always with the nagging doubt that the toothache will return. Please for the fans, make changes now and prove there is a long term solution to this pain. Saturday, yet another poor game where two poor sides huffed and puffed, to the detriment of money paying supporters. We are relegated, please in the remaining games entertain us and give us hope.

Graham: A match of two halves... Sadly, both the same! Neither team dominated and, though Burnley played better than recently, it wasn't enough to beat an average Bournemouth team. Burnley can survive but, strangely, need to actually score some goals!

Bournemouth fans

Martin: We were poor today. I think we're missing Semenyo's goals. Kroupi is playing out of position and good chances were spurned by Unal and Brooks. Hill was excellent once again, and it's 10 games unbeaten and another clean sheet.

Dave: Another draw! We have to start putting away the chances we create. Evanilson and Unal are just not goalscorers. Must make some changes in the summer.

Guy: I was born in Winton in 1942. In those days our team at Dean Court used to have a coach. Why not get one now who knows how to motivate the team to score goals?

Terry: Fed up now. I love my team but plus 20 shots, 2 on target, according to stats. Just think if we'd won five of our14 draws -10 more points, further up table. Bring on the Red Devils - spend a week shooting on target! Up the Cherries.

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• Sunderland 0-1 Brighton

• Burnley 0-0 Bournemouth

• Chelsea 0-1 Newcastle

• Arsenal 2-0 Everton

Burnley boss Scott Parker, speaking to BBC MOTD after their goalless draw with Bournemouth: "We played well today. First half, especially. We started a bit slow but grew into the game and had some big chances.

"You need one of them to go in to give yourself a start. That wasn't the case and it became a bit of a basketball match as the game went on. Neither team was clinical in their moments.

"I thought Jaidon [Anthony] was superb today. There was a spark about him. It was a well-worked corner. If it goes in, my set play coach is a genius. We've been hugely competitive at home. The work ethic and spirit are consistent and I get that might not be enough.

"It was difficult at the start of the season. We knew the challenge and we've just fallen short due to many reasons. We need to maintain it for sure.

Will he carry on next season? "We'll see. My main focus is here and seeing out the rest of the season and maintaining the special things we have here. Everyone understands a team coming up into the Premier League."

Did you know?

• This was only the second time across their last 87 Premier League matches that Burnley have drawn a game 0-0 – the other was against Everton in December 2025.

Adwaidh Rajan
BBC Sport journalist

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A third Premier League relegation in five seasons is looking imminent for Burnley after a goalless draw against Bournemouth on Saturday.

With eight games remaining, the Lancashire club could find themselves 11 points adrift of safety if either West Ham or Nottingham Forest above them win this weekend.

Manager Scott Parker knows time is running out for the Clarets but his players did well to keep their faint survival hopes alive with a hard-fought draw against the Cherries at Turf Moor.

Unsurprisingly, it was their joint-top scorers Jaidon Anthony and Zian Flemming who were their bright sparks as they drew decent saves out of Djordje Petrovic early on.

Bournemouth then left Anthony unmarked during a James Ward-Prowse corner and would have paid a heavy price had the Burnley attacker not struck the crossbar against his former side in the closing stages of the first half.

Though the visitors finished strongly and the Clarets held on, the result means Parker's side have won only once in 21 league games since the start of November and picked up fewer points (10) than any other team during that period.

They might have held Liverpool, Tottenham, Chelsea and Bournemouth since the turn of the year, but must be dealing in wins rather than draws if they are to pull off a miraculous escape.

Whether you were at the game or following from elsewhere, we want to know what you learned.

Have your say on Burnley's performance

What did you make of Bournemouth's display?

Come back on Monday for a selection of your replies

Burnley manager Scott Parker makes four changes from the 2-0 defeat by Everton.

Zian Flemming shakes off an injury to start while James Ward-Prowse, Josh Laurent and Quilindschy Hartman also start for the hosts.

Burnley XI: Dubravka, Walker, Hartman, Esteve, Foster, Anthony, Humphreys, Flemming, Ward-Prowse, Mejbri, Laurent.

Subs: Weiss, Worrall, Ugochukwu, Edwards, Florentino, Tchaouna, Pires, Broja, Barnes.

There are two changes from Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola after a goalless draw against Brentford.

Adam Smith and Eli Junior Kroupi come in as Alex Jimenez and Tyler Adams miss out.

Bournemouth XI: Petrovic, Truffert, Senesi, Scott, Evanilson, Christie, Smith, Tavernier, Kroupi, Hill, Rayan.

Subs: Mandas, Brooks, Gannon-Doak, Diakite, Jimenez, Adli, Unal, Toth, Milosavljevic.

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BBC Sport journalist

Burnley continue their improbable fight for Premier League survival at Turf Moor on Saturday with the visit of a Bournemouth side on the league's longest unbeaten run.

Just one league win since October - away to Crystal Palace last month - has left Scott Parker's side 19th in the table and nine points from safety. They have the worst home record and worst defensive record in the league, damning indictments of any team.

They couldn't, could they?

Directly above them, West Ham United are showing signs of life, but the faltering form of teams such as Nottingham Forest and Tottenham Hotspur will have given the east Lancashire outfit a glimmer of hope.

The Clarets enter the game looking to stave off an unwanted record in front of their own fans. They're without a victory in their past 10 at Turf Moor and have never gone 11 successive home matches without winning in a season.

Last week's 2-0 defeat at Everton means Burnley have shipped two or more goals in 20 league games this term. They have conceded a league-high 58 goals, but in truth there are problems at both ends of the pitch.

Burnley have opened the scoring in just five league games this season, fewer than any other side. The lowest number of opening goals a team has scored across a full campaign in the division is seven, by Aston Villa in 2015-16 and Norwich City in 2021-22, both of whom finished bottom.

Iraola on a roll

Three successive draws have extended Bournemouth's unbeaten run to nine league games (won four, drawn five), which is the best ongoing sequence in the Premier League.

Just one league defeat in 2026 has Andoni Iraola's side sitting in a comfortable ninth position and with outside hopes of a European place.

Ninth is where they ended up last season – the joint-best finish in their history, alongside the 2016-17 campaign – and they are in with a chance of bettering their club record top-flight points tally of 56.

The teams shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw at Vitality Stadium in December, a somewhat low-key affair for two sides whose fixtures have generally been action-packed this term. Only Manchester United's games have featured more goals than Bournemouth's or Burnley's this season.

A superb cross for Evanilson's equaliser against Sunderland earlier this month moved Marcus Tavernier to nine goal involvements for the season (five goals and four assists), meaning the midfielder is enjoying his joint-most-productive campaign for the Cherries – he also registered nine in 2022-23.

With the knowledge that Burnley have conceded more goals from crosses than any other side in the division this season (13), Tavernier will be hoping to put his wand of a left foot to good use again.

I remember going for a 2-0 Bournemouth win when these two sides met before Christmas.

Bournemouth went 1-0 up, so I thought I was on to score 40 points when I heard there had been another goal late on, but it turned out to be a Burnley equaliser.

That's the way my season has been going with predictions, but I am actually going to go for another Cherries win, and by the same scoreline too.

I've been saying for a while that Burnley have got too much to do to stay up, and it definitely isn't happening now.

I still think Scott Parker's side will be competitive, but I don't see them getting anything against his old club this time.

Bournemouth have not lost in the league since 3 January but they have drawn their past three games, so they are due a win.

Sutton's prediction: 0-2

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Burnley boss Scott Parker has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Bournemouth at Turf Moor (kick-off 15:00 GMT).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• On a break in between games: "It's a good time to get some downtime. Reflect a little bit. It's very positive, the last week in the training ground the energy level and commitment has been there like it was last year."

• On injuries: "Marcus [Edwards] has been training this week. [Zian] Flemming has too. Both were on modified schedules at the start of the week and trained at the back end of the week. We'll have to see tomorrow if they're fully up to speed. We'll make that decision closer to Saturday."

• On Kyle Walker retiring from international football: "What he gave to England was nothing short of remarkable. He's been a major focal point for us as a nation. He decided to make that decision with our full blessing. It gives him some time during international breaks. Hopefully it can help us."

• Parker added there is so suggestion that Walker could retire from football altogether.

• On the rise of set-pieces in the game: "The game has changed. We've seen that this year - set-plays and a lot of transitions. The physicality of the Premier League has gone up tenfold. Set-plays, even from kick-off and throw-ins, you've seen a big evolution in the game. Two or three years ago you didn't really see that. Ashley Barnes is a type that has the experience of what that game looked like and is starting to look like."

• Parker spoke at length about his responsibility to the young players and their future, aside from just short-term success. "My job and duty as well as winning games is also I have a responsibility to these young men and I need to help and support them. If I have to be sacrificed for that that's fine so long as I do what I believe is right to make this team better for the long term."

• He continued: "Being short-sighted you can say this season has been a failure and it's true because we don't want to be in this situation and bigger picture, longer term is what you hold onto as core values. We had success last year. We'll be learning from this. You'll see a better team and individuals from this. Just because you're not always successful doesn't mean you can't be successful. That success will come. There's a culture here. I know we'll be OK."

• On their lack of consistency, he said: "The level of consistency in game for us is something we need to address. Why do we start slow in certain games and then at 2-0 down come back and dominate? These are constant questions we're trying to work out. That's a journey. It's a frustrating one. We keep trying to work it out."

There will be full commentary of the game this weekend on BBC Radio 5 Live, starting on Sports Extra (until the Ireland v Scotland rugby game is over).

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Natalie Bromley
Fan writer

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A rare moment of hope and positivity this week, in an otherwise miserable season: the Burnley board announced the season ticket packages for next year. And my goodness, did they get it right.

As well as still being one of cheapest prices in the Premier League, there are two major headlines. The first is that the club are investing in youth, protecting the next generation of Clarets with a massive 70% discount for all fans under the age of 21. This is a serious investment from the board, costing what we believe to be several hundreds of thousand pounds, and succeeds in prioritising those fans who will take us into the next chapter of our history.

The second is that all season ticket holders will also attend the first domestic cup home draws in both the Carabao Cup and FA Cup at no additional cost. Talk about value! And as someone who still believes in the magic of the cup, and who was gripped to the Wrexham v Chelsea tie this last weekend, this ticks a lot of boxes for me.

Even the club's harshest critics were quick to praise the board for what they had produced. It felt, for the first time in a long time, that a paying fan was being put front and centre again. Which doesn't always feel the case in football these days.

There is a really big game happening at Turf Moor this weekend, but it's not the men's seniors v AFC Bournemouth. Burnley FC Women face Wolverhampton Wanderers in one of the biggest games of their history.

Just two points separate these two teams: win, and the Clarets take the advantage at the top of the league with promotion to WSL2 likely and just three games to go. As we celebrate IWD, it feels right to acknowledge the work Lola Ogunbote and the club have done to build our women's team, and promotion to the second tier feels fitting reward.

Good luck Burnley FC Women.

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We asked for your thoughts after Tuesday's Premier League game between Everton and Burnley.

Here are some of your comments:

Everton fans:

Ian: Nice to see us transfer that away form back to our new home. Burnley didn't put up much of a fight but let that take nothing away from our performance. Great work rate all round, desire to win the ball and much better movement of the ball. Extra mention for Dwight Mcneil who has been excellent in the last two games after that disappointment of the move that never was. It shows character so I'm happy for him. Beto has been better too. We're still a work in progress but we are starting to show progress.

Anton: I don't know what the problem is, we've a 100% home record in March! We've got to thank Burnley, though, for graciously not bothering to turn up - they were so, so poor. But we can only beat what's in front of us and we finally did that at home. Shout-out to McNeil who was excellent - a "Grealish who?" kind of display, made up for him. Let's keep pushing for that improbable European place!

Mike: A solid performance and a welcomed home win. To have 43 points at this stage is a great haul and but for a few wobbles could have been even better. Some very tough fixtures ahead but let's hope we can relax a bit and who knows where we can finish.

Harry: Credit where it's due, two wins on the bounce is no time to criticise but definitely time to say it feels good to be looking up and knowing we will have a good summer regardless of the rest of the season. If we do qualify for Europe better players will want to join us.

Burnley fans:

Steve: This team is frightened of its own shadow, the team lack ideas, momentum and direction.

Billy: It was so lack lustre again. It was like they didn't know how to play any sort of football. All players on top of each other, no sort of system or idea. They missed Zian Flemming too, he seems to be the only one in recent games that gives it absolutely everything. Think they lack confidence and not having a focus of how to play knocks their confidence even more. Bring on the championship and use the experience they've gained to be stronger when they come back, hopefully.

Bob: I'm sure I'm not the only one who is so fed up with Scott Parker trotting out the same tired excuses after almost every game. Despite the heroics against Brentford ( and we still lost) It's painfully obvious that he's not the only one to blame. A complete reset is needed starting with Alan Pace & co.

Mark: Terrible, been poor all season. Manager is just a good lower league one at best, Burnley should had said thanks after promotion and got in a premier quality manager. They look like a mediocre championship side still.

Scott Read
BBC Radio Lancashire

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It's not how you start; it's how you finish.

Burnley are in danger of a grim finish. It's untrue to say Burnley haven't competed this season.

A win in just their second game of the season, a 97th-minute defeat in their third match at Old Trafford, a 95th-minute defeat in their fourth game at home to Liverpool. There was early-season hope, even if it feels like a lifetime ago.

Following Burnley's win at Wolves on 26 October the Clarets were five points clear of the relegation zone, above Fulham, Nottingham Forest and West Ham United.

Two weeks later, leading West Ham 1-0 in the 45th minute Burnley were set to move six points clear of the bottom three going into the international break, they lost 3-2 at London Stadium.

It's just one win in 20 Premier League games since that victory at Wolves. Wolves seem to be ending well; they could yet finish above Burnley.

This run has included seven successive defeats, a grim display at Brighton, a dreadful showing at Sunderland and a dire performance at Everton.

But also, a 2-2 draw at home to Manchester United, followed by a point at Liverpool and then a draw at home to Tottenham, who scored a 90th-minute equaliser.

They've come from behind to win at Crystal Palace and take a point at Chelsea but the scars of home performances against Fulham, Crystal Palace and for half an hour against Brentford appear to cut deep.

So, what next? The messaging I had through the winless run was there is no desire to change manager, and moments have been presented to them. Booed off after the Fulham defeat before Christmas, defeat by League One Mansfield Town in the FA Cup and now a two-week gap with no game.

If relegation is coming, and supporters want a team to compete next season and the board want an instant return, then maybe tread carefully.

The Championship is littered with examples of mismanagement and poor appointments. Look how quickly things have unravelled for Leicester City and West Brom. How long is it since Blackburn Rovers, Middlesborough and Stoke City played in the top-flight? The list goes on.

If you don't bounce back straight away it becomes increasingly difficult to bounce back at all.

Burnley have made an instant return to the Premier League following their last three relegations, under Sean Dyche (champions), Vincent Kompany (champions) and Parker (runners-up).

Keifer MacDonald
BBC Sport journalist

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After Burnley fought back from 3-0 down against Brentford on Saturday, only to lose 4-3, it felt as though the wind had finally been taken out of their fight for survival.

Draws with Liverpool, Tottenham and Chelsea, along with a win against Crystal Palace, had suggest Scott Parker's side were still in the battle to retain their Premier League status.

But four days after ending up on the wrong side of a seven-goal thriller, the Clarets looked physically and mentally drained from the first whistle at Hill Dickinson Stadium.

Everton - who had not won at home since 6 December - secured the points without ever needing to move out of second gear.

Burnley's lack of attacking threat without Flemming was particularly concerning and does not bode well if the Dutchman remains sidelined for any significant period of time.

That it took until the 79th minute to register a shot on target - a tame effort from Jaidon Anthony - told the story of a side running on empty.

Burnley boss Scott Parker, speaking to BBC Match of the Day after the 2-0 defeat by Everton: "We fell short tonight. We fell short in many ways really and there's many things going through my mind. We lacked quality with the ball. We couldn't impose ourselves. We weren't a threat playing against a very good side. We fell short in many, many factors. There's not one thing I could say, there weren't any fine margins. There was a clear winner and it was Everton.

"At the weekend, what happened to us, I tried to freshen things up and it didn't have the effect that I'd have liked. We'll have to look at that and work that out.

"What we've not managed to do this year is get some good momentum after good results or good performances. For some reason we've not been able to back it up and the consistency has been way short now. The level at times and the quality we've faced has been testing for us and it's been clear there's been a gulf in that."

Did you know?

• Burnley have conceded more goals than any other side in the Premier League this season (58).

Whether you were at the game or following from elsewhere, we want to know what you learned.

Have your say on Everton's performance

What did you make of Burnley's display?

Come back on Wednesday for a selection of your replies

Everton manager David Moyes has named an unchanged side from Saturday's 3-2 win at Newcastle United, with forward Beto starting ahead of Thierno Barry for the second time in four days.

Everton: Pickford, O'Brien, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Garner, Gueye; McNeil, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye, Beto

Subs: Travers, Patterson, Keane, Barry, George, Dibling, Rohl, Iroegbunam, Armstrong

Scott Parker, meanwhile, has made one change from Saturday's last-gasp 4-3 defeat to Brentford, with Hannibal Mejbri replacing Zian Flemming.

Forward Flemming, who scored against the Bees on Saturday, is not in the match-day squad.

Burnley: Dubravka, Humphreys, Worrall, Esteve, Walker, Pires; Ugochukwu, Florentino, Mejbri; Foster, Anthony

Subs: Weiss, Hartman, Bruun Larsen, Tchaouna, Ekdal, Ward-Prowse, Laurent, Barnes, McMahon-Brown

Natalie Bromley
Fan writer

The current handball rule is not fit for purpose. The current offside rule is not fit for purpose. The use of VAR in the Premier League is not fit for purpose.

How do we, as fans, sit here each week and justify paying our season ticket prices to watch what the Premier League has become.

How do we justify paying over £70 per month in expensive subscriptions to watch live Premier League games?

The heart and soul of the game have been ripped out, and I just don't know what we are doing any more.

Burnley so very nearly pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in Premier League history. Except they didn't.

Because Jaidon Anthony's shirt sleeve was deemed to be offside by the width of his shoulder. Which absolutely no fan wants. Ever.

And it becomes even more laughable when you realise that if Anthony scores that same goal from that part of his body in an onside position, VAR will find a way to rule it out for handball.

Because that's what VAR does; finds the most minute way to rule out goals and ruin the game. After they have taken five minutes to deliberate, of course. Does anyone actually bother claiming "clear and obvious error" anymore?

Disallowing Ashley Barnes' last-gasp equaliser was even more galling, because an "accidental handball" happened in the build-up to the goal.

On top of that, the referee didn't even look at the monitor. He declared his "final assessment" after "review", but he didn't actually review it. He was told by Stockley Park what to do, making an absolute mockery of the on-field referee's role.

I can't keep doing this every week. I am falling out of love with the game. And if the Premier League is not careful, many more fans may just follow.

In the meantime, well done Burnley on that second-half display. Play like that for the rest of the season, and we may just go into our Championship campaign with a bit of feel-good back.

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