The Burnley Sentinel
Market6 Nov 2028
Lucas Perri wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Burnley hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Market6 Nov 2028
Anel Ahmedhodžić has his eye on Europe
It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Burnley can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.
The dugout6 Nov 2028
The manager makes an example of Marcus Edwards
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market6 Nov 2028
One of our own: Jonathan Henderson joins the Burnley first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jonathan Henderson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market6 Nov 2028
Thomas Johnson steps up from the Burnley academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Thomas Johnson has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Player ratings6 Nov 2028
Nobody could get near Jamie Gittens
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad6 Nov 2028
Words exchanged at Burnley
Michael Obafemi and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout6 Nov 2028
Burnley pick somebody else ahead of Marcus Edwards
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
The dugout6 Nov 2028
Kyle Walker knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Burnley, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- The dugout Henry Henderson on the point
- Match Burnley and Newcastle United cancel each other out
- Looking ahead Jamie Gittens goes back to face Manchester City