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Manager's thoughts ahead of Leicester encounter at Turf Moor

2022-02-28T21:50:29.868Z

GAFFER PREVIEWS LEICESTER AT HOME

Manager's thoughts ahead of Leicester encounter at Turf Moor

2022-02-28T21:50:29.868Z

Manager's thoughts ahead of Leicester encounter at Turf Moor

The Clarets welcome Brendan Rodgers’ Foxes to Lancashire for a fixture under the floodlights, aiming to extend a positive run which has seen them lose just once in seven outings.

The Gaffer spoke to the media in his press conference and addressed various pre-match topics.

Dyche on Leicester:

“Brendan Rodgers has done a lot of good work there over the past few seasons and we’ve seen that. Like us, they’re probably not a million miles away where they want to be, but they’ve got their own challenges.

“Since Brendan has been there, they’ve been very effective and a very good side. They’re probably having their first set of challenges this season with injuries and Covid, but they are still a decent side with a very good manager.

“They are a very good outfit so we have to make sure that we continue in the strong run of form that we are in.”

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Dyche on run of form:

“I didn’t think we were far off in the season in general, we’re not the real deal and we know that, we’re constantly a work in progress like most teams are, and we always believe in what we do and what the players are trying to do.

“I’m forever proud of the players here, working so hard to try and get results and win games, and that goes beyond results. They are getting the rewards for their mentality, we’ve got the basics of the team right and the players deserve a lot of credit for it.

“It’s trying to continue that with the performances, but the game doesn’t wait for you, you have to go and deliver.

“We have to earn the right, and that’s our mindset. We have to keep going and take on each game as it comes, but keep in mind that the last one doesn’t make the next one in the Premier League, and we’ve made sure that our consistency has been right over the last seven games. We’ll keep going and keep building on top of that."

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Dyche on squad belief:

“There’s a certain amount of belief in what we do, and we are mindful of that. It was an agreed situation between myself, the staff and the players that we’d get back to what we are good at, and the players deserve the credit for that.

“The players have taken action, responsibility and ownership but the whole structure and work ethic of how we defend was excellent against Arsenal away and we’ve continued in that vein. We’re showing strong signs of what we can do, and the mentality is strong.

“I knew that we weren’t that far off in our performances, and we weren’t, and the players deserve an enormous amount of credit so far, but there is still a lot of work to be done.”

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Dyche on the support at Turf Moor:

“The fans have been tremendous, they have been for the years that I’ve been here, and the numbers that we take away, and the percentage of the town is incredible.

“The fans were amazing in the United game and we delivered a very strong second-half, and the same against Tottenham.

“The fans get it, and they will get behind us. They back their players as long as they give their all, and they are giving their all.

"It allows the players the freedom to go and play if the crowd are behind them, and this fanbase have been for a very long-time now. They stay steadfast and always back the team, and that’s from my first promotion.”