One Step At A Time For Dyche
Clarets boss focused on Fulham in quest to rack up the points
2021-02-17T15:30:57.183Z
One Step At A Time For Dyche
Clarets boss focused on Fulham in quest to rack up the points
2021-02-17T15:30:57.183Z
Clarets boss focused on Fulham in quest to rack up the points
Clarets boss focused on Fulham in quest to rack up the points
Clarets boss focused on Fulham in quest to rack up the points
Sean Dyche has a long-term goal in mind but is looking no further than Fulham at Turf Moor on Wednesday night.
The Burnley boss knows what it takes to deliver top-10 finishes in the Premier League with a late haul of points.
But staying in the Premier League is the immediate priority.
And while beating bottom-three side Fulham would go a long way towards achieving that goal, Dyche does not have it down as a pivotal fixture.
“Unless you get right to the end, seasons are rarely defined over one game,” said the Burnley boss.
“It’s helpful to beat the teams around you but you’ve got to get points wherever you can in the Premier League.
“The oldest one in the book is the ‘business end of the season’. Trust me, the first game of the season could be the business end of the season.
“Every game is important. We try to win them all. Obviously it’s not that easy, but that’s the intention.”
After facing Fulham, the Clarets host 19th-placed West Bromwich Albion on Saturday and still have a total of 15 games left to play.
Dyche's men are currently on 26 points and adding another dozen or so more is the target to try and open up new challenges.
“We stay on this idea that the next game’s important but there is a bigger picture,” added Dyche.
“We’ve always had the mindset of getting to those key points’ markers that most people speak about, not everyone, but that kind of 38-40 points.
“The desire to get there quickly is that if you can do that, it opens up the rest of the season.
“We showed that last season after lockdown by eventually finishing 10th with some really good performances.
“In our Europa season we did that as well. We had a little sticky spell after Christmas and then we put together five wins back-to-back which finished the season strongly.
“It’s that kind of thinking; can you keep going, can you keep going again?
"But the first marker is getting the points on the board because then it brings that tiny bit of freedom to take on the rest of the season.
“That’s the bigger picture but the smaller picture is just the next game.
“We’ve always worked with the players on that basis – staying focused on the next game.”
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