Former Claret provides 'truthful' assessment of Burnley's survival chances
If Burnley are to stand any chance of securing their Premier League status for next season, they must make things ugly – especially at Turf Moor.
That’s the verdict of a former Claret who knows what it takes to avoid relegation from the top flight, having done it under Sean Dyche.
Jeff Hendrick isn’t sure there’s currently three worse teams than Burnley, who currently find themselves eight points adrift of safety.
But if they’re to make a fight of it, they’ve got to fight and scrap for every single point.
“Looking from the outside, it was really nice to see Burnley do well starting off, because that's what you want when you're just promoted. You need to have a good start. You don't want to be cut adrift too early,” Hendrick told Compare.bet.
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“There are a lot of good teams in that league and unfortunately, I don't know if they're better than three other teams – and that's just being truthful. I think they have a good squad, I think they have a very good manager.
“I look back to when I was there in the first year in the Premier League. We'd come up, I think, until the new year, all our points but one came from our home form.
“I think if you can make that a fortress, it really does help. So I think that's the main thing they need to look at is, you know, getting draws, making a 1-0 win at home, and really making it hard for teams coming to play at their stadium and then they can build on that. But like I said, they don't want to be cut adrift.
“They need to stay in and around. No game is going to be easy, they're all going to be difficult, so sometimes you do just have to make it ugly and try and get points on the board.”
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