Scott Parker laments one major thing that has let Burnley down this season
Burnley’s inconsistency has been one of Scott Parker’s biggest bugbears in recent weeks.
Despite their relegation woes, the Clarets were able to hold Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham to draws.
But much to Parker’s frustration, they followed up those encouraging results with back-to-back defeats against Sunderland and West Ham.
Then, off the back of a long overdue win at Crystal Palace, a first in the league in 108 days, followed up by a positive draw at Chelsea, Burnley were once again unable to capitalise, losing back-to-back games to Brentford and Everton respectively.
It’s left Parker scratching his head at Burnley’s ability to match the league’s biggest and better sides, only to let themselves down in some of the more winnable fixtures - on paper at least.
The Burnley Express has launched a new WhatsApp channel to bring the latest news, analysis and team & injury updates directly to your phone. Simply click this link to join our Burnley Express WhatsApp channel.
“We've been in this situation for large parts this year,” he explained. “But what we have lacked is a consistency and that's just been it at times.
“The team go and pick up a couple of results and then all of a sudden, when you're thinking you want to bounce back, we've let ourselves down.
“That inconsistency is happening in games as well, where you look at the team and you think: ‘brilliant’ and then the next 20, 30 minutes there's something totally different.
“So of course, at this level and at the level of what these players want to achieve to be at, consistency is key and at times we've just fallen short in terms of our performance.”
Your next Burnley FC read: Major change to Championship announced that could impact Burnley next season