Scott Parker makes major demand from his Burnley players ahead of Manchester United game
Scott Parker has demanded a reaction from his Burnley players ahead of tomorrow night’s big clash with Manchester United.
The Clarets served up a “powderpuff” display against Brighton on Saturday according to Parker during their dismal 2-0 defeat.
It means his Burnley side are now 11 games without a win, having not tasted victory since the end of October.
But it wasn’t just the result that left Parker so angry, it was the nature of it – with the Clarets thoroughly outclassed by the Seagulls from start to finish.
The Burnley boss even accused his players of showing a lack of belief – and that’s something he wants changing as the now managerless United come to town on Wednesday night.
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“We have a massive game now on Wednesday,” Parker said.
"That was always pencilled in – Wednesday's game against Man United – and it was always going to be a massive game, even more so for us now.
“We need a massive reaction going into Wednesday now. But I think for me, after a game like this, if we could play tomorrow, I'd have a game tomorrow. If we could play now, I'd have a game now, to be quite honest with you.
"We'll see now and that's exactly it. We need to dig deep here now and we need a reaction and we need an absolute belief on Wednesday night and we need to show every single person that walks into that stadium, you guys that are coming in that stadium, that that is exactly it.
“We need to give over. Like I said, you can lose a game, but there needs to be a belief there, which wasn't there today.”
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