Burnley Fan View: Watch out Arsenal, here come the Clarets

Burnley turned around a 1-0 deficit in three second-half minutes to record a 4th successive win, and the 3rd in a row away from home, against Watford.

Watford dominated the first half, creating the bulk of the chances via Roberto Fereyra, but World Cup hopeful Nick Pope was outstanding once more.

Pereyra managed to break the deadlock after an hour, but Sam Vokes managed to level things with his first touch, before Jack Cork powered home a header to seal the win.

This was all without Captain Ben Mee in the side, who missed the game through injury – adding to Burnley’s extensive injury list. In better news, Tom Heaton returned to the bench – there’s no way he starts again this season though in my opinion.

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This is our best run of an incredible season, and our longest winning streak since the 60s when we were regular title hopefuls. It really is a wonderful time to be a Claret.

Importantly, though, it brings a degree of finality to the Leicester match next weekend. The Foxes must come to the Turf and win to have any hope of finishing in 7th, whilst Burnley know a win will all but ensure they finish 7th, and barring a Southampton FA Cup win, a place in the Europa League.

Leicester, who will be without influential midfielder N’Didi (serving second game of his two-match ban) lost 2-1 at home to Newcastle whilst Burnley were performing their heroics at Watford, and it’s a stretch to think they can overtake us even if they do win at the Turf.

This really is testament to the squad and mentality of the manager who always believed in his players even in a rough patch. I must say, as well, the fans were fully bought into this (somewhat easier when you are sitting pretty in November, of course).

When you consider our missing players today, and for a lot of the season, it really is remarkable, and as I type this, Man City look like closing in on the title – Sean Dyche is clearly the manager of the season for me.

Robbie Brady, Steven Defour, Tom Heaton and Stephen Ward have all been out for the majority of the season, whilst Tarkowski, Mee, Wood and Gudmundsson have all missed significant time at some stage – yet we regroup and go again. Our togetherness as a squad is the special ingredient that no amount of money can buy.

I hope next week I can report on a victory and will start reviewing my annual leave numbers at work…