Unless results improve we will be back arguably where we belong in the Championship and it will be our third relegation under the stewardship of Pace & Co who arrived at Turf Moor with a five year plan of consolidating the club in the Premier League back in December 2020.
That will result in yet another fire sale and complete rebuild from scratch as many of the players will want away if we drop out of the PL.So much for loyalty,putiing on the shirt, wearing the badge platitudes.
It is getting very tedius with little or no stability in the playing squad with players coming and going through the revolving transfer doors.Meanwhile the club accumulates more debt at extortionate interest rates.This cannot go on forever and it will not end well if our luck runs out and we do not get promoted back to the PL and then we have to rely on EFL payments to fund the debt.
It is now exactly 5 years since the Yanks took over and it has been the exact opposite of life under the previous owners which was largely debt free and stable both on and off the pitch.They have presided over what looks increasingly like 3 relegations and 2 promotions back to the PL with squad turnover being off the charts every Summer since the first relegation.
The owners seem to prefer optics over substance which is reflected in their recruitment both of managers and certain players in an effort to get more ?global reach? for the club.Burnley are a relatively small club in a run down area which is well supported in comparison with the catchment area and in my opinion will never reach a global audience.It does not have the pull of the bigger clubs no matter who they recruit.They can make ?Mission to Burnley? documentary films, quirky videos of new player signings and posting interviews with the new arrivals but it all looks like lipstick on a pig when the club gets relegated with a whimper from the PL with little signs of any fight from those players.Todays professional football players have little or no connection to the clubs they play for and are motivated by one thing-money.Likewise the fans have little or no connection to players that are here for a season then off to pastures new as soon as the gravy train halts.
The time under the present owners continues to be a roller coaster ride of highs and lows but this instability cannot continue indefinitely and their luck could well run out if we are relegated again.What will Pace & Co. do now their much heralded 5 year plan has expired.
Lets hope we somehow avoid relegation.