Five of our Burnley Jury members came together to deliver their verdict on the campaign so far.

HOWARD ELLISON: The 51-year-old has following Burnley since he was five years old. He sits in the Jimmy McIlroy lower tier.

STUART HENKS: The 54-year-old is a season ticket holder in the Jimmy McIlroy upper tier. He first started going to Burnley games when he was 10.

DOMINIC FORAN: The youngest of the Telegraph Sport jurors at 22, he got hooked on Burnley after seeing them beat Stockport in the then Division Two play-off final at Wembley in 1994 ANDREW GREENWOOD: The 32-year-old has been a season ticket holder for 21 years and has followed the Clarets since he was four. He sits in the Bob Lord Stand.

PAUL SMITH: The 40-year-old has been a regular at Turf Moor since Burnley won promotion at Southend in 1982 and has been a season ticket holder for the last 16 years.

>>THE SEASON SO FAR ....

SH: I think the worst thing about the season so far follows on from the best thing. The good start that we had got us dreaming of perhaps reaching the play-offs. We knew we had a small squad and we knew that injuries and suspensions would have their affect but you just hoped upon hope that the run at the top would go on longer than it did.

If we had won at Cardiff back in November I, I think Preston got beat that day, we would have gone top. But from then we've gone into freefall and that's the disappointment.

It just started happening to Luton slightly before it did to us, and at the time we thought at least we're not going to fall away like they've done.

AG: It's a good job we had the start that we did though or else we would have been down there.

HE: November was always going to be a tough month. When you looked at the fixtures it was Cardiff, West Brom, Birmingham and Leeds.

PS: At the beginning of the season we thought April is going to be a really tough month and obviously it's even tougher now. But Steve (Cotterill) hasn't been able to pick a settled side due to injuries, and the people who have come back from injury haven't been performing. Steve Jones is a big example of that. And I think the re-signing of Ade Akinbiyi should never have taken place.

SH: It's certainly a mistake at the moment.

AG: Hindsight's a good thing. When he signed, I think everyone was happy.

PS: He isn't a proven goalscorer. When he had his first spell here I think he was in the best spell of his career, goalwise, but we got him at a good time when we first signed him and everyone thought what a player' but he's come back a paler shadow of himself.

>>THE RUN-IN ...

PS: Nine of our last 13 games have been away, which has been an absolute nightmare.

HE: If we can get six points from Luton and Plymouth I think we're well on our way.

AG: You're confident in the fact that we've got six home games out of nine left, and you hope that will be enough to see us through but we still have to win them.

PS: We've got to go to Leeds and get at least a point. If we get a point Leeds will get a point and gain nothing.

HE: You look at our track record with the teams at the bottom - Barnsley, lost; Southend, lost; Hull, lost; QPR, lost.

PS: They are scoring goals which we aren't.

SH: Those two lads that they've got in at Barnsley up front have made a big difference to them.

HE: So, do we think Steve should go into the loan market?

PS: Do you bring a loan signing into a team that's devoid of confidence?

AG: They can't do any worse.

PS: Fair enough. Steven Caldwell has come in and played well. Has he had an effect? We're playing a bit better but we're still not winning.

HE: I think he has been a very good signing.

SH: I'm glad he's there otherwise our goal difference would be a lot worse.

AG: I don't think the defence is that bad, we're not scoring goals and that's why we're losing. We've scored six goals in the last 12 games.

>>SEASON TICKETS ...

HE: What's going to happen to season ticket sales?

AG: We're going to be struggling if we stay up. Was it 7-7,5000 we sold this year? Next year I can't see them breaking 6,000.

PS: I think they've set a rod for their back with the Premiership Pledge. What happens if we go down? Do they put the prices down and say we get a free ticket for the Championship? The club are thinking that we're definitely staying up but now it's going from bad to worse.

SH: At the time they were thinking of putting the offer together they probably made the decision around January when things weren't as bad as they are now.

HE: How are Burnley going to get themselves, next year, in a promotion position? There's no way on this earth unless millions of pounds are thrown in and half of that team is changed. As far as I'm concerned the offer by Barry Kilby is a complete white elephant for a lame duck.

I think any Burnley fan who rubbed their hands at the offer and though great, I'm going to get myself a season ticket next year, they are having a laugh.

Is Barry Kilby the right man to take us forward?

>>PROMOTION CHANCES...

HE: If you look at Barry Kilby's three-year plan when he signed Steve Cotteril we finished 13th and we finished 17th and, with a bit of wishful thinking, we will finish around 15th or 16th, so where do that leave the three-year plan?

SH: The three-year-plan doesn't mean we will be in the Premiership. It's the financial constraints you are going to budget for the next three years. You can't guarantee success. All you can do is decide how much you are going to spend on it.

The club's plan will be a financial one. At Burnley we've got no choice.

The manager's got to have the ambition to get us to the Premiership, otherwise there's no point in him being here. We do know that Steve Cotterill is an ambitious man.

>>THE MANAGER ...

PS: Is he too ambitious for this club?

SH: Well, no, but his ambition exceeds his own abilities at the moment.

HE: I like Steve. I think he is a very honest guy but, in all fairness, how long does a football club give a manager who is 18 matches without a win? Would we be committing suicide if, after Luton, if we got beat, we say sorry Steve' and bring in someone else?

I wasn't sure of his appointment at first. But in the first season and second season I could see what he was trying to do. I think he's been an honest guy and I know he has respect as a coach.

He knows all there is to know about a particular footballer. If we aren't getting success it's easy for us to say let's get shut of him and fetch somebody else in'. But it doesn't always work.

I think if we stay up we should give Steve at least another season.

I know there are a lot of Burnley fans out there who want him to go, and season ticket sales might dictate if they are well down.

PS: I think they will be well down.

>>THE FUTURE ...

HE: I've never thought we would go down because I think with the home matches to come we should do it. After saying that, if we didn't do it we would deserve to go down. It would be a disaster if we went down. Everything we've achieved it will count for nothing. But I think we should keep Steve and give him another chance and back him as much as he can be backed with more directors on the board and more resources and as much money as Burnley can afford.

PS: Are we going to stay up? Do we want Steve Cotterill to stay in control?

AG: Yes and yes. I would stay with him even if we go down.

DF: Yes.

SH: Yes to both.

HE: Yes.

PS: I think he has got to be given until Christmas at least, if not the whole season.