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    fylde exile wrote:
    Right I will ignore him and all others from down the road,I'm not really interested in what they say or do.However when our season starts against Bolton I shall look over to the dugouts and maybe just wonder if the manager sat in their dug out was still sat in ours would we even be playing Bolton or Blackburn this season.Whatever anybody may say facts are facts,and the fact is Coyle did what no other manager since Jimmy Adamson has done took us into the top tier of English football.Does anybody know the real real reason why he left,maybe his ambitions were not matched by us ,and although this may have rebounded now,had he stayed here I think we would have not been relegated in 2010,and that the joker that followed and the running of the club since would surely not have seen us in the state we are now
    I also think we wouldn't have been relegated in 2010 had Coyle remained in charge and had we signed the players like Jack Wilshere, Stuart Holden and Vladimir Weiss which were all earmarked by Coyle for Turf Moor.

    When he left he said that Bolton were "Ten years ahead of Burnley" in terms of their Premier League set-up etc, so basically as usual Owen Coyle left because it suited Owen Coyle.

    Can't wait for the horseteethed Judas and his sidekick Steve Interesting Davis to walk the gauntlet from the players emtrance to the dug-outs."
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Coyle ‘will need tin hat’ says Fletcher in return to Burnley on the opening day

8:20am Tuesday 19th June 2012 in Sport Photograph of the Author By Suzanne Geldard , Burnley FC reporter

EX-CLARET Paul Fletcher is anticipating a sell-out for Burnley’s opening day clash with Bolton Wanderers, and a cauldron of noise for Owen Coyle.

The former Clarets boss is set to return to Turf Moor for the second time since leaving the club for the Reebok halfway through their Premier League season.

After suffering rele-gation on the final day of last term, Champion-ship life begins with a mouthwatering derby as Coyle brings Bolton to Burnley again.

And former Clarets striker and chief executive Fletcher believes it is a fixture to whet the appetite for the rest of the 2012/13 campaign.

“It’s a fairytale; a fantastic start to the season and just what the Burnley supporters would relish,” said Fletcher, whose career started with hometown club Bolton before he joined the Clarets in March 1971.

“I’d expect a full house and I think the Burnley supporters will be in full voice.

“It will be tin hat time for Owen Coyle again,” added Fletcher, referring to the hostile atmosphere which awaited Coyle when he was drawn against his old club in the League Cup two years ago.

On that occasion Wade Elliott scored to secure a 1-0 win for the Clarets.

“It was a pretty special night when we turned them over. Hopefully we can do that again. I think it’s a great start,” Fletcher continued.

“I don’t think Owen would have relished visiting Turf Moor any time, but I’m sure he’ll be glad to get it out of the way quickly.”

The game also means a return for former players Chris Eagles and Tyrone Mears, who were bought by Bolton last summer, and former captain and coach Steve Davis, who followed Coyle to the Reebok in January 2010 as part of his backroom team.

“Any player who leaves a club is generally not liked any more. That’s football,” said Fletcher.

“I remember as a player myself, when I went back to the old Burnden Park after I was sold I thought I would get a nice warm welcome, and it was completely the opposite.

“They will all get a rough ride.”

Meanwhile, manager Eddie Howe is looking forward to sampling the first of six north west derbies, with games against Blackpool and bitter rivals Blackburn Rovers to come.

“For both sets of supporters it’s a fantastic game and it really gets the season off with a bang,” he said.

“What makes this year a great season for our supporters is that there is a lot of local pride at stake and we will be doing our best to come out on top in those games.”

Burnley host the first East Lancashire derby with Steve Kean’s Blackburn on December 1, and travel to Ewood Park on March 16, while the games against Blackpool take place on October 20 (home) and April 13 (away).

Howe added: “When the fixtures come out people are raring to go and we certainly are as a coaching staff.

“Hopefully we will come back a better team than last year, learn our lesson and improve.”

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