Is this Burnley team/squad better than the promotion winners two years ago?

 

Matt Riggs

I’M not sure if this Burnley team is better than the one which won promotion two years ago but it is certainly on a par with it.

I would say that the squad this time around is much better, though. I felt we had real strength on the bench against Brighton so was surprised that Sean Dyche only made the one change.

Players like Matt Taylor, Dean Marney, Matt Lowton and Chris Long are capable of coming on and affecting a game. I don’t think our bench was as strong in the promotion year as it is now, back then it seemed more about our starting XI.

 

Amer Mushtaq-Stansfield

I THINK we have more strength in depth this time especially in attacking positions and if we were to be promoted it would not be as big a surprise as it was two years ago.

This group of players are aiming for automatic promotion where as in 2013 we were always aiming for the play-offs and surprised a lot of people. The quality and experience of this team means promotion wouldn’t be a shock this time around.