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Dyche believes flying Jamaican can be a Championship ‘weapon’ (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Dyche believes flying Jamaican can be a Championship ‘weapon’
7:54am Tuesday 8th January 2013 in Football
By Chris Flanagan, Sports reporter
SEAN Dyche believes new signing Dane Richards could prove to be a ‘real weapon’ for Burnley in the second half of the season.
The Jamaican international made his Clarets debut as a substitute in Saturday’s FA Cup defeat at Barnsley.
Dyche admits Richards still needs time to adapt to English football, with the winger only recently arriving at Turf Moor after agreeing a pre-contract with Burnley.
The 29-year-old was signed before Eddie Howe’s departure to Bournemouth but Dyche has already seen enough to be optimistic that he will make an impact at the club.
“He’s shown directness and that can be a real weapon in football,” said the Clarets boss after watching Richards make his debut at Oakwell.
“He’s almost in the bedding-in period, getting used to the change in culture, used to the team-mates and used to the play.
“We felt Saturday’s game needed that burst of energy down the right-hand side to stretch the pitch.
“We wanted to try to get him an introduction. We got that and he looked effervescent when he came on and stretched the pitch for us, and got a little chance and affected things.
“It’s early days yet but we’ll see how it goes.”
Richards will play for the Burnley development squad in a friendly with Everton this afternoon. Marvin Bartley, Junior Stanislas and Joseph Mills are also in the starting XI, along with teenage defender Tom Anderson following his return from a loan spell at Barrow.
Charlie Austin, Martin Paterson and Chris McCann all missed the Barnsley game because of injury but Dyche is hopeful that the trio could be in contention for Saturday’s Championship fixture at home to Crystal Palace.
He will, however, take a cautious approach with Austin after the striker lasted only eight minutes on his previous run-out against Leicester on December 29.
Michael Duff is expected to be fit after going off with cramp at Oakwell, although Ben Mee is a little further away from a return from a knee injury.
Asked about McCann and Paterson, Dyche said: “Hopefully they’re not serious.
“We had to make a judgement call on them at the weekend. Dean Marney made it but those two didn’t quite.
“They’re on the pathway and hopefully will be ready soon.
“Ben Mee is having a good finish to his rehab – I’m not sure when he’ll be back but he’s getting closer.
“Charlie’s going well also. The decision to play him cost us the other week and we don’t want to go down that road again.
“The medical team and the players decided this (the Barnsley game) was just too quick.
“But we’re really positive about them being available for selection next week.”
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Comments (24)
10:37am Tue 8 Jan 13
Lord_Lucan says...
10:54am Tue 8 Jan 13
Blackburn fans love horses says...
After 13 games?
Are you a Rovers fan? They seem to have a similar patience threshold for new managers/owners/boar
d members/backroom staff/players/etc.
Give the guy a chance ffs, we desperately needed to tighten up at the back, the way we were shipping goals under that **** Howe - we were heading for League One.
12:57pm Tue 8 Jan 13
steralc says...
Get a grip, ma lord
Dyche will do a sterling job for us
We ain't no Man U
Like I said get a grip
UTC
2:32pm Tue 8 Jan 13
8 Ball Deluxe says...
2:41pm Tue 8 Jan 13
Blackburn fans love horses says...
Please re-type in some form of intelligent English.
Thanks in advance.
3:02pm Tue 8 Jan 13
8 Ball Deluxe says...
3:11pm Tue 8 Jan 13
Blackburn fans love horses says...
3:44pm Tue 8 Jan 13
8 Ball Deluxe says...
Pie is good
Goose pie and dripping followed by
Pig pie for desert.
A Hutterite family dinner, you've heard of Out Of Africa, well these Hutterites are Out Of Burnley.
Chim Chiminee
4:00pm Tue 8 Jan 13
MightyClaret says...
10:24am Wed 9 Jan 13
Chico! says...
orry can't stay awake....zzzzzzzz.yo
u're....just....so..
..boring..zzzzzzzzzz
zzzz
Are there no better Clarets about?
You're rubbish.
zzzzzzzz x
10:39am Wed 9 Jan 13
Blackburn fans love horses says...
In Venkys we Trust
11:36am Wed 9 Jan 13
Chico! says...
Why are you so rubbish? Seriously, your patter is so weak it's practically homeopathic.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz zzzzzz zzzzz x
12:02pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Chico! says...
Are there no proper dingle posters about? You're just a little tiddler.
zzzzzzzzzzzzz x
1:11pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Blackburn fans love horses says...
You know you have lost the battle when the best banter you can come up with is zzzzz etc.
You are the Shebby Singh of this board. Clueless
1:31pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Keen O to Get Kean Out says...
1:40pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Chico! says...
Give it up sunshine, shouldn't you be on the Rovers pages failing to get a response? (Again!)
zzzzzzzzzzzzz (you're just soooo boring!)
1:42pm Wed 9 Jan 13
fanny_tickler. says...
2:06pm Wed 9 Jan 13
claret pheonix says...
Ever since he was a young boy , he couldn't read or write.
He started watching b******s cos there a load of ****.
With his one fingered typing he's on his keyboard half the night.
Blah blah De blah sure bores us stiff 8 ball.
2:10pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Blackburn fans love horses says...
Yeah - Of course us Burnley fans are desperate for our club to be taken over by clueless Chicken-plucking owners so that they can systematically destroy our club from the inside out.
Go and join Chico in the FAIL Corner.
2:13pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Chico! says...
Could you do me a favour, and have a word with your little pal BFLH? he's got himself in a right tizzy. I think he's run off for a cry.
He might need a hug.
Thanks.
2:45pm Wed 9 Jan 13
George.White.Bread says...
Come down to the turf and feel the love!
.......time to take off your spaghetti hoop stained Rovers shirt...... Ive still got that Burnley top waiting for you !!!!
3:08pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Chico! says...
I feel like Attenborough among the apes on these pages.
I could do a comparative anthropology paper on you sad set of sub human trogladytes.
Fascinating.
5:52pm Wed 9 Jan 13
8 Ball Deluxe says...
I should expect no less from an inbred Hutterite, next you'll be challenging for a Banjo duel, or even wrestling hogs.
6:47pm Wed 9 Jan 13
claret pheonix says...