SEAN Dyche has hailed the job Eddie Howe has done at Bournemouth as 'amazing'.

But the Burnley boss, who took over from Howe at Turf Moor when he returned to the south coast for a second spell with the Cherries, said he was even more impressed with Howe's work in his first spell at Dean Court when Bournemouth battled back from a 17 point deduction in League Two to start their remarkable journey to the Premier League.

"I think Eddie’s done a fantastic job," Dyche said of his Clarets predecessor.

"I think his successes of late have been amazing but I look back to when he was first there and I think that was an even bigger success strangely.

"You look back to the points they were down and the situation they were in when he was first there. To have the club where it is now is fantastic."

Howe took charge of 87 Burnley games before returning to the south coast where he has once again enjoyed impressive success with Bournemouth.

He and Dyche have been receiving plenty of praise this season for raising the stock of British managers, but the Clarets chief believes a change in perceptions of domestic bosses will only come about through success.

"You’ve got to earn the right if it does change. British managers and coaches have to be successful for the perception to change," he said.

"I think the media have a part to play as to how they view British coaches and managers, but that’s still built on success.

"Us two because we’re the younger British managers in the Premier League but I don’t overlook the others, I think they’re all fantastic. They have a lot more depth of knowledge than we do, so I respect all of them.

"There’s a lot of good British managers and coaches out there."

Asked if a domestic manager could ever take a top four side, Dyche added: "I don’t know. I’d like to see it. It would be good for the game from a British viewpoint. Only time will tell.

"We’ve got to earn the right as younger British managers if we want to be at those clubs. I don’t think they’re just going to pick you out of nowhere like they did maybe 15 years ago, when they’d give you a chance because they felt you were deserving of it."