PROMOTION to the Premier League was astronomical for Burnley, but survival would undoubtedly eclipse last season’s achievements.

In the week an abundance of celestial activity has been witnessed, manager Sean Dyche is looking for his own northern lights to shine bright down south this weekend.

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Still buoyant from beating defending champions Manchester City at Turf Moor last weekend the Clarets go in search of a first double of their top flight campaign at Southampton tomorrow. Success would mean doubling their back-to-back win count.

The peaks and troughs of Premier League life have been something Burnley have had to adjust to.

Unbeaten runs that stretched to as many as 16 and winning streaks that topped seven in the Championship last season have shrunk drastically over the last 12 months.

But Dyche’s players have been noted for their energy levels and physical prowess all season - seeds that were sown long before they prepared for the top flight.

Their mental strength has equally been nurtured and the Burnley boss hopes they will reap the benefits as the battle to beat the drop intensifies.

“My theory is that you can win every game. Of course, in real terms, it’s very difficult to do that, particularly when you step up a level,” said Dyche.

“I spoke to the players and said ‘chains of wins are going to be different; it doesn’t mean it can’t be done, it just means that statistically it’s unlikely for a promoted side to get chains of wins all the time’.

“You might have little blasts, and for us it’s only been two (wins in a row) so that’s how difficult it is, but the mentality and the focus has to stay the same.

“It has to see through the win and see to the performance, and then we go again.

“That way it levels out the big swells of indifferent form, because we probably felt this could happen and now it’s what we’re learning and where we’re going and we keep improving.

“If you look through the season I think there hasn’t even been a handful of performances where you’d think ‘that was a tough one’.

“I’d like to think because of that planning the players are in a good emotional and mental state to keep going forwards, to keep playing and to keep that drive to keep getting wins.”

Burnley go into tomorrow’s game at St Mary’s Stadium in the bottom three but just one point adrift of 17th placed Sunderland.

Three of the bottom five have experienced a recent change of manager, but for the Clarets continuity is key.

While results columns make for different reading over the course of the last two campaigns the manager’s key messages have remained constant, not least his “one game at a time” mantra.

“Even more so this season,” he said. “The league table keeps changing quickly so it’s even more an ‘each game as it comes’ focus.

“It’s something that I’ve always done, even as a player.

“It’s not a management tool for me.

“We have to keep working hard.”