SEAN Dyche insist his side know there's still 'a lot of work' to be done this season after the Clarets maintained their impressive start to the Premier League campaign.

Saturday's stalemate with Huddersfield took Burnley to nine point from six games so far, with only one defeat in those outings so far.

That is enough to see them maintain a top half position in the Premier League table ahead of Sunday's trip to Everton and Dyche has been pleased with the start, even if he is aware that it is just a start.

But the Turf chief is pleased that his team have come through a testing early fixture list, particularly on the road, unscathed.

"It’s been a solid start at least, particularly the teams we’ve played, the three away games were three of the top four last season, so get the points on the board we have, performances have matched that -we’ve earned the right to get the points - the thing I’m well aware of is it’s still early season.

“You’d take the points we’ve got, but it’s still early season.

“We know there’s a lot of work to be done going forwards."

After the midweek Carabao Cup exit to Leeds United Dyche had called for 'the final moment of real quality' from his side, with the Clarets failing to make their dominance pay against the Whites.

And while chances were few and far between against Huddersfield Dyche was pleased that his side managed to keep the game under control for large periods.

"One thing we’ve learned is you need to find calmness in the Premier League, and we’re doing that better," he said.

"There’s moments you need to be calm. The crowd want it all muck and nettles, and I kind of do, I quite like some of that, but we’ve learned. We had pockets where we had that calmness.

"(Huddersfield are) newcomers to the division, they’re having a go, rough and tumble, and trying to get the ball forward, work on the counter, and people are human, including me, and you think ‘okay, let’s make sure we see the game through’ and we did that well."

Dyche was pleased with midfielder Steven Defour against the Terriers and he hailed his display against the Premier League new boys.

"He’s worked very hard in pre-season and that’s been a massive shift for him, his understanding of the game in the Premier League has grown enormously," Dyche said.

"He can play, his technical ability, his awareness of the game, but his work ethic and his reading of the play off the ball was absolutely fantastic, and I’ve told him so.

"I don’t always do that with individuals, but he was the best player on the pitch by a mile."

Meanwhile Dyche couldn't put a timeframe on when Jon Walters would return from a knee injury.

He said: "We’ve has a specialist look at it just to be sure, but it’s going to take a bit of time I think, to settle, we’re not sure on timescales."