BURNLEY had as many players as they have strikers now when Michael Duff arrived at Turf Moor.

The club have progressed significantly since then, playing two seasons in the Premier League and last week smashing their transfer record to sign Andre Gray.

At £30,000, Duff cost just a small fraction of the £6 million spent on the striker who Bristol City tried to sign last week.

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But Duff pays little attention to price tags. His main concern is points, and he is hoping to take some from his first Burnley boss tomorrow as he faces a reunion with Steve Cotterill at Ashton Gate.

Duff, who at 37 has outlasted almost all of the players who took Burnley to the Premier League the first time around, said: “They had a good result on Saturday. I think they have been unlucky in a couple of games. They will do all right this year I think.”

Wade Elliott, scorer of the Wembley winner in 2009, hung up his boots after winning promotion to the Championship with City last season to take up his first coaching role — with the Robins’ under-21s.

Duff said: “It would be good to see Wadey — I still speak to him quite regularly.

“I do not speak to Steve as much but everyone knows my relationship with him.

“I have got a lot of time and a lot of respect for him so it will be good to see him, and it would be nice to win the game.”

After an indifferent start for Burnley this term, the veteran is keen to capitalise on last weekend’s first win — over Brentford.

Duff said: “It is nice to have three points at home, a clean sheet and a decent performance. We were more than value for the win. I thought it could have been a lot more than 1-0 but a win is a win. We have not been as bad as what maybe some people thought but we have not been great either. It is just nice to get up and running.”

Centre-half partner Michael Keane is the unlikely early top-scorer for Burnley, considering their plethora of frontmen. “I would rather he kept four clean sheets than score goals,” Duff smiled, after Keane managed both against Brentford. “It is good to have another source, another threat. It is something I do not do enough, score goals. I never have done so I do not think I am going to change now. He looks a threat in their box, which is a nice thing to have.

“I am pleased for Keano but if I was him I would be more happy with the clean sheet than the goal.”