Clarets boss Stan Ternent will be pleased to know that the tide is turning.

While his team have picked up well from last season's seventh place finish and currently sit on top of the first division table after only five games, he obviously still perceives a negative attitude about his side.

At last week's press meeting at Gawthorpe a concerned Ternent made it obvious that 'some people' still don't feel that his team 'play the right way'.

Well Sunday's 3-2 success at Valley Parade will have changed the thinking in some quarters.

Ternent's team had a captive audience, with so many top flight and first division games postponed over the weekend due to the international matches, the Clarets' trip to second in the table Bradford was easily the pick of the fixtures and there was a sizeable press contingent in attendance.

The silky skills of Glen Little, the pace of Ian Moore, the threat of Alan Moore and, at the death, the killer blow from seasoned striker Tony Ellis had many pundits purring.

There can be no doubt that there has been a perception of Burnley as a utilitarian outfit built on the premise not giving goals away.

When Ternent named a five-man midfield to face the Bantams the general air in the press room was that he would settle for closing down space and taking the point he already had.

However, those watching the Clarets home and/or away this term know that this is just not a possibility.

In six outings there has yet been a game that has failed to enthral and excite.

With hindsight the opening day success at Hillsborough, when an out of sorts Sheffield Wednesday were defeated 2-0, was perhaps the most uninspiring spectacle - though that game will remembered for the Owls' fans outraged reaction to a twice taken penalty.

While they are expected to defend resolutely, and there can be no doubting that there have been many top class performances among the Clarets rearguard this term, Burnley have not been sitting back and soaking up pressure.

Their eagerness to attack this term has meant that every contest has been an open affair.

Even the clean-sheets achieved at Hillsborough and at the New Den were not earned without more than the odd heart-stopping moment for Clarets fans.

So maybe the message will get around soon that when Burnley are in town, or playing hosts at Turf Moor, spectators are unlikely to be in for dour fare.

Another matter on which Ternent will want to see the tide turned is the number of cards that the Clarets are receiving.

In six games so far 20 cards have been handed out.

The greatest anomaly came at Bradford where a pulsating and heated game ended with five Burnley players names being taken, while the Bantams were seemingly angelic enough not to deserve a caution.

It was an unusual outcome for a match that lived up to the 'derby' tag placed upon it and in which both sides gave their all.

But whatever the balance at Valley Parade, it does give Clarets an early headache with winger Alan Moore already on four cautions and midfielder Paul Weller, who missed three matches with a hamstring strain, on three.