Look at the squad, there was no investment in players. I thought we should be getting better results, but look at the bigger picture Sean Dyche speaks out about his sacking from Burnley
After a 3,454-day stint in charge at Turf Moor, Sean Dyches stint at Burnley ended on April 15, 2022, with Clarets embroiled in what would be an ultimately unsuccessful battle against the drop.
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The Clarets 18th-place finish meant an end to their six-year stay in the Premier League, as the clubs gamble to ditch their long-serving boss failed to pay off.
Dyche reflects on his Burnley sacking
But with the dust having settled three years on, does Dyche, who was Burnleys most successful manager of recent times and even had a pub - The Royal Dyche - named after him, believe he deserved to be sacked?
Results-wise, yes, he tells FourFourTwo. I thought we should be getting better results, but if you look at the bigger picture, you think, What were your resources?
Look at the squad. I knew some of the players were just going over the edge and we should have refreshed two years earlier. The owner was trying to sell the club though, so there was no investment in players.
We spent �750,000 one summer you cant compete on that sort of money. But in the bigger scheme of things and all the work we put in, I might argue my case more.
One thing I am proud of was that when I left, I left everything organised. We did the morning meeting, the new staff came in, I explained what coaching wed done that week and told them the team that wed planned to pick for the weekend.
There was no bitterness.
Burnley would go on to quickly bounce back to the Premier League as they won the Championship under former Manchester City boss Vincent Kompany the following season, only to drop back down into the second tier the following season.
This yo-yoing continued as Scott Parker guided the club back to the top tier last season, while Dyches first post-Turf Moor job was a two-year stint at Everton, where he had to navigate through financial difficulties and a points deduction, but succeeded in keeping the Toffees up in 2023/24.
After being dismissed in January 2025, Dyche answered the call from Nottingham Forest in October, replacing Ange Postecoglou, who was sacked after just 39 days in the post.
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