Hardly the width of a cigarette paper could have separated 8th to 17th - six points. With 2 games to go, Burnley could have finished 8th if results had gone their way, but 2 defeats (both first-choice central defenders missing) meant only 16th.....but even Burnley's notoriously parsimonious...
For once (very rare), Burnley may have spent more on fees than Bournemouth last season, but the Cherries' wage bill was still TWICE as much as Burnley's - maybe because we only get 20,000 crowds...LOL.