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Haha. This is wildly myopic. The second yellow was warranted, if a little harsh. But any Burnley fan complaining about it, is conveniently ignoring that Heaton should not have been on the pitch at that stage. His first yellow, for bringing down Will Buckley outside the box when clean through...

The Barnes transfer didn't involve a release clause though. It was simply that there were no indications he was going to agree a new deal, so the Albion (wrongly IMO) decided to accept the low offer rather than let him walk for nothing in that summer.

As mentioned earlier, they have made a point of NOT using any young players in cup games (even at 4-1 up against Rochdale, the two subs they brought on were matt Lowton and Chris Wood) so that they don't have to 'count' them as 'senior' players in this context.

67 minutes, in the PL, as it goes. What matters though is that we HAVE trusted them to play (16 combined EFL Cup apps / 2 x FAC / 4 x PL), and as such they are now considered 'available players' when the PL are considering any future request for a match postponement. Its (at least partly) why...

We've fielded the following: Antef Tsongui Hayden Roberts Michal Karbownik Moises Caicedo Mark Leonard Taylor Richards Evan Ferguson Andrew Moran Odel Offiah Ed Turns Jeremy Sarmiento (plus James Furlong and Tom McGill as unused subs)

They "couldn't field a side" to play Leicester on Saturday, so was always likely that would remain the case three days later. I'd imagine their issues will ease a little once their stand-out best player Maxwell Cornet returns from the AFCON... (I've no axe to grind with Burnley on this, mind...