I don’t know what fans want – Dyche perplexed over Burnley tackling criticism

Sean Dyche claims he is confused by what football fans expect fouls for after Burnley snatched a dramatic 1-0 win from a bad-tempered game at Bournemouth.Clarets substitute Jay Rodriguez settled a dismal Premier League contest in the 89th minute with the games only attempt on target.An tetchy afternoon on the rain-soaked south coast was littered with free-kicks and bookings, while Burnley striker Ashley Barnes and Cherries midfielder Phillip Billing were both fortunate to escape red cards.Unimpressed home supporters repeatedly vented their displeasure at the visitors direct and physical approach, chanting boring, boring Burnley and how do you watch this every week?, before the late sucker-punch condemned them to a third consecutive home defeat.Clarets boss Sean Dyche, who was once again critical of perceived diving, had no real issue with any of the contentious challenges and felt a lot of decisions made by referee Martin Atkinson were soft.Im always a bit confused with what the masses want now, said Dyche.It would have driven me mad people diving all over the place it drives me mad now but as a fan, I dont want to watch it.But I dont mind a tackle, I dont mind a challenge. Maybe its me, maybe its a thing of society.If you get touched now, its like everyones dead, everyones properly dead.I just find that peculiar, I dont know where thats all at.There were very low contacts given as fouls. I dont know what the fans want out of the game.Thats up to them. I just have to roll with it, get on with it.Barnes avoided a card after a reckless high boot in the seventh minute left Cherries captain Simon Francis wearing a bandage and later requiring stitches.Billing then faced an anxious wait as VAR analysed footage of him swinging an arm into Barnes before a second-half corner.Theres no malice in any of it, really. Barnesy, hes clearly gone to control the ball, one of those moments that is unfortunate, said Dyche, who celebrated a 50th Premier League win as a manager.I think their lad maybe gets lucky with the VAR one, he definitely swings his arm around.They used to be spats, the referee would come over have a word with you, Oi, stop being stupid, cut it out. But now they cant.The common sense has been taken away from them, the powers that be say you have to book them.Dyche also praised the contribution of match-winner Rodriguez, who bundled home off his chest following an Ashley Westwood cross after replacing Barnes with 15 minutes to play.The lads were absolutely buzzing for him when he came in, gave him a massive cheer because hes a great lad, sticks at it, they know the work he puts in and hes found a moment, so really pleased for him, said Dyche.We found a way of finding an ugly win but theyre as important as anything in this division. Over a season theyre all valid, whichever way you get them.Burnleys win moves them to 10th, while Bournemouth remain 14th, four points above the relegation zone.Cherries boss Eddie Howe, who was without nine injured players, was not surprised by the physical nature of the game and felt his team could have produced more.Thats always how these games go against Burnley, I think thats in part how they play and they are very good at what they do, theres no criticism there, theyre very strong, he said.But its more when we had the ball, we have to do more.There were a lot of free-kicks. From their side, thats part of how they play, thats what they try and create.We had to try and navigate our way through that better than we did, so its another lesson learnt.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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