If Burnley are to appoint former Sheffield Wednesday manger Brian Laws as successor to Owen Coyle, they will be relegated.
How Burnley can justify appointing a manager who had very little success in his time as a manager is beyond me, is it to avoid having to pay compensation? Stints with Grimsby and Scunthorpe before Hillsborough are hardly the credentials for a successful managerial career with a newly promoted team in the top flight of the English game. Should the former Burnley trainee be appointed, he will be given a torrid start with a trip to Old Trafford on the 19th January and if Liverpool get past Reading tomorrow evening in the FA Cup 3rd Round replay, Laws will take the Turf Moor men to Anfield the following Saturday. Not the start you would wish for giving Burnleys away form this season. As if two away trips to two giants of the Premier league wasn't bad enough, he would then travel to play Bolton which is a mouth watering prospect for the Burnley fans given Owen Coyles departure. Burnley's first home game of the year sees Chelsea come to town, there will be no rest bite for Laws.
It seems certain that come the end of January, Burnley will be out of the FA Cup and have 3 league defeats. Looking further ahead, I can't see a Brian Laws led team picking up more than 9 points by the time Blackburn visit Turf Moor on the 27th March.
Worrying times for Burnley fans, relegation is a certainty should Laws take the job.
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