{"id":374327,"date":"2025-12-28T16:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T16:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/374327\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T16:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T16:01:07","slug":"burnley-analysis-some-positives-for-clarets-but-how-can-parker-find-the-spark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/374327\/","title":{"rendered":"Burnley analysis: ‘Some positives for Clarets – but how can Parker find the spark?’"},"content":{"rendered":"

This game was between Burnley and Everton<\/a> was far from a thriller and was probably destined to be goalless from the outset, given both teams have been struggling in front of goal and lacking creativity. <\/p>\n

And a point does little to help either side in the Premier League standings.<\/p>\n

But for Burnley, come May, those three points could have been crucial. <\/p>\n

Scott Parker’s reaction at full-time said it all – a simple shake of the head as he walked away from his technical area with his hands in his pockets. <\/p>\n

He will feel his team should have won that. But once again, a lack of finishing touch – and possibly a lack of luck – cost them. Even though none of their 16 shots were on target, they arguably had the better opportunities.<\/p>\n

Zian Flemming and Jacob Bruun Larsen went agonisingly close, with Armando Broja also having an opening in the first half.<\/p>\n

Burnley looked more organised in the final third and defensively more secure, offering Parker some positives to take away. <\/p>\n

Yet with the halfway point of the season approaching and the gap to safety now six points, those small positives may not be enough. <\/p>\n

The question is, how can Scott Parker find the spark this side so clearly needs?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This game was between Burnley and Everton was far from a thriller and was probably destined to be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-374327","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-soccer","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}