The Athletic. The Athletic. Hello, welcome to the Athletic Football Podcast, I'm Mark Chapman.

Adam Crafton is with us.

Two, later in the pod, we'll discuss Arsel's chances of making the top four with James Mc Nicholas and a happy George

Culkin will be with us to talk about Newcastle United's feel good factor at St James's Park.

We're going to start the pod with Burnley though who sacked

Sean Dice last week and the Jones covers the club for the athletic. A crazy few days

Andy is it has it started to make any more sense to you?

A little bit, I guess.

It's still one of those that still is sinking in.

I mean, sitting there on Sunday and not seeing Sean Dice patrolling the technical area suited

and booted, having aware that the fourth official, all that type of stuff, it was just

strange, it was just so bizarre to because it was so

different I think it's beginning to sink in now that that this is barely post

shorn dice when did you start to hear murmurings?

There was no indication.

Literally, it was on Friday morning when it was just sort of,

there was that beginning and I think the club broke the news just after half 10 and it was only about it around 10 o'clock when I started getting getting sort of, you know, indications that this was happening because it did come out with the blue and sort of everyone I spoke to on on Friday was just sort of in the same state of shock that I sort of was when I was thinking them up going so what has gone on what's what's the situation because I don't think that even though the knowledge result was was bad and you know was probably the low moments of the season I don't think at that point in time that there was a decision made that they were

barely going to sack Sean dice at that point. I don't think there was so, but there has clearly been a shift this week and it led to sort of on Friday them believing that that was sort of the only option they had if they want to try and stay in the Premier League.

What I don't understand and what I think a lot of people don't understand

is how you can lose on the Sunday and then wait play on the Friday,

the team travelled to London on the Saturday, don't they?

And then they play on the Sunday.

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