Is Kompany’s iconic status buying him more time?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Despite a 5-0 win over Sheffield United on the weekend, Vincent Kompany’s Burnley were beaten again this week & remain in Premier League relegation zone...
Kompany has revolutionised their playing style, but does a ‘stubborn’ commitment to one way of playing hold back too many managers in the Premier league?
Ayo Akinwolere is joined by The Athletic’s Tim Spiers, Andy Jones and journalist and former Arsenal midfielder Adrian Clarke to discuss.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:08.7 | Despite a 5-0 win over Sheffield United on the weekend, |
| 0:12.3 | Vincent Company's Burnley were beaten again last night and remain in the bottom three. |
| 0:17.7 | And it is Wolves night as they win to pot the brief Burnley bubble. |
| 0:23.6 | Company has revolutionized their playing style. |
| 0:26.6 | If you look at teams that have been successful and unsuccessful over the years, |
| 0:30.6 | it's always the same in football. |
| 0:31.6 | Once something doesn't work, you do the exact opposite, |
| 0:33.6 | and when that doesn't work, you go and do the opposite again. |
| 0:36.6 | So it's the |
| 0:37.9 | opposite of my character that as well. But does a stubborn commitment to one way of playing hold back |
| 0:42.7 | too many managers in the Premier League? I'm Ayahuakim Weleri. Welcome to the Athletic Football |
| 0:48.1 | podcast. All right, let's get into this one. |
| 0:57.2 | I'm joined by the athletics Tim Spears, also Andy Jones and Adrian Clark as well. |
| 1:02.0 | Andy, let's start with you, 1-0 last night against Wolves. |
| 1:05.6 | It doesn't feel like companies changing for anyone any time soon. |
| 1:08.8 | A stubbornness, I reckon, Are the supporters behind him, though? |
| 1:11.6 | Largely, yes, they still are. |
| 1:13.2 | I think he's got a lot of credits in the bank from what he did last season, |
| 1:17.0 | where he brought excitement and the joy back to Turfmore, |
| 1:20.7 | which hadn't been there for a couple of seasons, |
| 1:23.2 | which culminated in the relegation. |
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