it was an incredibly difficult decision to part company with the 50 year old, but said results this season have been disappointing and, while this was an incredibly difficult decision, with eight crucial games of the campaign remaining, we feel a change is needed to give the squad the best possible chance of retaining its premier league status. former burnley player paul weller said it was a shock decision. very surprised by the dismissal of sean. i ve known him nine and a half years, he s gone down as a legend and has brought the community and the club and the town together over that time and put burnley on the map. i m very surprised by it but at the same time if you look at statistics and where we are, it s been a difficult season. four wins this year, it has not been good enough so you can see why the chairman has made those changes but you will see a lot of unhappy supporters around. the ricketts family led consortium has pulled out of the running to buy chelsea because of wha