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Is it necessary for a club to have an identity? I do not think every club has one, but many do and it can be a powerful tool. Look at the Luton side, who have successfully carried last season's grit and determination into the Premier League and may just survive.

I ask because Burnley, this Burnley, does not have one.

We used to be known as a hard-working and industrious side who would put its head on the line to stop a goal. Who would be hard to beat. Who were at one with their fans and who would put blood, sweat and tears into every game.

"Maximum effort is the minimum requirement" adorns the walls of the training ground. Sadly, that message does not transcend onto the pitch right now.

The tone for this season was set on day one. Facing Manchester City at home, Vincent Kompany chose to cast aside the core of last season's Championship-winning side in favour of a new shiny set of players. We were told that night that it was the "worst performance you will see from us this season". Oh how very wrong you were that night, Vincent Kompany, and how very foolish and arrogant that now makes you look.

Kompany did not think that last season's side was good enough to compete in the Premier League. Aside from the fact that his "better" team has been nothing short of abysmal this year.

What message does that send to those players left behind? How can we expect the likes of Josh Cullen, Manuel Benson and Anass Zaroury to play for us again, in our bid to get out of a horribly competitive Championship?

Burnley fans are completely disengaged from this team and this manager. It is going to take some work by Alan Pace to reconnect it.

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We asked you for your thoughts on Saturday's Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Burnley

Here are some of your comments:

Palace fans

Andy: Good start for the new manager. On the attack from the start and putting pressure on Burnley's defence, which led to the sending off. Good to see Matheus Franca getting a start also. Overall, a positive performance with three points and a clean sheet at last.

Richard: A great performance for the first match of the Oliver Glasner era. Palace were on the front foot from the start and showed much more forward play than we’re used to seeing. He also seems a lot more comfortable giving the youngsters a chance. There’s a lot of talent in this side despite the injuries - it looks like Glasner will allow it to flourish.

Lewis: Can imagine this rubbing a few people up the wrong way, but I genuinely think Jordan Ayew might be one of the most underrated wingers in the league. His work ethic, the way he protects the ball, his goal contributions... such a vital part of the Palace team.

Stuart: That would not a been a 3-0 win today under Roy. The three at the back gave us a new dynamic and energy going forward. The most enjoyable watch as a Palace fan in a long time.

Burnley fans

Siskin Claret: Sending off didn't help. Really didn't look like doing anything. There were four VAR rulings in the game and all were in favour of the home team. How a Burnley player was deemed to be interfering with play for our 'goal' was a mystery. Not sure this team will cope in the Championship.

Gareth: Woeful. The worst Burnley side in living memory. How did Kompany achieve this? He binned the Championship-winning team, spent £105m, and assembled a side that pass the ball aimlessly, give it away cheaply, and can’t even do the basics right like defend a corner. So powderpuff they’d struggle against a League Two side. Dreadful.

Mike: Dreadful performance from beginning to end. Can't pass, defend, get in the box or keep possession. The worst Burnley side for many seasons.

Ray: In more than 60 years of supporting them, I have not seen a poorer top flight Burnley team. Einstein said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome. Burnley clearly haven't listened to that when it comes to playing out from the back.

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Burnley manager Vincent Kompany speaking to BBC Match of the Day: "The job is hard enough so we can’t go down to 10-men in a game of this magnitude. It becomes tough. You can see the team is still fighting

"It’s moments. Second phase of a corner and then the penalty. It is difficult to make a proper assessment because we go down to 10-men early. There was not much in the game. It goes like this and we will have to pick ourselves up again.

"Sometimes you work your way into the game. They have a new manager and that momentum and we dealt with it ok. The moment you go down to 10 it is a difficult task."

• Oliver Glasner is just the second Crystal Palace manager to win his first Premier League game in charge of the club after Alan Pardew against Tottenham in January 2015.

• Palace have won three of their last four league games at Selhurst Park (L1), as many as in their previous 13 games there (D5 L5), with this their biggest home league victory since a 3-0 win over Arsenal in April 2022.

• Burnley have lost, and conceded three goals, in each of their last four away games – only in November 2009 have they conceded 3 or more goals in more successive away matches in the Premier League (run of six).

• Of the five instances a side has failed to record a shot on target in a Premier League game this season, three have been by Burnley – also against Liverpool in December and Arsenal in February.

• Jordan Ayew has been involved in 10 Premier League goals for Crysal Palace this season (4 goals, 6 assists); only the second time he’s reached double figures, previously doing so with the Eagles in 2019-20 (11). He’s now scored in successive games in the competition for the first time since June 2020 (run of three).

• Josh Brownhill’s red card was the fifth Burnley have received in the Premier League this season - no side has received more.

Crystal Palace scored three second-half goals to beat 10-man Burnley in manager Oliver Glasner's first game in charge of the club.

The Eagles dominated possession in the first half but could not find a breakthrough before Josh Brownhill was shown a straight red card.

James Trafford played a ball to Brownhill, who was under pressure from Jefferson Lerma, and he brought down the midfielder when he was through on goal.

The visitors made it to half-time with the score level and held on for over 20 minutes of the second period before Palace made the breakthrough.

Jordan Ayew put in an excellent curling cross and defender Chris Richards met it with a diving header into the bottom corner to give the home side the lead in the 68th minute.

That was before Matheus Franca, introduced as a second-half substitute, combined well with Tyrick Mitchell down the left and his low cross was put away by Ayew from close range in the 71st minute.

Jean-Philippe Mateta then made sure of all three points when he confidently dispatched a penalty past Trafford after Franca was brought down by Vitinho.

Burnley striker David Datro Fofana had a late goal ruled out for offside as Palace secured a crucial victory.

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