Burnley’s assistant manager has explained the struggles that the team's attacking contingent, which includes Bafana Bafana international Lyle Foster, is experiencing.
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With only five matches remaining in the Premier League this season, the Clarets are 19th on the table and six points from safety.
Vincent Kompany's team has scored just 33 league goals in this campaign – the third-lowest – while they also have the third-worst defensive record this term.
Assistant coach Craig Bellamy, who is currently stepping in for the suspended Kompany, believes the team's lack of experience at both ends of the field has ultimately cost them in big moments.
"If you watch how we’re able to get to the final third, we get there quite comfortably. That's due to the players' ability," he said, according to the Burnley Express.
"But just that final bit, and the two penalty boxes, that's what really makes you that top level. That's why people are paying £80 million to £100 million for those types of players.
"It's a little bit different in football now where there's people spending that on midfielders, but that difference-maker, that real quality, that's what your real top-end player is.
"We're young. I remember my first season in the Premier League, it was difficult. I was a waste of money and the next year I won the PFA Young Player of the Year, so it can change.
"Sometimes you have to work that bit harder in the Premier League to get your opportunity, sometimes a touch you're not going to get, you need to hit it first time. It's all part of the learning.
"We are the youngest team in this league due to where we’re at and the position we’re in, we don’t have the money to go and buy proven top players. We’re not that type of club. That’s not a problem either.
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"But probably the inexperience of the players we have in those types of areas who are just going to massively improve, especially after a season like this, they will be top Premier League players. They’re just going through that process at the moment."
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