ALAN PACE: 'We're a group of partners, friends,
that have known each other for quite some time,
that came together on the back of
my desire to acquire a football club
and run it as our principal business.'
Bring it on.
STUART HUNT: 'We are members of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints,
frequently known as the Mormons.'
MORGAN EDWARDS: 'That's our DNA.
That is the foundation of how we came together,
how we work together.'
Yeah, baby!
MIKE SMITH: 'In many ways, that's really kind of
what faith is all about.
It's something bigger than ourselves.'
Nice job. Go again, go again.
ALAN: 'Being totally invested, both emotionally
as well as financially, is very hard.
Very hard. And I think that means
that it's always gonna be challenging for us.'
(CROWD CHANT) Come on, Burnley! Come on, Burnley!
(WHISTLING AND CHEERING)
(TITLE THEME)
* I *
* I need you *
* I won't give up *
* I won't give up. *
(CHEERING)
(MUSIC ENDS)
REPORTER: 'Surprise news. Burnley sacking Sean Dyche
after nearly ten years in charge.'
'Burnley Football Club have confirmed
-that they have parted.' -'Sean Dyche has been sacked.'
-'Sean Dyche no longer.' -'Surprised many.'
'Respected by players, staff, supporters and the wider football community.'
'Probably near the top five managers in Premier League history.'
'Chairman Alan Pace has made the decision to relieve him on his duties.
Dyche the longest serving manager in the Premier League.'
'...in the Premier League for the past five seasons with a modest budget
and famously took them to Europe in 2017.'
'He was walking on water for them. Miracles.'
'They are really struggling in the relegation zone.'
'Four points from safety, with eight games remaining.'
FAN: 'It's the wrong time to sack him. It's the wrong time.'
-'Why now, why Friday morning?' -'On this Good Friday morning?'
'I thought it was April Fool's. I couldn't believe it.'
'Of all the things I expected to talk about this morning, it wouldn't be this man.'
'I can't see what the owners are thinking.'
'It's just an horrendous decision.'
'I think it'll just rip the heart and soul out of the football game.
There's no need for it right now.'
ALAN: Somebody said the other day my legacy was going to be
determined in the next 14 days. And I went, whoa!
I hope not. Because if you determine
everything based off of what I do in the next 14 days
or, you know, wow, I should definitely disappear
so that I don't make a mistake.
PUNDIT: 'Looking at the picture, there's West Ham this week. Southampton. Wolves.
They've got Villa to come, Spurs.
These are all tricky but there's still that fighting chance.
-'Eight games to go.' -'Sure.'
STUART: 'We are in a heavy and deep
and volatile relegation battle.'
A place that we wish we weren't in, but we are.
MORGAN: 'We felt coming into this,
we're just gonna come in and make money.'
If we're relegated, that imparts some pressure on us.
'We have to stay up.
Winning and losing is kind of everything now.
It really is.'
FEMALE REPORTER: 'Under 23's coach Mike Jackson,
assisted by Academy Director Paul Jenkins,
have been asked to take charge of the team.'
MIKE: 'It was a big shock for everybody, obviously,
with the gaffer leaving.'
But it was just about what can we do now to try and, er,
try and galvanise everybody and get some points.
ASHLEY: 'We are the underdogs all the time.
I think we thrive off that.'
When people write us off, we just come good
and just get on with our business.
(CROWD CHEERING)
COMMENTATOR: 'An invaluable away point.'
'What a few days as well for Burnley Football Club.'
-Yeah, end of a strange week. -Can you survive?
I think I'm one of the only Burnley fans that think we can.
COMMENTATOR: 'Inside for Roberts.
He shapes to shoot. Oh, what a strike!
Collins with the header. What a win this is for Burnley.
They're not giving up on Premier League survival.'
(CHANTING)
'When Dyche left, we all thought Burnley were gonna be doomed.'
'Can they survive? Is there Premier League football next season?'
-'Er, yes, I'm going yes. Let's go yes.' -'Go on.'
'What a win. They are out of the bottom three.'
'They've got a real togetherness and a real hunger.
I fear for the other teams below them.'
-'It's stressful, this.' -'It is a little.
They've got to get something from today.'
'Goal! Burnley are level! It could be massive!'
-(CROWD ROARS) -'Brownhill!
Burnley lead! Josh Brownhill's got it!
It's three successive wins in the Premier League!'
ALAN: 'Unbelievable. A tremendous amount of relief.'
I can't say that we planned it that way.
MICAH: 'I think Burnley will stay up.'
Momentum in football is so massive
and I just believe they'll do it.
REPORTER: '22 days ago, and Mike Jackson was given the task
of holding the fort following Sean Dyche's departure.
Burnley were four points adrift in the bottom three.
They now sit two points above the relegation zone.
If they can complete a swift League double over Villa,
their survival will be almost certainly assured.'
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
MAN: All the best for the game.
ALAN: 'I don't really think that we are going down.
I think we have a great opportunity right in front of us.'
And it's all because this team has really come together
and really shown their heart.
-Hello. How are you? -I'm good. How are you?
-We need to change your cleats. -(LAUGHS)
-We don't call 'em cleats. -Oh, sorry.
You need to change your studs.
-We gotta have the correct term. -I wondered what you meant.
Listen, I have to try and translate from you guys all the time.
Getting one of them every once in a while from me is OK.
-I beg your pardon? -Oh, yeah! (LAUGHS)
We'll see you later.
It's a lot louder than the last time we came in.
-Yeah. -It's a lot busier.
Nice to see we're sold out on
pretty much everywhere for today, so...
-Hi, Chairman. -Hi. How are you?
-Are you alright? -I'm good. How are you?
-How are you doing? -I'm good. How are you?
-Good, thank you. -Nice to see you.
Great to see you again.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
ALAN: Did you guys already eat?
-WOMAN: Yes. -OK.
-How are you? -I'm good. Are you?
-Stressed. -Yeah, I can imagine.
-It's match day. -It is. It is.
You know, we've got a manager search on,
so it brings out much more anxiety.
Yeah, I know. Surprise.
Nice that you could join us, though.
-Thanks for having us. -Ah!
-Good luck. -Thank you.
-Have you had a good week? -Yeah, it's been busy.
-Interviewing? -Yeah, I think we're close.
-Did a few? -I think we're down to three.
And I think what we'll do, I was saying to Mike,
I'll hopefully have a document out for everybody to take a look at,
and we'll do a call either Tuesday or Wednesday.
Just kind of go through it, let people ask questions.
Who is it, Kompany?
Um... (BLEEP)
-And what's he like? -He's actually quite impressive as an individual.
-I've never met him, but... -I mean,
that's the only thing is like, I was very impressed.
Very impressed as an individual.
-I mean, I didn't expect to like. -Yeah.
I was like... And Mike said, you know, "I'm not so sure."
I was like, "Well, I don't know either."
But that's why you go and you meet people.
-And find... -He's the one, Kompany...
-(BLEEP) -Who?
-Oh, yeah. I know, yeah. -Yeah.
-He's good. -He's very similar to Sean,
so I'm not sure if that's gonna work.
-See you in a bit. -See you in a little bit.
See you later.
-OK, sir, good luck. -Don't cause any trouble.
I have you right here.
(CROWD CHANTS AND ROARS)
ALAN: 'You can't be involved in something like this
and not think about the others that have come
either before you, will come after you, or are, you know,
reliant on what you do.'
(CROWD ROARS)
'My father lived here in the early Sixties.
He served as a missionary for our Church.
He urged me that if I ever had the opportunity
to be able to live, especially in this part of England,
that it would be something amazing.'
(CROWD ROARS)
(CROWD CHANTS)
(WHISTLE BLOWS)
'This was a dream. But that dream came from him.'
COMMENTATOR: 'A miserable afternoon for the Clarets.
Totally outplayed.'
'I thought we had quite a bit of the ball.
We were doing what we thought we would be able to do in the game,
but we just couldn't finish them off in that first half.'
My God, tell Steve we're too late.
-How are we doing? -Hi, Alan. You OK?
-You guys OK for us to come in? -Of course, yeah.
-How are we feeling? -Yeah, a tough one.
-A tough one? -Yeah.
We've actually played some good football.
There's a lot of good to be proud of.
There was nothing to complain about.
No one's unhappy. It's alright.
Keep your chins up.
Look, we don't like to lose, right? But keep your chins up.
-Hang in there. -No, we will.
Sure it'll be better than to take it from Tottenham at home.
(LAUGHTER)
-See you later, guys. -See you later. Thanks.
TV: 'Joining me now is Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves,
the MP for Leeds West. We've heard throughout the programme
that inflation is at a 30-year high.
The TUC are calling for...'
Let's go, lads. Let's start the job. Let's go.
'This group, it's got ability, you know, it's got character.'
They put themselves out there in high-pressure situations
where everyone's said,
you've gotta get something from this game, from that game.
So they've been living in that world now for the last month.
COMMENTATOR: 'Burnley gave it absolutely everything.
Spurs are the winners by a goal to nil.'
-'How do you rate your chances?' -'I'm not gonna lie, I'm very worried.'
'I am disgusted with that today.'
'That was not good enough. Hopefully we can get a result at Villa.'
There's so much energy and thought
to go into the games that are remaining.
'Why would you think about something that's not happened,
might not happen?'
'To be quite honest, I've lived it previously
and so I know the consequences of relegation'
from the Premier League and I know, you know,
that weighs a lot on your shoulders.
We now need to up the tempo!
'It's gonna be a challenge. It's gonna be a challenge,'
but the belief's there that we can get over the line.
COMMENTATOR: 'It's a big point for Burnley,
but it should have been all three.
They will be kicking themselves
they couldn't convert their chances.'
'Are Burnley staying in the Premier League?'
FAN: 'If we go down now, they've only got themselves to blame.'
-'Are you accepting relegation?' -'No. Well, I hope not.'
-'Of course, mate. Of course.' -(FAN LAUGHS)
This is the vital bit to the end of the season.
This could ride on so many people's lives,
so many people's jobs throughout the club.
My life, really. My family's life.
'Burnley's a small town. There's only 90,000 people that live here.'
The economic value of what a football club can bring,
'it's so important.
You're talking about your local pubs and your local restaurants
or your cafes, you know, and you've got a full house at Turf,
now that's gonna bring investment and it's gonna bring
economic value to the town.
You know, you're sitting in League Two, with 5,000 people,
it's going to be impacted.
The feelgood factor of the town as well, that's the other thing.'
If the football team can give that to the people of the town,
then that'd mean everything. And that's what we're trying to do.
STUART: 'Ever since the decision to part ways with Sean,
we always kind of had this inner feeling that it
was going to come to the last game.'
And now we have one final game against Newcastle on Sunday.
ALAN: Every game matters this weekend.
It's all on the line and it's the last game of the year.
When was the last time you saw that?
Every single team mattered at the last game of the season.
And now what goes on with Leeds, right?
We have to...
match their result or better.
MORGAN: I think most of us, in our career, faced a lot of stress
-and we can literally do nothing, right? -Yeah.
Mid-career, we underwrote a leveraged buyout deal for a billion seven,
a very well-known consumer brand.
They insisted we pre-fund it and so we did.
Then we found out about three weeks later, after we'd sold it,
total fraud. That was my firm's money.
They could absorb it. This one really troubles me more
because this one, it's us, right? It's our investors.
-Yeah. -JOHN: There's the people side of it too.
There's a huge social aspect, community aspect to this
that really impacts the folks in the town or community
and the players, you know?
It's... it's a lot to think about from that perspective.
When it comes down to it, the last real reality show
is live sport, right, and we can't control that.
-In the end, what happens? -It's not in our hands.
It's what happens, right? We keep moving forward
one step after another.
-We started this journey with a lot of faith, right? -Yeah.
We keep coming with that same faith that whatever it is,
it will work out.
You know, in my heart, I feel like we've got this one.
-How are you doing? -OK.
(SHE LAUGHS)
I appreciate everything, even if we go down.
And while that's not gonna happen,
we're staying in this league for a long time.
Three points today. Sorry? It's got to be three.
Three points, right?
Yeah. Let's go. Good job, guys.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(LAUGHS) Alan, you've got us all sucked in.
I was gonna say, that's pretty high praise.
-No pressure, Alan. -None at all.
I don't feel it anyway, so don't worry.
I can tell, right?
Just another day at the office.
(SIGHS)
ALAN: 'It's just a huge weight which people will probably never understand.
And I can feel it when it's creeping in.
Anxiety and fear and worry,
wanting to be alone and crawl under a rock
or something just to make the, you know, the fear go away.'
-OK. -Alright?
Yeah. All good?
-How are you? -Nervous.
Aren't we all?
That's what makes it fun.
(CROWD CHANT) Come on, Burnley! Come on, Burnley!
Come on, Burnley!
COMMENTATOR: 'The tension palpable around Turf Moor.
A packed house who know that Burnley
must better or equal a Leeds result,
or else they face the drop.'
(DREAMLIKE CHANTING)
'There's a VAR check in progress.
Now, Newcastle have got a penalty here.
Oh, that's slick. Newcastle double their lead.'
Leeds are winning one-nil.
-(CROWD ROARS) -'Cornet pulls one back.
Now then, just a little over ten minutes to go
for Burnley to rescue themselves.
The crowd have heard something, haven't they?
Brentford are level. Brentford one, Leeds one.
Now, if Burnley score again,
Leeds United will be relegated and Burnley would stay up.'
(CROWD ROARS)
'And the full-time whistle goes. Burnley one, Newcastle two.
And with that,
Burnley are relegated from the Premier League.'
(LAUGHS)
(INHALES DEEPLY)
Oh.
And in some ways, there's some good that can come from this, right?
Yeah.
I mean, without being too, sort of, dramatic about it,
-it's your club now. Yeah. -Yeah.
You manage a new team. Get back in on our own merits.
-Yeah. -And we're not on anyone else's coattails anymore.
We're gonna do this our way.
-I was thinking the same thing. -Yeah.
(LAUGHS)
REPORTER: 'Should friendly fans really press the panic button?'
'If you're a Burnley fan,
you should be looking in between the cracks.
These guys are not white knights of Burnley.
This is an American leverage purchase, right,
which has real jeopardy attached to it.
Before they bought that football club,
they had 42 million quid in the bank.
They had a category one academy,
they had Sean Dyche and Premier League football.
Now there are £102 million in debt.
The academy's been downgraded.
They've got to pay a £65m loan back.
They've got no permanent boss and they're in the Championship.
These guys have got a wake-up call coming.'
FAN: 'Flabbergasted again. Just absolutely shocked.'
FAN: 'Put us in a load of debt.
This isn't how Burnley do business.'
'This is not a game now, Pace. This is not a game.
There's media people saying we're gonna end up in League One
at this time next year.'
'I don't think these Americans understand Burnley.'
There's a lot of comments all over social media.
"Pace out", "Yankee rat".
Yeah, lots of... lots of things about being American.
It truly has been the most
stressful period in our entire marriage.
'He's always had stressful positions
in the work that he's done.
But this is above and beyond,'
to the point that I actually have asked
several times, is this worth it?
ALAN: 'If it wasn't for our ability to come here,
reflect, and also seek inspiration, I'd be lost.
We believe that we have a saviour that came'
to atone for our sins
and for the errors that we make here on this Earth.
'The hurdles that we have to overcome is aligning our will
with our Heavenly Father's will.'
I changed... my prayers.
'And I said, OK, if we're not meant to be
in the Premier League, help me to understand where we go.'
ALAN: Yes, I did. That's a bigger conversation.
OK. She's wants to talk about all...
-Right. -So noon on Thursday, but we'll go through more stuff.
Let's... Yeah.
-Is there just hot water? -There is. It's in a cup.
-Thank you. -It's good to see you, Alan.
-It's nice to be here. -I haven't seen you for a while.
Been working on a few things, the new manager, and...
At least we know it's a he. That's a big clue!
-(SHE LAUGHS) -OK.
(AUDIENCE APPLAUSE)
So thank you, first and foremost, for getting together.
I know there's a lot of disappointment,
both in our fan base and internally with what happened on Sunday.
OK?
We, all collectively in here,
can't control what happens out there.
It's the most frustrating part of whatever you wanna do
around sport, is you don't get to control what happens.
But it can't be that we get into the doldrums of,
oh, my goodness, we just went down, this is it, this is over.
We have to react to it.
So really, what all starts now is how do we react to what's happened?
OK?
Our priority right at the moment has to be
on getting the team back to the Premier League.
You know, it's not lost on social media
and on everybody else that our team has aged.
And we need to refresh. And I'm looking forward to that change.
I can promise you, we're not going anywhere.
We've got a long journey still ahead of us.
Thank you.
Oh, I did prom... I did promise I will answer questions.
Yes, go ahead.
We're close. OK.
Yeah, that's...that's as best we're gonna get for right now
without giving you who.
'I've met with and spoken to a number of individuals.
I've kind of bucketed the overall conversations
into three categories in regards to
kind of what they could bring to us.
We're down to probably three individuals.'
So your tone's changed a little bit
after being in Belgium a couple of times.
Like after, I mean, we spent a lot of time with a few others.
I thought we were kind of going a different direction.
I don't know. It just... It's so different from...
the others that we've been talking to, you know.
Dynamic.
-Creative. -Mm-hmm.
Thoughtful. Um...
I won't... It's not visionary, but it's evolutionary.
You know, willing to, like, change.
-I was blown away. -Really?
I was supposed to catch the train back,
and I missed four trains, so...
So something good was going on, right?
I think he took on board the vision of
what we're trying to do and how we're trying to accomplish it.
But I would say it became a combined vision very, very quickly
as to how my thinking evolved just in talking with him.
We haven't met someone like this.
Does he fit with us? You think he's gonna gel with us?
I mean, can he... Can he see...
and communicate like we need to...
I mean, are we gonna be able to be close to him?
Yes, I do think he fits with us.
-I think he probably asked the same question of us. -The other way around.
On the other way around and wondering, you know, look,
are these just a bunch of weirdos that have come to...
come into English football?
The judgement's still out on that, right?
Yeah, yeah. Probably more than we would like.
I mean, there's no question about
his reputation on the pitch, right? So he comes...
strong leadership, strong work ethic. He's a legend.
But, you know, I think there's still some
thoughtfulness and prayer that has to go into it.
But I'm... I'm leaning at this...
this is what we're supposed to do.
It feels right.
(CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK)
MAN: Good afternoon.
-Good afternoon. How you doing? -Welcome to Burnley.
Thank you.
-Nice to see you. -Nice to see you.
REPORTER: 'Burnley have a new manager,
and that man is Vincent Kompany,
the former Manchester City captain, a title winner as a player.'
'Would this be a brave move? A bold move?'
-'A bit of both, I imagine.' -'Yeah.'
'It's certainly a left-field move, isn't it?'
-'I think it's risky, me.' -'Do you?'
'You're bringing in a manager with no Premier League experience.'
'It's fair to say, he didn't pull up trees at Anderlecht
when he was over in Belgium.'
Jeff, I can walk but I don't know where I'm going.
Sorry, mate. Sorry.
Don't worry about it.
We can do it in the canteen.
-It's more relaxed. -Don't worry.
Just everybody there with a coffee. I'll go to the office first.
Straight on. Yeah.
How are you doing, Mike? Good?
-Good to see you. Are the other fellas alright? -Yeah, yeah.
-Yeah, welcome, man. -Thank you, thank you.
-You made it. -It's good to be here.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Right, I think I've seen everyone, so...
First and foremost, you know, I wanted to say how proud I am,
how happy I am to be part of this place, to get the chance,
to get the privilege to, you know, work with you guys.
The main thing I wanted to say is when you come into this place,
you can straight away feel that there is something,
there is something special here.
There is a part of me that says
I wanna protect this as much as I can.
But the ambitious part of me as well says I wanna improve it.
And we'll give you a lot more information than
other teams and other clubs have got to deal with.
That's who we are. That's what we want to bring to this club.
Just use it. Use it to become better. Use it to improve.
Success is not just winning trophies, you know?
Success is overachieving on the resources you have.
So, we'll go straight into business.
We'll go into the meeting room, I'll explain to you what we'll do in training.
We take a group outside on the pitch,
group one and two switch for tomorrow.
And then we're on a normal schedule from Thursday onwards.
Yes, lads? Let's go.
VINCENT: 'I've been used to being around young players.'
That was the nature of my job when I was in Anderlecht,
and now I'm finding a group that's a bit more experienced.
-(WHISTLE BLOWS) -Guys, get in four groups.
Get your position and you stay...
VINCENT: 'I'm looking for good people.'
-(WHISTLE BLOWS) -Let's go!
'When you have good people, then that is a start
to having a good team,
and then the rest comes after that.'
Go, go, go, go! Go, go!
So hard facts. With relegation,
we're gonna get a Championship payment.
So that's not going to be a lot of money.
So it's important to start the season with a decent
amount of cash such that we're liquid and healthy
and able to fund the rest of our season.
So July, August will be important from a trading perspective
to make sure we support the cash levels we've got,
but maybe some player tradings.
ALAN: It'd just be such a shame to have
so much of what we've done in the last 18 months
of bringing in people to just turn around
and actually have to redo it.
So that's why you're the chairman. It's a hard decision.
Well, let's see. I think the hard decision comes when
Vince comes in and says, this is what we have to have.
Do you think he's gonna want to keep most of the guys
or will he want a makeover We don't know him well enough yet.
I mean, from the stuff that we've gone through,
I think it was very clear that we needed
to make some significant change.
The idea right now is to come up with obviously
a lot more goal threat upfront than we've had
because we're playing a different style of football.
What's it gonna cost in the Championship?
-It's probably... -Five? Ten?
Somewhere between there. Yeah, probably eight to ten maybe.
Wow. That's a big number for us now, right?
From what you just said, I don't know that we can do it.
If you wanna refresh the squad
and we wanna start from a position of cash strength,
I'd say you've got to raise that
from probably the transfers.
The real question is gonna be
what's this new team gonna look like?
I... I have no idea. (LAUGHS)
It's gonna be cheaper, I guess, right?
(LAUGHS)
BORIS JOHNSON ON TV: 'Thank you very much for coming in today.
Early today, Sue Gray published her final report
which I commissioned to get to the bottom of things
and to set the record straight. She's identified a number of failings,
some official, some political...'
ALAN: Sound OK? Can you hear us OK? Or do we sound too far away?
OK. All thumbs up. So we're gonna go ahead and get started.
Sorry about this moving around a little bit.
We felt that it was important to take a dive
into the changes in the financials.
The first thing I wanna really address is just what happens
if we're relegated. If you finish 17th,
you get 102 million from the League.
If you're relegated, your parachute payment is 46.5 million,
so you lose 56 million of revenue,
no matter what, at a minimum.
I wanna talk about debt now, at January 2022.
So at the beginning of this year, we still had 65 million.
It's an interest-only loan so long as you're not relegated.
So what are we gonna do about that?
We've sold 16 million dollars' worth of players.
On top of that, we no longer have to pay their salaries.
These are typically our highest paid guys. On the coaching side,
we've also made a serious move in rotating out.
But we do have legacy costs for Sean and his team.
When all is said and done,
that leaves us basically flat with cash.
ALAN: So with that, this is the first time for all of you to get
to meet Vince in person.
We'll let, you know, Vince walk us through
how the squad's developing, how he thinks about it.
Yeah, first and foremost, we are pleased to meet
most of you for the first time.
If I can simplify everything,
it's really just about one thing.
It's the most valuable product that we have,
it's what happens on the football pitch.
It's 90 minutes once a week, twice a week,
and everything has to be culminating towards that.
It's the absolute priority and it's the only priority.
Basically, we need to fill the team with tradable assets.
That's the name of the game. You can do as much as you want
around the club to generate revenue.
Nothing will generate anywhere close
except for the TV money from the Premier League.
But every year in the Championship,
the only way to generate revenue is to sell players,
like substantially.
But the fine margin between having a very healthy
squad financially and a squad who's able to perform,
that's, I think, where it comes in a little bit my...
It's the passion that I have.
So I have a passion for performance and winning games.
I wake up every morning with only one idea,
it's how we can win on the weekend.
But as well, I don't mind winning in the long run.
'I just wanted to hear you say exactly what you've said,
-which is "I'm here to win".' -No worries about that.
Turnover is really dangerous in this business
because it makes or breaks you. It's an opportunity that I saw,
which is the reason why I went to Burnley as well,
because I saw it as an opportunity, because for me
to impose my style of football and my ideas,
it's much easier with a high turnover of players
than with a low turnover of players.
But I'll take a bullet, it's not a problem,
but it's just that the whole ship needs to stay calm.
That's so important,
and we have a plan and if something goes wrong,
we just need to make sure we understand why it's gone wrong
and we adapt and we improve. Yeah?
-Right, thank you. -Thanks, guys.
Thank you, guys.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
-Hi, lads. Are you OK? -What's the brief?
What's the aim? What's the chairman said to you
that you need to be achieving?
The ambition is always as you come down to go back up.
You've only got five weeks, though.
How difficult is it to blend a squad together in five weeks?
I think that's the hardest part.
'The Championship, it's brutal. It's relentless.'
It's the most difficult league in the world to get out of.
VINCENT: 'Success, that's the very end of it.
The beginning is hard work.'
(WHISTLE BLOWS)
Come on, go again!
'We're looking at him, thinking, I need to up my level
because they're watching everything.
VINCENT: Control the tempo of the ball.
-When you get the chance to break, break. -Let's go!
'The standards that the gaffer sets are so high.'
He demands so much from us.
Everything is depending on your angles.
'The detail he goes into...'
in meetings and on the pitch is unbelievable.
Make sure you split them.
'I'm not sure he sleeps. I really ain't.'
The hours he works, that's who he is. He's different.
-Let's go, let's go! -(WHISTLE BLOWS)
Here we go.
'The first week we were here, I asked him,'
do you want us to keep all the same traditions
and all the same stuff as the last group we had?
I think it was keen to keep a lot of the same values we had.
So, it was my birthday, it was, like, the first week here
and I bought in four trays of Krispy Kreme doughnuts...
(LAUGHS) ..and put them in the kitchen.
And, like, I didn't see 'em all day.
And I was like, where's these doughnuts?
The nutritionist was like, you can't have doughnuts.
The manager called a meeting.
He said you shouldn't be eating doughnuts at training ground.
So I gave them all to the staff.
But, yeah, I was a bit embarrassed at the time.
Try and break the line with your pass.
VINCENT: 'I'm really fixated on the perfection side of things.
Almost the artistic side.
I want my team to play in a certain way.
I want creative players
who feel free and enjoy the game and score. Create chances.
To be more disciplined, faster, more aggressive.'
If you get a chance to score, you score. Here we go.
'Let's be honest, we're going to have some tough times ahead.'
It's not going to be just a straight path to success.
'It's not rocket science. The hardest part about football
is just keeping people calm.'
I'll remind you of that.
(CROWD CHEERS)
-You're looking smart today. -And you.
-Are you alright? -Yes, alright.
REPORTER: 'It's been a busy summer for Vincent Kompany.
The former Manchester City captain has brought in nine players so far.
It's a new dawn.
He'll be hoping these fresh faces
can take Burnley straight back into the Premier League.'
(PHONE LINE RINGS)
-'Hi, Alan.' -Hi, Vince. How are you?
'Yeah, I'm fine. How you doing?'
I'm doing OK. We're about to have a ceremony here in just a little bit,
but I wanted to give you a shout real quick before you guys get started,
so I know we both have big days today.
(LAUGHS)
'Yeah, Yeah.
Oh, yeah. Course. You've got that wedding.'
-(LAUGHS) -'Yeah, I was like,
I was thinking, yeah, I think the ceremony,
-the pre-match ceremony. Yeah.' -(LAUGHS)
'But if it's a wedding, no, you're right.
I think yours is more important.'
Well, yours is still very important to us.
Don't get this wrong.
-How are you feeling? -'Good, good, good, good.
Prepared for sure. And...
and then the only thing you don't control is,
you know, first time in the Championship,
you know, how your players are going to react.
-But that's...part of the game.' -Yeah. Well, look,
it all starts here. So this is the beginning.
So very much looking forward to seeing how it goes.
But we're in this one together and we know you got it.
-So... -'Thank you. Appreciate it.'
MAN: Throughout this audience, people come from far and wide
to be here today, and, uh,
it's a glorious venue and a wonderful opportunity
to be with you on this very special day.
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Come on, boys. Come on!
COMMENTATOR: 'It's a new era, a new dawn.
We're all fascinated to see how they'll play
under Vincent Kompany.'
Go on, Burnley!
(CROWD CHANTS) Come on, Burnley! Come on, Burnley!
(CROWD GASPS)
(SHOUTING)
COMMENTATOR: 'Maatsen with the finish! Oh!'
-(CROWD ROARS) -'That's a sublime move!
Burnley lead.
It'll be Twine with the free kick.
Oh, he's struck the post. Oh!'
And we almost scored again.
(CROWD CHANTS)
-(WHISTLE BLOWS) -Yeah!
'A huge statement from Burnley and from Vincent Kompany
and his first game in charge.
After relegation, that is a big result on the opening day.'
Yes, come on! Yeah!
What...what a night.
Vincent, congratulations. This could be a dream start.
-Clean sheet. You must be happy. -Yeah, I couldn't have asked for more.
Come on!
VINCENT: 'We were hungry. We were...we were motivated.
Aggressive.
We controlled every aspect of the game.'
PUNDIT: You've spoken about not losing the positive elements
of Burnley over the years and keeping that togetherness
and how important that's gonna be for you for the rest of the season.
That's one thing that this club has got more than anything.
It's good people behind the scenes and a team
that's really used to putting the hard work.
'We're not there, don't get me wrong.
But it's one step in the right direction
showing what we could do.'
(CROWD ROARS)
'I do not want to freak out the rest of the organisation.'
We may or may not get out of the Championship this year.
Open your mouth! Your team's getting battered and we're saying nothing!
Don't fuck about!
'Transfer deadline day.'
I finished up the numbers. Way over.
Our position is clear. The deal is off.
The stress level here is unlike anything that I've ever done.
Why is he allowed to go through the back of me?
VINCENT: 'We've got to get better.'
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