Mike Jackson has called on the experience in his Burnley squad to help them out of the relegation zone in the final week of the Premier League season. The Clarets head into the final two games of their campaign inside the bottom three but their survival fate remains in their own hands.
Should they draw or win against Aston Villa on Thursday, they will move above Leeds United and will only need to better the Whites’ result at Brentford on Sunday. However, they are missing a handful of key players going into the matches as it is touch and go as to whether James Tarkowski, Ben Mee and James Rodriguez will be fit.
The vital experience lost in those three players is made up elsewhere in the Burnley squad by a group of players used to fighting at the bottom end of the table. The manager might be different but the mentality is the same and Jackson hopes to draw on the knowhow within his squad to stay in the top flight.
