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We asked for your thoughts after Tuesday's Premier League game between Everton and Burnley.

Here are some of your comments:

Everton fans:

Ian: Nice to see us transfer that away form back to our new home. Burnley didn't put up much of a fight but let that take nothing away from our performance. Great work rate all round, desire to win the ball and much better movement of the ball. Extra mention for Dwight Mcneil who has been excellent in the last two games after that disappointment of the move that never was. It shows character so I'm happy for him. Beto has been better too. We're still a work in progress but we are starting to show progress.

Anton: I don't know what the problem is, we've a 100% home record in March! We've got to thank Burnley, though, for graciously not bothering to turn up - they were so, so poor. But we can only beat what's in front of us and we finally did that at home. Shout-out to McNeil who was excellent - a "Grealish who?" kind of display, made up for him. Let's keep pushing for that improbable European place!

Mike: A solid performance and a welcomed home win. To have 43 points at this stage is a great haul and but for a few wobbles could have been even better. Some very tough fixtures ahead but let's hope we can relax a bit and who knows where we can finish.

Harry: Credit where it's due, two wins on the bounce is no time to criticise but definitely time to say it feels good to be looking up and knowing we will have a good summer regardless of the rest of the season. If we do qualify for Europe better players will want to join us.

Burnley fans:

Steve: This team is frightened of its own shadow, the team lack ideas, momentum and direction.

Billy: It was so lack lustre again. It was like they didn't know how to play any sort of football. All players on top of each other, no sort of system or idea. They missed Zian Flemming too, he seems to be the only one in recent games that gives it absolutely everything. Think they lack confidence and not having a focus of how to play knocks their confidence even more. Bring on the championship and use the experience they've gained to be stronger when they come back, hopefully.

Bob: I'm sure I'm not the only one who is so fed up with Scott Parker trotting out the same tired excuses after almost every game. Despite the heroics against Brentford ( and we still lost) It's painfully obvious that he's not the only one to blame. A complete reset is needed starting with Alan Pace & co.

Mark: Terrible, been poor all season. Manager is just a good lower league one at best, Burnley should had said thanks after promotion and got in a premier quality manager. They look like a mediocre championship side still.

Scott Read
BBC Radio Lancashire

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It's not how you start; it's how you finish.

Burnley are in danger of a grim finish. It's untrue to say Burnley haven't competed this season.

A win in just their second game of the season, a 97th-minute defeat in their third match at Old Trafford, a 95th-minute defeat in their fourth game at home to Liverpool. There was early-season hope, even if it feels like a lifetime ago.

Following Burnley's win at Wolves on 26 October the Clarets were five points clear of the relegation zone, above Fulham, Nottingham Forest and West Ham United.

Two weeks later, leading West Ham 1-0 in the 45th minute Burnley were set to move six points clear of the bottom three going into the international break, they lost 3-2 at London Stadium.

It's just one win in 20 Premier League games since that victory at Wolves. Wolves seem to be ending well; they could yet finish above Burnley.

This run has included seven successive defeats, a grim display at Brighton, a dreadful showing at Sunderland and a dire performance at Everton.

But also, a 2-2 draw at home to Manchester United, followed by a point at Liverpool and then a draw at home to Tottenham, who scored a 90th-minute equaliser.

They've come from behind to win at Crystal Palace and take a point at Chelsea but the scars of home performances against Fulham, Crystal Palace and for half an hour against Brentford appear to cut deep.

So, what next? The messaging I had through the winless run was there is no desire to change manager, and moments have been presented to them. Booed off after the Fulham defeat before Christmas, defeat by League One Mansfield Town in the FA Cup and now a two-week gap with no game.

If relegation is coming, and supporters want a team to compete next season and the board want an instant return, then maybe tread carefully.

The Championship is littered with examples of mismanagement and poor appointments. Look how quickly things have unravelled for Leicester City and West Brom. How long is it since Blackburn Rovers, Middlesborough and Stoke City played in the top-flight? The list goes on.

If you don't bounce back straight away it becomes increasingly difficult to bounce back at all.

Burnley have made an instant return to the Premier League following their last three relegations, under Sean Dyche (champions), Vincent Kompany (champions) and Parker (runners-up).

Keifer MacDonald
BBC Sport journalist

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After Burnley fought back from 3-0 down against Brentford on Saturday, only to lose 4-3, it felt as though the wind had finally been taken out of their fight for survival.

Draws with Liverpool, Tottenham and Chelsea, along with a win against Crystal Palace, had suggest Scott Parker's side were still in the battle to retain their Premier League status.

But four days after ending up on the wrong side of a seven-goal thriller, the Clarets looked physically and mentally drained from the first whistle at Hill Dickinson Stadium.

Everton - who had not won at home since 6 December - secured the points without ever needing to move out of second gear.

Burnley's lack of attacking threat without Flemming was particularly concerning and does not bode well if the Dutchman remains sidelined for any significant period of time.

That it took until the 79th minute to register a shot on target - a tame effort from Jaidon Anthony - told the story of a side running on empty.

Burnley boss Scott Parker, speaking to BBC Match of the Day after the 2-0 defeat by Everton: "We fell short tonight. We fell short in many ways really and there's many things going through my mind. We lacked quality with the ball. We couldn't impose ourselves. We weren't a threat playing against a very good side. We fell short in many, many factors. There's not one thing I could say, there weren't any fine margins. There was a clear winner and it was Everton.

"At the weekend, what happened to us, I tried to freshen things up and it didn't have the effect that I'd have liked. We'll have to look at that and work that out.

"What we've not managed to do this year is get some good momentum after good results or good performances. For some reason we've not been able to back it up and the consistency has been way short now. The level at times and the quality we've faced has been testing for us and it's been clear there's been a gulf in that."

Did you know?

• Burnley have conceded more goals than any other side in the Premier League this season (58).

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Have your say on Everton's performance

What did you make of Burnley's display?

Come back on Wednesday for a selection of your replies

Everton manager David Moyes has named an unchanged side from Saturday's 3-2 win at Newcastle United, with forward Beto starting ahead of Thierno Barry for the second time in four days.

Everton: Pickford, O'Brien, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Garner, Gueye; McNeil, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye, Beto

Subs: Travers, Patterson, Keane, Barry, George, Dibling, Rohl, Iroegbunam, Armstrong

Scott Parker, meanwhile, has made one change from Saturday's last-gasp 4-3 defeat to Brentford, with Hannibal Mejbri replacing Zian Flemming.

Forward Flemming, who scored against the Bees on Saturday, is not in the match-day squad.

Burnley: Dubravka, Humphreys, Worrall, Esteve, Walker, Pires; Ugochukwu, Florentino, Mejbri; Foster, Anthony

Subs: Weiss, Hartman, Bruun Larsen, Tchaouna, Ekdal, Ward-Prowse, Laurent, Barnes, McMahon-Brown

Natalie Bromley
Fan writer

The current handball rule is not fit for purpose. The current offside rule is not fit for purpose. The use of VAR in the Premier League is not fit for purpose.

How do we, as fans, sit here each week and justify paying our season ticket prices to watch what the Premier League has become.

How do we justify paying over £70 per month in expensive subscriptions to watch live Premier League games?

The heart and soul of the game have been ripped out, and I just don't know what we are doing any more.

Burnley so very nearly pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in Premier League history. Except they didn't.

Because Jaidon Anthony's shirt sleeve was deemed to be offside by the width of his shoulder. Which absolutely no fan wants. Ever.

And it becomes even more laughable when you realise that if Anthony scores that same goal from that part of his body in an onside position, VAR will find a way to rule it out for handball.

Because that's what VAR does; finds the most minute way to rule out goals and ruin the game. After they have taken five minutes to deliberate, of course. Does anyone actually bother claiming "clear and obvious error" anymore?

Disallowing Ashley Barnes' last-gasp equaliser was even more galling, because an "accidental handball" happened in the build-up to the goal.

On top of that, the referee didn't even look at the monitor. He declared his "final assessment" after "review", but he didn't actually review it. He was told by Stockley Park what to do, making an absolute mockery of the on-field referee's role.

I can't keep doing this every week. I am falling out of love with the game. And if the Premier League is not careful, many more fans may just follow.

In the meantime, well done Burnley on that second-half display. Play like that for the rest of the season, and we may just go into our Championship campaign with a bit of feel-good back.

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Chris Adams
BBC Sport journalist

Everton will be looking to arrest a sharp decline in their home form when Burnley make the relatively short trip to Hill Dickinson Stadium on Tuesday (19:30 GMT).

Toffees can't sugar-coat home struggles

The Toffees, who sit eighth, won five of the first nine league games at their new ground on the banks of the River Mersey, but they are winless in their past seven, their worst run at home since going nine without a victory at Goodison Park between April and October 1998.

Back-to-back losses at home to Bournemouth and Manchester United were followed up by an impressive 3-2 win over Newcastle United in a lively game at St James' Park on Saturday. Everton haven't lost three home league matches in a row since September 2023 (a run of four).

The conversation in the aftermath of the 1-0 defeat by Manchester United focused on Everton's bombardment of Senne Lammens' goal via 10 corner kicks, to no avail. Such tactics perhaps speak to a wider creativity problem for the Toffees, given only four teams have scored fewer goals at home this season.

Just seven of Everton's 16 home goals (43.75%) in the Premier League have come from open play, the joint-fewest of any club (along with Crystal Palace).

Thierno Barry's uptick in form continued against the Magpies; his late winner made him the Blues' outright top scorer in the league with six. All of the Frenchman's goals have come in his past 14 appearances, after none in his first 14.

So near yet so VAR for Clarets

Burnley head coach Scott Parker accepted that "the fine margins of technology" had denied his side a stoppage-time equaliser in the remarkable 4-3 defeat by Brentford at Turf Moor on Saturday.

The Clarets, 19th and eight points from safety, were 3-0 down at half-time, but battled back admirably and thought they had rescued a point through Ashley Barnes before VAR intervened and his effort was ruled out for handball.

One man who did get on the scoresheet was Zian Flemming. The Dutchman is level with Jaidon Anthony as Burnley's top scorer in the league this season with seven.

Six of those goals have come away from home; only Chris Wood, who got seven in 2020-21, has scored more on the road in a campaign for the Clarets in this competition.

One telling problem for Burnley is how many of their goals come when they are already behind, as was the case with all three against Brentford. They have scored more league goals when losing than any other side in the division this season, with 21, showing that while their resilience is admirable, their inability to go ahead in games is costly.

For all that Tuesday's hosts may have struggled at home recently, Burnley have a dreadful record when visiting the blue half of Merseyside. They have won just three of their past 21 away games against Everton, drawing three and losing 15.

The previous two Premier League meetings between sides managed by David Moyes and Parker have ended 0-0, including a drab affair at Turf Moor in December.

Only two managerial match-ups have had three consecutive goalless draws in the competition: George Graham vs Gerry Francis (Arsenal v QPR, 1992-1994) and Brian Little vs Alex Ferguson (Aston Villa v Manchester United, 1996-1997).

You have to feel for Burnley after their brave comeback against Brentford ended in a dramatic late defeat. They have shown plenty of fight recently but that might have knocked the stuffing out of them a bit.

Everton could really do with a positive result at home after picking up two points from their past six games at their new stadium.

The Toffees got such a brilliant win at Newcastle on Saturday, when every time Newcastle got back in it, Everton scored again.

If they play like that again, they will win.

Sutton's prediction: 2-0

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