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  1. McNeil? Trippier? Esteve? Your Premier League XIspublished at 09:17 GMT 15 November

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    We wanted your suggestions for Burnley's all-time best Premier League XI.

    You have provided us with an interesting selection so here are some of your picks:

    Wayne: 4-4-2. Beresford, Trippier, Walker, Tarkowski, Davis, Defour, Florentino, James, McNeil, Hamilton, Blake.

    Jordan: 3-5-2. Heaton, Walker, Tarkowski, Mee, Trippier, Cork, Cullen, Defour, McNeil, Wood, Vokes. Solid defensively and plenty of midfield protection. Defour adds technical class and Trippier and McNeil give quality service for Wood and Vokes.

    Jake: 4-4-2. Heaton, Taylor, Mee, Tarkowski, Lowton, Blake, McNeil, Defour, Cork, Barnes, A Gray. Prime Dycheball with Robbie Blake - you can't go wrong.

    Eddie: 4-3-3. Pope, Walker, Esteve, Egan-Riley, Trippier, Hendrick, Westwood, Little, Andre Gray, Blake, Cornet. This team are legends to me. Some got us promoted, some scored some important goals and others were pure entertainment and joy. Up the Clarets!

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3-5-2. Heaton, Walker, Tarkowski, Mee, Trippier, Cork, Cullen, Defour, McNeil, Wood, Vokes.
  2. Do clubs get compensated for players injured on international duty?published at 09:12 GMT 15 November

    George Mills
    BBC Sport senior journalist

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    In a recent addition of the Football Extra newsletter, Roger asked BBC Sport: Players are frequently injured on international duty - such as Chris Wood for New Zealand last season, which may have ultimately cost Nottingham Forest a Champions League place. Are clubs compensated by the country or does insurance cover compensation?'

    Since 2012, Fifa's Club Protection Programme has covered the salary of players injured on international duty - although there are some conditions.

    Firstly, the player must be out of action for a period of at least 28 consecutive days and the injury must have been sustained during an "accident", which is defined in very boring and legally-specific detail in Fifa's guidelines, though it covers most of the examples you could think of.

    The scheme pays the salary of an injured player up to the maximum amount of €7.5m (£6.6m) until they are declared fit to return for their clubs.

    Transfermarkt lists Chris Wood as missing 18 days - three games - with the hip injury you mention from last March, suffered on international duty with New Zealand. As he returned inside 28 days, Forest would not have been eligible to claim compensation.

    There are a couple of clubs who will currently be beneficiaries of this scheme though, including Newcastle United, whose £55m summer signing Yoane Wissa is yet to make an appearance since suffering a knee injury while playing for DR Congo.

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  3. Mee? Defour? Barnes? Your Burnley Premier League XIspublished at 13:04 GMT 13 November

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    We asked for your views on who would be in your best Premier League XI for Burnley.

    Here are some of your comments:

    Jon: 4-3-3 attacking, 4-4-2 defending. Jensen, Tarkowski, Mee, Hartman, Walker, Brownlow, Cullen, Alexander, Wood, Ings, Blake. Club giants who always gave 100%.

    Martin: 4-4-2. Pope, Trippier, Mee, Tarkowski, Hartman, McNeil, Defour, Cork, Odobert, Wood, Barnes. Dyche's hardworking and hard-to-beat disciples topped with a bit of flair. Would finish top seven.

    Marcus: Dyche's legendary 4-4-2. Pope, Trippier, Mee, Tarkowski, Hartman, Defour, Berge, Brady, Odobert, Barnes, Vokes. Defour was just amazing for us in the time we had him with injuries ruining a great player. His debut goal against Hull is unreal. Got his name on my shirt that day. Sam Vokes and Barnes are cult heroes and good strikers. Everyone else was consistently great each time.

    Richard: 4-4-2. Heaton, Walker, Tarkowski, Mee, Ward, Defour, Cullen, Brownhill, Cornet, Ings, Vokes. A team of leaders. With a fit Defour and an on-form Cornet, they would be a joy to watch.

    David: 4-4-2. Heaton, Walker, Tarkowski, Esteve, Hartman, Odobert, Cullen, Florentino, Blake, Barnes, Ings. This looks a solid team. All have been selected on merit while Florentino and Hartman are in because of the impact they've had on the team and how good they could be!

  4. Pick your best Burnley Premier League XIpublished at 12:58 GMT 12 November

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    It's international break so let's have a bit of fun to pass the time.

    Now we know football existed before 1992 but for the purposes of this little exercise, keep it Premier League please.

    So tell us, who would be in your dream Burnley Premier League XI?

    The debate starts here.

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  5. The one simple skill that could decide who gets relegatedpublished at 09:17 GMT 12 November

    Pat Nevin
    Former footballer and presenter

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    It is not often you go to a match that ends 3-2 with a last-minute goal and leave thinking, that really was not very good.

    I have a particular liking for West Ham fans - they are down to earth, are not entitled and always welcoming - but that is where the plaudits stopped after their narrow win against Burnley.

    Granted Jarrod Bowen is a class act when on form, Crysencio Summerville is a livewire, and Mateus Fernandes was the best player on the pitch but that still is not enough.

    However, they do have a couple of players who know how to get some easy goals. Callum Wilson is a classic poacher and Tomas Soucek likewise gets his fair share by regularly loitering with intent in the area.

    ‌During my career, I played with a world-class finisher in John Aldridge and asked him how he managed to get between 30 and 40 goals almost every season.

    His answer was infuriatingly simple.

    "Get in between the posts and go where the defenders aren't," he said. I took that on board and scored 19 goals that season from the wing.

    This one little ability may well be the difference between Burnley going down and West Ham staying up because in terms of quality play, there is precious little between them as they fight to survive.

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