There is definitely a loyalty here

Last updated : 16 December 2011 By Tony Scholes

Eddie and his team were somewhat fortunate to get that point in front of the Sky cameras. They trailed 1-0 going into stoppage time but were then awarded a penalty by referee Darren Sheldrake that was fortuitous to say the least. Former Burnley apprentice Marc Pugh converted it.

Now he goes with Burnley and he's remembered by Poyet who said: "His teams are always difficult to beat and we had problems playing against them last season, so we know that we are going to have a tough time on Saturday.

"They have been better away from home lately and that is key for them. They beat West Ham and that shows that they are capable of beating anyone in the Championship, so we have got to be very good.

"They are solid and they've been playing together for a while, which means that they are playing with the identity of Eddie. We know what we will be playing against.

"I'm pleased that Eddie is doing well because it's good for young managers. Someone asked me about Andre Villas-Boas and for me, the more young managers we see the better for us.

"It's good to see that it's not the same people who have been in the league for 20 or 30 years getting the jobs in management, which means there are chairmen out there who are willing to take a risk. That is good for football."

Howe himself has spoke about the job he's doing at Turf Moor and that the job is nowhere near finished.

"From the outside people will say a year's a long time and surely you have got the time to get what you want to get across, but I am finding out here it's a very short period of time," he said.

"We are nowhere near having things how we want them off the pitch and that encompasses a whole range of issues from the training ground to how we train, to the facilities we have to maybe the squad we have and the staff we have.

"The philosophy and style you play takes time to get across, because that can only happen really when you have fully recruited all the players that suit your system. There is a whole range of issues you need to develop, so less than a year is nothing. You haven't even scratched the surface."

He added: "From my point of view and every other manager's point of view you need results. You want to be given time to get your ideas across and really build what you want at a football club but sometimes that doesn't happen, which is a shame. You can only do the job to the best of your ability and hope the rest takes care of itself.

"There is definitely a loyalty here that has been in apparent in the past where they have given their managers time to develop and to build a team. As a manager the most important thing is who you are working for, and of course the supporters fall into that."