Watanni goma sha biyu da suka wuce, Lyle Foster ya zira a minti na 95 don ba Burnley nasara ta 3-2 a filin Wolverhampton Wanderers, inda Clarets suka yi nisa da maki biyar daga yankin ficewa daga Premier League, suna samun nasarori biyu a jere a gasar farko a karon farko cikin fiye da shekaru uku. Yanayin a Turf Moor ya yi kyau sosai. Yanzu ba haka bane.

Yau, Burnley sun fice daga gasar, suna zaune a cikin uku na kasan tebur a Championship, kuma suna gab da kafa rikodin Ingilishi mara maraba: mafi tsawo ba tare da cin nasara a gida ba. Bacin rai na masu goyon baya game da mallakar Alan Pace da ALK Capital ya kara tsananta wannan mawuyacin yanayi a tarihin kulob din.

Lokacin rani mai wahala da koci mai kokawa

Bayan Scott Parker ya tafi kusa da karshen kakar da ta gabata, Burnley a karshe suka nada kocin Belgian Nicky Hayen — amma bayan yunƙurin samun Craig Bellamy, kocin Wales, ya kasa, a lokacin da horon kafin kakar ta riga ya fara. Hayen ya gaji ƙungiyar koyarwa ta zamanin da ya gabata, sannan ya ga babban ɗan wasan biya, Zian Flemming, an sayar da shi a rana ta ƙarshe ta kasuwar 'yan wasa.

Joe Redmond, mai masaukin podkast na Turfcast, ya bayyana ji mai rikitarwa na masu goyon baya: "Akwai wani ɓangare na tausayi ga Hayen daga cikin masu goyon baya amma abubuwa biyu na iya zama gaskiya a lokaci ɗaya — zaka iya jin tausayinsa kuma a lokaci ɗaya ka yi tunanin ya kasa daukar nauyin aiki."

Hayen ya kula da zuwan 'yan wasa 11 da ficewa 10 a kasuwa mai cike da ayyuka ta lokacin rani. Sakamako ya kasance abin damuwa. Jobi McAnuff, tsohon dan wasan tsakiyar Watford da Reading wanda yanzu yake mai sharhi a EFL, ya bayyana tunanin tara 'yan wasa a matsayin "marar tsari", yana mai kara da cewa kawo Jamie Vardy — wanda yana da shekaru 39 — a matsayin zaɓin dan wasan gaba ya aza jinkirin da ba su dace ba ga dan wasan da zai iya ba da gudummawa ta kima kawai.

Balaon gida a Turf Moor

Asalin Burnley ya dadewa dogara a kan rikodin gida mai karfi. Kafin wannan kakar, sun rasa wasa ɗaya ne kawai daga cikin 46 a Championship a Turf Moor, suna cin nasara a 30. Wannan suna yanzu ya lalace.

Nasarori ta ƙarshe a gida ta zo a ranar 18 ga Oktoba 2025 — nasara ta 2-0 a kan Leeds United. Tun daga lokacin, Burnley sun sha kashi 10 kuma sun daidaita 11 daga cikin wasanni 21 a gasar, suna zira kwallaye 21 kawai. Idan sun kasa doke Portsmouth a ranar 31 ga Oktoba, za su wuce rikodin mara maraba na Sheffield Wednesday na kwanaki 376 ba tare da nasara a gida ba — rikodin da Sheffield Wednesday suka kafa tsakanin Afrilu 2025 da Mayu 2026.

Magatakarda Scott Read na BBC Radio Lancashire ya nuna cewa wani babban ɓangare na wannan jerin ba tare da nasara ba ya faro daga kakar da ta gabata a Premier League, amma ya jaddada cewa Burnley "ya kamata su ci nasara a gida a wannan kakar," bayan sun yi asarar jagoranci a kan Bristol City, Derby, Charlton, da Wolves. Huhu sun tarbi karshen wasa bayan karshen rashin nasara a gida, rashin nasara a kan Wolverhampton Wanderers Jumaa da ta gabata.

"Abu mai tsoro shi ne sun kasance a cikin kyawawan matsayi a gida a wasanni huɗu na ƙarshe," in ji McAnuff. "Sun kasance a gaba, sun karbi kwallaye a karshe, kuma zaka iya jin makamashi, damuwa, da nervousness a filin wasa wanda ke shafar 'yan wasan nan sosai."

Mallaka a karkashin matsin lamba

Alan Pace da ALK Capital sun kammala karban kulob din Burnley a watan Disamba 2020, suna kuɗanta yarjejeniyar a wani ɓangare ta hanyar lamuni na fam miliyan 65 don siyan hannun jarin manyan masu hannun jari na baya. Ficewa daga gasar, jinkirta nadar koci, da mummunan fara kakar yanzu — duka sun kara tsananta bitar da ake yi ga rukunin masu mallaka.

Alamu da wakoki masu adawa da Pace an nuna su a lokacin karawar gida ta karshe. Read ya ruwaito cewa babu wata alama cewa ALK Capital suna tunanin siyarwa, kuma matakin bashin kulob din zai sanya duk wani irin wannan tsari ya zama mai wahala.

Hayen, yana sane da guguwar da ke kewaye da nadarsa, ya kasance mai karfin gwiwa bayan rashin nasara a kan Wolves: "Tsammaninmu ya fi haka sosai amma muna aiki tuƙuru kuma 100% zamu iya canza komai — amma idan muka canza komai zuwa mummunan abu a cikin goyon bayanmu to za mu shiga matsala."

Redmond ya fi kai tsaye a cikin kimantawarsa: "Duk komai yana tafiya a kuskure a Turf Moor kuma hanyar canza shi ita ce canza mutane, ko a kan teburin koci, dakin kwamitin gudanarwa, ko mafi dacewa duka biyun."

Da karawar waje a kan Lincoln City a ranar Asabar ta kusa, haƙuri — a cikin manyan gadaje da matakin kwamitin gudanarwa — yana alama yana canzawa sosai.