Clarets boss Stan Ternent slammed Mansfield's bully-boy tactics following a fiery FA Cup third round tie.

Town ended up with nine men for the third time this season following sending-offs for Jamie Clarke and Luke Dimech.

Maltese defender Dimech, in particular, had a running battle with two-goal Burnley hero Ian Moore all afternoon.

And Ternent, who saw teenage midfielder Richard Chaplow also dismissed for needlessly kicking the ball away, praised his side for overcoming the Stags strong-arm approach to book their place in the next round.

He said: "This is a difficult place to come, especially with Mansfield's tactics. It was bully-boy stuff and I don't normally talk about other teams but I think Keith (Curle) is a young manager and he needs to get it sorted out quickly because it wasn't just a bit too physical - it was miles too physical.

"He had no control over them. I was very disappointed."

Ternent added: "We have better players and one of the reasons they are better players is because of their temperament. They can handle the situation a little better perhaps and, in the end, I thought we played very well and fully deserved to win.

"We could have scored four or five in the first fifteen minutes really and I'm just delighted for the players because we haven't been getting our just rewards, and finally we did."

Ternent made three changes to his defence for the third round tie following four straight defeats, with Mark McGregor replacing Graham Branch, Lee Roche in for Dean West and on-loan Blackburn defender Jay McEveley stepping up to left back in place of Mo Camara.

And despite an horrific freak injury to McEveley, who will be out for up to 12 weeks with a dislocated kneecap, the Clarets chief declared himself happy at the reshuffle.

He added: "We finally got a clean sheet, so the changes at the back clearly worked. I've been thinking about that for some time now and the FA Cup third round was an ideal opportunity to do it.

"The players have done marvellously well, but unfortunately Jay is not going to be able to carry on there, so I'll have to change it around again now."

All ears were now on today's fourth round draw as the Clarets seek the financial boost of a tie against one of the Premiership big guns.

But Ternent denied there was extra pressure on his head in the tough present financial climate.

He insisted: "I'm not under any more, or less pressure because if you do the job I do, it's always there. You get people in the press writing that you have only won fifteen games in a year, not that you have sold all your best players, and it's just ridiculous.

"Yes, we are under pressure and yes, we are not having a good season and there are reasons for that.

"But I still maintain that we will stay in the First Division and the players I have been forced to sell to keep the club in existence seems to pass people by."