CHRIS Waddle has fired a warning to Andy Cooke to clean up his act after the striker was involved in an ugly incident during the 1-1 draw with Glenavon last night.

Cooke is already set to miss the first three games of the league season after being dismissed in the penultimate game of last season at Notts County.

And Waddle was less than pleased after Cooke had to be substituted on the Newry referee Francis Harte's instructions following a second half clash with the Glenavon goalkeeper, Dermott O'Neill.

Waddle observed: "In a league game that would probably have been a sending off and that would have been no good at all to Burnley.

"I had a little chat with Andy Cooke about it afterwards and let's hope we don't see things like that again.

"The boy is a very strong and robust footballer and likes to play an aggressive game.

"But he's going to have to learn to control it. It was a lesson out there for him last night.

"Overall our discipline was not good. We'd have had one or two yellow cards in a senior match."

Waddle played a full game in Lurgan as the Irish Cup winners went ahead in the third minute only for Paul Barnes to grab a late equaliser for the Clarets.

Waddle said: "Paul Barnes has scored four goals in three games and he looks really sharp considering he has played every fixture over here for us. "Paul is already is already in a vein of form and now we've got to get other people chipping in with the goals as well."

On the performance Waddle said: "It was a reasonable show but we lacked discipline at times."

Meanwhile, Waddle has denied a fresh approach for midfielder Mark Patterson. The transfer of the ex-Blackburn Rovers man collapsed last month after former Clarets manager Adrian Heath had agreed a deal with First Division Sheffield United.

Sources in Sheffield indicated today that the deal could be revived.

But Waddle said: "There is nothing at all in that. We will not be pursuing that line.

"If the right people come along then I'll be interested. I have already got four new players in at the club and there could be a possibility of strengthening further."

Burnley will complete their tour of the Province when they return to the capital Belfast tomorrow for the final fixture against Glentoran at the Oval Stadium.

The player-manager added: "I'll be using the game to experiment further. The games in Ireland proved an invaluable part of our build-up to the new Second Division season.

"They've guided me as to where the team is weak and strong. I've learned quite a lot about how people operate.

"We've encountered quite competitive opposition and that's helped everybody's sharpening up process. I'm very positive as to how the week has gone so far.

"We're also unbeaten in our three fixtures and it would be nice to return home to Burnley with that record intact."

Gerry Harrison linked up with the Burnley party again yesterday after his wife gave birth to a baby boy.

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