I DON’T know of any footballer, of any era, who has said they love to go to the Den to face Millwall.

It is the most provocative ground in the country and to come away with a point really seems like a victory.

This is where I will congratulate Sean Dyche for instilling a backbone of resilience to the Clarets squad.

To go two goals down in any game is tough to come back from. But down there at Millwall the recovery odds are stacked against every team who plays there.

The character of this squad has put them at the top of the Championship.

The manager, without doubt, can take credit for this rise in the club’s fortunes, for in the past few seasons we have led by a goal or two and then surrendered it very tamely.

The whole 11 are working for each other and no more so than Sam Vokes and Danny Ings.

The two spearhead the attack with such ferocity that I’m sure the opposition are glad they don’t have to play against them every week.

But the credit for our success is the effort of everyone on the pitch.

To have only lost once after 14 games is a remarkable run.

Next up is Eddie Howe’s Bournemouth, who are sitting around mid-table.

I repeat myself when I say there are no easy games in the Championship. You have to go out there and compete in order to win them.

I’m sure the players know this, so let’s go out there on Saturday with this wonderful mentality which has been instilled into the squad and give Eddie a sorry return back to Bournemouth.

The season is now a third over and we are looking over our shoulders at the rest of the opposition.

The attitude of the players is of a never-say-die nature. That contributes to being hard to beat.

So carry on lads, you’re making the town sit up and take notice of your achievements.

Let’s hope the people of the town will start bolstering the attendances by coming back to watch. The bigger the crowd, the bigger the roar.

The manager and his staff must feel very happy that all the hard work they have put in to get them to the pinnacle has been worthwhile.

It’s certainly showing on the pitch and the points on the table do not lie.

Dyche has toughened up the mentality of the squad to such a degree that they are going out with a confidence that I have not seen in a Burnley side since the days of Owen Coyle’s promotion-winning team.