BURNLEY boss Sean Dyche has revealed how he called on predecessor Eddie Howe after taking the Turf Moor hotseat.

Howe’s feet were firmly back under the table in his second spell in charge of Bournemouth when Dyche was handed the Clarets reigns.

And the 42-year-old explained one of his first conversations was with the old Burnley boss.

“I rang Eddie and wished him well for starters, and then picked his brains about what he thought was here and what he’d left,” said Dyche.

“They were just pointers really, I wasn’t looking for any secrets. I think most managers do that, particularly as he left on good terms.

“There wasn’t any other reason other than personal to him and his family (for leaving) so there wasn’t anything to be hidden or disguised.

“He told me what he thought and then I applied things that I thought could change in a way that we want to go about things, and that was it.”

The pair will meet for the first time in their current roles at Turf Moor this afternoon, after Howe dragged Bournemouth from the jaws of relegation, propelling them to automatic promotion following his return to his boyhood club.

Dyche masterminded a recovery when the pair last went head-to-head in the dug-out, while he was manager of Watford in the 2011/12 season.

The Clarets had led 2-0 through Jay Rodriguez and a Nyron Nosworthy own goal, but Nosworthy went from villain to Hornets’ hero when he sparked the fightback to a 3-2 win at Vicarage Road.

His Burnley side showed similar character at Millwall last weekend, bouncing back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2.

“You think you mould a group according to what you think is required, and each manager will have their own thoughts on that,” Dyche continued.

“It's not really about judging, it’s about different styles and different ways of getting the outcome that everyone wants, which is inevitably to win, and win as often as you can.

“I’ve got a way that I think is right and the players have bought into that.

“Really we’re just looking to mould it according to what we feel is the right manner and performing in order to win.

“There were some changes made in the summer – we couldn’t change much last season when the season was active, and then we’ve had to thin our squad but still work wisely with the finance that has been available in order to make a group who we think can compete.”

He added: “There are things that I feel we’ve changed in house, behind the team running out. But it’s not about rights and wrongs, it’s about my way of going about my business and my staff's and getting the players to believe in that and deliver it.

“I’m really pleased with the realignment process in some of the players to what we think’s appropriate, and then adding to that with the players who have come in, so it's made for a healthy mix I think.”