THE clocks went back on Sunday to signal the traditional end of BST.

That’s ‘Burnley Starting Time’, to me and you.

Not content with an extra hour long lie-in, the Clarets pressed the snooze button for an additional four minutes after the 1.30pm kick-off, which ensured they got off to the worst possible start.

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In that short space of time Everton were allowed a move that saw them string together a swathe of unchallenged passes from one side of the pitch to the other, which culminated in a perfect cross from England left back Leighton Baines for man-of-the match Samuel Eto’o to head in for the first goal.

It was a quality worked passage of play, but if you lay off players of that calibre that can place a ball on a 50-pence piece that is just what they will do.

Amazingly, Baines managed to achieve that while wearing the tightest shorts that I’ve seen since the 1970s era.

Given that we are regularly up against some of the best footballers in the world, our cautiousness may be understandable, but it is in complete contrast to our ‘get stuck into ’em’ approach that served as so well last season.

Even when we seized a lifeline from a well-taken Danny Ings equaliser, after a brief revitalised five-minute spell, we reverted back to type.

We have got to have the belief that we can win games, and we can, but only if we get back to our no-fear mentality and leave the Premier League Players’ Appreciation Society.

It’s Arsenal ‘down the Smoke’ this coming weekend. The Emirates is one of the country’s best stadiums, regularly attracting 60,000 supporters, and yet it effortlessly retains its fan-given nickname of The Library due to the subdued atmosphere within the ground.

With a full allocation of over 3,000 Clarets supporters making the trip, you can bet the usual ‘silence please’ request will definitely be refused and they can just act as the extra man needed to cheer the lads on to a positive result.