Around 6.05 p.m. on Saturday, armchair Clarets fans might have been wondering if somebody had surreptitiously slipped a hallucinatory substance into their early evening snifter.

Three-one up? At half-time? At Molineux of all places?

It just doesn't happen.

Burnley don't win at Wolves - in fact they scarcely ever score there. And not since the halcyon days of Jimmy McIlroy et al had Burnley found the back of the net three times in Wanderers' own back yard.

Yet there it was for all to see.

Wayne Hennessey's Scott Carson tribute, a blind-side run from Lafferty meeting a pin-point Elliott delivery, and Clarke Carlisle kissing both biceps having thumped home his header courtesy of Darren Ward's arm. Had Andy Gray remembered his shooting-boots, it could easily have been five.

To put the feat into some kind of perspective, prior to the Clarets' visit Wolves had conceded just five league goals in fifteen hours - Burnley managed three in forty-two minutes.

Yet it wasn't just the goals that caught the eye. The passing was fluid, fast and inventive. The movement - physically and mentally - was sharp and intelligent.

Their skill and fire was too much for Wolves, just as it had been for Watford and Charlton.

It speaks volumes about Owen Coyle that he has been able to convey his vision and philosophy to the players with such devastating effect in so short a space of time.

Under Coyle, Burnley have managed eight goals and nine points at three of the Championship's most demanding venues.

This week, that success must be transferred to Turf Moor.

Theoretically at least, the Clarets could not have asked for two better opportunities to improve their home record.

Tonight's visitors, QPR, are propping up the division with one away win in ten attempts. And whilst there may be no easy games in the Championship, some are less difficult than others.

But it's Saturday and the visit of PNE that supporters are eagerly anticipating.

It's a source of great amusement that whilst Burnley are looking to break into the top six, North End are looking like breaking into League One.