Burnley FC fans react to Lyle Foster’s performance

Burnley FC fans have reacted to Lyle Foster’s performance, in his third start, against Rotherham United, on Tuesday, 18 April.

The Bafana Bafana striker has had a challenging start to his English football career since he signed for Championship side Burnley in January.

Before Burnley faced Rotherham on Tuesday, Foster had made nine appearances in the league, making it to the starting line-up twice.

Despite Foster’s below-par start to life at Burnley, coach Vincent Kompany has shown faith in the former Orlando Pirates development product.

However, doubts and wonder started to bubble up around the club’s fan base.

The club’s faithful are seemingly questioning Foster’s ability to perform at the highest level as Burnley has been promoted back to the Premier League next season.

In all his appearances for the club, the 22-year-old only has a goal and one assist.

FOSTER’s PERFORMANCE AGAINST ROTHERHAM

Foster made his 10th appearance for Burnley by making it to the starting 11 against Rotherham.

Coming into this game, a lot was at stake with the team edging close to their league title victory, after earning their promotion back to the Premier League.

To the Burnley supporters’ surprise, Foster came prepared for the game, with some Twitter users gushing in awe over his performance on the night.

Some fans believed that the South African deserved to be awarded the Man of the Match award.

And some described Foster’s performance against Rotherham as one of his best since he arrived at the club.

TWEETS FROM FANS

@burnleyjacko – “Lyle Foster has his best performance so far in a Burnley shirt tonight. I hope he kicks on now #twitterclarets

@abbiegortonutc – “Lyle Foster was one of our best players tonight.”

An English publication called LancsLive also shared the same sentiments with the fans. Giving Foster a seven point five player rating.

WHAT THE ENGLISH MEDIA IS SAYING ABOUT THE BAFANA STAR

LancsLive, an English publication was full of praise for Foster.

“He showed pace and power in what was possibly his best game for Burnley so far since his January move to the club,” wrote LancsLive.

“An encouraging performance from the South Africa international.”

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