José Mourinho v Sean Dyche: only one winner in Ashley Barnes debate | Nick Miller

Sean Dyche is nicknamed the Ginger Mourinho but who won the war of words over Nemanja Matic’s red card?

• Mourinho brands Barnes’ challenge ‘criminal’

• Dyche hits back at The Special One

A couple of managers have earned the title of Ginger Mourinho over the years. There was, to say the least, a hint of sarcasm about Bolton fans referring to Gary Megson that way, but when Burnley supporters gave Sean Dyche the moniker, there was no such insincerity.

For Dyche has performed minor miracles at Turf Moor, taking a side who many pegged for relegation from the second tier into the Premier League. And now, after a summer of transfer business that looked more like he was beefing up his bench for the 2015-16 Championship season, he is making a very decent fist of surviving in the top flight too. Thus, the concept of an auburn version of a super-famous manager is accurate enough.

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