COYLE HAILS PATERSON DOUBLE

Owen Coyle - happy with triumph.

Owen Coyle praised the predatory instincts of Martin Paterson and the young nucleus of his Burnley side after they progressed to the Carling Cup third round at the expense of Lancashire rivals Oldham for the second season running.

The Clarets cruised to a 3-0 victory thanks to Paterson's second-half brace and Chris McCann's headed opener at Turf Moor.

Earlier this summer, Coyle raised plenty of eyebrows when he splashed out £1million to sign Paterson from Scunthorpe, but the Northern Ireland international now seems a bargain buy after netting five goals in as many games this season.

Chris Eagles, along with Paterson and McCann, also turned in a polished performance against the Coca-Cola League One leaders to leave Coyle confident his new-look squad will now recover from a winless start to the Championship campaign.

"We scored three very good goals and could have had a few more and I was delighted young Paterson was among the goals," Coyle said.

"He's shown he is a natural goalscorer and he will get his share of the goals. He's a good young player and we are trying to bring through young players at this club.

"I think it's far to say the longer this team plays together then they will get better together. Football being football, everybody wants that immediate impact and that is what we are trying to do.

"There's no doubt in terms of the long-term picture at the club, with the Patersons, McCanns and Eagles, they are young players inspiring to be better and they will get better the longer they play together."

That Coyle started with the likes of Paterson and Eagles - himself a £1million signing from Manchester United - proved a strong indication of how much this competition means to the Clarets, who are now hoping to forge a lucrative cup run.

It was McCann who broke the deadlock after 13 minutes, stooping to head home Wade Elliott's chipped cross.

Eagles was instrumental in Burnley's second just the hour. His initial shot following a jinking run was only partially saved by Latics goalkeeper Greg Fleming and Paterson converted the rebound.

Paterson grabbed his second of the evening 10 minutes from time after Brian Jensen's punted kick caused chaos in the Oldham defence and the ball eventually broke for the in-form striker to net with a low drive.

Clarets boss Coyle was understandably delighted to side-step a potential cup upset.

He added: "It was always going to be a tricky tie but equally I think we've merited the victory on the night.

"Oldham are absolutely flying at the top of their own division and have won every game they have entered into this season and you could see there was a confidence within them."

Latics boss John Sheridan refused to criticise his side's overall performance but conceded his players had been defensively naive.

"I'm obviously very disappointed to lose the game 3-0, and I think the second goal has absolutely killed us," Sheridan said.

"I actually thought we were taking the game to them in the second half and I thought there was nothing between the sides.

"I was pleased with the way we were playing but very disappointed with the way we have conceded goals.

"I thought the defending was very poor. We've played well for an hour and then shot ourselves in the foot defensively. I think we just switched off and I just think the second goal killed us."