Burnley are having a "really good start to the season", according to BBC Radio Lancashire commentator Scott Reid.
The Clarets are fourth in the Championship table, four points outside the automatic promotion spots and have lost just once in their last 12 games, amid considerable squad turnover following Premier League relegation.
"I say that because of the challenges Scott Parker has had," Reid told BBC Radio Bristol's Sound of the City show ahead of the Clarets' visit to Ashton Gate on Saturday.
"The squad he has got now is not the squad he had when the season started.