Following the Clarets' return to the top flight last summer after a 33-year absence, Blake started the campaign with a bang, netting a spectacular winner against Manchester United in August in the first Premier League match to be held at Turf Moor. However, much has changed since then for both the player and his team, with Blake losing his place in the starting XI after Brian Laws' appointment as manager in January and Burnley slipping down the table before finally being relegated at the weekend. Blake has started just four matches under Laws, and with his contract coming to an end this summer, the former Bradford frontman feels it may be time to move on. "I need to play games and where I'm at, I'm not playing games at the moment," Blake, 34, said. "It's deeply frustrating for me as a person, knowing that I want to play more games and feeling I'm good enough to play more games and be in the side. "You ask any player and they will say they want to be in the side, and it has been sheer frustration for me. "Based on that, it's probably looking bleak for me to be at the football club next season." He added: "The club has been talking with me, but it's not an easy decision to make. I love Burnley Football Club - the fans are great, the team spirit is fantastic and so is the club as a unit. "It will purely be a footballing decision that I leave the football club." The Clarets' fate was sealed on Sunday after a 4-0 home defeat to Liverpool, intensifying speculation that Laws' job could be under threat. The 48-year-old, brought in after Owen Coyle's defection to Bolton, has overseen 14 defeats in 17 matches and is set for talks about his future with club chairman Barry Kilby. Along with poor results, reports of dressing-room unrest have also dogged Laws' time in charge and the manager denied having a bust-up with Blake after substituting him at half-time during the 6-1 defeat to Manchester City earlier this month. Blake has cited Coyle's departure as a blow Burnley ultimately struggled to recover from, but the forward insists he has no problem with Laws, who he believes can bring the good times back to Turf Moor with a promotion push next season. Asked if he viewed Laws as the right man to take Burnley forward, Blake said: "I don't see any reason why not. "It was a difficult job for him when he came in - taking over after Owen Coyle, it's a hard act to follow. "We haven't got the results that the manager needed and I'm pretty sure he will come back a bigger and better person for the relegation. "If he is still at the football club (next season) that's great and he'll do a good enough job for us."
