Burnley 1-0 Wolves: The Verdict

[Tony Towner]

Fabio was the only bright spark in today's front three and he gets pulled off!

At least one of our players had a happy ending

 

[redvictor]

The concern with that statement is right at the start. ‘I’ve seen this game too many times’. If it’s repeated several times, it’s not a one of is it. That should scream something needs changing,no?

That's the rub. Who's he going to change it for? There's not a goalscorer in the whole squad.

 

[Tony Towner]

We have one of the meanest defences in Europe. The stats are there to see. All teams concede goals but the top teams can score more than they concede game by game. We just cannot score.

Way too simplistic. We have 8 men and sometimes more behind the ball, that does a a lot to explain both stats

 

[Carsy]

That's the rub. Who's he going to change it for? There's not a goalscorer in the whole squad.

Even with a goal scorer, I don’t really recall any major chances other than our wingbacks? It’s not as if our forwards are missing chances. Only one I can remember is fabio’s pull back just waiting to be tapped in. He issue isn’t as simple as ‘sign a goal scorer and we will be fine’

 

[Carsy]

Way too simplistic. We have 8 men and sometimes more behind the ball, that does a a lot to explain both stats

Also a keeper performing streaks above his XG conceded for example helps make it look meaner

 

[slink]

Bruno and the players to blame for various things. Actually played quite well at times in the first half but the front 3 made the wrong decision time after time. Bruno not at fault for that, it’s just the players we have and Neto was worse when he came on.

Bruno struggles to change a game though and makes baffling subs and can’t seem to see what the game needs. 424 definitely wasn’t the answer and neither was letting Hwang and Jimenez get 90 minutes.

 

[redvictor]

Even with a goal scorer, I don’t really recall any major chances other than our wingbacks? It’s not as if our forwards are missing chances. Only one I can remember is fabio’s pull back just waiting to be tapped in. He issue isn’t as simple as ‘sign a goal scorer and we will be fine’

He brought on Neto and Trincao. Goalscorers supposedly. He didn't change the wingbacks.

 

[sycophantia]

That's the rub. Who's he going to change it for? There's not a goalscorer in the whole squad.

He hasn't any players option wise so he needs to come up with a plan to create more and better goal scoring opportunities. Europe is all but gone now, we have 2 winnable games, plus we need to scrape some points from the top 3 teams. He may as well go with something radical in personnel and tactics, nothing to lose. If that means trying 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 and we're shit, at least it might tell us where we need to strengthen.

 

[redvictor]

Way too simplistic. We have 8 men and sometimes more behind the ball, that does a a lot to explain both stats

We do, and as someone else said the keepers stats are relevant. All of this doesn't mean a shit if we can't score even one goal. Which has been the case on more than one occasion.

 

[Carsy]

He brought on Neto and Trincao. Goalscorers supposedly. He didn't change the wingbacks.

Sorry, not sure of your point?

 

[redvictor]

He hasn't any players option wise so he needs to come up with a plan to create more and better goal scoring opportunities. Europe is all but gone now, we have 2 winnable games, plus we need to scrape some points from the top 3 teams. He may as well go with something radical in personnel and tactics, nothing to lose. If that means trying 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 and we're shit, at least it might tell us where we need to strengthen.

I know he hasn't, which leads me to the question again. Who you putting on the pitch today and against Newcastle to score. Unless we are going 1-1-8 i don't see tactically how you are scoring if everyone you play upfront has more chance of hitting it for a throw in than in the net.

 

[Jabbawolf]

I am getting less and less convinced by Lage as the season approaches its end, and would shed no tears if he were replaced….by someone progressive and proactive.

 

[redvictor]

Sorry, not sure of your point?

The point is we haven't got a proven goalscorer in a squad of 22. There were plenty of times in the match we could have fashioned a chance of scoring, but frankly the whole forward line is inept at even doing that, never mind hitting the target.

 

[PuntsWolf]

Spiers has confirmed the lost 14 out of 15 where we’ve conceded first stat, and the Villa one was a total freak. That is a total shambles of a stat.

Keeps playing this novlety 4-2-4 though that no one knows what they are doing in.

 

[Carsy]

The point is we haven't got a proven goalscorer in a squad of 22. There were plenty of times in the match we could have fashioned a chance of scoring, but frankly the whole forward line is inept at even doing that, never mind hitting the target.

But a goalscorer doesn’t necessarily change that, unless the said goalscorer is going to create chances for himself?

If you put a prime Van Nistleroy in that team he isn’t having chances created for him

 

[redvictor]

But a goalscorer doesn’t necessarily change that, unless the said goalscorer is going to create chances for himself?

If you put a prime Van Nistleroy in that team he isn’t having chances created for him

Chances were created by both wing backs. There was no one to finish them. 9 defeats by 1-0 this season. Maybe if we could score that stat might be different.

 

[Carsy]

Chances were created by both wing backs. There was no one to finish them. 9 defeats by 1-0 this season. Maybe if we could score that stat might be different.

Don’t recall any forwards missing a glut of chances? Hence our XG

 

[Wulfie88]

 

[WsWolf]

Don’t recall any forwards missing a glut of chances? Hence our XG

They didn't miss any, because we didn't create any.

 

[PuntsWolf]

The 3 forwards are supposed to create chances for each other. But 2 of them were awful. Raul on his heels all the time, poor decisions. Had a very presentable chance first half on his left where any decent contact is probably a goal but he scuffs it.