Burnley (A) 30.03.2019

[Deano]

Disappointing, would maybe take 1 Burnley player here at a push so we shouldn't really be losing to them. We were the better side on balance but we didn't work their keeper nearly enough.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

If I want to see teams at the bottom beaten pick any other mid table side but us! Losses to Burnley Cardiff Huddersfield twice gives us pause for genuine thought. We have not played well in any of those games either. To dismiss it is crackers. Not good enough all round today.

We have also beaten Cardiff and Burnley.
We have beaten Southampton
We have beaten Newcastle
We have beaten Palace
We have beaten Bournemouth

Plenty of points taken off the bottom half as well.

We are inconsistent. And that is why we aren't closer to the top six, I agree, but we have taken a lot of points of the shite teams as well. The double from Huddersfield is the outlier, but we ALWAYS lose to them and hopefully won't need to play them again for a long time.

 

[playtheace]

We created fuck all in the box today, we had 1 header on target. Each time Traore or Costa get the ball on the right, they dawdle on it or play the wrong ball around the outside and we run into blind alleys. That poor passing in the final third is what has cost us today.

If Traore hadn't have "dawdled" today we wouldn't have created anything.
Everything goes down the sides, even when Raul comes on, plays on the last man, tries to open up through balls...(he did this twice, pointing away for a quick ball) ... We fucking go and play it out wide once again.
People will say its bollocks but some players had next Sunday in their mind today.

 

[Tredman]

Nuno needs to coach Traore to release the ball quicker, so many times he collects it, beats his man, then stops... Allowing his man to track back, then he beats him round the outside and puts in a poor cross and we lose possession.

Repeat x 100 and that sums him up at the moment.

Not quite sure what you wanted him to do, he beat his man looked up and there was no one there. Repeat ad infinitum.

 

[PuntsWolf]

That just becomes pre-season. I want Europa by either method.

Anyway - bye-bye Huddersfield, you won't be missed.

So did I until today. But it isn’t just preseason, not all the teams are farmers from Eastern Europe and you can still only make 3 subs, so the players need to be fit already.

 

[playtheace]

Not quite sure what you wanted him to do, he beat his man looked up and there was no one there. Repeat ad infinitum.

True

 

[Parkins left foot]

Despite this defeat we are still 7th with a game in hand over 8th place - really not sure what more any of us was thinking was possible anyway.

 

[Deleted Cyber]

Disappointing, would maybe take 1 Burnley player here at a push so we shouldn't really be losing to them. We were the better side on balance but we didn't work their keeper nearly enough.

At all. One header.

Geoff Boycotts gran could have been in goal for Burnley today.

They only had one shot on target. That went in.

Despite all the positives, the plaudits, the hype its results against shit teams like this that absolutely pisses me off far more than losing to a top 6 team. Its slack. If we genuinely want to make it a sky 7 these results are exactly what needs to change.

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

Not quite sure what you wanted him to do, he beat his man looked up and there was no one there. Repeat ad infinitum.

Would have liked him to cut inside and run towards the box, play a one two in the way Jota does

 

[Tredman]

Would have liked him to cut inside and run towards the box, play a one two in the way Jota does

Half the time he was on the goal line, so that's not really possible. He needed a player to come towards him, or be in the middle for a cross.

 

[Deleted Cyber]

Despite this defeat we are still 7th with a game in hand over 8th place - really not sure what more any of us was thinking was possible anyway.

No that's true. But the points chucked away against the bottom sides would have us breathing down Chelsea's neck.

Our record against the bottom four is w2 d1 lost 4.

For a side in 7th that sucks

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

At all. One header.

Geoff Boycotts gran could have been in goal for Burnley today.

They only had one shot on target. That went in.

Despite all the positives, the plaudits, the hype its results against shit teams like this that absolutely pisses me off far more than losing to a top 6 team. Its slack. If we genuinely want to make it a sky 7 these results are exactly what needs to change.

Just ignoring my post that shows that 40% of our points total has come from beating up the shit sides I see.

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

Traore was playing at RWB, he spent more time near the halfway line than the goalline...

He collected the ball a few times in midfield, skinned his man..... And then paused, to skin his man again and go outside. I would have liked to see him running towards goal, not pausing to let Burnley reset.

 

[White Wolf]

No that's true. But the points chucked away against the bottom sides would have us breathing down Chelsea's neck.

Our record against the bottom four is w2 d1 lost 4.

For a side in 7th that sucks

Make that the bottom 5 and it goes up to W3 D1 L4. How convenient of you to miss that out.

 

[Deleted Cyber]

We have also beaten Cardiff and Burnley.
We have beaten Southampton
We have beaten Newcastle
We have beaten Palace
We have beaten Bournemouth

Plenty of points taken off the bottom half as well.

We are inconsistent. And that is why we aren't closer to the top six, I agree, but we have taken a lot of points of the shite teams as well. The double from Huddersfield is the outlier, but we ALWAYS lose to them and hopefully won't need to play them again for a long time.

Sorry mate didn't see it before I posted.

I am adding palace at home, Watfoird at home as two more shit performances. Brighton was unlucky. But of the best of the rest teams we have the worse record against the current bottom six. I really don't think its as easy as meh, move on to Tuesday. We got 4 fortunate points from Newcastle too. I am not getting to cocky about us yet. We are far to inconsistent for my liking.

 

[Deleted Cyber]

Make that the bottom 5 and it goes up to W3 D1 L4. How convenient of you to miss that out.

Who we have still to play. I hope you pipe up if we lose that. You ignore it if you like. I think its something we need to sort and have done all season. So I am completely consistent.

 

[Derby Wolf]

Think id have started Vinagre rather than Jonny, his energy would have pinned them back and he'd have been the better option especially when we conceded so early. Very surprised he didn't get any minutes with how the game panned out.

Thought Traore did fine mostly. Beat his man and got it in but didn't have much to aim at with Jota and Cav up front and no focal point. Think we threatened more but can't legislate for a smash and grab performance like that.

Costa offered less than fuck all when he came on. A couple of times he got the ball and only had one man but didn't even look to take him on. I've no idea whats wrong him but he just looks bereft. Don't expect him to be here next season.

Frustrating day but it wasn't a no show like Huddersfield or Cardiff away. Really poor start and then a suckerpunch in the second. I'm more concerned we get through the games with no injuries to be honest.

 

[Premier Quality]

Would have liked him to cut inside and run towards the box, play a one two in the way Jota does

He’s a different player to Jota and did his job well today - beat his man, put in crosses, won headers, ran into space (!), and generally got us forward - the run where he got the ball at right back and went across the pitch to the left edge of their box before passing to Jota to shoot was excellent.

He wasn’t the issue today, I’m not sure why you’re so focussed on him.

 

[playtheace]

Think id have started Vinagre rather than Jonny, his energy would have pinned them back and he'd have been the better option especially when we conceded so early. Very surprised he didn't get any minutes with how the game panned out.

Thought Traore did fine mostly. Beat his man and got it in but didn't have much to aim at with Jota and Cav up front and no focal point. Think we threatened more but can't legislate for a smash and grab performance like that.

Costa offered less than fuck all when he came on. A couple of times he got the ball and only had one man but didn't even look to take him on. I've no idea whats wrong him but he just looks bereft. Don't expect him to be here next season.

Frustrating day but it wasn't a no show like Huddersfield or Cardiff away. Really poor start and then a suckerpunch in the second. I'm more concerned we get through the games with no injuries to be honest.

Definitely wasn't a no show I agree, it's just so gutting that weve lost to, probaly, the worst team I've seen this season.
Even Huddersfield played better than shower of shit today.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Sorry mate didn't see it before I posted.

I am adding palace at home, Watfoird at home as two more shit performances. Brighton was unlucky. But of the best of the rest teams we have the worse record against the current bottom six. I really don't think its as easy as meh, move on to Tuesday. We got 4 fortunate points from Newcastle too. I am not getting to cocky about us yet. We are far to inconsistent for my liking.

Why are you adding Watford in for crying out fucking loud? They are in EIGHTH.

Bottom seven

Huddersfield P2 Pts 0
Fulham P1 Pts 1
Cardiff P2 Pts 3
Burnley P2 Pts 3
Southampton P1 Pts 3
Brighton P1 Pts 0
Newcastle P2 Pts 4

Huddersfield is the outlier as I say. Good returns elsewhere (assuming we do something against Brighton at home).

At the end of the day, it doesn't actually matter whom you garner the points off, the table is what is important. And we are best of the rest.