LIVE! Match discussion 2014/15

[slink]

They can't play 4-4-2 against teams like this, naive management. He will learn though.

It's made worse by doing it to accommodate Jutkiewicz who is just awful.

I'd agree, got to pack the midfield against Chelsea and match them in there as best as possible. Jutkiewicz was a poor signing imo, don't really rate him as a championship striker never mind a Premier League one.

 

[James]

Arfield goes close for a second.

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Credit to Burnley, they have started the second half well and could easily have pulled a goal back.

 

[The Bear]

Chelsea not even bothering to try now.

 

[slink]

Masterclass in how to manage a game and reserve energy whenever possible.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Masterclass in how to manage a game and reserve energy whenever possible.

Indeed, game awareness is one of the many areas where Brendan Rodgers is badly lacking.

 

[NorwayFB]

Rubbish 2nd half,Burnley dominating.

 

[slink]

Indeed, game awareness is one of the many areas where Brendan Rodgers is badly lacking.

To be fair to Brendan it's a side of the game that a lot of people fail on, players and coaches alike. Mourinho probably the best out there. Last season when they played PSG in the Champions League 2nd leg, they'd gone through in training what to do no matter what happened in the game right down to what would happen when Demba Ba came on. That's first class management.

 

[Nando]

Can't see anybody getting close to them or City. Very little to call between the two squads but I think Jose will be the difference in the end.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Can't see anybody getting close to them or City. Very little to call between the two squads but I think Jose will be the difference in the end.

This is it. Jose in big games is so good. Do you see Pellegrini outwitting him in either fixture? I don't.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Oh, and Matic is just ridiculously good. He is everything you want in a defensive midfielder.

 

[Nando]

Costa will have to stay fit though. City have shown they can get across the line with little output from Negredo and Aguero and Jovetic being absent for virtually the entire season. I don't see Drogba and Torres contributing all that much.

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Arsenal nearly behind after a few seconds.

 

[NorwayFB]

København v Leverkusen 1-1 already

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Demba Ba again, good save though.

The pitch looks awful.

 

[NorwayFB]

Arsenal almost behind yet again.Ba shot good save

 

[NorwayFB]

Giroud going close

 

[NorwayFB]

The pitch looks awful.

Terrible state of that pitch,they're moving in to a new stadium in a few months apparently.

 

[NorwayFB]

København 2-1 Leverkusen

 

[NorwayFB]

Blackpool scores!