Burnley (3rd rd FA Cup) Post Match thread

I didn't think they were overly aggressive.
Early on through the back of Silva, obvious yellow, but nothing, Fernandhino in 3 on 1 challenge, gave them the free kick, and then had words with Fernandhino. He gave us absolutely nothing in the first half, and when we finally took the lead, he walked back to the half way line looking crestfallen, he was dire, like most we get, so nothing new there. How Cork wasn't booked 3 or 4 times I don't know.
 
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Early on through the back of Silva, obvious yellow, but nothing, Fernandhino in 3 on 1 challenge, gave them the free kick, and then had words with Fernandhino. He gave us absolutely nothing in the first half, and when we finally took the lead, he walked back to the half way line looking crestfallen, he was dire, like most we get, so nothing new there. How Cork wasn't booked 3 or 4 times I don't know.
Fair enough. Take your word for it. I noticed the one on Silva alright.
 
It was one of the few things he got right, for me another useless twat, who gave our players no protection at all.
Totally agree.
What really annoys is what refs give fouls to the opposition for - yet when the opposition commit similar or wirse offences NOTHING. A similar situation for yellow cards too. It really is a disgrace.
 
English media are lauding Dyche as some sort of genius when in reality he is just the new Sam Allardyce.
Much as I take issue with his comments about Bernardo and other stuff, his record tells you he's a pretty good manager. When he takes a bigger job, Burnley will sink without trace.
 
And we've been there. When we had nothing and our backs were to the wall, we would have lauded such a style as a need to just get points and stay in the league.
Even in the dark days of the relegations we've always tried to play good football. We almost always seemed to appoint managers with an attacking ethos. Stuart Pearce wanted to play attacking football, but couldn't get it going. Strangely, he said Manure were a better bet for the title than us in August 17. Classic case of a world class player not suited to management. Alan Ball was another - he gave us Kinkladze though.
 
probably mentioned several times already, but this match reminded me of how valuable Ederson is.
Yep. The vaunted Burnley pressing (by MOTD) would have been pulled apart if Ederson was playing resulting in some serious issues for Burnley at the back.
 
probably mentioned several times already, but this match reminded me of how valuable Ederson is.
Absolutely mate. He would've broken that high press within minutes but instead they got their tails up and we looked nervous... Plus Ederson would've closed that down and not been beaten so easily at his near post...

...and no it hasn't been mentioned much because this morphed into the Burnley 2017-18 thread for a few hours.

Seems alright now though.
 

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