Burnley (a) pre-match thread

[Lee won pen]

Not in the squad as he's injured.

Ok, so not him.
It’s the wider point that’s important though .... involve a youngster just for the experience, there’s no harm and it would be a terrific experience for a youngster

 

[Dax777]

I'm sorry but if we are being honest, having 6 on the bench is a Message to the league.

Stop injuring the players :(

 

[SebastianBlue]

You embarrass too easily.

Bit harsh, SWP—I think there is a valid concern on how this reflects/affects the academy.

Also, you need to be careful or @twosips will have a very unflattering analysis video of your morning routine up on the tubes by tomorrow. ;-)

 

[The blue phantom]

Quality venom in that post girlbob, respect. What has that sour prick said now?

He's only said what a fair few on here have.

 

[Cobwebcat]

Pep is making a point but I think it's to Tixi......just my take.

Twosips will not be happy.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Silva failed a late fitness test by the looks of it, shirt in the changing room on snapchat

 

[bugsyblue]

How would you know if hes wrong for another 2 hours. He has all the information we dont.

I don’t understand. Win or lose today not naming a seventh sub is the wrong decision.

 

[mancity1]

Neville ripping into us because we only have six on the bench , not sure if Pep is doing this to prove the fact we are being kicked put of the game and have a few injuries , but surely one of the academy lads could be on the bench just for the experience , leaving us wide open to criticism from all and sundry naming just six players , sure its water off a ducks back to Pep ,he will just ignore the f*ckers and win the game that will shut them all up.

Only outfielders that would get a gig today are Yaya , Diaz , Zinchenko and Laporte so not sure why the big deal if one of the under 23's couldn't come up etc.

No Stones , Silva, Jesus , Mane , Delph and Foden and Mendy so as you can see without 5/6 players who would either start of be on the bench for this game if fit we are a bit thin as we have decided to go with a squad of 21 plus youngsters.

 

[twosips]

He's having a meltdown on twitter.

I give a shit about the academy and the young lads. There is no good reason for this. It's an incredibly negative thing to do.

 

[MarsLlama]

Neville has a point.
Nmecha wasn’t in the squad last night. Wouldn’t have harmed to involve him today seeing as Pep publicly promoted him to first team training.

No, it wouldn't have hurt... if he wasn't f**king injured.

I find it a little embarrassing how quickly everyone is happy to jump on (ex-United) Gary fucking Neville's fake outrage train rather than wait and see if the greatest manager in our history has a logical explanation. As it turns out, he does. So what's the problem?

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

We won't lose this game because of the subs bench. Chill.

If a couple of our players get butchered early doors , the bench might have an influence on the result , here's hoping the officials do their job.

 

[SWP's back]

Neville has a point.
Nmecha wasn’t in the squad last night. Wouldn’t have harmed to involve him today seeing as Pep publicly promoted him to first team training.

Yeah. And Mendy as well. He didn’t play last get either.

 

[bugsyblue]

Silva failed a late fitness test by the looks of it, shirt in the changing room on snapchat

Pep should have said this when asked because he’s made it sound like it’s a statement (against all the fouls we’ve received)

 

[Sky Blue]

I give a shit about the academy and the young lads. There is no good reason for this. It's an incredibly negative thing to do.

Never mind you can do a mad arm waving vlog about it later. Get it off your chest.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

only 6 subs? weird.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

I'm sorry but if we are being honest, having 6 on the bench is a Message to the league.

Stop injuring the players :(

And they won't listen. Another injury today no doubt.

 

[SWP's back]

Can you not see how demoralising it will be for the kids?

As opposed to someone receiving an unexpected call to say you’re in the first team squad today.

No I can’t.

We have three kids on the bench as it is and they played yesterday.

Huge fuss bout nothing.

 

[Neville Kneville]

No reason not to pick one of the kids for the bench, even if he has no intention of playing him.

He can just be there, for the experience. And it's good publicity for the academy, having players involved.

This just invites bad publicity & we have 100s of people just waiting for that opportunity, they have now been given..

 

[dronefromsector7G]

No reason not to pick one of the kids for the bench, even if he has no intention of playing him.

He can just be there, for the experience. And it's good publicity for the academy, having players involved.

This just invites bad publicity & we have 100s of people just waiting for that opportunity, they have now been given..

Fuck em

 

[hertsblue]

We all know the media hates us but not naming a 7th sub gives them easy ammunition. We don't help ourselves at times