Burnley (A) Post Match Thread

Onlymcfc said:
Its as simple as no killer instinct today. Aguero does not fit in this system, he scores goals because thats what he knows but cant help but feel like there would be someone more effective.
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He scores against Newcastle, Bristol, Cardiff. Will score against Basel & Wigan. I've not looked back on the games or his goals this season but the only goal I remember him scoring against the top teams is the 1st against Liverpool? He's a fantastic player but in this system against tough opposition he doesn't perform. We need Jesus back ASAP
 
Gundogan, Sterling and Sergio were the worst performers today. Bernardo didn't do much either. Basically our front three were useless. We arrived to their box many times with good numbers, often with 3-on-3 or 3-on-2 situations. It's not unreasonable to expect to have scored at least 4 goals today.

Ultimately though, you can blame individual players all you want, but the manager had no options to change the game. We've now got some very difficult games coming up and we'll do well not to see our lead slip to single figures. You can't expect the same three players to play every minute of every game at a high level.
 
Taking Raheem off was a poor decision.

We lost all of our pace on the counter which we would have got opportunities to exploit seeing as Burnley were going for a winner.

I think Pep got sick of him after that miss.
 
GY.Blue said:
Diaz on for Sterling shouldn't have happened just because pep was pissed off with him for missing that sitter,bringing an inexperienced player on for him was out of order for me.
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Why ? Sterling puts too much pressure on him after missing a sitter. Pep made the right decision. There was no time for a player regretting a sitter to be on the pitch.
 
I expected a draw before the game and voted accordingly on this forum.

As soon as I saw both Gundogan and Bernardo were playing I knew we would be slow and disjointed at times because both of them are slow and from what I've seen not up to it. Still mystified why Sterling was made to play on the left all game, he's nowhere near as effective on that side of the pitch. Thought Walker was at fault for their goal, went to sleep and didn't anticipate the Burnley player would get in front of him. If hadn't been for Ederson's two world class saves we could have easily lost the game.

Oh well, on to the next game and hopefully Pep can get rid of this wastefulness in front of goal that seems to have crept back into our game.
 
GY.Blue said:
Diaz on for Sterling shouldn't have happened just because pep was pissed off with him for missing that sitter,bringing an inexperienced player on for him was out of order for me.
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How are young players meant to get experience if not when the starting squad is depleted by injuries? Sterling deserved to be subbed, too. Nobody is untouchable.
 
GY.Blue said:
Diaz on for Sterling shouldn't have happened just because pep was pissed off with him for missing that sitter,bringing an inexperienced player on for him was out of order for me.
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I think he was worried Sterling was starting to get frustrated. Before the miss Gundogan had 2-3 chances to pass to him and chances are he would have scored from where he was. I noticed his face was starting to show signs of getting a bit pissed off. In my opinion he did well to keep at it even though he kept getting over looked due to a lack of correct decision by Gundogan or others.
 
So badly needed a goalscorer evident to all so why leave it till the last day? Sterling miss was a disgrace and cost us three points but wasnt on his own Aguero apart from missing two sitters did nothing Gundo guilty also You could see PEP getting more and more annoyed Do not know what can be more costly todays toss off or another transfer window where we fail to get what we really needed
 
Franknorgrovesnephew said:
Sorry pal I did lol
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no worries...

I really like Diaz .....he is so positive and loves to run at the defender and thats his first thought.....we need that in our team...he is young at present and needs the next two years of being on the bench, getting regular game time through subs appearances and then we could have a very special player on our hands (same with Fodden )
 
Great performance again but the amount of missed chances is shocking and was asking for trouble at the end. Can't say we should be overly concerned but I think Sane and Jesus would have taken one of the countless chances today. Gundogan still lacking in the final third but overall played well. 13 points clear at the end of the day and onto the next one.
 
K.Reeves right foot said:
Think everyone needs to chill......yeah frustrating but we're 16 points ahead ffs! Tomorrow it'll be irrelevant as we march on. We didn't lose. Sterling does need a rocket from Pep, then a cuddle. Bring on Leicester. We'll take it out on them. Gundogan i thought was fantastic, our best player cant understand why people are slating him.
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Agreed.. though its always forgotten that goal difference is an extra point. by the end today we will have a minimum FOURTEEN point cushion. That is 5 games our rivals need to win and we lose. League is sown up. Its how we manage the cup's with injuries
 
Neville Kneville said:
Fair enough. Apologies.

An open net is an open net though.
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His whole interview focused on two things. The side Sterling prefers to play on and his finishing. The two things that caused problems today.

It was either brilliantly incisive by Neville or it got to Raheem.

But they settled too much for 1-0 and that was a mistake today. They also for the first time finished a game second best and looked like the games had caught them up.

Truth is but for an amazing save they could have lost that game.

But this is why we are not going to win the league by a huge total in the way some are saying. It will be much closer. The season is long and we are starting to feel the effects of injury.

He HAS to play Sterling next week - though. He needs his confidence back. He should not have been taken off today as Sergio could have come off given his performance today and pushing Sterling in the middle to try to get the winner was the best thing he could do.
 
Sack the board!

Disappointing result and sloppy finishing but a point not the end of the world. The players need a rest now and we go again.

We are still going to be a point better off than we were last week at a minimum thanks to Spurs beating the tags so all good.

Sterling shouldn't take the blame it was all round poor finishing notably Aguero was very poor and even KDB quiet.

Just one of those days.
 
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