Burnley (H) | Post-Match Thread

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

looked like a pen on Phil at the game towards the end? Yes or no?

That was one of the half dozen pens I called this afternoon. The pick of the bunch. It met the criterion of a penal offence as written in the LotG. Unfortunately the Time Lord has a different set to the rest of us. It was a barge in the back, but if yer don't award penalties for the blatant holding at corners yer not gonna get a wee shove in the back, particularly if yer 2-0 up and Atkinson is in charge of the whistle.

 

[ancoats]

Glad for the 3 points, Bernardo , KDB & the clean sheet.

Its nice to dominate and control the game, but Pep needs to improve the team in the final 3rd.

we are getting better defending a score and really did not really look like losing after we scored
yes a silly mistake can happen anytime and normally when we do it then its at a cost of a goal but they are becoming less and less. pep will live and die on his setup and the false 9 rotation. but yes the final 3rd is the killer in this squad
and we have to get better at finishing but until we can bring in a striker or 2 we plod on

would also like to give a big shout out to Steffen with a solid performance
must be hard having to come in from the cold each week watching ederson but did great today and will go unnoticed by many because of a couple of slip ups in play from the back

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

It was an adequate performance , we got the job done and that is all , on another day Burnley take some of their chances and we end up drawing or losing , but we were also profligate in front of goal, we just didnt click today our creative players apart from Bernardo were all having games to forget
Grinding out results as we well know is part of winning a title , ww made hard work of an average opponent and the three points was the only thing that really mattered after the Dippers gave Watford a mauling, we have got a nice run of games now to put a few wins together and see what the Dippers are made of.

 

[eyalluvitt]

Burnley made it a bit hard but not that hard. They were miles better when Cornet was on the pitch. I have no idea why he was taken off, by far their most threatening forward. And after he went off we took total control of the game.

We lacked energy at times today but Rodri was class. Stones and Bernardo were excellent n’all.

de Bruyne and Cancelo’s passing was bloody awful today. Everything Cancelo hit was lazy. In a spell of four passes in the second half, he gave three away and stopped us attacking by passing backwards to nobody and Ake had to run after it with the other. Foden Mahrez and Sterling had poor games n’all.

But we won and we played around the same level against Southampton and didn’t win, so all good really.

Left-back Cornet wasn't fazed playing up top in front of hundreds and thousands at the Etihad

 

[i8rags]

A player tells us all, he fancies fucking off during a period of form more suitable of a player due to retire. He should be nowhere near the team.

 

[eyalluvitt]

Zack had a very good game. Saved our bacon in the first half and never looked as though he was gonna fuck it up for us.

Zack Steffen, he's the best thing to come out of Pennsylvania since my goomah,

 

[doots]

Sterling,give it up lad, you've done your best for City but give someone else a chance.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Bobbins but got the 3 points.

 

[eyalluvitt]

Usually a gimmie of a game but today it was the proverbial turd that just wouldn’t flush, till KDB sent them scurrying down to the sewers

 

[mscenterh750]

Easy threesy.