Burnley (A) | Post Match Thread

Of course they count. I’ve seen Lee Bradbury and Erling Haaland wear the number 9 shirt for City. I know which one I prefer and the league needs neutrals for that to happen.
Absolutely. I don't get away very often nowadays due to family commitments the cost, lack of points but I did the hard yards for many years. At no time in my 43 years of being a Blue, have I been planning on checking with anyone to see if I "count" or not. Sheesh. One born every minute.
 
Easy really.

Rodri is the best DM in the world by a mile.

Walker, superb.

Kovacic, tidy on the ball. Looks a class act.

Foden. Underwhelming again for me. When you look at Saka and the way he's playing, Foden really has to step up now. Brilliant talent no doubt, but he just looks like he's trying too hard most of the time.

Haaland. Best in the business at what he does.

Pep. Agree with Neville, shouldn't be shouting at his own players infront of the cameras. Bit naughty that.

Thought we played very well. Dominant.
 
Bit ironic coming from burnley & not wanting to sound racist! but I was in corporate in the bob lord stand, 4 “south Asian” “city fans” paid £580 each for tickets!wtf!! in fairness one guy had our away top from last season on but the two young women spent the entire game on their phones!! the fuckin mind boggles
580 for a ticket, if they had citezens membership they could go to 6-8 games for that ammount
 
Just think it should be done in the dressing room personally. Pep isn't a full shilling, but that's what probably makes him the genius he is.
What difference does it make. Pep wants to make the point immediately, not wait to get into the dressing room.

I guess Neville did all his management talks in the dressing room which is why he was so successful. Oh wait.
 
What difference does it make. Pep wants to make the point immediately, not wait to get into the dressing room.

I guess Neville did all his management talks in the dressing room which is why he was so successful. Oh wait.
It's more to do with the fact kids are watching at home. Not about being successful or not
 
Kids are going to be scarred by a manager talking to a player?
The point I'm making is decent behaviour. I rarely agree with Neville, but on this occasion I did.

If your boss did that to you at work infront of your colleagues, would this be acceptable? He's doing it on national television infront of millions of viewers. Haaland looked embarrassed.

Whatever you say, it's wrong. I absolutely love Pep, but I'll call indecent behaviour out when it needs calling out. The man needs a little self control from time to time.
 
The point I'm making is decent behaviour. I rarely agree with Neville, but on this occasion I did.

If your boss did that to you at work infront of your colleagues, would this be acceptable? He's doing it on national television infront of millions of viewers. Haaland looked embarrassed.
Decent behavior. Neville would have been best off spending his time talking about the scumbags launching things at Lewis, trying to run on the pitch to get at Alvarez and booing the players taking the knee, even more so when their manager is black and has spoken at length about the issue of racism in football.

Pep and Haaland are walking off the pitch towards the tunnel, hes not doing it in the middle of the game is he. Christ.
 
Whatever you say, it's wrong. I absolutely love Pep, but I'll call indecent behaviour out when it needs calling out. The man needs a little self control from time to time.
Give it a rest mate, I see every single manager in world football doing it every week.

Refer to my last post about behavior last night if you want to go down that route. Pep talking to Haaland clearly offends you more than racist scumbags that are sat around us at football stadiums.
 
Decent behavior. Neville would have been best off spending his time talking about the scumbags launching things at Lewis, trying to run on the pitch to get at Alvarez and booing the players taking the knee, even more so when their manager is black and has spoken at length about the issue of racism in football.

Pep and Haaland are walking off the pitch towards the tunnel, hes not doing it in the middle of the game is he. Christ.
Agree with absolutely everything you say in the first paragraph, but it doesn't make it right what Pep did?

You'll always get scumbags at Football, every club has them including us. You can't control that.
 
Just want to compare the sending off of the Burnley player last night for his challenge last night and the Casemiro chalkenge on Akanji in the cup final. If you compare them both it is obvious how Pygmol and individual refs are manipulating games. The stats will show a less fancied opponent received a red in the 90th minute whilst losing 3 nil. A more fancied opponent receives a free kick for his team after he commits a red card challenge. So at a time it doesn't matter our stats regards red cards will show as a mark in our favour when the game is all but over but in a game involving a red shirt team he lets a red card challenge go so leaving the rags with 11 players and 3 officials on the pitch. Game manipulation in front of your eyes.
He did the same in the Carabou final v Newcastle also and yet again got away with a straight red card. Then scored the opener despite being offside.
Perhaps they need 2 asterix next to the cup winner icon, one for FFP cheats and one for Officiating cheats.

Amazing isn't it, 2 finals, red card avoided in each final, offside goal allowed, soft penalty v Jack, penalty for same offence by them totally ignored (from our cross 5 mins later, cross hit Wan Bisaka on arm, blatant penalty on Kev waved away. Amazing how it always goes 1 way only in their favour isnt it
 
Agree with absolutely everything you say in the first paragraph, but it doesn't make it right what Pep did?

You'll always get scumbags at Football, every club has them including us.
What Pep did was talk to his player. That is it. Nothing more. The way your going on about it is if he was man handling him and giving him a slap in the centre circle.
 
The point I'm making is decent behaviour. I rarely agree with Neville, but on this occasion I did.

If your boss did that to you at work infront of your colleagues, would this be acceptable? He's doing it on national television infront of millions of viewers. Haaland looked embarrassed.

Whatever you say, it's wrong. I absolutely love Pep, but I'll call indecent behaviour out when it needs calling out. The man needs a little self control from time to time.
And nothing said about Haaland berating his team mate ? At the end of the day Bernie was following team orders & knows what happens if you go off script, Pep was reminding Erl what that means, the fact Erl chirped back means Pep was gonna reprimand him on the spot, if he nods & says ok sorry boss it doesn’t happen, IMHO thats healthy, if your kids step out of line they get told, and on the spot more times than not
 
The point I'm making is decent behaviour. I rarely agree with Neville, but on this occasion I did.

If your boss did that to you at work infront of your colleagues, would this be acceptable? He's doing it on national television infront of millions of viewers. Haaland looked embarrassed.

Whatever you say, it's wrong. I absolutely love Pep, but I'll call indecent behaviour out when it needs calling out. The man needs a little self control from time to time.
Pep is spontaneous, passionate & honest. Players love it. Neville’s jealous as f***
 
And nothing said about Haaland berating his team mate ? At the end of the day Bernie was following team orders & knows what happens if you go off script, Pep was reminding Erl what that means, the fact Erl chirped back means Pep was gonna reprimand him on the spot, if he nods & says ok sorry boss it doesn’t happen, IMHO thats healthy, if your kids step out of line they get told, and on the spot more times than not
I see what you mean, but this is the beauty of opinions.

As a fan I just felt uncomfortable watching it. I wouldn't berate another colleague infront of the whole unit. There's a time and a place.

Love Pep, but he's a mad bastard. What makes him what he is I guess.
 
Pep is spontaneous, passionate & honest. Players love it. Neville’s jealous as f***
N-evil-le is just clutching at straws, pure and simple.
Oh for a perfect world eh !!
I also think the Pep way of continuously motivating players, his ability to adapt and his ever present desire to succeed is a far greater lesson for any youngster then berating a player on screen.
 
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Always an easy game when we benefit from an early goal.

Haaland and Rodri…wow!

Pep v Haaland…WTF? (Haven’t read the thread.)

Comfortable win and an ideal start to the season other than KDB’s injury. Said it loads of times but he’s mismanaged by club and country given his fragile condition for a few years now.

We will rely on him less and less as he nears the end of his career.
 

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