Burnley (A) - Fri 11th Aug | Pre-Match Thread

[Lemon7277]

Laporte must of tampered with peps Xmas turkey last year

No stones or Diaz and still cant step foot on the pitch

 

[SWPISHOME]

And Kev and Jules and Erling and…

Phil in particular for me. He's come under alot of heavy criticism the last few weeks.

He'll show who's boss tonight..

 

[MichaelBBack]

Here we go! So excited to see the team again (last week didn't count). Let's make it 4 in a row, lads!

 

[discopop]

Peter Schmeichel is a ****!

Fucking shocked I am

 

[bluemc1]

Foden to win Pl player of the season

Early shout

 

[youngbob]

Burnley fans seems equally perplexed by their line-up.

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

Would appreciate it if Gary fucking Neville didn’t pretend to speak for me.

Don’t like people going off for 30 seconds. It should be 2 minutes.

 

[TrentGrisham]

I like the lineup. Just wish Phil was playing where I assume Alvarez is and Grealish was on the left.

 

[Impeccable One]

I have no doubt that this selection takes in to account the games played at the business end of last season and even considering what we'll need at the business end of THIS season. I'm 100% certain Pep thinks this way. Teams good enough to do the job and save some minutes from those who expended a lot last season and will be needed to do the same again this season.

 

[Zapcity]

I think some people in our fanbase have convinced themselves alvarez is a donkey with no technique who can't play anywhere but pure 9 on his own. Luckily pep gets to see him everyday and disagrees.

Potentially he's a great player, his goals per game ratio last season was pretty good too.
Good workmate and technique from what I can see, still pretty new to the league and the country too.
If someone saw him for the first and only time last Sunday they may not have been hugely impressed, but a glorified pre season friendly is hardly the best barometer.