Burnley (A) Post Match Thread

I think Gundogan was poor today, as was Kompany, Sterling and Aguero. To say that isn’t the case is delusional but to say they are ‘gone’ or ‘shit’ is reactionary to the extreme
 
Ric said:
Thought Gundogan played very well today, and is benefitting from having a bit more game time. And how good is Ederson?!
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Ederson has better fundamentals than most outfield players in the league, never seen a keeper that confident on the ball, dare I say, not even Neure
 
I agree he should have switched the wingers - say on 50 mins. ala WBA last week. Our squad is thin with these injuries.
Still 16 points ahead - don't want to know what Rags are doing - so 3 last league games away - 0-0 at Palace , 4-3 at 'Pool and now 1-1 at Burnley.
Onwards Blues - Title still awaits.
 
Ric said:
Thought Gundogan played very well today, and is benefitting from having a bit more game time. And how good is Ederson?!
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I thought Gundogan had a terrible game today! He’s been really good recently but not sure I can agree with you on today’s performance.
 
Bluep*ss said:
I agree he should have switched the wingers - say on 50 mins. ala WBA last week. Our squad is thin with these injuries.
Still 16 points ahead - don't want to know what Rags are doing - so 3 last league games away - 0-0 at Palace , 4-3 at 'Pool and now 1-1 at Burnley.
Onwards Blues - Title still awaits.
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One consistent factor in those games, no Silva.
 
jrb said:
Would have brought Laporte on with 10 minutes to go. 5 at the back.

Not Pep's style, but sometimes when it's 0-1, shutting up shop is the best option.

I'd have taken 0-1 at the end.
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Hadn't thought about this but you're right.
We were rocking after the Sterling miss and the best option might have been to steady the ship at the back.
I know it's not Pep's style and we have scored late winners but surely it's horses for courses as we looked knackered in the final twenty minutes and had run out of ideas up front.
If they hadn't scored then they would have continued to put us under aerial bombardment and Laporte would have given us that extra solidity.
All ifs and maybes now.
 
Looked very tired. Think Sterling should have been left on with a 1-0 scoreline. With injuries and threadbare squad at the moment I think the title will be a lot closer than some think. More pressure on Leicester next week and need to get an early goal and get the three points.
 
Yeah going 5 at the back not a bad idea when we are only 1-0 up and clearly very tired and wasting chances.
 
One of those days when all our players that are out suddenly take on legendary status especially Sane, Mendy and Jesus. The real Silva is a legend so his absence will always affect us. Sterling Stirling Sterland whatever the supporters like to call him missed a sitter, this is never a surprise to anyone who has seen him play but he has been great this season so you need to accept this fault he has or madness will follow. Gundogan was good Bernardo still flatters to deceive.

Poor quality in the last third costs us 2 points and Burnley were excellent. Fair result.
 
Zin 'messiah' Zimmer said:
it never did andy cole any harm.... he's also a winger
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But it did do us harm today, his movement is good but he’s not reliable in front of goal. I think long term we should use him as a squad player and look for an elite wide player in the same class as silva/KDB.
 
The team looked mentally tired in the second half and thankfully they have four days off now. I think injuries and fatigue will test us to the limit on the run-in. Winning the League Cup will give us momentum to get across the line. I honestly feel the CL will be a step too far this season. The dice are loaded in favour of the countries which get a winter break unless we do a Chelsea and win it luckily.
 
cookster said:
Arrogant, unprofessional performance.
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And the most clueless post of the year winner is... this bellend!!

We’re clearly physically and mentally exhausted, we made a few sloppy passes, made a few poor decisions in possession and switched off occasionally but to say we were “arrogant and unprofessional” is just the biggest loads of bollocks.
 
AshLunn92 said:
I thought Gundogan had a terrible game today! He’s been really good recently but not sure I can agree with you on today’s performance.
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Totally disagree - Gundogan looked calm in possession, played at least half a dozen passes directly into the stride of a teammate and was the one midfielder constantly arriving in the box late. Unlucky not to score - only gripe is he should have taken a left footed shot twice when trying to shift to his right which gave defenders time to block. Not the reason we didn't win - wasteful forwards today. Having said that, maybe it was a good thing as it will remind the squad that games need putting to bed, with the tougher games ahead Pep will make sure we are more ruthless.
 
Healdplace said:
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.
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Good grief...he was taken off because he was utter pish, like he was at Liverpool a few weeks ago. Did Kun miss two open goals, one from about a foot out? What's with all this shit with poor little darling Rahim, poor little diddums...don't let all those nasty men and their loud shouting upset you.
"brilliantly incisive" from Neville which got to Sterling?...For goodness sake, if his confidence is so fragile that it can be upset by a prematch fun chat with a pundit then he shouldn't be anywhere near our 1st team.
 
I thought we played well but the one thing that did annoy the crap out of me was the amount of time we played in our own half passing to the keeper backward not forwards then we would give a sloppy ball away and start again
 
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