Burnley (a) pre-match thread

[BringBackSwales]

I was sat 5 rows behind dyche at the Etihad.

Absolute twat.

I hope you told him Worsley? Mind you he is a big twat so you’d want to be in row 10. He really is a twat, one good season and he thinks he is the new Ian Holloway

 

[SebastianBlue]

I hope you told him Worsley? Mind you he is a big twat so you’d want to be in row 10. He really is a twat, one good season and he thinks he is the new Ian Holloway

And he had one good season and thought he was Kevin Keegan.

 

[Ric]

Team pretty much picks itself today, only question marks are in defence. I think Laporte will start again, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Danilo came in for Zinchenko.

Expecting a tough game, and wouldn’t be surprised if it ended up a draw. Would be nice to notch up another victory though and extend the gap to 18 points, albeit temporarily.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Team pretty much picks itself today, only question marks are in defence. I think Laporte will start again, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Danilo came in for Zinchenko.

Expecting a tough game, and wouldn’t be surprised if it ended up a draw. Would be nice to notch up another victory though and extend the gap to 18 points, albeit temporarily.

What would you be surprised with? ;-)

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

Calling it right now. One of our players to get straight red for a questionable reckless tackle.. the irony..

Agree; said it on another thread

 

[blueparrot]

Team pretty much picks itself today, only question marks are in defence. I think Laporte will start again, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Danilo came in for Zinchenko.

Expecting a tough game, and wouldn’t be surprised if it ended up a draw. Would be nice to notch up another victory though and extend the gap to 18 points, albeit temporarily.

Picks itself unless we go 3 at the back, have a feeling he might consider it with Laporte in and a front 2 of Aguero and Sterling. Zinchenko can give left wing back a go.

 

[Ric]

What would you be surprised with? ;-)

A 6-0 drubbing.

 

[Turner92]

Got a feeling we'll see a back 3 today

 

[Ric]

Picks itself unless we go 3 at the back, have a feeling he might consider it with Laporte in and a front 2 of Aguero and Sterling. Zinchenko can give left wing back a go.

Could be an option, but they wouldn’t have had much time to work on it in training so can’t see him changing formation today. You never know with Pep though!

 

[SebastianBlue]

A 6-0 drubbing.

You read it hear first, lads:

Ric’s predicting a 6-nil victory for us!

 

[BusterPhillips]

Agree; said it on another thread

Its so preditable, Pep rightly highlighted the FA as a bunch of useless ****s but they will be looking for any excuse to get back at him / us.

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

Its so preditable, Pep rightly highlighted the FA as a bunch of useless ****s but they will be looking for any excuse to get back at him / us.

Yep; there’s also a nice little piece on the BBC sports page with Sterling saying our players are getting ‘butchered’ due to (essentially) poor reffing.

Imo we are guaranteed a red in this game or one very soon as punishment

 

[ganganvince]

Calling it right now. One of our players to get straight red for a questionable reckless tackle.. the irony..

Probably a forward to inflict maximum damage

 

[San Tropez]

Haha, actually met Ashley Barnes some years ago when he was playing (well, that might be a strong word) for Oxford United as a mate’s dad was a coach for them at the time.

Let’s just say I would have been astonished to learn that he knew who Oscar Wilde was, much less had ever read any of his work (or read, anything, actually). He made a young Wayne Rooney look like an older Brian Cox.

In his defence, I will say Barnes probably has an inkling who Oscar Wilde was seeing as much of Oxford is forever plastered with pictures of O W. Probably even knows who Sebastian Flyte was :-), SebastianBlue. D

 

[SebastianBlue]

In his defence, I will say Barnes probably has an inkling who Oscar Wilde was seeing as much of Oxford is forever plastered with pictures of O W. Probably even knows who Sebastian Flyte was :-), SebastianBlue. D

So... you got the joke, then. ;-)

 

[Easy]

Hes played one game ffs and now hes our best C B. pmsl

Didn’t say he is our best CB just that he is better on the ball than what we have.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Dyche's comments regarding Pep and our youth policy are a little premature , Pep is in his 2nd season so development of players from the academy will not happen in two seasons , Pep will be judged regarding our youth players in the next 2 or 3 years , i believe Diaz,Foden,Maffeo,Zinchenko,Gunn have real potential to develop into regular first team players. As for the game today a 1-0 win and no successful physical assaults from the opposition would be very welcome.

 

[worsleyweb]

I hope you told him Worsley? Mind you he is a big twat so you’d want to be in row 10. He really is a twat, one good season and he thinks he is the new Ian Holloway

I called him a gravel voice bald ginger moaning bastad. I got a glance!

 

[Machiavelli]

I called him a gravel voice bald ginger moaning bastad. I got a glance!

Pmsl.

 

[vincent]

Dyche's comments regarding Pep and our youth policy are a little premature , Pep is in his 2nd season so development of players from the academy will not happen in two seasons , Pep will be judged regarding our youth players in the next 2 or 3 years , i believe Diaz,Foden,Maffeo,Zinchenko,Gunn have real potential to develop into regular first team players. As for the game today a 1-0 win and no successful physical assaults from the opposition would be very welcome.

True; but I think he was making a broader point and he is right. So hard now for young players to come through due to the intense competition and pressure. Same at Chelsea and United other clubs where the expectation is very high every season and coming 2nd is not good enough.