Burnley (H) | PL | Post Match Thread

[RiversideBlue]

We need to fix the midfield and the team will perform. The control is gone and it hurts us because it means we can’t attack effectively or defend. Concern is Gonzalez is just not working. The hope is Reijnders adjusting otherwise we have the same problem as the last 3 years without Rodri.

Doku is finally showing his level.

Just checking that you know we just won 5-1.

 

[mancboy]

I wouldn’t be getting our dicks out just yet, as I cautioned after we smashed Wolves. Burnley are diabolical and will get relegated:

Plenty to work on. Plenty of times shape was miles off and there was far too much ball watching on spare balls. Better teams would have clocked on and exploited.

Lots of good stuff as well. Doku, O’Reilly, Gonzalez all very good. Good going forward and good pressing at times.

Nice little string of wins. Get the injured lads back and kick on.

Youre one of those people whod win the lottery and complain their wallet was too heavy arent you ;)

 

[Stoned Rose]

Funny thing is i've read posts exactly like this one in all of the 6 seasons we won the title....and domestic treble....and THE treble....

Indeed. Let’s s hope we kick on and reach those heights.

 

[blueparrot]

Competent against Burnely is a perfect way to define Gonzalez’s level.

Another that post mainly bollocks

 

[Stoned Rose]

Youre one of those people whod win the lottery and complain their wallet was too heavy arent you ;)

Wallet? They’re only for 12 year olds from Collyhurst who go round in balaclavas aren’t they?

 

[BlueMonkey79]

Competent against Burnely is a perfect way to define Gonzalez’s level.

Competent against a relegation threatend side won't win us trophies.

He should be the head and shoulders stand out against a team like Burnley. He was far from that.

 

[coolcity]

There's a reason we dropped off so much too.
And he has been shit.

Correct, but that reason isn't Doku. As most of the football world realise, the drop off last season was due to a long and chronic injury list (can't believe after all this time I'm STILL having to point that out), and since then we've brough in a lot of new players and still have a lot of big name injuries and players just coming back. Yet we still managed 3rd place and a cup final when even with a few matches to go most on here were saying we wouldn't make CL qualification.

Problem is you lot never learn and it's depressing to keep reading it in the one period in our 130+ year history where we have dominated the league and broken all kinds of records.

 

[burning blue soul]

Only some??
Fucking scores of them when I made the schoolboy error of looking at the forum at halftime.

Don't look, then!

 

[hertsblue]

Good win in the end but far from convincing. We should not be conceding 9 attempts on our goal at home to Burnley, we were quite fortunate to not go 2-1 down early in the 2nd half.
Weak link again was Savinho, he just is nowhere near the quality we need, rather play Nunes or Bobb there.
Still a long way to go in the way of progress but slowly we are hopefully getting there.

 

[coolcity]

Severely at fault for Burnley’s goal but played well rest of the game.

The one I saw was a fluky deflection. How can you be "severely at fault" for a wild deflection?

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

How anyone can say that Nunes is a weak link is beyond me. If he is then so are half the squad. A fine player imo as seen today again.

Nunes played as a playmaking midfielder at Wolves, but Pep has seen something in him that makes him believe there's a world class right-back in him. I trust Pep's judgement on this one.

 

[Blue Tooth]

4th Goal. How many passes?

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

It was tragic walking Walker. Jesus Christ he needs to retire.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

5-1 is 5-1 but it was all a bit lacklustre for a scoreline like that. Still room for improvement.

 

[mancboy]

Only on bluemoon would people be moaning that a 5-1 win wasnt good enough, a couple of weeks the dippers who everybody has already decided are champions needed a last min penalty to beat burnley, they also got a draw at forest last week but apparently according to some our performance is still shite cos we only won 5-1.

I fear the constant press negativity has really done a number on some of our fans and you feel like you cant take any positives from city, if the dippers or tarquins win 5-1 they are praised by everyone no matter who it is they are playing, we win 5-1 and its burnley are shit anyway, fucking ignore the press cunts and enjoy a 5-1 win despite us not playing as we can and missing players to injury, thats pretty fucking good.

 

[mancboy]

Wallet? They’re only for 12 year olds from Collyhurst who go round in balaclavas aren’t they?

Lol do rich folk like you carry a money clip or is it all in crypto?

 

[discopop]

Never felt more like singing the blues, when city win and the red shirts lose oh city you got me singing the blues.

Perfect day

 

[coolcity]

The result was good, but overall it can’t be concluded that we can be hopeful about the rest of the season.
The players are inconsistent, like Nunes, who plays well in one match and poorly in the next.
Savinho once again showed that he is not suitable for this team at all and should have been sold to Tottenham in the summer.​

You carry on wallowing in your self-doubt, foreboding and misery then and let the rest of us enjoy it.

 

[kingn6]

We need to fix the midfield and the team will perform. The control is gone and it hurts us because it means we can’t attack effectively or defend. Concern is Gonzalez is just not working. The hope is Reijnders adjusting otherwise we have the same problem as the last 3 years without Rodri.

Doku is finally showing his level.

We have Kova coming back

 

[yankblue]

Great first half, just didn't get the second goal we deserved and with their fluky deflected equaliser, the H-T scoreline flattered them. Doku probably just got pissed off crossing the ball after beating 3 defenders time and again then finding there was nobody in the middle waiting for it so he's decided to start having a go himself. Those of you who have woken up are now realising what we saw 2 years ago.

I've always been a Doku believer but he's definitely taken a step up this year