Burnley (H) | Post-Match Thread

[hilts]

Pep's got 2 players who are massively out of form, and 1, KDB, who's not awful but a shadow of his best. They're only going to get back in form on the pitch.

It's not mind games, it's not complicated, it's the exact same approach he took to Bernardo Silva, Stones, Walker, Gundogan and anyone else who's lost form.

He's been doing this for 6 years now.

So the moral is play shit and still play, unless my memory is wrong silva and stones weren’t treated like this they got dropped a lot.

Nice for the youngsters don’t worry lads it doesn’t matter how well or willing you are a few soul destroying minutes is the best you can hope for.

Great stuff.

 

[Legal Alien]

A good performance overall, but we should've had been out of sight.
I though Mahrez missed some sitters today.

A win's a win though, so a good night for us Blues.

Good to see Stones back and he played well.

Rodri MotM for me.

 

[paulchapo]

Harder than it should have been, but three points is three points. Woeful finishing again, some sloppy play giving Burnley a sniff at times. I think Mahrez and Sterling's time here is done. Two bigger, pacy direct forwards would do who aren't 10 stone wet through.

 

[Prater70]

thank god burnley are shit. We wasted so many chances. Mahrez in particular was woeful.
bernardo and rodri brilliant, steffen showing again hes too good to play back up.

Steffen will be leaving at the end of the season. As you say too good to be a back up.

 

[spiny]

Low key performance but the result is what matters....

Lots of changes so it was going to disrupt the rhythm of the team and it showed in the pace at which we played.

B.Silva, Rodri and Stones were excellent...Steffan didnt do much wrong but the difference with his kicking and Edersons is clear.and its not that Steffans is bad ...its decent but Edersons makes a differnce.
Cancello good in the first half but struggled in the second.
foden decent
Stones decent and Laporte bar the one rash challenge were good as well

Makrez was very very poor.....no wonder he hasnt been starting
Sterling.....did very little and didnt get into the game...doesnt look right
Kdb - still way off the pace....his form is worrying.

We certainly need a finisher....but thank god Bernardo stayed this season!

Generally agree.

Sterling did not get much service. There seems a change in the pattern of play with an emphasis on crosses in the box a la scouse.

Agreed something is not right.

 

[Burtonblue]

Great result
Should have been easier but have seen us fail to win games like that on plenty of occasions in the past.
Winning ugly with several second stringers and no striker is a sign of a very good team.

 

[IcriedwhenTueartleft]

Splendid afternoon, City win and Utd get thumped at Leicester, great to see CR7 continuing to have such a positive impact since his arrival.
Silva was great again.
Raz poor again.
Good save from Stefan in the 1st half and a clean sheet for him...well done.
Burnley had their chances and missed them.
Not our finest hour but 3 points in the bag and there are bigger games to come.

 

[domalino]

So the moral is play shit and still play, unless my memory is wrong silva and stones weren’t treated like this they got dropped a lot.

Nice for the youngsters don’t worry lads it doesn’t matter how well or willing you are a few soul destroying minutes is the best you can hope for.

Great stuff.

Your memory is wrong. Bernardo played near enough 100 games between being at his best.

The youngsters know that Mahrez and Sterling are levels above them. The know them, they see them every day and they're not deluded enough to think they're better at 18 after a couple of impressive cameos against lower league sides.

It's absolutely mind-numbing that the same clowns who spent years whining about Foden not playing enough are now going to do the same routine over Palmer.

 

[Sir peace frog]

Decent result, but a pretty sloppy performance overall. I thought Sterling and Mahrez were absolutely dreadful. Sterling especially needs to learn that he is on the pitch to add pace to our attacks, not slow them down or kill them dead. The most entertaining part of the match was the celebration as Leicester went ahead.

I thought Bernardo was excellent. Foden also put in a strong performance, but his efforts were let down by some atrocious finishing from the players around him. We arrived in their box repeatedly and carved out some really good opportunities. It’s just a shame that our conversion rate is amongst the worst in the league.

our conversion rate is 8.4% ,top is everton with 12.6 , we are 8th for conversion, without a top cf(which a team as good as us should have) that isnt too bad.

 

[youngbob]

Your memory is wrong.

I think @hilts is right about how Stones and Jesus have been treated in the past sometimes tbf.