Match Day Thread Swansea City v Burnley

I hope one of our boys decks Barton when the Ref isn't looking!.....................

 

He's a horrible little oik.

 

Lawro:

Burnley's draw at Hull last week was their first of four games in a row on the road. The Clarets are trying to get their first league away win of the season. Will they get it in Wales? No.

Sean Dyche's team created some chances against the Tigers but Swansea are much improved at the back these days.

The Welsh side did OK in their defeat at Chelsea last weekend and, if Lukasz Fabianski hadn't dived over Pedro's shot at 1-1, then who knows what could have happened.

In the end, Chelsea hit three and it could have been more.

This game will be a lot closer. Eventually, at some point, Burnley will end their long wait for an away win, but I don't see it happening in Wales.

Lawro's prediction: 1-1

 

Lawro builds us up then predicts a draw.

 

No mention of the blatant penalty at 1-1 either. The guy is a moron

 

I wouldn't bet on it Phil , but Barton might .

 

I have lost count of the times we have had a good result against the big sides that builds up the feel good factor only to be sent crashing down as we get beat by the so called worse team.....Football is very unpredictable and Burnley will fancy their chances of getting something out of the game........We need an early goal to settle nerves as the longer it stays 0 - 0 the momentum shifts slowly to the away side as their confidence grows.....Early goal please Clem.... COYS....

 

Barton is a nasty character both on and off the field. Been reading that it might be his last game for Burnley as he faces FA charges for illegal football betting & will probably land up being banned for some time. Why he has still been allowed to play with these allegations hanging over him is questionable.

 

He just signed for the rest of the season with Burnley recently too . I BET Burnley have a good case to pay him zip the rest of the way . I haven't understood why anyone would touch him with a ten foot pole for over a decade now .

 

Mainly that he's an extra out for us. At the moment we clear it up to Llorente and hope he can hold the ball up long enough untill he gets some support.
Narsingh is one of the very few players in our team quick enough to be able to carry the ball out from the back. Routledge can't beat a man to save his life and Siggy hasn't got the pace.
Teams are wising up to our tactic of lump it to Llorente and are starting to put 3 defenders on him. By having another threat on the wing, it frees up Llorente and relieves pressure from the team.

Its worth noting that im not suggesting we're a route one team, but only referring to situations when we are defending. Llorente can't be expected to do much against 3 men and if we keep losing the ball after clearing, then the pressure on our defence is just going to build.

As for Narsingh attacking, 2 assists in a little over 90 minutes of football ain't half bad.

 

Narsingh in 2014-2015 and 2015 -2016 had 56 appearences at Eindhoven in League . He scored 14 goals and 15 assists , a goal or an assist every 2nd game on average . If Narsingh starts , Fer must sit which puts Siggy back to middle . Clement seems not to want to do that and I'm not sure why .. BUT tomorrow's another day and it might happen then . I'm very anxious to watch Narsingh start a few games .

 

I thought he looked quite handy the few times I've watched him, very early yet to make a judgement, but he does look to have pace..........

 

Agreed. People want instant results and then rubbish players when they don't score a hat trick first game. It's pathetic really.

 

Roof, you will be happy, I cant get to todays game as my son is playing a Welsh League match. So I hope the trend continues when I cant get to games.

I have to put my hands up as I am one of the ones that is yet to be convinced by him. I think he has looked ok when he has come on and is lively. But, I wonder why PC hasn't given him more of a chance yet, even Dyer has been selected in front of him. Maybe he thinks he is an impact player, as I believe Montero is maybe he thinks he isn't ready for the PL yet and needs to do more work with , maybe he doesn't think he is as good as what we have out there. I hope he will be a massive success and his form in Holland would suggest he will be, but then there was Bastons form in Spain.

Any way lets wait and see what he can do, now I have said that he will probably start today and be MOM.

 

Need to hit this lot hard and fast from the off! No softly softly approach please PC....................




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Hope it's not gonna be one of those days ! Hitting the bar and the post in quick succession

 

Gooooaaaaaalll

Ignore previous post lol

 

What a cross !!!!!!

 

Hell of a cross from Fer!!

 

Excellent cross. Commentator said best cross of the season - I think Carrolls cross at Liverpool is the best cross of the season.