I wouldn't say maybe a creative midfielder. I'd say definitely tbh. Is that what that lad from Porto is?
Was just thinking that. I said we wouldn't score after 15 mins of the game. But what do you expects? Not a proper goalscorer in our front three. They way Burnley have played today is how Saints need to play in the secnd leg of the efl semi
Sunderland, west ham and Swansea games look massive now, fail to get much out of those and we really are in the ****!
You could also point out that the football the boys are being asked to play is slow, dull and ineffective. In which case I think a chunk of blame is floating Puel-ward. We were good against Liverpool because they played how we wanted them to: possession based attacking football. Our tactics only seem to work when the other team has the ball. On it, we look like lost sheep. Without Romeu and VVD, this season would be dead and buried already.
I'd say a creative midfielder was more important. We have one good striker (Long isn't that bad but has been this season) at the moment and 0 good creative midfielders. Seems logical to me.
Like Sunderland who we drew with? Or hull who we lost too? Or palace who we lost too? I think we are in a lot more trouble than people seem to have noticed.
We're a bit fortunate that the bottom of the table is so dire; in most seasons, 24 from 21 would have us looking nervously over our shoulder, but we still have a sizable cushion. Gotta turn it around soon however, because we're a couple good spells from the bottom feeders away from being in a bit of bother.
Yep, JWP too lightweight and scared in the oppo half. Hojbjerg has potential though. As soon as Steve Davis isn't in the team, we have literally no one that can create anything. Proper shambles of a league season. Don't have any faith in Puel at all to fix it.
Someone smack joey Barton please. Should not be on a football pitch. Calling him a rodent would be offensive to rodents. As for saints - not ****ing good enough.
The only (new) thing that does frustrate from this game, is that people will again point towards Burnley's home form - when for me, they did very little to deserve to win that. Same as Everton, same as WBA, same as Hull. All there for the taking, but lost through our inabilities rather than the opposition's abilities. 17 days left.
But we do have those two. This is a bad result but not a disastrous performance. Two signings could change that. I'm not here saying things are great, just saying I hope we don't get a flood of the normal responses that just fling mud around aimlessly. That's all.
Well I'm not actually THAT disappointed. I always kinda expected defeat today. They're great at home and we're poor away. Plus, we know ourselves when your fighting relegation, your home games against midtable teams are ones you almost certainly want to win. Really like Dyche, so hope they stay up.
Not gonna moan for this one as it epitomises our season. I just shrugged my shoulders and had a chuckle when the goal went in. Four successive premiere league defeats doesn't make nice hearing though. Tom Heaton is a superb keeper, too. Burnely will do well to keep him over the next year or so.
I can't complain about much. We were the better team, played better, created half a dozen good chances. This result is really down to bad luck, definitely a better performance than some of the recent ones.
