Match Day Thread Burnley v Hull City

Conceding in the first 3 mins to this burnley side is the worst possible thing you can do and realistically it was game over then

Their 10 clean sheets in a row is testament to that
Its unprecedented insanity really
9 goals in 32 games

We wont have a tougher game for the rest of the season

Its all about the response against norwich
Im sure selles learnt a lot

 

It was a mismatch from minute 1. Didn't matter whether Anthony received the ball to feet and went 1v1 with McLoughlin or made runs in behind for a ball over the top. 9 times out of 10, he had him on toast. Macca lacked the pace but also the mobility to deal with him. It was a mistake to start Macca at left-back.

 

The defensive side is obvious
But macca has no speed, so hes also a terrible pick there for the attacking side too on and off the ball



How did we not bring in a single fullback? What are these highly paid recruitment employees thinking??

 

Hurrah the midfield gets mentioned as been a problem

 

We didn’t double up on the winger from the start
It’s a **** up

 

I think this is what Selles meant by he got the pressure wrong. Kamara and Gelhardt were pressing high and Burley bypassed the press with relative ease leaving them a lot of ground to cover and constant 1v1s for their wingers

 

Away from home at Burnley and he’s pressing high??
Cluster **** and amateurish

 

A team and place where no one has scored since Noah was a lad. Park the bus.

 

Agreed. If it was the same set up as Sheff U though, then what?

 

Different team

 

Don’t disagree mate, just part of the process for Selles unfortunately needing to learn.

I hope we don’t make the mistake again.

 

i said before the game, it seemed like we were just copy and pasting the sheff utd strategy, but like you say, young mangers are always learning

for me a slight worry is, this system makes joseph look worse than he is, or i guess, i just feel like hes going to be scapegoated soon unless he scores

 

I don't get why people keep mentioning Sheff Utd as if it worked / we did it against them so therefore.....
It was one of those weird unexpected results that football throws up once in a very rare while.

 

He should’ve had 1 when Trafford dropped the ball and they blew for a foul. Were desperate for him to break the record

 

But that’s the Selles style.

 

I can just see fans making him a scapegoat if he doesnt score though

 

Agreed. Hope he can get off the mark in the next 2

 

You've already said that. You don't have to keep repeating yourself.

Joseph is a striker - he's in the team to score goals. That said, we aren't a team that creates a lot of clear cut opportunities. I think most of our fans are fair minded enough to recognize that and will give Joseph a fair crack of the whip. If he keeps missing sitters (like Slater has done all season) then that's a different matter

 

**** off