Match Day Thread Burnley FC v Sunderland AFC - Saturday 23rd August 2025 - KO 15:00

Totally, I think it's when certain posters post certain posters react - and I get that as they often they think about how or what that poster commented in the past

Yesterday only escalated as folk reacted to a few negative comments about the game, there wasn't any over stepping the mark on the match day thread (there was on the other one imo)

This place has been class throughout the summer and i hope it continues. We aren't all going to agree on things but think we all need to respect folks views on the match a bit more rather than getting so defensive

No point rehashing it though as likely will just cause more arguments

Can't wait for the 2 games this week and I have no doubt we will see a reaction from the lads

 

2 games and the culmination of the transfer window to look forward to.

 

Exactly, keep forgetting the window closes soon

Hopwfully get some positive news soon as feel we are a couple short at least (I'd want 3 if I was being greedy)

 

Just watched the highlights and their opening goal was even worse than I thought at the time. We had three players not marking two on the edge of our box. Really messy. You can’t give players time to take a touch and pick their corner in the premier league. You can critique the second but it was just us pushing for the equaliser and going all in. Classic Sunderland goal in a way.
Mayender needs to score them chances he had, Talbi’s was a more difficult chance but I do think thought we have found two better wide players we’re missing premier league quality out wide to nail final balls. We need a couple of game killing finishers. Tuesday we find out whether Guiu is one of them.

 

I think it's lacking more options out wide that's an issue at the minute, need 1 or 2 more forward options to come in

 

First defeat and the usual suspects turn out and ruin another thread

 

Negative. I look it offline as you as moderator don't do your job. I won't be spoken to like **** on here. I have made my suggestions offline. Like a bloke. Simple as that.

 

Moderator. I am active all the time. Don't be a loser because you have seen one side of the story. If you did you're job properly as a moderator then it would be fine.

 

You lot are doing what you did too exile. And he paid the price. I probably will do. Least I have stood by my bed and tried to sort it. No snivelling group chats about a poster. Sharing PMs. Like a bloke.

 

It didn't get ruined imo, some good discussions- until a bit of pointless argument during the night.

Folk just can't seem to say anything negative about a performance without being excused of ruining threads or only posting when we lose (the same people all posted last week as well) - that's the only reason it escalated

 

Accurate. I have had enough. It's all the time on here. I took it offline so people didn't have to deal with it. Then the people shared in on him and now I have a group pm which the fella has shared the messages too with the moderators and usual group.

Joke. Be a bloke and stand up to your worlds or shut the **** up.

 

Yikes. I think I missed all this. Clearly, no one deserves that

 

Very true. I took it offline as I had enough. Tired to be a stand up bloke and sort it.

Went to bed, woke up and seen the fella now be a victim and share it all on here. That's one side of it.

Not sure what people expect. Get targeted and get **** when I post like others. Literally over nowt. My tolerance for this bullshit has gone. Moderators are their mates and in private DMs with each other so I just offered to take it offline and sort it. Like most fellas would.

Now it's crying wolf. Melts.

 

1 point per game should have us stay up quite comfortably

 

I voted for a Sunlun win because I'm biased. I was hoping last week's momentum would carry us to a win.

I think it was MOTD that pointed out the last time we won the first two games in the top league was 45 years ago.

Burnley were better than expected.

Two of our greatest strengths became weaknesses. Ballard is very influential in games yet prone to injuries. Losing him changed the game.

Xhaka found this game hard but I think he'll adapt.

We have a lot of younger players whose form will be affected by any setbacks. I think they did well considering the above and that Burnley were set up to frustrate before a ball was kicked.

 

I signed up whilst I was in Spain, took my box to the mother in law's last week and it worked fine without a VPN, I was hotspoting off my mobile though so I don't know if English ISPscare blocking it.

 

Yep will have set backs loads this season, it's about how we react to them

Buzzing for next Saturday

 

Very droll.

 

Bad day all round. Started out ok but losing Ballard early on was the game changer. We didn't know how to organise ourselves after that and struggled.

 

This didn't even escalate over that.

Because smug thought it was disgrace to mankind and a horrendous decisions to arsenal playing a 15 year old.

Some on here shared their thoughts a d examples that it isn't. Even speaking about previous or current job roles.

Wasn't enough for the click though. They come out of no where and here we are. Didn't stand up behind their words. I won't take the bullshit any more. Moderators (some) are weak as piss and enabling this. Even in private DMs seeing oneside of it. Pathetic. I'll probably get banned but I have the receipts to say at least I tried to sort it offline.