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

Disappointing result, I only watched the first half.
Shame we didn't take our opportunities and at least get a draw.
I'm not bothered by the fact it was Burnley. They earned their right to be in this league after all.

Great start at home to West ham.
So maybe expectations high.
This is a virtually new team though so we should improve.
From what I saw in the first half we were the better side and away from home.

We'll have some shìt losses this season but I also think we'll throw up some surprises.
Like against west ham.

A good win against the mags should have us bouncing

Maybe it'll stop the arguing

 

Honestly think Brentford is a must win now. 4 points from those opening 3 games isn’t tragic by any means but 1 point from Burnley and Brentford isn’t great at all. Two teams we all expect to be near the bottom of the table, we can’t be dropping points to the **** and expecting miracles against the better teams. We need to beating those around us and anything else is a bonus.

 

Think if we'd scored when we really should have, we'd have won that.

But Burnley going ahead gave us a test we couldn't pass. Disappointing to see neither of the wide players take their man on. Need more from them, though for me Enzo would start next week.

 

Expect the coaching staff to be discussing what to do against low block situations in the future. Might not happen very often, but if teams go 1-0 up against us it is a style that is effective against us as it stands.

Asking Xhaka to help on the right with Hume and Seelt is too slow to effectively manage counter attacks. It’s easy to say in hindsight, but I would have liked to see all three substituted. Keep 2-3 quick defenders on, ask sadiki and diarra to sit in front and protect, then let the rest of the team push high and try to create chances to score.

Taking the wingers off didn’t work. We needed a wide 1v1 threat on either side to force their defence to widen to create gaps.

 

“Job”?? What job? It’s something we volunteer for. I personally work long hours ina stressful job, I don’t need the **** on here. Tried (multiple times) to step down as a mod because of comments like this. But nobody want to
Do it. Because of comments like this!

It’s not a job. We don’t get paid for it. We volunteer.

 

That's fine. But you have a role to carry out and it hasn't happened.

 

Chill Lads....its just great to be part of the PL again. Isn't it??

 

Yeah it is. All good here mate.

 

It certainly is. Decent enough start for us too

 

Can’t stand you happy clappers!

 

Huge game next week. Must not lose.

 

Wouldn’t describe it as a must not lose, but a win would be a cracking start to the season.

Draw would be ok.

Bart

 

Definitely would have took 3 out of 6, any points on the road will be crucial. Hopefully the crowd pick up where we left off vs west ham