Result isn't the end of the world. The recurring theme for us this season is when we play poorly we lose and when we play well and deserve to win we concede late goals costing us points. Needs to turn around and quickly. The free header is another example of our back line not able to defend when inside their own box. They are much more effective when playing higher. They switch off or lose their markers too easily when defending deep.
Schoolboy defending. Stick to your man and do the 'come dancing' bit with arms around them. Not rocket science.
He wouldnt have scored two in the prem all season mate let alone against burnely with Harrison and aaronson on the wings.
We discovered that Harrison and Aaronson are terrible at this level last time we were up here. Aaronson was gash and didn't do much better in Germany. Harrison didn't do well at Everton despite his work rate under Moyes. They both need moving on in January. I'm not saying that Largie is the answer either as he's having a mare at Valencia. We need a Bielsa esq coach who can pull performances out of players.
Only reason those two are still with us is nobody would pay money for either. There is only one Bielsa and he ain’t coming back
Didn’t watch it today but not a good result. Was it anyone’s fault for the goals? Darlow/Struijk/Rodon? Should we expect some changes for West Ham? Not even any shining lights coming off the bench in James or Tanaka to give us some hope of a turnaround? I think we need to remember that Burnley aren’t as bad as their results this season. They’ve beaten us and Sunderland now and Sunderland are flying (both at Turf Moore), almost got a draw against Liverpool at home too. Got battered against City but that’s City for you and drew against Forest. Lost against Spurs but so did we and they didn’t look terrible in that game either. Also first choice wingers are injured. Pre game I wanted a win but I think a draw would’ve been a good result. Also where has our solid defensive shape gone since Everton, Newcastle and Fulham? That’s a bigger worry for me than up top. At least with a strong defensive we’d pick up a point here and there and nick wins but losing 2-0 to Burnley isn’t a great sign. Farke needs to do something. Saying that looking at the stats it seems like our board not spending on the forward line is starting to show. Will reserve judgment as if we can get a win Friday and a couple of draws in the games after we’re back on track. Wolves still losing. Could do with a hard fought draw Monday night with some injuries and sending offs, also not as much time for West Ham to recover.
We are dropping badly, a few good permanence without the points aint good enough Thats the magins in the prem. I donr think you will see many, if any we play bad and take 3 points. We are in trouble, make no mistake about it mate
FARKE being James and Gnonto and Okafor missing could have swapped things around a bit by having JJ play at either LB or RB and use Gudmundson or Bogle on the wing. Aaronson had only just got off the plane and looked jet lagged. Struijk needs benching and bet Bijol is spitting feathers after his rave reviews this last 2 weeks. Never thought we would end up with Piroe, Nmecha and DCL all on the pitch at the same time what a clusterfook
Yep, that’s how we’ve been for years under numerous managers. We’re set up and recruited for a high line defence, we have defenders who are good at intercepting clearances and playing a high line. You just don’t have any confidence that we can shut up shop when we need to. The difference between elite defenders and merely good defenders is the number of errors they make, the ability to concentrate for 90 minutes. Our guys are used to being in a high possession team and are good at recycling possession and building from the back… don’t trust them at this level when under the cosh. Not that we actually were at any point today. They only needed to get in our box once to win 2-0
