Quicksilvera
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Simply not true. Steffen was poor today granted but he’s been great since carrick arrived.Hope we terminate Steffen, Muniz and Mowatt loans in janaury as they offering us nothing
Simply not true. Steffen was poor today granted but he’s been great since carrick arrived.Hope we terminate Steffen, Muniz and Mowatt loans in janaury as they offering us nothing
At his age Howson shouldn’t be starting every game.If McGree and Hackney are to develop we need midfielders who they are going to learn from.
But I don't think Howson is one of them.
Hackney and McGree will be teaching Mowatt. He should be the first one down the road come the 31st Dec.At his age Howson shouldn’t be starting every game.
Then again, Mowatt plays like he’s in an over 60s league so I’m not sure we have an abundance of competition.
Muniz definitely, unfortunately. He seems to have all of the physical and technical abilities to be a great striker. But he just doesn't have it tactically or mentally yet. He is a player with potential but he's not our player so we can't be spending our time giving him minutes to reach that potential when it'd be to our detriment. If we could get him on a permanent I'd be saying differently, but that's not going to happen.Hope we terminate Steffen, Muniz and Mowatt loans in janaury as they offering us nothing
Muniz is the most frustrating for me.Muniz definitely, unfortunately. He seems to have all of the physical and technical abilities to be a great striker. But he just doesn't have it tactically or mentally yet. He is a player with potential but he's not our player so we can't be spending our time giving him minutes to reach that potential when it'd be to our detriment. If we could get him on a permanent I'd be saying differently, but that's not going to happen.
Mowatt, I'm torn on. He's a good player who might be useful if we get injuries or loss of form in midfield. Especially as we really lack experience in midfield. But I can't see him being happy to sit on the bench for the rest of the season waiting for an opportunity to open up. He's not good enough to be a regular starter (which made the loan decision a strange one) but he's nowhere near as poor as people on here make out.
Steffan is really frustrating. I don't see us getting a better goalkeeper in January so we can't terminate that loan But he's going to cost us points. He almost cost us in the Luton game taking too long over a clearance and hitting it into their player. Luckily it went wide, but his casual approach is a worry in every game. It's also something that can't be coached out of him.
Mcgree and giles against a good winger is a disaster waiting to happen. if Aitor was still manager he would goes nuts at mcgree as a wide man for shirking his defensive duties.I hate going to Burnley and today was no exception, it was miserable.
Fry and Lenihan are the only players to emerge with big credit, I thought they did well under constant pressure - much of it from their own idiot of a goalkeeper. Akpom showed flashes of class too.
Our midfield were completely outplayed, which meant our defence was under relentless pressure and our forward players were absolutely starved.
I was more impressed by Burnley than I've ever been in the past. They deserved to win.
Obviously if we get the penalty awarded when one up and we score it, then we may well have brought the points home, but they were miles better than us today all over the pitch.
Giles was horribly exposed defensively and offered absolutely nothing going forward. He wasn't helped by McGree floating around inconsequentially rather than playing with him.
But Steffen gave as bad a goalkeeping performance as I can remember.
He just put immense pressure on his defence with his total fannying about.
He luckily got to half time level, but the first was pathetic and the second even worse. His performance was a goalkeeping horror show.
If your keeper is creating more danger than the opposition you are in trouble.
He was lucky not to cost a stupid goal against Luton. He is a continual danger.
We are a long way off Burnley's level at the moment, but could still make the playoffs. It will take a lot more than we showed today however.
McGree is playing a false position, or that’s how I interpret how he’s playing. He’s more of come in central from playing there meaning he can’t do the defensive duty expected of left sided midfield /winger.Mcgree and giles against a good winger is a disaster waiting to happen. if Aitor was still manager he would goes nuts at mcgree as a wide man for shirking his defensive duties.
Whatever the other players did over the break we were always going to start with the team that had been winning. We looked exactly the same we sat in and played possession football and hit on the counter.What I have noticed is we don’t look the same side after the break as we did before the break. Although there is a lot of positives from a settled side it feels like no one made an impression during the 3 weeks he had to assess the players.
I’m worried that due to woodgate’s previous time here, have djksteel and bola been wrote off (hope not)
Only slight concerns I have on reflection of the last 2 games, but something to keep an eye on
They pushed us back and rarely let us out apart from mistakes we didn't capitalise on. They played us brilliantly. Kept Giles penned in, fouled akpom at every opportunity and doubled up on Jones.I don’t think we were that bad or the difference was so big as suggested above.
I think the Akpom penalty turn down did change the game in that I don’t think Burnley would have come back from 2 down and it looked stone wall in the box from where I was stood. Apparently the ref said there was not enough contact? Another bad decision more like.
Burnley passed around at the back a lot but until their first goal didn’t hurt us much at all. They are a huff and puff busy team in my view and having gone ahead I feel a bit disappointed, I think our poor defending second half let them in rather than Burnley brilliance.
Giles seems to have gone off the boil going forward and his defending is not marvellous, this needs sorting out.
‘Fouled akpom at every opportunity‘ - yes and the ref just let it happen.They pushed us back and rarely let us out apart from mistakes we didn't capitalise on. They played us brilliantly. Kept Giles penned in, fouled akpom at every opportunity and doubled up on Jones.
Dyce esque really. They are a far better team than us but we have a good future.
We shall see. Win next week and the play offs are on.No way can I see us bringing in 4 starters in Jan, would be a huge gamble to change that many players at once mid season.
I agree the ref was poor for the fouls on akpom. They punished our mistakes and the goals were all avoidable.‘Fouled akpom at every opportunity‘ - yes and the ref just let it happen.
They did push us back but I think we made mistakes which let them in rather than anything they did.
At the other end we scored, missed a penalty and had a stone waller turned down.
On another day, a different outcome.
Christ lads they were miles better than us.I agree the ref was poor for the fouls on akpom. They punished our mistakes and the goals were all avoidable.
Defo a pena and the penalty miss I think the game was gone anyway.
Just one to forget and move on. It wasn't a great game they seemed to get the luck at the right moments