The Big Six and … Burnley?

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The Big Six and … Burnley?

Post by Commy » Sat Nov 25, 2017 7:47 am

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Good write up from our American 'soccer' loving friends. :)
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Re: The Big Six and … Burnley?

Post by frankinwales » Sat Nov 25, 2017 8:10 am

Cheers Commy........

Stats supporting what we see each week.

No doubt Barcelona also work hard when they do not have the ball, they also work as a pack sometimes to " hunt down the ball when they lose it."

I love great defending........



Up the Clarets...........

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Re: The Big Six and … Burnley?

Post by ClaretDiver » Sat Nov 25, 2017 8:16 am

Great article...thanks for linking mate,

CD

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Re: The Big Six and … Burnley?

Post by RalphCoatesComb » Sat Nov 25, 2017 8:29 am

A good read and an article that the likes of ABC and KRBFC need to read and digest.

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Re: The Big Six and … Burnley?

Post by Dazzler » Sat Nov 25, 2017 8:37 am

More likely they'ĺl read and spit their corn flakes out.

Good find.

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Re: The Big Six and … Burnley?

Post by tybfc » Sat Nov 25, 2017 8:43 am

Great write up.

Thanks.

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Re: The Big Six and … Burnley?

Post by BFCmaj » Sat Nov 25, 2017 8:54 am

Great article. As a instrumental music teacher, I can really relate to and appreciate the amount of detail and preparation that goes into the current set up’s approach to their games. The only thing that worries me though is if other teams read any of these articles and ‘finds us out’.

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Re: The Big Six and … Burnley?

Post by Zom Zom » Sat Nov 25, 2017 8:56 am

Enjoyed that. Cheers Commy.

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Re: The Big Six and … Burnley?

Post by Funkydrummer » Sat Nov 25, 2017 9:06 am

Excellent read. Thanks for posting Commy.

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Re: The Big Six and … Burnley?

Post by Bigvince » Sat Nov 25, 2017 9:08 am

How rare, a journalist who does his research before he puts pen to paper!
Excellent piece and well worth a read

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Re: The Big Six and … Burnley?

Post by piston broke » Sat Nov 25, 2017 9:11 am

Good find, cheers Commy.

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Re: The Big Six and … Burnley?

Post by Sidney1st » Sat Nov 25, 2017 9:33 am

What a great read.

Would also help to explain why Keane is struggling over at Everton as they don't appear to have anything similar in place.

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Re: The Big Six and … Burnley?

Post by Tall Paul » Sat Nov 25, 2017 9:44 am

My favourite line of that article:
That the method’s success is not reflected in the analytics — that the underlying data seems to suggest Burnley is somehow lucky — says more about the analytics than it does about Burnley.

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Re: The Big Six and … Burnley?

Post by Shipclaret » Sat Nov 25, 2017 9:47 am

Very insightful and explains what lies beneath. Illustrates nicely the precision and careful preparation behind our " luck". To be fair the smarter fans of other clubs have become more respectful and less bumptious about our improvement.

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Re: The Big Six and … Burnley?

Post by Selby Claret » Sat Nov 25, 2017 10:13 am

BFCmaj wrote: The only thing that worries me though is if other teams read any of these articles and ‘finds us out’.
The hope is that it wouldn’t make a lot of difference knowing what we do as it’s so regimented and organised that it’s insurmountable :)

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Re: The Big Six and … Burnley?

Post by claretspice » Sat Nov 25, 2017 10:23 am

Written by Rory Smith, formerly of the Times and a BBC regular, who has been one of the better and more thoughtful journalists for a while now.

Great read.

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