Today's football

Murger · Post by **Murger** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 4:59 pm

Today's results have been a disaster.

Hibsclaret · Post by **Hibsclaret** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:00 pm

If anyone is genuinely expecting teams like West Ham, Everton and to a lesser extent Spurs to do anyone a favour by turning up every week they will be left disappointed...

randomclaret2 · Post by **randomclaret2** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:00 pm

2 successive Windows of doing precisely nothing to strengthen the team maybe coming home to roost...

Goody1975 · Post by **Goody1975** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:01 pm

IF we beat Cardiff we will be fine.

We have four games before that and need more points to be completely safe but Cardiff now have eight games left which are three at home and five away.

Chelsea (h)
Manchester City (a)
Burnley (a)
Liverpool (h)
Fulham (a)
Crystal Palace(h)
Manchester United (a)

*Brighton (a) To be rearranged due to cup involvement.

A win would effectively give us a six point cushion as things stand.

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:01 pm

For those thinking we won't win another couple of games at least, Cardiff had been dire in the last three matches yet pulled out the result today against West Ham.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:02 pm

cockneyclaret wrote:We won't go down.. we'll beat city and arsenal.
This is Burnley, we lose to teams we should beat and pull wins from the impossible

Liverpool and Arsenal

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:02 pm

We desperately needed flair and speed up front and look what happened. Sums out penny pinching club up.

Vino blanco · Post by **Vino blanco** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:03 pm

Thank God we have a new Director of Football to sort it all out.

Claretmatt4 · Post by **Claretmatt4** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:04 pm

Cardiff game looks like it will be nervy. If they have the opportunity to win and go above us it will give them confidence.

Good performance tomorrow and some Points v Leicester will do a lot to dispel any creeping doubts.

Coyc

Hibsclaret · Post by **Hibsclaret** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:04 pm

West Ham just don’t turn up sometimes.

Flaky is an understatement for that lot.

I’d rather rely on Huddersfield to do us a favour somewhere than that lot (certainly away from home)

BobSykes · Post by **BobSykes** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:05 pm

Only just looked at the scores. To say it's sickening is an understatement.

I think we're gone.

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:07 pm

BobSykes wrote:Only just looked at the scores. To say it's sickening is an understatement.

I think we're gone.

What makes you think Cardiff will finish above us based on one result?

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:08 pm

A really strange set of results to have all gone against us today ...Brighton Cardiff Southampton and Newcastle would have paid a nice few quid.looking forward to our game tomorrow.

BurnleyFC · Post by **BurnleyFC** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:09 pm

Terrible day for us but we have to make sure we’re not relying on anyone else to do us a favour.

It’ll go down to the wire between us and Cardiff I think.

Devils_Advocate · Post by **Devils_Advocate** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:10 pm

Im still confident we'll stay up just ahead of Cardiff but I think most of us would agree that Cardiff deserve to finish ahead of us and that we have been absolute dogsh*t this season

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:10 pm

Claretmatt4 wrote:Cardiff game looks like it will be nervy. If they have the opportunity to win and go above us it will give them confidence.

Good performance tomorrow and some Points v Leicester will do a lot to dispel any creeping doubts.

Coyc

Plan B...get stan hovering about the changing rooms at Half time.

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:11 pm

Devils_Advocate wrote:Im still confident we'll stay up just ahead of Cardiff but I think most of us would agree that Cardiff deserve to finish ahead of us and that we have been absolute dogsh*t this season

Cardiff deserve to finish ahead of us?

hmmm...

NickBFC · Post by **NickBFC** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:11 pm

The only positive I can find is looking at Cardiff's remaining fixtures, most of the sides they face have something to play for. We have Leicester (yes trying to impress new manager, Wolves (maybe Europa League), Bournemouth, Everton and Arsenal who all arguably don't have a lot to play for. The end of the season always throws up some funny results.

One thing is for sure, we need to beat Cardiff and probably need six or seven more points.

CrosspoolClarets · Post by **CrosspoolClarets** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:11 pm

The final part of the season should be great fun now. Not to say I wouldn't rather be 7th but it’s good to feel something hangs on games.

Remember we are unbeaten in 8 before Dyche got beat by two managers who have managed England and won Champions League between them. Dyche struggles against top, top defensive coaches (Jose is another one). No big deal, we’ll get the results we need and in the process we will find out who is truly good enough at this level under pressure (Taylor, Westwood and McNeil are relatively unproven, Westwood was in and out at Villa).

mdd2 · Post by **mdd2** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:15 pm

Having got our Mojo back the last two games seem like it has gone again. We are in desparate need of getting it back and tomorrow is the time to find it again as it may all hang on goal difference and a 5-0 thumping after today's results is the last thing we want going into the next 4 games (I have written off Arsenal City, Everton and Chelsea games)

Taffy on the wing · Post by **Taffy on the wing** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:17 pm

Billyblah wrote:Well I guess it's only 22 guys kicking a glorified pigs bladder around but having paid £30 to watch the Palace debacle where half of the home team failed to turn up I'm not laughing that much.

We absolutely battered them for the entire first half!......we played well! It was just one of those days.

duncandisorderly · Post by **duncandisorderly** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:19 pm

mdd2 wrote:Having got our Mojo back the last two games seem like it has gone again. We are in desparate need of getting it back and tomorrow is the time to find it again as it may all hang on goal difference and a 5-0 thumping after today's results is the last thing we want going into the next 4 games (I have written off Arsenal City, Everton and Chelsea games)

Everton's not a write off - I'd probably fancy our chances there over Leicester or Wolves at home in all honesty.

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:20 pm

At least we're winning at the rugby.

slw · Post by **slw** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:20 pm

odds for the drop

cardiff 2/9
burnley 4/1

Mondsley · Post by **Mondsley** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:21 pm

But for two incorrect decisions by the officials at Watford and Old Trafford we wouldn't be having this meltdown!!

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:22 pm

mdd2 wrote:Having got our Mojo back the last two games seem like it has gone again. We are in desparate need of getting it back and tomorrow is the time to find it again as it may all hang on goal difference and a 5-0 thumping after today's results is the last thing we want going into the next 4 games (I have written off Arsenal City, Everton and Chelsea games)

Everton with Marco Silva as manager?

And you write that off?

Rick_Muller · Post by **Rick_Muller** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:23 pm

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mdd2 · Post by **mdd2** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:24 pm

Spijed wrote:Everton with Marco Silva as manager?

And you write that off?

Yes

duncandisorderly · Post by **duncandisorderly** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:25 pm

If we need to win away at Everton on the penultimate game of the season, we will.

Quote me on it, two months hence.

Unless I'm wrong. Then don't.

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:25 pm

mdd2 wrote:Yes

Why, do you think he's a good manager?

duncandisorderly · Post by **duncandisorderly** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:27 pm

Christ, Spijed, you ask a lot of inane questions.

claretspice · Post by **claretspice** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:28 pm

Bad day today, but these things happen once in a while. Still well in our own hands and we'd have all taken this on Boxing Day.

Plenty of football to played yet, it'll be a rollercoaster I dare say but you'd still back us to beat Cardiff down the stretch.

Devils_Advocate · Post by **Devils_Advocate** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:28 pm

Rick_Muller wrote:116 123

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Is this for the posters posting about Burnley going down or for the posters who seem to get really upset about the posters posting about Burnley going down? Its hard to tell sometimes who the are the most upset

box_of_frogs · Post by **box_of_frogs** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:29 pm

taio wrote:Who? I can only think of one person who might have said we're guaranteed to stay up.

Several on here:

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SussexDon1inIreland · Post by **SussexDon1inIreland** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:30 pm

We should have had that penalty when Barnes was pulled down for a stone wall penalty vs Southampton

I don’t care if we go down due to finishing in bottom three on merit but we have been robbed of six points which might send us down - that is so unfair

UTC

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:32 pm

Murger wrote:Today's results have been a disaster.

Drama queen

Blackrod · Post by **Blackrod** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:33 pm

It will be difficult to beat Cardiff. We were atrocious against them last time and very fortunate with the result.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:36 pm

randomclaret2 wrote:2 successive Windows of doing precisely nothing to strengthen the team maybe coming home to roost...

What have our transfer dealings got to do with today’s results?

scouseclaret · Post by **scouseclaret** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:37 pm

Very bad day but it’s not over yet. Assuming we lose tomorrow, I reckon we need to beat Cardiff and win one other of the next 4 games and we should be ok.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:37 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote:What have our transfer dealings got to do with today’s results?

it made them relevant to us

Longsider · Post by **Longsider** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:39 pm

I think we will get something Tomorrow.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:40 pm

Vegas Claret wrote:it made them relevant to us

What made what relevant to us?

duncandisorderly · Post by **duncandisorderly** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:42 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote:What made what relevant to us?

They are saying that our summer inactivity has made Cardiff our rivals this season, rather than Everton or Leicester (or even briefly, Arsenal) as last.

Dazzler · Post by **Dazzler** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:42 pm

bfcjg wrote:We desperately needed flair and speed up front and look what happened. Sums out penny pinching club up.

Please feel free to enlighten us all...
who were the players who expressed a desire to come to Burnley who had those quoted attributes did we miss out on due to 'penny pinching'?

MACCA · Post by **MACCA** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:45 pm

Once we add a 1st team player or some depth in the window, we will kick on again.

We should be fine this season, they are 2 terrible teams already down, and the weakest team in the league are merely making a fist of it but wint have enough.

We knew this in August and was our plan all along.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:47 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote:What made what relevant to us?

you said "What have our transfer dealings got to do with today’s results?"

had we signed a couple of players that we needed we 'could' possibly be safe by now (no certainty) and today's games would have been irrelevant.

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:48 pm

Dazzler wrote:Please feel free to enlighten us all...
who were the players who expressed a desire to come to Burnley who had those quoted attributes did we miss out on due to 'penny pinching'?

Peter Crouch

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:48 pm

duncandisorderly wrote:They are saying that our summer inactivity has made Cardiff our rivals this season, rather than Everton or Leicester (or even briefly, Arsenal) as last.

We may well have been in the league position we’re in now, or who knows, possibly even worse, regardless of what had happened in the last two windows.

Some people just can’t stop bleating on about transfer windows.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:50 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote:We may well have been in the league position we’re in now, or who knows, possibly even worse, regardless of what had happened in the last two windows.

Some people just can’t stop bleating on about transfer windows.

you mean like our manager does - there's a reason he does - or did you miss him banging on about the transfer window and his need for players in the 200 interviews he's given this season ??

Grimsby Claret · Post by **Grimsby Claret** » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:55 pm

The Burnley fans need to be 100 percent behind the Clarets. Been very poor vocally at home.