Clarets vs Fulham

[Quicknick]

Why wasn't Esteve on at the start?

[BigGaz]

This current iteration of 'VK's Burnley' is devoid of any heart or character.

Only lads that had a bit of fight in them (Barnes, Roberts, Cullen, Cork) have been sold or written off as not at PL level after a handful of no premier league games and yet we've got the likes of Amdouni, Vitinho and Ramsey continuously stinking up the gaff with their lily livered application when they get picked, and continue to get picked? Getting on my nerves a bit this now.

[scouseclaret]

Reed tackle only yellow?

Surprising with how high his studs were. Good job he didn't make much contact. Arsenal would have had all 11 surrounding the ref.

Red card any day of the week - reckless, knee high, studs up.

Doesn’t excuse another shocker of a performance, but I’m sick of having to play to different rules than everyone else.

[Newcastleclaret93]

Awful half of football, absolutely no idea what we’re trying to do? Zero press, zero patterns of play, just nothing at all.

Relegate us already, get it over with because this is just painful. Kompany deserves to give it another shot next season but this season has been shocking really.

Kompany doesn’t deserve anything

He’s Lampard 2.0

[Westleigh]

People on here defending Trafford.

[BobSykes]

What has he done to deserve another shot?

Keep him and we'll be league 1 before you know it. Seriously.

[Mark the Claret]

The first ball that came across was in the 6 yd box ,it was an easy collect for Trafford and he stood on his line ,and the 2nd he was lobbed.

Trafford at fault for both, he doesn't command his area and he is basically a poor keeper, this is the highest he will play in his career.

[SalisburyClaret]

You’re being kind “on his line”. He was behind it, hiding, hoping someone would deal with it.

Maybe one of the 3 defenders in front of him that got beaten perhaps?

[RVclaret]

Think we are past the point of sacking Kompany now. No one half decent will want to come in to this. Proper can’t be assed with a Chris Wilder.

[spt_claret]

What about your favourite Hjalmar Maldini Ekdal? Woeful at City and for the second today.

Yeah he's been crap too. Against City he was in cold with our best CM and our LB out against bloody City, he was dire but I could forgive it.
Today his lack of pace has been a big problem which I fully admit I thought he'd be able to compensate for.
Not sure why you sound pleased that someone is playing badly for us mind.

[FCBurnley]

Ramsey Amdouni and Vitinho off. Fofana AD and Massengo on. Berge into attacking cm with Brownhill and Massengo Plus kick anything that moves( works for Everton )
If this does not improve then VK should resign or be fired. No excuses left

[Anthonini]

How is Vitinho still allowed to do throw ins? Painful to see really hopefully Tresor and Fofana can change the game.

[Greekclaret]

Zaroury came on against city and did well, gets loaned out. Ramsey done nothing since arriving and starts, how?

[Murger]

Completely and utterly embarrassing. Game after game it’s the same ******* mistakes.

[Foshiznik]

Esteve for Ekdal
Cullen for Amdouni
Push Berge forward.
Win 3-2

[SalisburyClaret]

Trafford at fault for both, he doesn't command his area and he is basically a poor keeper, this is the highest he will play in his career.

Yes - he shouldn’t rely on the 3 defenders in front of him for the corner and obviously he played the attacker onside for the second
Get a grip

[Anthonini]

What about your favourite Hjalmar Maldini Ekdal? Woeful at City and for the second today.

Ekdal probably the worst player on the pitch. Hope not to see much more of him.

[Dark Cloud]

Berge/Andoumi. What's the point??? Dreadful.

[South West Claret.]

Not surprised Amdouni is off.

[expoultryboy]

I really don't understand what Kompany sees that most of us doesn't . Vitinho cannot play keft back ( he's dodgy at right back !) , Amdouni and Ramsey hardly ever offer anything , and Berge needs to play in a forward role for his surging runs .

[xxmunkyennuixx]

No energy and zero commitment - it is not about liking a runner, it is about competing. Players are hiding. Just flicked through and the chatter about the keeper is ********. The issues are widespread through the entire team. What the **** are the defence doing on straight long balls? Why is Berge sat in the back line? Why are we watching them pass at two nil down? What is Ramsey doing on the pitch? Amdouni is hiding. Odobert is hiding. Not marking. Not tracking midfield runners. The list could carry on...

To make this a grimmer experience, the ref is incompetent and Fulham are play acting and moaning.

Only Fozzy has heart.

[Foshiznik]

Zaroury came on against city and did well, gets loaned out. Ramsey done nothing since arriving and starts, how?

Did well? One run when Doku got booked is the only thing I remember him doing. Emotions of many causing revisionism about many players this season. Understandable mind cos as a collective, it’s been a really bad season

[Mark the Claret]

Time to bin VK, we won last year despite him.

[JimmyRobbo]

People on here defending Trafford.

Exactly. Good, isn't it.

He isn't our biggest problem. He'll come good. He's not the worst keeper in our league and he'll be one of the better ones in the future.

[scouseclaret]

It's all Kompany and his staffs making!

Incomprehensible what’s happens since last summer. VK has managed to turn one of the best teams ever to play in the Championship into one of the worst ever to play in the Premier League, and spent nearly £100m in the process.

Don’t know where we go from here. If we sacked him, who would turn this absolute shower around?

[JimmyRobbo]

Time to bin VK, we won last year despite him.

Close the bathroom cabinet. It isn't helping.

[Pearcey]

Yeah, get out Pearcy

Off out to the woods for a bit of den building with the kids for a hour.

[warksclaret]

We need Forfana on-our best player the other night

[Pickles]

Vitinho is a car crash in the PL

He's a very bad player. Been saying it for a long time. Not even convinced he's Championship level. Got the best agent in the world.

[claretandy]

Amdouni is even lazier out wide than in the 10...

[burnleymik]

Esteve debut. Ekdahl off.

[Foshiznik]

For those who claim Trafford is at fault for every bad thing happening this season, the measuring stick for me is neutrals views.

An example today, first goal is blamed on Odobert not running with his man all the way and second is Vitinho being “lazy” and not getting out quick enough and Ekdal not reading that fact.

[Pickles]

Abysmal.

Kompany spoke midweek how pace, intensity and getting around the pitch is more important than experience. So where is it in this team? Fulham first to every ball. Burnley flatfooted, yellow-bellied and crawling their way through a must win game.

Shock horror - Vitinho at left back is a disaster. Trafford has had one of his worst games for us, and it's a low bar. The midfield is non-existent. If I wanted to watch someone just run around on a Saturday, I'd go down the Parkrun - not watch Brownhill. And saying he ran around a lot is generous.

I think this Burnley side is the softest, most lackadaisical, pathetic team I've watched. Ability wise there's been worse - but attitude? I doubt it you know.

I would not be surprised if some of this lot have ever said more than a few words to each other. And from what we're seeing on the pitch, I'm wondering if Kompany is talking to them either.

Disgraceful. Dull. Down.

[Newcastleclaret93]

Think we are past the point of sacking Kompany now. No one half decent will want to come in to this. Proper can’t be assed with a Chris Wilder.

The irony is Chris wilder would have gotten us a hell of lot closer to staying up

[Superjohnnyfrancis]

Beginning to agree. Not learning from his mistakes, some very iffy signings, strange tactics and team selections. So disappointing.

Rob Edward’s spent a third of what Kompany has and he is doing a great job.

We are showing our sheer incompetence all the way through the club. I am worried where Pace and Kompany will take us to if he can’t see we need a change of manager.

[Casper2]

Kompany looks defeated

[Paddy1882]

At least in that huddle it looks like foster has some fight. The rest could learn a thing or two

[claretandy]

Ramsey and amdouni have switched.

[BobSykes]

Time to bin VK, we won last year despite him.

Been saying this for months. He looked gobsmacked at times last season at what was happening

[warksclaret]

I am not in the VK-OUT camp, but I fear if this continues he could be departing. We have lost all but two of our home games. I would expect Coventry or Watford to better that if they were in the PL this season

[Belgianclaret]

Rob Edward’s spent a third of what Kompany has and he is doing a great job.

We are showing our sheer incompetence all the way through the club. I am worried where Pace and Kompany will take us to if he can’t see we need a change of manager.

That’s because we lost the balance between having technical players and physical players where needed.
We just get run over and are terrible on set pieces

[Buxtonclaret]

Brownhill scuffs a shot.

[northernpowerhouse]

People on this thread singling out Trafford, Vitinho, Ekdal, Berge, Brownhill, Ramsey and Amdouni... a sure sign that the manager's to blame, not the players.

[Newcastleclaret93]

Let’s be brutally honest there wouldn’t be a single person on this page defending the manager if his name wasn’t Vincent Kompany.

Brian laws was better

[Superjohnnyfrancis]

Because if we go down he will be the man to bring us back up. He is learning, and yes it’s extremely difficult to take, but bad managers do not get 101 point championship winning seasons without deserving a chance to take us back up like Dyche

It’s obvious we’re going down with him in charge, say he gets us back up and makes the same horrible transfers and mistakes of this season, then what?

I honestly think last season was a fluke New manager bounce and borrowed player’s much better than the division they were playing in.

We are looking horribly naive every game at this level. Absolutely clueless.

[StayingDown4Ever]

Trafford just throwing it out to their players. Absolute garbage.

[JimmyRobbo]

Let’s be brutally honest there wouldn’t be a single person on this page defending the manager if his name wasn’t Vincent Kompany.

Brian laws was better

You mean the same VK who turned us around and and gave us one of our best seasons in our history?

No wonder you take so much on here. Keep it in perspective.

[Boss Hogg]

Can’t understand what we do all week in training. Weak to the core and clueless tactics and selections. Amdouni is carried match after match and Ramsey has been a bag of sh.t and a liability whenever I’ve seen him.

[StayingDown4Ever]

Let’s be brutally honest there wouldn’t be a single person on this page defending the manager if his name wasn’t Vincent Kompany.

Brian laws was better

Remember when people were saying he was going to be the next City manager and they were also worried when the Spurs job became available?

[burnleymik]

Just can't see what Ramsey brings to the table.