I'm aware of all that. Perhaps it would have been more accurate to say we have only played competitively once against Accrington Stanley (1968). No need at all as the post and reply was about this season's cup draw as opposed to a cup draw from 65/6 or before when the side we played in 58/9 that yo...

We played them many times in the old Lancashire Senior Cup. The last time was in the 58/9 season when we beat them 4-1 on the Turf. Different club .. That Accrington Stanley went under in 1966 , the current club played their first game four years later at a different ground .. and neither have anyt...

Some interesting points but we have an example. Roberts was able to move around pretty freely, like Maatsen, last season, but he can't fully do it this year. Obviously he's not good enough to do it at this level and his defensive frailties are being shown up too as we probably knew from the relegat...

The left backs ahead of him at Chelsea both cost about 50 million quid. It's crazy to say him not getting into the Chelsea team is any reflection on whether he's good enough for Burnley. The point being they see him in a different role altogether... if they thought he was a good enough left back th...

If Maatsen had spent most of last season playing ‘out of position’ he would have been dropped. More likely, such was our dominance, he was able to play a much more progressive role than a traditional left back. One that season we don’t have the luxury of incorporating into our game. Watch back how ...

He ***** about with the ball, taking until the very last second to release it and doesnt get forward enough (turns back). For me hes not good enough for the prem. We need a powerful forward thinking left back that does the defensive side too. Maatsen is the type of player that fits that build to he...

Taylor is also a reason the defence doesn’t work. We can’t play how we want because he struggles on the ball. The whole defensive system is a mess due to our recruitment. Lb that doesn’t suit the system, inexperienced CBs and a poor midfield Agreed to an extent - he does struggle with the ball in t...

One of the top performers? I’d say he’s one of our biggest problems. A bigger problem than the inexperienced centre backs or the central midfield players who look completely out of their depth ? I think Taylor is a decent experienced Premier League left back .. unlike our much vaunted borrowed left...

I think that if Ekdal and Beyer were fit, Delcroix would be playing left back ahead of Taylor. I maintain he doesn’t fit the VK system and he’s only playing because he’s the only option available at the moment. That might well be true but for me it remains completely inexplicable .. the lad from Be...

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 11, 2023 6:24 pm

With no disrespect but Young was levels above David Miller.

Agreed

* in this case ... yawn not awake yet

MT03ALG wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 08, 2023 8:59 am

Not many replies to this message about Jordan. I admit to fishing as I had heard from a good source that he was not injured but 'too tired' to play yesterday...

'good source' and 'too tired' ... neither would be true ont his case.