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Vintage Claret
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by Vintage Claret » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:24 pm
Do we not practice free kicks in training?
Every one we get anywhere near the opposition's penalty area seems to end up going over the bar

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Conroy92
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by Conroy92 » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:24 pm
I can't watch this till the end of the season. Something needs to change.
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NickBFC
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by NickBFC » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:25 pm
Our biggest issue is our midfield. Miles off Premier League standard I think. Defence and attack suffers as a result. A long winter ahead I fear.
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claret2018
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by claret2018 » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:25 pm
We’ll do well to finish anything but bottom this season
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Milltown1882
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by Milltown1882 » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:25 pm
Worst bit of this is Newcastle are absolutely abysmal. It’s gonna be a long winter.
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by jojomk1 » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:25 pm
Another hopeful lump from Westwood
Such stylish play
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by FCBurnley » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:26 pm
Get McNeil wide left where he belongs. No crosses coming in. We need to score not lose 1-0
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by scouseclaret » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:26 pm
I’ve been trying to stay positive, but this is sh!t
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BabylonClaret
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by BabylonClaret » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:26 pm
We look poor this half but the problem is we have given them something to hold onto and none of our bench options have goals I them
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tiger76
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by tiger76 » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:27 pm
jedi_master wrote: ↑Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:20 pm
We’re so bad at direct free kicks. The last one I can remember us scoring is Brady against Chelsea and that was about five years ago.
Defour scored a couple during his time, including that stunner at OT, but yes it's a part of our game we've been lacking in for far too long.
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jos
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by jos » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:27 pm
They look more likely to score than we do
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ClaretAndJew
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by ClaretAndJew » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:28 pm
BabylonClaret wrote: ↑Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:26 pm
We look poor this half but the problem is we have given them something to hold onto and none of our bench options have goals I them
Most of our squad don't have goals in them.
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Conroy92
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by Conroy92 » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:28 pm
Can see Kevin long coming on up top today
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SouthamptonClaret
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by SouthamptonClaret » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:29 pm
How has Almiron not been booked?? He's committed at least 5 cynical fouls
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cockneyclaret
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by cockneyclaret » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:29 pm
We'll never score here, can't see anything in attack
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by minnieclaret » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:29 pm
How many fouls have they committed? Tierney doesn’t seem interested and a couple have been naughty.
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expoultryboy
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by expoultryboy » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:29 pm
You're right Newcastle are poor , but we are clueless . Pass sideways , back and then lump it .
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tarkys_ears
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by tarkys_ears » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:29 pm
Nice elbow in the face from Almerion,
Yet again, nothing!
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Sheedyclaret
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by Sheedyclaret » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:30 pm
Its been poor for months, no surprises seriously lacking in quality
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tiger76
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by tiger76 » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:30 pm
Milltown1882 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:25 pm
Worst bit of this is Newcastle are absolutely abysmal. It’s gonna be a long winter.
That's what is so annoying, they are a poor side, but we've gifted them the lead, and currently we don't appear to have any hope of equalising.
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tally
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by tally » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:30 pm
Wood is crap again today alas
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by FCBurnley » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:30 pm
Roberts coming on for Lowton
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Blyclaret
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by Blyclaret » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:31 pm
Not the lack of effort. And there is some skill
But its just the tactics …same very week… its like doing something and expecting a different result.
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burnleymik
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by burnleymik » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:31 pm
Roberts for Lowton?
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jedi_master
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by jedi_master » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:31 pm
The saddest part of this is that I feel a sense of urgency/panic/need to win from Newcastle.
I don’t from us.
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Murger
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by Murger » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:33 pm
We are going down.
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by minnieclaret » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:33 pm
How much are we missing Tony Loughlin on the touchline? We’ve gone backwards ever since he left.
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jojomk1
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by jojomk1 » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:33 pm
As bad as I have seen all season and can't really look for subs to improve it
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burnleymik
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by burnleymik » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:34 pm
Feels a bit hopeless right now.
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by jedi_master » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:34 pm
minnieclaret wrote: ↑Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:33 pm
How much are we missing Tony Loughlin on the touchline? We’ve gone backwards ever since he left.
Shades of John Ward leaving Adrian Heath?
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Blyclaret
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by Blyclaret » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:34 pm
I hate to say this … but this performance has relegation written all over it.
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jojomk1
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by jojomk1 » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:34 pm
Bringing on a defender to keep the goal difference down
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boatshed bill
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by boatshed bill » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:35 pm
Connor Roberts is about to prove all those who doubted him wrong

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burnleymik
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by burnleymik » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:35 pm
Newcastle want it. We don't.
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Inchy
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by Inchy » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:35 pm
Newcastle are dreadful
And we are worse
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Conroy92
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by Conroy92 » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:35 pm
Bizarre substitution. Smacks of panic.
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brexit
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by brexit » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:35 pm
This is not a midfield problem it is a mentality problem we have proved this team can beat any team in the PL but they don't seem to have a plan - I will be the first to see it - Dyche needs to go
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box_of_frogs
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by box_of_frogs » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:36 pm
burnleymik wrote: ↑Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:23 pm
The most annoying thing is everytime we start to progress forward, we suddenly stop, turn and play it backwards. It then ends up being lumped and lost. Come on lads, desperately need these points.
And we’ve been doing it for 3 years…
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Andreshotboots
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by Andreshotboots » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:36 pm
Somebody please say we'll never score...so we score..
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by taio » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:36 pm
Conroy92 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:35 pm
Bizarre substitution. Smacks of panic.
Probably for long throw-in
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by jojomk1 » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:37 pm
Conroy92 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:35 pm
Bizarre substitution. Smacks of panic.
Smacks of keeping Plan A going
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Milltown1882
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by Milltown1882 » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:37 pm
Going down
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by superdimitri » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:37 pm
Are we even trying to chase the game? All Newcastle. They look like scoring again.
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by brexit » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:38 pm
we never score in the last 15min

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by jojomk1 » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:38 pm
It's like watching Brazil - against Padiham

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boatshed bill
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by boatshed bill » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:38 pm
They are battering us.
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by jedi_master » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:38 pm
In a must not lose game, we’re treating this with all the intensity of the Carabao Cup.
Absolutely horrific.
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Tread Warily
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by Tread Warily » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:38 pm
We are absolutely atrocious, Is Wood even on the pitch?

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diamondpocket
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by diamondpocket » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:39 pm
Shambolic & absolutely clueless going forward - get it wide and pump it in or pump it long.
2nd balls, forget that, our 2 central midfielders are 25 yards away from the box yet St Max still flies past them
4-4-2 has gone Sean - we're going down with these tactics!
How to destroy a young player, in Dwight, masterclass. Look at that first season when he came in and kept us up. Let's watch the videos and see what he did when he hadn't been coached by Dyche. Look at him!
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