I watched the match Burnley-Man City live.I expected it to be a great match and that Burnley would not yield so easily .Unfortunately my great expectations dashed to pieces as Burnley were much below par.
i cannot understand what Burnley gains in practising long passes play.
1. The players cannot retain the ball even for a reasonable time .
2. Two forwards against four experienced defenders .
3. There is 10% chance that our players can get the ball .
4. Goal chance is nullified .
5. Our defence is poor . The players hardly can neutralise the hoard of attackers,
6. Five easy goals being scored upon us
7.There was hardly a goal chance against City .
I strongly believe that we have to stop practising long passes with a devastating result.As other clubs, we should have access to neat small passes and to progress further in the camp of our adversaries.
Sean Klopp is a very intelligent coach and Manager . He might have diagnosed the bad effect of long balls.

8, a chafed undercarriage.

The basic truth is that 90% of the Premier League are technically better than we are. Teams have come on leaps and bounds, Wolves being a prime example. It’s not that we are worse than previous years, others are much improved.

Guitargeorge wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 30, 2020 8:36 am

The basic truth is that 90% of the Premier League are technically better than we are. Teams have come on leaps and bounds, Wolves being a prime example. It’s not that we are worse than previous years, others are much improved.

Granted. But it doesn’t help with them knowing exactly what we’re going to do.

Number 1 is the root cause of many of our problems. We have zero pace and very little creativity in midfield. The opposition know that if they press the stock response is either square or back and if it is square, it is usually followed by back. Ball then launched forwards and more often than not possession is lost. And we have all seen what a team like City can do when they are given the ball.

When do Burnley kick off v Man City? Every 15 minutes.

As with everything in football these days, it comes down to money. Playing a passing game is fine, if you have the technically gifted players to do it successfully. And you need a lot of money to get such players. If you try to do it with less-gifted players, the likelihood is that you lose possession and give away soft goals. Remember last season, Burnley 2 Norwich 0. We have to find a way to get the best possible results with the players available to us, and so far we have done that with amazing success.

Erasmus wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 30, 2020 9:42 am

As with everything in football these days, it comes down to money. Playing a passing game is fine, if you have the technically gifted players to do it successfully. And you need a lot of money to get such players. If you try to do it with less-gifted players, the likelihood is that you lose possession and give away soft goals. Remember last season, Burnley 2 Norwich 0. We have to find a way to get the best possible results with the players available to us, and so far we have done that with amazing success.

This. Sadly we are in division where pretty much every other team has spent millions well beyond our capability to do so. Dyche has been a genius at defying the natural order of things but the lack of squad strengthening has now caught up with us. Our hope is that the other 3 "duffer" teams in the division remain poor.