Sheffield Utd v Burnley Match Thread.

[Murger]

Hahaha this is mad.

[IanMcL]

I don’t know where the goals are coming from

Santa Claus

[IanMcL]

Come on Brentford!

[daveisaclaret]

We are loads better than these and making it show.

Good fun seeing Brereton spinning around without a hope of stopping Assignon

[Safron]

So sad we should be out of the bottom three now without recent blunders oh well!

[Tricky Trevor]

I pray the two appeals hearings add back on the points they had deducted from the initial decision.

[jojomk1]

Given this is more like being at the circus than a top level sporting event, I think we should go for the juggler.

They are certainly a team of clowns

[KRBFC]

Right let’s try and not concede in first half stoppage time, for once

[JimmyRobbo]

Watching Brereton-Diaz attempting to defend then was a beautiful sight. Poor ******* was in knots.

Yep!

Great value from BBD. Good of him to do us a favour.

[JimmyRobbo]

SHeff falling to pieces and suddenly we're looking good again.

Confidence is a big thing for boh sides.

[Stalbansclaret]

I’m following via a mix of commentary on Talksport 2 and Sky Soccerlab. Unfortunately Tim Sherwood is the person watching on the latter and fair to say his usual anti-Burnley views coming through. According to him Sheff I have “totally dominated Burnley but are 2-0 down”. From the match commentary it’s sounded like nothing of the sort with the game pretty even.

[IanMcL]

Good move. Cullen cross, Foster volleys over.

[Tricky Trevor]

Foster blasts over after a cross from Cullen but Charlie was unmarked at the back post.

[criminalclaret]

So sad we should be out of the bottom three now without recent blunders oh well!

We gave away min of 10 points from winning positions before Christmas of our own doing, we could easily have been out of it before now. Can't blame recent performances on us not being out

[ISpeds00]

LUTON 2 DOWN

[burnleymik]

I thought we were poor that first half, but somehow we are 2 up!

[HahaYeah]

Muric,O Shea, Cullen and Berge the pick of the first half.

[jojomk1]

We gave away min of 10 points from winning positions before Christmas of our own doing, we could easily have been out of it before now. Can't blame recent performances on us not being out

Exactly
Losing points from winning positions, especially at home, have been our weakness

[bfcmik]

Brentford make it 2 v 0 at Luton

[morninbob]

Who ever had JBL as our top scorer at the beginning of the season

[jojomk1]

Muric,O Shea, Cullen and Berge the pick of the first half.

Muric has been good because O'Shea hasn't

[jedi_master]

Who ever had JBL as our top scorer at the beginning of the season

Really hope we sign him. He’d be good for double figures from the wing in the Champ.

[IanMcL]

Muric is responsible for our lead.

[blackbulllad]

It's a funny old game bottom 2 teams and it shows
But we are 2 up . I'll take that

[bfcjg]

Bloody hell, 2 up and some people are desperate to slag players off. A team is the sum of its parts.

[morninbob]

Berge best player on the pitch by an absolute mile, we need to get him driving from midfield.

[Marney&Mee]

Could do with Everton and Forest both losing tmrw at Goodison…

[tally]

Do hope that VC makes a couple of changes at H/T or soon thereafter

[morninbob]

Really hope we sign him. He’d be good for double figures from the wing in the Champ.

Low fee of 5m euro's, we could do a swap with weghorst.

[ecc]

Bloody hell, 2 up and some people are desperate to slag players off. A team is the sum of its parts.

This is UTC, you know.

But, yes, it's reet annoying.

[Bowclaret]

Clean sheet clean sheet clean sheet clean sheet !!!!

I pray for a clean sheet !!!!!

[Safron]

Id still give tresor or benny 45 and jay or fofana

[HahaYeah]

Berge seems to lack a confident killer instinct to really drive through their defence.

[jojomk1]

Do hope that VC makes a couple of changes at H/T or soon thereafter

Odobert still the weakness offering very little
Brownhill or, against this lot, even Amdouni

[Pickles]

Berge and Muric were excellent in that first half. Berge has been the best player on the pitch, for either side, by streets and streets. Has he lost the ball yet? Such an elegant, composed player who's got better and better as the season has progressed.

[ISpeds00]

I’m following via a mix of commentary on Talksport 2 and Sky Soccerlab. Unfortunately Tim Sherwood is the person watching on the latter and fair to say his usual anti-Burnley views coming through. According to him Sheff I have “totally dominated Burnley but are 2-0 down”. From the match commentary it’s sounded like nothing of the sort with the game pretty even.

HES A DICKHEAD

[Clive 1960]

we rode our luck before we scored they could have been 2 up but we deserve a bit of luck, next goal is critical hopefully it's us that score it.

[Belgianclaret]

Muric & Berge standout players first half, all be it a poor quality game.
Avoid conceding a stupid goal in the first 10 mins and we should be able to put this beyond them.
Need to play on the front foot though, and I’d still be tempted to bring Brownhill on for Odobert

[spt_claret]

Who ever had JBL as our top scorer at the beginning of the season

I liked the look of him early doors but wouldn't have predicted that, no. He's a very well rounded attacker.

[Foshiznik]

I’m following via a mix of commentary on Talksport 2 and Sky Soccerlab. Unfortunately Tim Sherwood is the person watching on the latter and fair to say his usual anti-Burnley views coming through. According to him Sheff I have “totally dominated Burnley but are 2-0 down”. From the match commentary it’s sounded like nothing of the sort with the game pretty even.

Story of the first Half for me was:

First 20 mins - we dominated possession but created little.
Next 10/15 mins - we started getting sloppy with possession and Sheffield Utd started pumping balls into the box causing us a few issues

Then we scored from the first time Odobert didn’t lose the ball through a lucky deflection and then they fell apart for the second and we reverted to how we played the first 20 mins until half time.

[JLR81]

bonkers that we're not losing here

[Tribesmen]

Big 2nd half needed if you ask me

[superdimitri]

Just dominate possession and frustrate them now. No room for the usual stupid mistakes. No risky back passes please.

[Safron]

It's still in our own hands who knows if we click and can manage 3 wins boom!

[Foshiznik]

Don’t expect us to not win from here but with our frailties I wouldn’t count on it.

[Pickles]

I’m following via a mix of commentary on Talksport 2 and Sky Soccerlab. Unfortunately Tim Sherwood is the person watching on the latter and fair to say his usual anti-Burnley views coming through. According to him Sheff I have “totally dominated Burnley but are 2-0 down”. From the match commentary it’s sounded like nothing of the sort with the game pretty even.

That's what happens when former players are given media jobs purely on the basis they are former players. How is Sherwood qualified to speak about football? Yes he's played it, but that doesn't mean he's good at speaking about it. Fella can barely string a sentence together, relies on over the top clichés and unfortunately he's joined by many others of the same ilk.

See journalist James Horncastle speaking about Atalanta recently, pitch side at Anfield. Articulate, measured and knowledgeable.

[jojomk1]

Just three points behind Forest but GD is like another

[Belgianclaret]

Please relieve Odobert from his misery

[jos]

Well done O’Shea

[burnleymik]

What a save Muric.