Match thread and team

[JimmyRobbo]

What on earth has the ref given here?

Can't Roberts play a quick fk off their player? Am I out of touch with the rules?

[ksrclaret]

I'm really not.

The team we have out today isn't great at all - we also sold our best players.

Should Millwall be battering us like this?

[blatherwickstattoos]

Being absolutely bullied off a bottom half championship team. Our wage bill is the send highest in the league. Beyond pathetic. But…. Only takes one half chance to get back into the game. But can’t see one coming anytime soon

[Paddy1882]

Lee Hendrie on co comms just summed it up perfectly, no identity. This stage of the season you should have an identity and style of play, we look nowhere near it.

[burnleymik]

Taking Laurent off and leaving Cullen on feels like a mistake.

[The Hung Juror]

How the hell is Anthony still on the pitch?

[Casper2]

Anthony , Brownhill and Cullen a disgrace today

Cullen downed tools when Kompany left

[Goalposts]

Roberts is luck still to be on the pitch.. could easily have had a couple of yellows

[IanMcL]

3 subs.
Rodriguez Hannibal Sarmiento on

[Tricky Trevor]

Now he’s gone off I will say I never want to see Humphries in a Claret shirt again.
If he’s a CB he’d be our 6th choice and he’ll never be a FB as long as he has a hole in his arse.
He has no first touch, can’t pass, never overlaps. Get rid.

[CoolClaret]

Should Millwall be battering us like this?

We must have very different definitions of what 'battering' means.

[BurnleyFC]

Far too many poor performances (Cullen, Anthony, Humphreys, Brownhill and plenty others not far off being considered to be playing poorly).

Slow, backwards, no tempo. No signs that we are learning and improving, at all.

Roberts and Houtondji woeful for their goal. A good header but one bit of movement and they were both on their heels.

We’re a long way short of promotion winning team.

As the old saying goes - I’ll show my arse in Burton’s window if Parker gets this team promoted.

I still think with the correct tactics it’s good enough to be in or around the top six, but he only managed to get a far superior Fulham side to finish fourth.

[JohnDearyMe]

Taking Laurent off and leaving Cullen on feels like a mistake.

Hard to believe he was one of the best players in the Championship the season before last. Really struggling in this set up

[Safron]

Well don't understand that sub at all leave Cullen on and take off Laurent, baffling

[Sgt. Pepper]

Millwall are no mugs, they'll be seventh if they beat us. We are nowhere near good enough to think we can pitch up at their place and help ourselves to three points.
We're a centre forward short (possibly two to be honest), and Parker does seem to have a very defensive mindset.
Interesting to see what we look like after these changes. It was confusing against QPR, multiple sets of subs and Jay playing out wide for a bit made no sense at all.
Still, fingers crossed.

[ksrclaret]

We must have very different definitions of what 'battering' means.

Should Millwall be beating us like this?

[jedi_master]

He can change players like he just has but if he doesn’t alter the system and the total lack of width then we simply won’t get round the back of them. Parker truly plays with right/left backs - not wing backs. The games moved on from this, you need an overlap. I find that the biggest problem (of many) in this recent run. Totally static.

[BleedingClaret]

Brownhill and Cullen mostly within 10 yards of each other, playing little nothing passes and then passing backwards where 1 of them would be just as effective or more so with their head up and in a forward direction
We play 1 man up front on his own, ignore his runs and then smack a ball at him on the half way line, in panic, when he has 3 men on him
Nonsense football at present that puts no pressure on the opposition but invites pressure on ourselves that we can’t cope with

[Belial]

We'd have been better off keeping Zaroury than getting Anthony. He's not a player that's good enough for a top team even in this league

[IanMcL]

Bit more energy

[blatherwickstattoos]

Second highest wage bill in the division…. Let that sink in

[wilks_bfc]

So Anthony at LB with Sarmiento now at LW?

[HahaYeah]

Shite from Brownhill, calm down lad.

[Tricky Trevor]

What on earth has the ref given here?

Can't Roberts play a quick fk off their player? Am I out of touch with the rules?

He tried to play the FK off the Millwall player and then carry it. The ref said he missed him and played it twice. FK them.

[ClaretOfMancunia]

Could have Haaland up front and not score with these tactics. Parker is clueless.

[Mattster]

I'm really not.

The team we have out today isn't great at all - we also sold our best players.

The team we have out there today is better than Millwall's and 90% of the division. It is not down to the quality of the playing squad that we play this turgid, toothless football.

[wilks_bfc]

We'd have been better off keeping Zaroury than getting Anthony. He's not a player that's good enough for a top team even in this league

Apparently Parker want led him to stay but Zaroury was one of those that said he wanted out of the club.

[Goalposts]

You might as well put ageyi on for anthony

[Indecisive]

Oh ye … now we see what your made of. Get off this board you clown.

He’s far from the only one. I don’t know if it’s just me, but for a few reasons im finding this site increasingly negative, and actually at times properly depression inducing.

Probably should just swerve it completely.

Having grown up watching the Burnley team of the late 80’s and 90’s… back then to imagine us having spent a significant time in the premier league, and even now, competing at the top end of the championship, I’d have given my left arm.

Parker currently has a rebuild. There’s literally zero appreciation of that.

[IanMcL]

Good foraging Hannibal. Koleosho blasts so far over, it landed in London Stadium.

[Newcastleclaret93]

I keep saying it but Koleosho isn’t half the player he was last season.

I think that injury has really affected him

[Safron]

So we have pires on the bench but sp sees Anthony a better option at lb?

[blatherwickstattoos]

Koleosho 40 million

[IanMcL]

Pressure

[jedi_master]

Had better wingers and strikers under Cotterill when we didn’t have a pot to **** in.

[IanMcL]

Two of them head each other and the ball for a corner to us.

[willsclarets]

Nice bit of play by Jay

[DCWat]

He’s far from the only one. I don’t know if it’s just me, but for a few reasons im finding this site increasingly negative, and actually at times properly depression inducing.

Probably should just swerve it completely.

Having grown up watching the Burnley team of the late 80’s and 90’s… back then to imagine us having spent a significant time in the premier league, and even now, competing at the top end of the championship, I’d have given my left arm.

Parker currently has a rebuild. There’s literally zero appreciation of that.

To be fair, I think that most do appreciated that but there is very little, if any, evidence of improvement.

For all out possession, week after week, we are creating nothing. Playing as a striker in this team / set up is an impossible task.

[summitclaret]

This is utter xxxxx.

[Boss Hogg]

No shots on target. Two touches in opposition box.

[daveisaclaret]

Some may think this is negative but I think it would be good if we scored a goal

[FCBurnley]

2 Millwall defenders clash heads clearing a cross No Burnley player in sight !!!

[ClaretOfMancunia]

Don't see how anyone can blame the forwards who are getting zero service from midfield, and that being down to these horribly negative passing backwards tactics.

[IanMcL]

Koleosho better on left. Anthony better at B'muff.

[Kgun5]

Had better wingers and strikers under Cotterill when we didn’t have a pot to **** in.

Wouldn't you want to use the pot for other things? I mean, why are you holding onto your ****?

[grapidianclaret]

Predictably awful again.
Expecting a different performance from this set up,week in and week out is idiotic of me.
Need some money spent in January. Creativity is non existent.

[blatherwickstattoos]

Don't see how anyone can blame the forwards who are getting zero service from midfield, and that being down to these horribly negative passing backwards tactics.

This is very true

[JimmyRobbo]

Jay with a great flick.

Imagine how improved we could be with a proper, fit 9.

[Stonehouse]

He’s far from the only one. I don’t know if it’s just me, but for a few reasons im finding this site increasingly negative, and actually at times properly depression inducing.

Probably should just swerve it completely.

Having grown up watching the Burnley team of the late 80’s and 90’s… back then to imagine us having spent a significant time in the premier league, and even now, competing at the top end of the championship, I’d have given my left arm.

Parker currently has a rebuild. There’s literally zero appreciation of that.

We’re not interested in30 yrs ago or 30 months ago ,there’s no excuse for this garbage that’s being dished out week after week.

[Barry_Chuckle]

Poor negative tactics on show again I'm afraid.

Even if we signed a striker in January, I can't see SP Changing the way we play. It's so tedious.