Ratings & Reactions: Burnley v Villa

[John]

How on earth did we lose that? How did Burnley manage to score three goals (including one from that thug Mee)?

The best team by some distance lost tonight. A win for anti-football.

[AV82]

I feel ill.

Imagine actually supporting Burnley?

[osmark86]

Just now, OLDVILLAIN said:

smith has not learned that zonal marking does not work anymore....how many times ffs

we still have the second most clean sheets in the league so it's not all bad though is it? but yeah, tonight the defense fell apart there in the second half.

[Skruff]

Fair play to Burnley, pressured us in the second half and we didn't cope with it. 

We've played brilliantly most of the match though. 

Time to get humble. 

[DWG_Pauly]

I should not have stepped away for table tennis after Jack's goal. What the hell!

[Keyblade]

Should have played Hause. Konsa and to a lesser extent Mings were bullied by Wood.

[Mantis]

I **** hate these words removed. Neanderthal thugs. Absolutely no talent in that team whatsoever but every season they grind out enough points to stay up through fouling, long balls and just general gamesmanship. They may have won the game but if your entire existence is just muddling along with that shit then you're pretty much losing at life.

[punkiller1981]

I think a mings replacement is needed in the summer.

[nick76]

MOTM was Pope by a long way

I dont know how we lost that, I really dont.  We smashed them first half and even second while we were poor we still matched them.  Unbelievable how we conceded three goals and once they came back to 2-2 you just felt they would score a third.

So angry, frustrated, disappointed, confused about that game.

[Lerner's Driver]

5 minutes ago, osmark86 said:

robbed

We weren't robbed, we killed ourselves. Poor finishing and poor defending.

[WallisFrizz]

1 minute ago, hippo said:

No exaggeration - I don't think I've ever seen us play so well and lose. 

We didn't even waste chances - pope saved them.

If I'm going to criticize anyone and it's very harsh. Martinez thus far this season, saves at least those last two.

We didn’t play well second half, they were worthy of a point, not 3.

[El Zen]

I’m so angry I had do go downstairs and scream into a pillow. F***ing shithousing, robbing thugs. A truly loathsome football team managed by a horrible word removed of a character. We should’ve beaten them about 15-1 on aggregate and are left with one f***ing point for our efforts. Had we equalised at the end I wouldn’t have celebrated as I’d still be f***ing fuming over the lost points. Get in the sea, you neanderthal pricks. Let the rest of us play football and do whatever it is you do in a lesser league. It sure as f*** ain’t football. 

[M_Afro]

The first goal was the worst of all to concede. Utterly woeful. We defend that simple corner and we probably win the game. Terrible defending!

[gwi1890]

Just now, Keyblade said:

Should have played Hause. Konsa and to a lesser extent Mings were bullied by Wood.

Hause was injured 

[KenjiOgiwara]

Pretty absurd. We played some lovely football and should win this by 5 goals. Then we just collectively shit the bed. Poor by the defence. Awful by Emi and crap by Traore. 

Burnley are absolute shite mind. Once they finally are relegated I'll open the best bottle my wine fridge holds.

[PieFacE]

1 minute ago, OLDVILLAIN said:

smith has not learned that zonal marking does not work anymore....how many times ffs

The thing is, it does. We could concede twice as many man marking. Zonal is statistically proven to be better than man marking.  

[OLDVILLAIN]

Just now, Keyblade said:

Should have played Hause. Konsa and to a lesser extent Mings were bullied by Wood.

hause is out with a bruised foot

[One For The Road]

3 minutes ago, thunderball said:

we are going to finish 10th or worse with this luck.

I'd be absolutely over the moon with 10th!! How high were you expecting us to finish? 8th? 9th? 

10th would be amazing but I just can't see it. We lose every away game these days and that's not a recipe for a top half finish.

11th or 12th is where we will finish which is still great progress. 

Edited January 27, 2021 by One For The Road

[The_Steve]

Davies is not the answer when 3-2 down. 
 

We badly need a striker, and cannot rush Wesley back too soon. 

[punkiller1981]

FWIW Barkley has had  a mare as the blocker for that first goal