Sheffsteel
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Call me mad, but I think Burnley are the most likely to drop out of the 3 promoted teams. The way they play will leave them wide open and they'll ship a lot of goals, as others have said - Norwich-esque.
Us and Luton might not be as flashy but we'll be tough to break down.
I’ve said the same a few times.
Some fans think, oooh Burnley have Vincent Kompany, so they must be good or they will play the Man City way so must be good.
but anyone with a football brain who ignores the hype knows football doesn’t work like that.
I see similarities with Burnley and the Norwich team that came up under Farke.
The Norwich fans were saying it’s the best brand of attacking football they’ve ever seen Norwich play, they were understandably giving it large.
When NC clicked they were beating teams 5-0 in the Championship creating loads of chance home and away.
The Norwich fans were so confident they’d stay up…..with some even predicting a top half finish.
However they played the same open attacking style in the Prem, they won a lot of friends, played entertaining football
but were far too open and lost 5-2 most weeks.
I think back to how Burnley tried to take on Man City in the FA cup last year, they were positive but ended up losing 6-0.
Wouldn’t surprise me if Burnley do another Norwich……they’ll either finish comfortable mid table or finish bottom.
Regards us and Luton. Unlike Wilder, Hecky is a more pragmatic negative manager but think this will actually help us this season
Think we’ll be set up to defend in numbers and rely on counter attacks and set pieces
and to be honest (based on last season) both Sheff Utd and Luton have superb defences when they sit back and park the bus.
Its not nice to watch but think many PL teams will find it difficult to score goals against us and Luton.
The question is how can Sheff Utd and Luton create chances to score goals.