Burnley 2 United 1 - report/ratings

[Wards]

not one to rely on when the teams playing poorly

Ironically I think that's exactly what we have done for most of the season.

Dragged us out of the shit many times.

He can be a luxury at times and I think that's why he's largely played from the left - to keep him away from defensive areas. But bloody hell, we'd be mid table without him.

 

[JD88]

Harsh on Cooper for the goal. It's a really good save and not sure he could have done much more, sometimes someone has to help the goalie out and they reacted quicker. Souza needs to play at least one of the last 2 as well. Doesn't look up to speed yet and he needs to be.

 

[Blade59]

I wouldn't criticise wilder on the tactics to start the game. We needed to try something different as we rarely looked like scoring against Burnley in the previous game. I thought the 2 up top almost worked in the first half. It was vital we got in front and but for some poor defending we could half done and that would have given us something to build on in the second half. In hindsight maybe would have gone with Rak Saki from the start as they looked a bit weak defensively down that side. Biggest disappointment was the response after HT. It was all a bit flat and hopeful rather than putting them under any real pressure. I would have brought O'Hare on as his pressing and harrying may have caused them to panic a bit. Instead he just did the usual of throw players on and hope something drops without any shape or plan.

Need to remember even if we has won it would still have been a long shot for autos. The damage was done in those three games. Important we rest key players and give game time to those who have not played many minutes recently. Important we have everybody fresh and ready for the playoff semis as given the short time between them we will probably need to rotate over the two games.

 

[RammyBlade]

So we get a clean sheet against Cardiff who are admittedly not great with a pairing of Holding and Anel and looked solid ..... so CW brings back calamity Robinson ?
How on earth was that the right decision and so it proved !

 

[bruce]

We haven't conceded when holdings played
Against Bristol City they scored by simply wrong footing sub Robinson and picking their spot

Robinson wasn't the sub. He started. McCallum and Anel came on for Holding and Seriki.