A dreadful example of bottom half Championship football at Turf Moor tonight.
One thing I did notice was how static our forwards are. They hardly make a move let alone a run. It's no wonder we never thread any passes through. Burke at least does that. Mousset and Brewster don't. McGoldrick drops deep for the ball.
It was a very close game but we never really looked like scoring. Our biggest threat came down the left from Stevens who put some early crosses in. Not a lot else. We are so slow going forward. Brewster, McGoldrick and Mousset turn backwards as soon as they get the ball, slowing everything down and giving the defence chance to get back into shape. Slow, ponderous, devoid or any quality, guile or intelligence. Burnley were better organised than us and wanted it more. They were more determined, cleverer and worked harder. Quite a few of our players lack a footballing brain. On a few occasions our wingbacks got forward and there was no one busting a gut to get in the box or in the box.
I doubt these kind of performances or attitude would keep us out of League 1.
Ramsdale - 6.5 - Made two very good saves first half and came out to clear a couple of times but little else to do. For me, he should have been collecting that cross for their goal. Pope would have caught it. He was very slightly blocked and instead of shoving their forward out of the way, gave up. It's a dolly just outside the the 6 yard area, very hard to defend as you're static.
Stevens - 7.5 - Our main threat going forward until Wilder decided to take that threat away and play him as part of the three. The only player seemingly willing to play passes and crosses first time.
Robinson - 5.5 - Slow, ponderous, looked liable to drop a bollock at any moment
Egan - 6.5 - I thought he was second best for much of tonight. Stuck at it but Wood had his number really. Get .5 for that shot.
Bash - 6 - Got forward well early on but didn't really do much with it. Again, had another hard battle and did ok against very little going forward.
Baldock - 5.5 - Got forward once well but his first reaction is to stop and look backwards. Thought he looked a bit iffy in defence and often a little late.
Osborn - 4 - Gets a point for keeping going but was woeful first half and made error after error. Got forward more second half but made a raft of bad decisions
Ampadu - 3.5 - Similar to Osborn really. Ran around a fair deal but his decision making is poor. Always looking for the easy option and week on and off the ball.
McGoldrick - 5.5 - Kept coming deep to get the ball and joined much of our play up. He looked tired though and his general play was too slow. Did a couple of nice things later on but needs to be more forward focused.
Brewster - 4.5- Put the most effort in I've seen in a game. Most things he did went woefully wrong. Crosses out of play. Passes to no one. Looked more likely to shoot but then he is so slow of thought and action that he lost the ball on a few occasions.
Mousset - 2.5 - Put a vague amount of effort in, looked slow to react and incapable of holding the ball up. I really don't see what he offers whatsoever. Plus, incapable of lasting 90 minutes so why even bother with him?
Subs (fuck me)
Fleck - 1 - One of the most useless performances I've seen since the glory days of League 1. Incredibly slow. Not involved. When he does get the ball just loses it from being so fucking slow. Jesus wept.
Burke - 5 - Came on and at least caused them some problems for 5 minutes. The only forward trying to make runs and do something. Shame there's no one with any vision in the team. After 15 minutes of energy, nothing.
Norwood - 2 - Can't tackle or track or defend. Put in one decent corner so get an extra mark. Gives stupid fouls away
Wilder - 3 - Tried something a little different whilst largely playing the same way which hasn't worked since we last won towards the end of the fourteenth century. Subs were awful. Saw nothing to suggest he can do anything about this.
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