Topfarrier
UTC Legend
You've never seen us close down a keeper?.....lol we literally scored from doing exactly that against Newcastle.
Fair play Andoni
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Plastic
That and their keeper playing an outfield role.
Always left them with a spare man
The sky sports ratings are renowned for being accurate aren’t they?
New Old Cherry
UTC Legend
Bloody strange supporters we have...we Win an away game in the North on a cold winters day...and someone gives Tavernier a 2 /10.
If he was that bad why would a Manager of Iraola's calibre not take him off say at half time and order him to go and sit on the bus and read a Beano Comic....
If he was that bad why would a Manager of Iraola's calibre not take him off say at half time and order him to go and sit on the bus and read a Beano Comic....
SlowDownDerek
UTC Legend
All very deliberate...
"The Basque boss restarted: “It’s difficult to press Burnley because they use very well Trafford.
So sometimes it's not even enough to go man-to-man and you have to take very risky positions if you want be as aggressive as we've been last games.
“So we decided that they will have the ball there (with Trafford), but we were not reading well whenever we are not as aggressive they will try to play more direct.
“We were not winning these second balls and we were conceding things close to our box, free kicks, corners, which is not the game we want to play.
“I think second half we were much better with more energy, especially in the middle.
“After, when we win the second balls, we are dangerous in the contest and we had the chances to score with Dom, with Ant even before the second goal, and luckily we scored before they did.”
"The Basque boss restarted: “It’s difficult to press Burnley because they use very well Trafford.
So sometimes it's not even enough to go man-to-man and you have to take very risky positions if you want be as aggressive as we've been last games.
“So we decided that they will have the ball there (with Trafford), but we were not reading well whenever we are not as aggressive they will try to play more direct.
“We were not winning these second balls and we were conceding things close to our box, free kicks, corners, which is not the game we want to play.
“I think second half we were much better with more energy, especially in the middle.
“After, when we win the second balls, we are dangerous in the contest and we had the chances to score with Dom, with Ant even before the second goal, and luckily we scored before they did.”
Cherriess
First Team
I think Neto is a great character but just has his limitations. He was pretty bad at the start of the season, maybe partly due to bereavement, who knows, but has been more solid over last few months. He's just not very commanding when the set pieces or crosses come in usually. I think that's his limitation.
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Cherriess
First Team
He'll get goals again soon I would imagine.
tedisking
Fans' Favourite
Serious question.....did you watch the game ?
come in now you know he doesn't need to watch the game he just gets the feel of what happened and that's good enough, don't forget he never missed a game between 1900 and 2005
And yours are being renowned for….
Neil Dawson
UTC Legend
Ridiculous to give any player less than a 4, particularly in a hard fought away victory. Just clickbait…. And it’s worked!!
Tavs is off form at critical moments but if you were at the game you’d see the defensive cover and intelligence he has. That’s why he stays on the pitch and it’s why as yet we don’t trust Sinisterra or Dango. He is part of the reason we won so deserves at least a 6 for me.
Wasn’t an enjoyable watch reminded me of last years run in games where we were poor but took critical chances. Hopefully we will play better when everyone is rested, fit and not poorly.
New Old Cherry
UTC Legend
Iraola is quite capable and apt to switching tactics, formations , shape and style when it suits....just like any Manager...Howe, Cardy Scott Parker, Gary friggin' O'Neil....Bond.... Fred Cox.......Harry Redknapp .Harry Kinghorn... Harry Lowe...
Ramsey, Clough...Nicholson....Shankly.... Herb Chapman...they all messed about with things until they got it right !
Ramsey, Clough...Nicholson....Shankly.... Herb Chapman...they all messed about with things until they got it right !
Topfarrier
UTC Legend
Pretty much how I saw it.....we set up a lot differently than we have in any other game this season .
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That wasn't from a goal kick. The pass was from outside the box wide left and Dom was in a good position to press. I would say a bit of a one off situation.
New Old Cherry
UTC Legend
Well you know I didn't....so why ask ?
Just to trying and wind me up....and you also know i'm somewhat of a master of that myself....
So don't mind you trying ha hah !
I heard it on Flashscore commentary - got enough from that to be able to formulate an opinion.
I'm a Boscombe supporter of long vintage like you..a passionate and fanatical one ...otherwise I'd disappear from this instead of joining in with my emotional and pithy offerings !
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Matt Stevenson
First Team
I’ll post all the stats tomorrow but he did win 7 out of 8 tackles, which I assume is why he stayed on. Sky also reported during the game that he has created the most number of chances for us this season.
It just isn’t happening in front of goal for him at the minute
Interesting. I'll admit I've not watched a lot of Burnley this season, but everything I saw yday and in the games I did watch made me think you absolutely DO want to press Trafford. He looked very uncomfortable.
I think Christie is just so important to the press and our style of play. When Christie isn't 'on it', the whole style of play looks ineffective. Also the nicking of the ball on the halfway line from Senesi is crucial to our style, and that's just not Mepham's game, so losing Senesi after 12 minutes was a major blow.
Another thing was that we looked so vulnerable on our left side, especially first half. Kerkez isn't as disciplined as Smith and it leaves gaps behind us, I feel like Burnley were deliberately targeting that and better sides would've hurt us. If fit, I prefer Kelly there in this system/style because it makes up for the lack of numbers when our front 5 all bomb forward.
