Think this one hinges on whether Cornet was registered in time, tough afternoon for the hornets if not
Imagine if we manage to beat them, and win this one; we will have three more points than we do currently!
So here it is. The biggest day of the season is almost upon us. The excitement. The anticipation. The season peaks here. Yes: it can only be a match against our biggest rivals. Tempers will quite obviously flare on days such as these. Sure, get behind the lads, but don't give them a chance to deal a blow before the match. There will be a huge police presence, but it's always worth memorising the route to the ground, walk around in large groups and don't react to the goading and catcalling. Even some of our toughest have been caught off guard in the past. Derby day brings the worst out of fans on both sides. I'm already so, so excited for the match, I've barely been able to sleep; I'm sure I'm not the only one. There's so much adrenaline when we play Burnley. Sure, this has a red card or three written all over it, as challenges fly in and passion runs high. But the players know as well as we do, that everything will be worth it if we can secure the three points against the enemy. There's nothing sweeter than a victory against this lot.
****Lads banter**** I hate to lower the tone and it's possible I recalled this tale of woe last season, but a friend of mine had carnal relations with a lady from Burnley many years ago. He went down on her but it didn't to plan as things weren't too fresh betwixt her thighs. As he looked up, aghast, she said in her thick Burnley accent: 'Stinks dunnt it' ****Lads banter ends****
With typical Lawro logic that we are inconsistent. Hmmm sat 7th but clearly not consistent enough for him. Playing at home to a team that won last week without a single shot on target while we had a solid away win . Do these 'experts' just lick their fingers and hold them.in the air ?
Back in the mid 1990s, a mate of mine went out with a girl from Burnley. She drove a bright pink Ford Fiesta with "100% Psycho" written on the back. I once went for a night out with them and her mates from Burnley in Manchester. They spent the night flashing their jugs at everyone and were having a competition to see how many bloke's mouths they could stick their tongues down. They racked up some impressive scores including a copper sat in his car. They also had a rule that if anyone pulled they HAD to do anal. This went on with them incessantly chanting "Bur-Nur-Leh" everytime they had a drink or snared a bloke. They generally looked like the Addams family and the outfits looked like they'd been handpicked by a Ukrainan madam in the early 80s. The saddest thing is that none of this is remotely embellished and I am struggling to put into words how horrific it actually was. I bailed after a couple of hours, but by then I had seen what could not be unseen.
I am not a Dyche fan. He has seemingly become aware of the fact that he is a "liked" manager, in the same vein that the little ***** at Bournemouth is, because he is plucky and British and doing OK with an average bunch of footballers. And he plays on it. Also, and this might be the main reason; he needs to sort his gruff voice out, and get rid of that stupid goatee. It's not 2003 anymore. WFC 3-0 Burnley <tldr>Dyche annoys me (but not as much as Eddie Howe)</tldr>
This has probably been used previously but still sums it up perfectly. Watford 0 Burnley 10 (with no shots on target)
We're **** against **** teams and Burnly are one of the shittest. 1-0 I like Burnley, I like Dyche. They're doing the best they can given they're Burnley and I feel sorry for the people that have to watch Burnley every week.
I'll be steering clear. I know how much this game means, but football just isn't worth the risk of being hoofed to death by skinheads from Yorkshire.
We all know what will happen. They'll sit back for 89 min, then one of their lot will dive to win a penalty and they'll head back to the Reebok Stadium with 3 points. We never win against this lot.
It would be fine if their ex-players weren't all over the media. I bet we'll see plenty of Robbie Savage's smug, gloating face, if they smash, wrestle and elbow their way to victory.
Who should replace Hughes in the starting line-up? Sema may have put himself out of the running with his showing last week, so maybe we'll see Cleverley in the XI and a change of formation. Hughes being out could also pave the way for fellow blonde bombshell Penaranda to make the squad. Horrible, scrappy, filthy 0-1 incoming.
It seems a lovely place along with many of the other thatched cottage villages of the rural north. Looks like there are lots of other winners up north. Even a special mention for you Keighley. https://www.ilivehere.co.uk/burnley-a-k-a-burnleh.html I've never liked Burnley since that Jack Warner bankrolled them to the premier league title.
I read the news today, oh boy, 10,000 holes in Burnley, West Yorkshire and 3000 of them coming down tomorrow
Even though he's their former manager, I do like Chris Kamara, but I'll avoid him for this weekend as I suspect he'll be all over them
How about play Deulofeu in his actual position (Right Wing) and play Gray up front next to Deeney. Maybe that's too obvious a choice for Javi.... Doucs up front with Holebas with Penaranda in goal seems just as likely at this stage
Our chance to complete a second double in consecutive games, win tomorrow and there will be another possible double on the horizon to make it three in a row!
I had a very weird dream last night where we lost 9-8 to West Ham. Fortunately enough, we aren't playing West Ham tomorrow so we'll only lose 9-8 to West Ham of the North
Deulofeu and Femenia on the right in a 4-4-2 is very defensively lightweight, which is why we haven't seen it so far I suspect. Imagine those Burnley bruisers competing for 70 yard diagonals against our 5 foot 7 Spaniards...
I think he was Burnley manager when I made a memorable (for all the wrong reasons) trip to Blundell Park. Burnley were good at home that season and beat us 3-0 with goals from Fjortoft and others. Weather was horrible and traffic around Boundary Park was awful, so it took me an hour just to get back on the M4
Are we much better than them on paper? yes we are. Should we win tomorrow? Yes, we should. Burnley are atrocious and have been most of the season. I have seen them play anywhere between 5-7 times this season alone on the TV over here in the States, and they are crap. Their game against Spurs was a disgrace and thankfully Spurs got a last minute goal. We all know how they play, long ball, crosses into the box and set pieces. This will never change. Javi just needs to have a word with the lads and tell them to stay on their feet, don’t dive into tackles and give away needless FK’s. Press and close their wingers/full backs down early so they can’t get in the crosses they want. Do this against Burnley, and it could be a cricket score to us. They are incapable of playing any other way. Get an early goal so they have to come out of their defensive shell and we win comfortably. Even without an early goal, or even if they score first, I’m confident we will win tomorrow.
I’ll always have a soft spot in my heart for Burnley because of how livid their fans were after that Stephen Glass inspired cup victory over them back when we were crap. It was truly glorious as a young boy, to walk past their coaches lined up along Vicarage Road and savor their anger/disappointment. Brilliant free-kick that was. I was right behind the goal and you could just see it going in the moment it left his foot. Quality stuff.
