chicagoblue

Hopeful but not optimistic. I’ll be up bright and early for this. Goal in the first twenty for us would be excellent

Expect they'll give that Derrby team a run for worst ever

I mean who needs optimism anyway. Why do we do this to ourselves?

Great to get one back over on Villa on their patch so soon. Two wins in a row will do wonders to improve the mood around the place. March on to Luton and we can start to think about having a proper season.

Missing the second half, had to go back to work. What'd he do this time?

Wasnt having a go at him. Clearly this match is all about fitness for him. Just hadn't seen much from him on the ball is all.

Haven't seen anything from Harrison yet and he already looks to be feeling the pace

Aston Villa gifting that to us. Thanks Robin.

Garner!

Already getting outdone on corners

100% the for the taking but we're pussy footing about. No conviction in our forward play. No one knows what to do once we get near their box so we just keep playing hot potato.

Very indecisive

Onana was caught there? How is that not given?

Great play Gana. Beto has to hit the target

If Young just eases that through ball back to Pickford we walk out of that. Instead we turn it over and concede

Shooting ourselves in the foot once again

If you're spending less than 2.79 a day on pints you're doing better than me.

Suspect all the games against the "big teams" will be defensive low block bore fests. Have to assume that in games where Dyche thinks we can compete that we'll see some vintage Burnely 4-4-2 with a as many crosses as possible coming in from Harrison and McNeil. It's going to be pretty awful either way, but I can't imagine that we'll continue to play that midfield three except when we're parking the bus. Dyche's biggest threat is going to be his own turgid decision making in game. As soon as we went behind he needed to change the system and tactics. Leaving it as it was sapped whatever energy the crowd and team might have found if we'd actually gone for it at that point. Trying to do that in the last 5-10 was pointless. If plan A is park the bus, plan B has to be blood and thunder immediately once the bus is sunk.

Yes he put in a shift yesterday and did well defensively for the most part, but overall I can't help but think all of our full backs are well below what is required in the modern game. Shocking to me that we didn't look to actually improve at both LB and RB. Hard to believe that there weren't, at least, a few prospects or journeymen about that could've been brought in to provide options and challenge.

A midfield three of Onana Gueye and Doucs is always going to struggle to create so I really don't know what the plan was today. Just hoping for a lucky long ball to Beto?

This is abysmal

Guessing the forum had just come back online? Why in the world are we continuing to let the opposition take free short corners? Killed us two matches in a row. Dyche has to change it now. Had no attacking plan from the start. Can't get any worse.

Enjoy it

At the other end of the Pacific this one is a 4:30 am kick off and I just can't get up that early . Have a wedding to go to tomorrow and supposed to be giving a speech. Hate to miss this one, expecting a much better performance than Villa.

More like one more off the wall stat we'll never get to cite again.