I'm with Luke on this. I thought we looked by far the better side last night. Fair play to Burnley, a bit of luck went their way with their second goal; they capitalised on it and got a second whilst we still shellshocked; then defended like their lives depended on it. It's something we need to take lessons from.But given it's our second season in the PL after a too-long absence, it doesn't bother me overly. We looked brilliant last night, even with the defeat. Had even one of those shots gone in before half time, I'm convinced we'd have won by a cricket score.
Quote from: ChicagoLion on January 28, 2021, 10:15:24 AMPoor game management last night, I thought he had got past this.I’m not sure that particularly fair. Much more instances of getting it right this season than wrong.Secondly, even though Burnley improved in the second half, they had had the grand total of two shots from the 46th minute up until the 75th. Then they scored with a freak cross. It’s not like we were losing control of the game. Of course you can argue changes might have helped, but it’s seems more of a reaction to the end result than the performance at the time to me.
Poor game management last night, I thought he had got past this.
We looked very good first half, much less second half. Yes, we're hugely improved on last season, but in a year when West Ham are 4th, and top 6 places are up for grabs, we can't afford the sheer complaceny we saw last night. We absolutely threw it away, as we have in a few other games like Brighton and West Ham.
Quote from: Luke8 on January 28, 2021, 10:44:30 AMQuote from: ChicagoLion on January 28, 2021, 10:15:24 AMPoor game management last night, I thought he had got past this.I’m not sure that particularly fair. Much more instances of getting it right this season than wrong.Secondly, even though Burnley improved in the second half, they had had the grand total of two shots from the 46th minute up until the 75th. Then they scored with a freak cross. It’s not like we were losing control of the game. Of course you can argue changes might have helped, but it’s seems more of a reaction to the end result than the performance at the time to me. Issue for me was the five minutes between 2-2 and 3-2. We couldn't get into their half or even have control of the ball so it kept coming back at our backline.No subs when Davis on and perhaps we could've held it up better once it was cleared. Or Trez on to help out Cash a bit more which was a big problem with the 3rd goal.Just putting them all on straight after the winner was just too late.
I always thought Davis if anything has a great touch when he features. I know his finishing is very debatable but last night he looked very very sluggish and rusty. Not sure if it’s game time or confidence, but his touch was woeful. I’d have been tempted with either Ramsey or Nakamba for Ross or Traore when it was 2-1. Hindsight is wonderful though in the aftermath.
Quote from: Ian J on January 28, 2021, 01:09:17 PMI always thought Davis if anything has a great touch when he features. I know his finishing is very debatable but last night he looked very very sluggish and rusty. Not sure if it’s game time or confidence, but his touch was woeful. I’d have been tempted with either Ramsey or Nakamba for Ross or Traore when it was 2-1. Hindsight is wonderful though in the aftermath.He was embarrassingly bad. For the sake of his own career he needs to be on his way this January. He offers nothing to the squad, and his own development isn't being enhanced by playing 5 minutes once a month. He's 23 in a couple of weeks, so I feel it's a bit of a crossroads for him.
2 wins in 7. He needs to change it up a little. We look tired and stale at times as well as too many sloppy errors (still)