**** Official Match Thread - Burnley vs Brighton - Turf Moor - 3PM ****

[algie]

Crofts out for 3 weeks. Thank god for international break.

 

[dingodan]

Gus sounds buzzing

 

[brightn'ove]

Check out Burnley's match thread and one certain poster

IanMcL?

looks like a complete

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Crofts out for 3 weeks. Thank god for international break.

Hammond is an ideal replacement.

 

[algie]

IanMcL?

looks like a complete

What a twat he is.

 

[TSB]

Report from Lancashire:

FULL TIME: Burnley 1, Brighton 3 - Burnley FC - Burnley Express

Very good report, that. Thanks perseus

 

[Seagull kimchi]

Thanks, I`m on my way!!

You can fight my wife for the right!

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Hammond is an ideal replacement.

Does feel like we've got a proper squad with people to step in for all positions now aside from cover for Bridcutt.

 

[dadams2k11]

Great day - I make the topic and we score an away goal and of course win the game. Coincidence ?

Keep up the good work. Maybe you're the "GEM" Gus was talking about?

 

[HitchinSeagull]

re: Mackail SmithWow. I don't know how often he turns in performances like that but that was one of the best centre forward displays I've seen in the Championship for a while. He didn't just dominate one of our centre backs, he had both in his pocket, often at the same time. Id like to say he was the only difference between the teams but I'd be lying.

to be fair they are speaking some sense on some of their forums lol

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Well done [MENTION=23454]HawkTheSeagull[/MENTION]. You have a 100% record of starting match winning threads.

 

[perseus]

Assessment from Lancashire: SHOCKING SIMPLE AS THAT - Burnley FC forum from footymad.net

From the radio it sounded that both teams matched each other 4-3-3 in the first half but we outclassed them, so they went to 4-4-2 and put an extra man in midfield.

 

[Stat Brother]

Well done [MENTION=23454]HawkTheSeagull[/MENTION]. You have a 100% record of starting match winning threads.

Finally some actual concrete reasoning as to the form.

 

[Northstander]

Just got back and have to say... CMS was looking like he was on a mission today, 1st goal was not going to be stopped by any keeper, then the 2nd was different gravy!

Bruno as ever looked a man amongst boys and Bridcutt was solid!

All in all a great day, as soon as the third went in, the Burnley lot got up an left ....marvellous scenes

 

[LamieRobertson]

Does anyone know how bad the injury was to Crofts?

 

[El Turi]

Does anyone know how bad the injury was to Crofts?

Out for 3 weeks apparently.

 

[tweenster]

I'm home and enjoying a beer; what a fab day out! A man my age shouldn't spend Saturday afternoons shouting and clapping so much! At times we were very good, but we did give them a chance after they scored and they could easily have had 2 or 3; poor strikers and a couple of excellent Kuszczack saves kept us in the game at that point. CMS was fantastic, his workrate was as good as ever but today he bagged a couple of excellent goals; the first was good, the second was 'Wow!' - can't wait to see that on TV later.

I though the Burnley fans were very poor, not much noise at all until Greer gave them something to cheer about, and then all upping sticks and walking out after we scored the 3rd must have really knocked any fight the players may have had left right out of them. I suspect they are going to have a very tough season. Not that I care! Looking forward to my next awayday, although I will probably have to wait until Derby early next month.

 

[misterspatch]

Anyone know what number Orlandi wore today?

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

Orlandi was 11 - so Noones replacement gets his number too.

Still not home yet, sitting on a train at Watford, should be home in like 3 hours !!

 

[LamieRobertson]

Out for 3 weeks apparently.

Ouch thnx for that....wonder if Hammond will take his place against Wednesday