Singing aye aye Ashley

[Simster]

Burnley must surely be exceeding expectations? Ings has stepped up a couple of levels and (with good management) has dragged Vokes up with him, this has put them in their lofty position. I still have a nagging doubt whether they will stay the pace, and keeping Ings will be vital. IF Ings is as good as our Burnley friend believes, then surely teams like West Ham, Cardiff, Fulham, Norwich, Villa, Sunderland etc will try and grab him this month....lets face it £8m would be difficult to turn down.

That said, I'd much prefer Burnley to get promotion than the likes of QPR, Leicester and Forest. They have got where they are by good management, canny buys and a decent team ethic rather than throwing money around.

Almost everyone seems to expect them to fall away, but why? They are probably more likely to do so than Leicester or QPR, but I'm not sure that means it WILL happen. It reminds me of the season we ran away with League One 3 years ago, the rest of the league were convinced we'd fall away. We didn't, we won it easily, and Burnley could be exactly the same.

 

[TonyW]

To be honest though, Burnley are probably the worst side to visit the Amex all season.
They were dodgy at the back, couldn't string passes together, and toothless up front that day.

Hell, for the last 15 minutes they literally couldn't get the ball off us.

That was either a bad day at the office, or something very weird is happening in their other games.

 

[Simster]

All teams in this division have off days, so obviously we caught them on theirs. We've been DIRE in some home games this season, and that's the main reason we're not where they are.

 

[TonyW]

All teams in this division have off days, so obviously we caught them on theirs. We've been DIRE in some home games this season, and that's the main reason we're not where they are.

Agreed, we have had a few off days this season, but we are paying for them by playing catch up now.

They were truly woeful, relegation fodder, and yet they are up in the top few.

Strange that they could have been that bad.

 

[JCL - the new kid in town]

Agreed, we have had a few off days this season, but we are paying for them by playing catch up now.

They were truly woeful, relegation fodder, and yet they are up in the top few.

Strange that they could have been that bad.

not that strange really, as others have said sometimes you have a bad day at the office, we've had a number of them. It was also early in the season when teams are still getting used to new players, tactics etc. Plus maybe our tactics on the day just worked really well against them

 

[Thunder Bolt]

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[supaseagull]

not that strange really, as others have said sometimes you have a bad day at the office, we've had a number of them. It was also early in the season when teams are still getting used to new players, tactics etc. Plus maybe our tactics on the day just worked really well against them

Indeed - Look at Barnsley against us.