Vs UTD

[army88]

On a positive side Parker is getting his team into a position where it picks itself with really good options off the bench.

Dubravka, Walker, Esteve, Ekdal, Hartmann, Cullen, Hannibal, Ugochukwa, Larsen, Foster & Anthony are a good enough team to stay up.

Larsen not proved his worth for me yet BT , Cullen I’m on the fence as he a great neat and tidy footballer but I think he needs to raise his game to the Sunderland level for every game to be competitive at this level.

We need another midfielder who’s strong and competent and then potentially play 4-5-1 and stop teams splitting our midfield in two in parts of games,

Parker knows I’m sure as we are linked with a couple this last week.

The rest look ok subject to injuries we could be alright - he’s cotton wooling Broja at minute but he needs game time.

[outwoodclaret]

Bruno, was booked in the 76th minute, yet after they scored from the penalty, he twice shouted to the referee pointing to his wrist, in my opinion telling the referee he should be blowing for full time.

If a player holding up an imaginary card is a booking offence, then should pointing to an imaginary wrist watch also be bookable, if so Bruno should have been sent off.

But I am not sure of the rules on this perhaps Sub could enlighten me.

Brilliant player he can be but I really do detest that gobby little prick Bruno Fernandes. Giving it large (credit to Paul Merson on Sky Sports for pointing it out) like he’d just won the World Cup and in the faces of Burnley players who quite correctly ignored the little sh*t.

[Vintage Claret]

Brilliant player he can be but I really do detest that gobby little prick Bruno Fernandes. Giving it large (credit to Paul Merson on Sky Sports for pointing it out) like he’d just won the World Cup and in the faces of Burnley players who quite correctly ignored the little sh*t.

Totally my feelings Outwood. It also looked that Amad was diving every time any one was near him. Yes Anthony did pull his shirt but it was certainly started outside the box and the referee should have given a free kick for the first foul. Had it happend at the other end I am sure no penalty would have been the outcome. Still we should be used to playing "Manchester Rules" by now, the rule which is that the officals are obliged to ensure United win at all cost.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Dave Thornley once again mirrors my exact thoughts on yesterday’s VAR debacle. I’m going to have to start calling him Psychic Dave.
How are you all feeling this morning? Enraged? Indignant? Embittered? Me too.
Bullish optimism doesn’t normally sit well with Burnley fans, but prior to yesterday’s match at Old Trafford, I had convinced myself that Manchester United were there for the taking and that Burnley would emerge from the game with not just one point, but all three. I should have known better.
Despite dominating and creating chances in the first half, United had only a fluke own goal to show for their efforts; Casimiro’s header striking the crossbar and rebounding off the back of Josh Cullen’s head and over the line.
Burnley came out strongly and were a different proposition in the second half and equalized when Lyle Foster nipped between two United defenders to turn in Jacob Bruun Larsen’s perfectly delivered cross.
Foster also had a goal turned down for the slenderest of offside calls; the sleeve of his shirt being deemed to be in advance of the last United defender. How, one asks, is such a minimal – almost imagined – infraction in any way deliberately seeking an advantage?
Brian Mbueno restored United’s lead soon after Foster’s equalizer, but Burnley rallied again, and Jaidon Anthony levelled the game for the second time from close range after 66 minutes.
Into stoppage time and United’s Amad Diallo theatrically dropped to the turf following a shirt pull by Anthony that occurred outside the penalty area and was of a force unlikely to topple a toddler, let alone a twenty-something athlete.
Diallo made sure he fell inside the penalty area, which was all the encouragement the VAR official - unable to comprehend a world where Manchester United couldn’t beat Burnley at home - needed to overturn the on-field decision. Bruno Fernandes accepted the gift and Burnley lost.
Whatever the justification of the penalty decision may be, one thing we can be absolutely certain of is that had the incident happened at the other end, there would have been no review and no penalty.
The preferential treatment afforded the “Big 6” by officials, is no urban myth, no conspiracy theory, but rather is there for all to see. Just ask Fulham.
To conclude on a brighter note, Burnley have shown in the three Premier League games they have played this season that they are equipped to compete at this level and carry with them a goal threat to go with an organized defence, a competitive midfield and in Martin Dubravka an experienced and competent goalkeeper, who, by the way, was excellent yesterday.
Whilst the other two promoted teams, Leeds and especially Sunderland, have been able to ease their way into the season by virtue of the fixture computer handing them less demanding opposition, Burnley’s next Premier League fixture will, in contrast, be at home to Liverpool. One hopes for the best but fears more of the same.