A little moan after yet another goal less draw at Turf Moor.
It is hard to argue that Burnley defensively are rock solid, Maxime Esteve and CJ Egan Riley are a fabulous centre-back pairing and James Trafford constantly reminds us just how good he will eventually be.
Scott Parker has built a team that is defensively nothing short of extraordinary providing the Clarets with a platform to build towards an immediate return to the EPL at the first time of asking.
Of growing concern however is the continuing lack of points not being harvested at Turf Moor. My biggest niggle is Parker?s constant application of playing square pegs in round holes; Zion Flemming for all of his effort and application is not a centre-forward in the traditional sense.
Lyle Foster is not and never will be a left winger; we have a seemingly out of favour natural winger in Luca Koleosho who is not even getting a game.
Another point is that the Clarets record at attacking set pieces is beyond woeful, surely coaching sessions at Barnfield could inspire us to nick the odd decisive goal at set plays? It?s a distant memory when John O?Shea (now at Ipswich Town) scored from a corner with a header at Luton Town in the 4-1 thrashing of the Hatters.
Parker also has the particularly rueful habit of refusing to use the bench. Lamentably late and ineffective substitutions are Parker?s norm. Eight goalless home draws are simply not the stuff of automatic promotion.
So come on Scotty Parker sort out scoring goals from set pieces and give the substitutes the chance to impact on a game.
And not inserting square pegs in to round holes might be a good way to start.
From the Editor?s desk at Clarets Mad.
