Have we all had enough of "Dycheball?"

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Discuss.

[kritichris]

I think it's the price we have to pay to stay in the Prem as we can't afford the players to play attractive, effective football. It is depressing though, seeing it week in week out, especially when it doesn't seem to work when teams suss out our style of play. As I've said in other threads I think we should play with 3 forwards, at least in home games.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Pope, Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Brownhill, Westwood, Cork, JBG, McNeil, Brady, Barnes, Wood, Rodriguez, Vydra are all technically good footballers.

We don't need to fart about like a lot of teams do in our own third, but why can't we try to play the ball through the midfield and go toe-to-toe with other teams?

[Vintage Claret]

It has shown in particular when we played J-Rod and Vydra, we kept the ball on the deck and looked to be a reasonably good footballing side. Unfortunately as soon as Wood was fit it was mainly back to Dycheball.

In answer to the opening question YES we have seen far to much Dycheball over the last eight years. Sadly it looks like Dyche can't adapt his tactical knowledge to play any other way, unless he deems that our players not good enough footballers to play any other way.

Alan Pace has some big decisions to face in the near future.

[army88]

It has shown in particular when we played J-Rod and Vydra, we kept the ball on the deck and looked to be a reasonably good footballing side. Unfortunately as soon as Wood was fit it was mainly back to Dycheball.

In answer to the opening question YES we have seen far to much Dycheball over the last eight years. Sadly it looks like Dyche can't adapt his tactical knowledge to play any other way, unless he deems that our players not good enough footballers to play any other way.

Alan Pace has some big decisions to face in the near future.

Your last bit of statement is quite interesting vintage about if he doesn’t trust / or deem the players good enough to play any other way, maybe that’s why he’s so particular about who comes and signs.

Would be interesting to see if under another manager the same players or a percentage of them could play a different way.

Problem is and we’ve said many times before - you should be careful what you wish for as we may end up back in league 1 like a Leeds or Sunderland.

[Deadlydave]

I don't like Dycheball but the reality is we can't beat the best in this league so we have to adopt a survival strategy and its the price we have to pay. Look at Bolton and Stoke when they changed their styles and tried to play football; sunk! It's to cost of having billionaire owner buying and paying for multi millionaire player. unless that changes (as if) we are where we are as horrid as it is.

[malwayne]

This great club of ours WAS once renowned for playing great football “the Burnley Way “. Smooth attacking prowess , full of talented , skilful footballers, in fact, the envy of everyone else. Wingers who would get to the by-line to get the ball into the danger area. It really was a pleasure to watch. Unfortunately, it is no comparison with the garbage that’s being churned out every week,by the current stock of players we currently have. Yes it may have been successful so far, but at what cost.? Something WILL have to change soon, for the benefit of the club, the players, and lastly,us,the fans.Personally,I am finding it difficult to tune in to what’s on offer. If there is anyone within the club who does read all these posts and messages , perhaps you can take them all on board, because right now, Burnley Football Club is not the “happy place” it should be.

[Deadlydave]

Malwayne, I agree and it's painful to see the state of what football has become. The concentration of money in a few "big" clubs at a particularly point in football history has bee the damnation of the "sport". Yes do you remember that Sport?"!!! its not that now its a way of earning fame and fortune and excluding the "Sport" to only those with the big wallets to pay for it. This is why we are now left devastated and unhappy with the direction of travel of the club. I do not see the new owners doing anything substantial to change that as the club is a business deal among many business deals and that is the reality. We are now stuck where we are and I have no answer for that. Depressing beyond words really.

[Balanbam00]

Dyche has been at the club a long time, being at a job for 'ages ' you learn the in's and out's. You learn what's best and what suits 'YOU'. Then you adapt accordingly, so after it becomes almost routine. You learn all the tricks. You also develop your style ,the one that suits you ,and in this case the fans. Life is change. So you have to adjust with the change. In these years, after his success with the club. I would like to ask Dyche. ''What is now your football philosophy?'' I am tempted to say it goes like this. ''Well, if we keep the ball in their half there is less chance of them scoring and we just might 'nick' a goal or two!'' the resultant football is 'hoofball' upfield! No playmaker. We bypass our midfield on most attacks. Therefore any balls belted anywhere 'upfield' hardly gives us a opportunistic shot on goal. Plus in most cases two defenders on our attacking forward's. What! we have not scored in how many minutes? If this is not Dyche's philosophy ,what is his philosophy?
Hardly we can call it a plan, just boring football.

[outwoodclaret]

I am normally a person (as anyone who has met me will know) with a sunny disposition dreaming of the long gone days when Pilkington and Connelly tore down the wings and ripped opposing defences to shreds but I am now long used to our almost unvarying 4-4-2 of mainly overcast skies with the occasional ray of sunshine poking through. My condition can be described as “Cloudy with an almost 100% Chance of Dycheballs”. This is unlikely to be fatal in the short term but may if untreated lead to a long term and almost irreversible hermit like withdrawal from the World.