Burnley v Arsenal Match Preview

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Swiss I’ve posted about JBG a lot as he’s become a master at hiding on a football pitch for large parts of games ( sometimes he delivers quality but very rarely does it go past a 15 minute spell in a fixture).

He reminds me of when I was a boy and we’d played notts forest and my mates dad was scout for Burnley at the time so we were corporate after the game , could hear a commotion down at pitch side and shouting ground empty and players bathing etc - there was Brian Clough holding Ronnie Jepsom by his shirt collar shouting to be shown the F k-n hole he’d been hiding in for the game , stuck with me that and JBG is a master at it.

Are we any better when JGB is in the side, compared with the many times he is out because of injury? I think not. The same is true of Lennon, JayRod and Barnes. SD likes to improve players. I applaud that. I cannot say that any that I have mentioned have improved during their time with us.

Sadly they don’t make them like Brian Clough any more. The game is poorer for that.

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32Ramsdale
18Tomiyasu
4White
6Gabriel
3Tierney
5Partey
19Pépé
8Ødegaard
10Smith Rowe
7Saka
14Aubameyang

Substitutes

1Leno
9Lacazette
15Maitland-Niles
16Holding
17Cédric Soares
20Varela Tavares
22MarÃ*
23Sambi Lokonga
35Martinelli

Referee:
Anthony Taylor

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Corner us. . . . . . . . comes to nowt

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Barnes with a terible header wide

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Arse corner. . . . . . cleared

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Barnes fires over the bar

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Barnes booked

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Burnley 0 Arse 1

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Barnes should have hit it first time, instead he chested it and Arse smoothered him