Wtf

[sinkov]

It is not just corners Sinkov-it is any dead ball routine including throw ins.It is like none of the players want the ball thrown in to them.WTF goes on at Gawthorpe is beyond me.
It is not just with the ball but defending them we are also shoite.

We can't defend corners, we're not big enough, when Brownhill has to mark players towering over him you know we're fecked, I feel for Trafford, it's like Land of the Giants in front of him, a wall of them, and none of them on his side, imo he has little chance, he's easily blocked and there's little he can do about it when his own defenders are nowhere near big enough to compete.

[ClaretinBudapest]

We can't defend corners, we're not big enough, when Brownhill has to mark players towering over him you know we're fecked, I feel for Trafford, it's like Land of the Giants in front of him, a wall of them, and none of them on his side, imo he has little chance, he's easily blocked and there's little he can do about it when his own defenders are nowhere near big enough to compete.

Then why isn`t our giant Muric in goal when the manager knows the opposition are set piece specialists.I watched VK`s post match interview last night and it was a word salad.I really think he has lost the plot.

[sinkov]

Then why isn`t our giant Muric in goal when the manager knows the opposition are set piece specialists.I watched VK`s post match interview last night and it was a word salad.I really think he has lost the plot.

I'm not convinced Muric would do any better, he improved eventually but was fairly hopeless for most of last season. Imo it's the job of defenders to protect the keeper, but Trafford gets no protection at all and it shouldn't be his job to drag them out of the ****e because they're not big enough or good enough. I've now seen Brownhill marking Dawson and Onana at corners, when you have mismatches like that, it's not the keeper's fault if our defending at corners is shambolic, it'a always going to be.

[Vintage Claret]

We can't defend corners, we're not big enough, when Brownhill has to mark players towering over him you know we're fecked, I feel for Trafford, it's like Land of the Giants in front of him, a wall of them, and none of them on his side, imo he has little chance, he's easily blocked and there's little he can do about it when his own defenders are nowhere near big enough to compete.

Considering Vincent Kompany was a very good centre back, it is exceptionally surprising that we have a shambolic defence. It is not just corners but any set piece where we are vunerable.

Trafford reminds me of Harry Thompson, who was not the biggest of goalkeepers, but he did have a solid defence infront of him.

[sinkov]

Trafford reminds me of Harry Thompson, who was not the biggest of goalkeepers, but he did have a solid defence infront of him.

I loved Harry VC, still my favourite Burnley goalkeeper. I saw his first game for us at Leicester, he saved a penalty that day, and had a phenomenal penalty saving record, the stats are probably lost in the mists of time but I think he saved more than he let in. My abiding memory of him is a game at West Ham, Harry operated on a very short fuse and one of the liners must have upset him, he set off out of the penalty area running towards him and I'm sure he was intent on decking him, one of our players, I think it was Colin Waldron, caught up with him just in time and dragged him away. A brilliant goalkeeper but only 5ft 9ins, he wouldn't get near the top level in this day and age, far too small.

[Vintage Claret]

I loved Harry VC, still my favourite Burnley goalkeeper. I saw his first game for us at Leicester, he saved a penalty that day, and had a phenomenal penalty saving record, the stats are probably lost in the mists of time but I think he saved more than he let in. My abiding memory of him is a game at West Ham, Harry operated on a very short fuse and one of the liners must have upset him, he set off out of the penalty area running towards him and I'm sure he was intent on decking him, one of our players, I think it was Colin Waldron, caught up with him just in time and dragged him away. A brilliant goalkeeper but only 5ft 9ins, he wouldn't get near the top level in this day and age, far too small.

We have had some brilliant goalkeepers during my time as a claret, Colin McDonald, Adam Blacklaw, Tom Heaton and Nick Pope even Joe Hart,
unfortunately neither Trafford nor Muric would fall int this catagory.

[sinkov]

We have had some brilliant goalkeepers during my time as a claret.

Aye, and we've had some bad uns VC, Roger 'No Hands' Hansbury would be my favourite but there's been a few others as well, more than a few when I come to think about it.