Lucky for us that Burnley had their goal disallowed and didn't take all 3 points but despite our continuing failings to create more decent chances or put the ball in the net, at least we showed far more intent. Against a Burnley side with more quality than some we have failed to beat, I thought this was a far better performance than we have had to endure over recent games. We have also moved up to a play off position again so not all bad.
As for the players, although I think Fellows has been "found out" and is certainly having less impact than he once was, I would still not have taken him off. Johnston too has failed to live up to his earlier promise but would still like to see both him and Fellows on together to see if we can replicate our previous successes doing so. That said, Grant of course continues to impress with his work rate and intent.
In midfield I thought Molumby brought some intent but Mowatt not his normal self so not too surprised that Raicic replaced him. Given our injury list I thought our back 4 continue to do OK and Dobbin showed glimpses tonight of what he may offer when he came on. Think we may see more of him. As for Diangana, just why?
Burnley are in a similar position to us in that defensively they are pretty sound but they have struggled going forward. On this showing they are clearly ahead of us in terms of creating chances if not finishing them. As one of the Sky pundits pointed out, given the quality of the forward players we do have we are not producing the attacking threat we should be both in terms of creating chances and converting them.
The longer this inability to put the ball in the net continues, the harder it becomes as confidence dips and players tense up which leads to shaky performances like that against Luton. Doesn't matter how that goal comes, it doesn't need to be pretty and I somehow doubt that it will open any floodgates, but we urgently need it to bring back some confidence and get us back on track.
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