Burnley v Liverpool

[Deadlydave]

I think that guy that won promotion for Burnley in 2016 might just fit the bill. Top of the league, top scorers, lost only 5 out of 46 games all season, playing attractive, very effective, attacking football. Of course we'd have to ensure he had the right players, like he had back then, not the mostly aging journeymen our current manager has to work with. Any road, it could be worth tapping him up, I think he might be available.

Sinkov. I posted this on the assumption the SD would NOT be our manager and had moved to pastures new himself.

[sinkov]

Just to be specific mon ami, to which "aging journeymen" do you refer?

I'm sure you're as aware as I am BT, but seeing as it's Sunday, I'll play along and list them for you.

Bardsley, Barnes, Cork, Gudmundson, Hennessey, Lennon, Long , Lowton, Mee, Pieters, Rodriguez, Stephens, Westwood.

And just for good measure, we have four others, all turning 30 before the year is out.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Looking back in honest reflection, Weghorst should have scored two and Rodriguez one. Do our lads ever practice scoring goals inside the box?

[sinkov]

Sinkov. I posted this on the assumption the SD would NOT be our manager and had moved to pastures new himself.

Fair enough DD, I thought you were suggesting that we needed a new manager because Dyche was incapable of coaching a team to play good attractive football.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

I'm sure you're as aware as I am BT, but seeing as it's Sunday, I'll play along and list them for you.

Bardsley, Barnes, Cork, Gudmundson, Hennessey, Lennon, Long , Lowton, Mee, Pieters, Rodriguez, Stephens, Westwood.

And just for good measure, we have four others, all turning 30 before the year is out.

Eight players on that list have all played international football sinkov and without even bothering to fact find, they will have racked up easily 1000 games in the EPL between them.

Ronaldo is now 37 and playing, so I'm sure most of our set of crocked pensioners can handle another 3 or 4 years before they decide to quit, don't you?

[sinkov]

Eight players on that list have all played international football sinkov and without even bothering to fact find, they will have racked up easily 1000 games in the EPL between them.

Ronaldo is now 37 and playing, so I'm sure most of our set of crocked pensioners can handle another 3 or 4 years before they decide to quit, don't you?

They can quit when they like BT, but when you're over 30 in football you're ageing. The average age of our squad is the oldest in the PL by some distance, we have 17 players aged 29 or over, for comparison, Watford have 12, Liverpool 10, Norwich 8, Leeds 6, Man City 6 and Spurs just 4.

That we have an aging squad is a fact, that our players are mostly journeymen is a fact, if you doubt it look at the League Table, that's where clubs with the journeymen players always end up. Just a fact of footballing life.

[Vintage Claret]

Having watched todays game I thought that we did not miss McNeil at all. In fact when he came on to replace J Rod our performance was markedly poorer in my opinion. Losing Weghorst to injury brought on Barnes and he is nowhere near the player he once was.

The most positive I could take from this game and the second half against Manchester United was we tried to play football.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

They can quit when they like BT, but when you're over 30 in football you're ageing. The average age of our squad is the oldest in the PL by some distance, we have 17 players aged 29 or over, for comparison, Watford have 12, Liverpool 10, Norwich 8, Leeds 6, Man City 6 and Spurs just 4.

That we have an aging squad is a fact, that our players are mostly journeymen is a fact, if you doubt it look at the League Table, that's where clubs with the journeymen players always end up. Just a fact of footballing life.

Just admit it sinkov, you are an unabashed ageist.

[sinkov]

Just admit it sinkov, you are an unabashed ageist.

You've got me again BT, what is an 'unabashed ageist' ?

[The Bedlington Terrier]

You've got me again BT, what is an 'unabashed ageist' ?

You are a card mon ami.