Tag Archive | burnley

Play poorly and score 5, how strange

So, what a very strange game. Frankly all but for 20 mins we were rubbish, in fact more than that, abysmal might be the better word. However like all good teams we saw a weakness and exploited it for a magical 20 minutes to win 3 points and put us amongst the top 4 teams [...]

UPDATED, Match ON – Snow warning for Burnley game

If anyone just saw the BBC Weather forecast they have a severe weather warning out for heavy snow in the West Midlands for early tomorrow morning. The forecaster has just said a possibility of up to 10CM for our area, it is the last thing we want for the game to be cancelled tomorrow and [...]

The ancient battle of the Claret and Blues resume

Back in 1888 two teams played each other in the first ever football league season. One team was vastly more successful but given the size of Burnley they did not do to bad as well. So for the first time in my supporting history Burnley play a league game at Villa Park with an abysmal [...]

Tough choices and 9 goal Spurs up next

It is a strange time with Villa at the moment and one I struggle to understand. Burnley away is a tough game I do not think in any way we under estimated them but the team selection of Petrov over NRC left far too many people questioning MON’s tactics and his decisions. Overall in the [...]

Tough at Turf Moor and Downing’s return

There are always questions that surround a MON team selection and more so after a 5-1 defeat of Bolton. A lot of managers would stick with the same team and keep to a winning side. However with Collins having played so well and Petrov having a decent season and captain will MON revert to the [...]